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At First Light (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school senior, Alex Lainey, has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities and turns to her childhood friend Sean Terrel. The authorities target them and a chase ensues as officials try to discover the truth behind Alex's transformation.
Style:
light, sweet, futuristic, romantic, realistic
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, transformation, bullying, supernatural, relationships, teenager, teenage love, strong female character, fish out of water, female protagonist, shark, cadet, high school, small town, superpower, ufo, police officer, police, swimming, helicopter, skateboard, rainstorm, brother brother relationship, stealing a car, pawnshop ...
Time:
future
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and captivating films with plots about teenager, teenage girl, high school, youth, bullying, coming of age and teenage life mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like At First Light: The Vast of Night (2019), Chronicle (2012), Time Freak (2018), The Space Between Us (2017), Midnight Special (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, teenage girl, flying saucer, radio station, alien, cheerleader, small town, radio, night, extraterrestrial, teenage boy ...
Time:
1950s, future, year 1958, 50s
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Stillman, a heartbroken physics student builds a time machine when his girlfriend Debbie breaks up with him. Going back in time, Stillman attempts to fix every mistake he made to save their relationship, while dragging his best friend, Evan, along ...
Style:
romantic, sweet, surprise ending, family comedy, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, teenage girl, youth, coming of age, hopes, teenage boy, friendship, time machine, love, breakup, young love ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Style:
romantic, futuristic, sweet, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot:
mars, love story, teenage love, astronaut, life & death, nasa, road trip, travel, teenager, relationships, beautiful scenery, space mission ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017
Place:
usa, california, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Style:
road movie, futuristic, tricky, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
chase, on the run, father son relationship, parallel universe, woods, goggles, fbi, existentialism, hostage, supernatural, parents and children, superhuman powers ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, distant future, year 2016, 80s ...
Place:
texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
moody daughters, Rachel and Dina have a close relationship. Dina tells her everything... or so Rachel thinks. When Dina suddenly commits suicide, Rachel is devastated and confused. Her search for answers as to what happened in her daughter's ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, enigmatic
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, teenage girl, teen suicide, bully, teenager, death of daughter, suicide by hanging, female friendship, high school, uncover truth, hockey player, suicide ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
romantic, futuristic, exciting, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
interspecies romance, alien invasion, teenage girl, apocalypse, dystopia, true love, youth, evil alien, self sacrifice, teenage love, alien, love and romance ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
usa, paris france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alien Arsenal, also released as Alien Weapons, tells the story of two teenage misfits, Ralph and Baxter, who accidentally discover a bizarre vault full of alien weaponry and body armor in the basement of their high school, with which they harness ...
Style:
absurd, exciting, semi serious, futuristic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, alien, violent content, kids in trouble, space and aliens, imaginary, evil alien, chases and races, rivalry, social misfits, escapades, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Riley is struggling to make friends after transferring to a new high school where her father, Chris, is an English teacher. When she meets Kyla, they quickly becomes close friends. However, the friendship takes a strange turn when Riley learns that ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, captivating, talky, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
male teacher female student affair, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, forbidden love, female sexual predator, teacher student relationship, obsession, high school, loneliness, unrequited love, school, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a small town, Jordan, the son of police chief Bates, and his friends Glenn and Russel Derrek, the son of the garage-owner Gordon Russell, enjoy having their way with local girls, like Tori, and recording those exploits on video. When Alex Mills ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, ambition, love, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, party, prison, sheriff, threat to kill, discussion, witness ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
'Social Suicide' is an investigative thriller examining what it really takes to get noticed on the Internet today. Loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, the police investigate what happened to these two teenagers before it's too late by ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, moody
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
social media, tragedy, investigation, obsession, bullying, internet culture, relationships, youth, police procedural, forensics, mental health, reputation ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny is a student that barely gets any attention at home because his mother is mentally ill. At school however, he is very popular and known as a big bully. His main victim is Suus, a lesbian classmate who faces many problems due to her sexual ...
Style:
talky, romantic, emotional, psychological
Plot:
teenager, fortune teller, palm reading, hallucination, gay parade, suicide, teacher, school, love and romance, teenage love, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, teen romance ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, erotic, melancholic, mysterious ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, forest, isolation, rape, dystopia, father daughter relationship, sisters, death of father, post apocalyptic, family bonds, humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Larry, a 16-year-old Tlicho Indian, lives in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. He loves heavy metal music and has a crush on his classmate, the high school's hottie, Juliet Hope. Larry's past holds a variety of terrors—his father ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, sincere
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, teenage love, love and romance, youth, teenage life, small town, native, coming of age, native american, indigenous people, heavy metal, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, teenage life, youth, teenage love, social relations, rivalry, family relations, murder, social network, danger, blood, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style:
exciting, teen, suspenseful, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superpower, supernatural, alien, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, good versus evil, young heroes, friendship, teenage love, high school, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
High school senior Casey finds herself seduced into the fast lifestyle of a call girl ring run by a campus police officer and must pull herself out before she loses all self-control. made for TV
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, touching, tense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, threesome, marital strife, youth, self control, parents and children, corrupt officer, chance, lifestyle, social relations, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, teen, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, bullying, found footage, high school, popular girl, female bully, mean girl, high school life, kids in trouble, teenage life, suicide, humiliation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.
Style:
serious, realistic, teen, sad, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
bullying, high school, suicide attempt, teen angst, teenage life, teenager, popularity, rumor, social misfits, intrigue, socially awkward, bully ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ethan is suffering enormous guilt after his parents are killed in a car accident. He quits a promising future at MIT and work on a revolutionary experiment in order to care for his younger siblings.
Style:
scary, demonic, suspenseful, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
paranormal, house, supernatural, haunted house, electricity, ghost, twists and turns, transformation, sister, hidden door, missing girl, hunted ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a compromising video of sixteen-year-old Deanna Lambert hits social media, her teenage life is changed forever. Overcoming bullies, hurtful school-yard taunts and the enduring rage and disappointment of her father, Deanna longs to escape a life ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, romantic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
yoga, caucasian, bullying, gay, bully, summer vacation, teenager, baby, waitress, brother sister relationship, teenage girl, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure ...
Style:
surreal, romantic, stylized, touching, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
fantasy world, forbidden love, true love, gravity, parallel world, alternate reality, imagination, love story, parallel universe, amnesia, beautiful scenery, technology ...
Time:
future, year 2013, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A teen's life turns upside down when her boyfriend impregnates both her and a new student at school.
Style:
romantic, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenager, pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy, pregnant girlfriend, unfaithful, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic triangle, romantic relationship, teenage life ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the suicide of her only friend, Rachel has never felt more on the outside. The one person who reached out to her, Jessie, also happens to be part of the popular crowd that lives to torment outsiders like her. But Rachel has something else that ...
Style:
slasher, teen, scary, erotic, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, revenge, high school, stephen king, telekinesis, making love, supernatural, psychic, nudity, american football, female killer, loss of virginity ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, london
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lauren must prevent fellow students from performing an exorcism on her best friend Chloe.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
exorcism, ritual, classmate, high school, possession, school, infidelity, relationship problems, family problems, high school life, girlfriend, romantic obsession ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, youth, community, utopia, destiny, society, danger, humanity, rebelliousness, runaway ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2040s, 2010s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.
Style:
realistic, teen, suspense, humorous, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage life, youth, teenage girl, teenager, high school, friends, uncover truth, friendship, whodunit, public humiliation, teen suicide, teenager in love ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
young love, coming of age, sheriff, murder, police corruption, parent child relationship, dirty cop, illegal drugs, small town, runaway, teenage boy, teen romance ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A high school senior’s life is turned upside down when photos of her naked body are distributed to a revenge porn website. Frustrated by police inaction, her mother takes the investigation into her own hands.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, revenge, investigation, bullying, sexual humiliation, privacy invasion, female protagonist, problem, life is a bitch, private investigation, sexploitation, cyberbullying ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
29%
773
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Helen Hannah, the Christian leader of "Apocalypse" "Revelation" and "Tribulation" is being put on trial in the One Nation Earth Court of Justice. Mitch Kendrick is a lawyer assigned to defend her, and Victoria Thorne, ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, clever, depressing, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, courtroom, bible, tragic hero, save the world, courtroom drama, injustice, fighting the system, rescue, legal, society, woman in danger ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
29%
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