Movies and TV shows like American Vandal

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American Vandal (2017)
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American Vandal (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 34 min.
TV show
Story: A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, ironic, sitcom, funny, captivating, anime, spoof, parody, light ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vandalism, high school, swearing, cliche, absurd humor, graffiti, found footage, apocalypse, investigation, hunting, youth, intrigue, pain, coming of age, true crime, young adult, juvenile delinquent, farce, absurdism, stupidity, screwball, netflix
Time: 2010s, 2020s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, captivating, funny and sitcom films and TV series with plots about high school, coming of age, satire, teenage life, youth, investigation and teenager mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like American Vandal: Heathers (2018), Only Murders in the Building (2021), The Afterparty (2022), Mystery Team (2009), On My Block (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Heathers (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine Veronica Sawyer deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
Style: ironic, dark, cynical, dark comedy, art house ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: suicide, apathy, high school, sociopath, bullying, teenager, adolescence, dark humor, irreverence, violence, teenage love, social misfits ...
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Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Style: humorous, detective, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: crime solving, murder, amateur detective, stranger, private detective, forensics, trio, amateur sleuth, investigation, serial killer, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
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100%
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The Afterparty (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: When a high school reunion’s afterparty ends in a stunning death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story—culminating in the shocking truth.
Style: funny, disturbing, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: murder suspect, investigation, classmate classmate relationship, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, suspect, crime investigation, uncover truth, classmate, crime solving ...
Time: future
Place: san francisco
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100%
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Mystery Team (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, independent film, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, amateur detective, investigation, children, murder, farce, absurdism, escapades, school, friends, bowling, mysticism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new hampshire, usa
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100%
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On My Block (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A coming of age comedy following a diverse group of teenage friends as they confront the challenges of growing up in gritty inner-city Los Angeles.
Style: funny, hood, humorous, entertaining, fun ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, young adult, high school, love, friendship, teenage girl, teenage boy, school, friendship between teens, adolescence, teenage life, teen romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Trial & Error (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A bright-eyed New York lawyer takes his first big case defending an eccentric poetry professor accused of murdering his wife.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, witty, hilarious, anthology ...
Plot: lawyer, satire, trial, absurd humor, murder trial, murder, weirdo, murder mystery, small town, hotshot lawyer, rise to the top, ambition ...
Place: south carolina
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Reno 911! (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that ran from 2003 to 2009. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically COPS, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, mockumentary, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: law enforcement, improv, workplace, police station, incompetent police, escapades, disorder, policewoman, workplace situations, silly humor, police brutality, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, reno nevada
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21 Jump Street (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of ...
Style: captivating, detective, sitcom, light, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: youth, police, teenage life, hidden identity, undercover agent, undercover, teenager, police officer, team, chase, society, undercover cop ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa
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34%
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Documentary Now! (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.
Style: mockumentary, parody, spoof, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: satire, humour, media satire, social satire, silly humor, mockery, sketch, stoner, american history
Time: 2010s
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Big Time Adolescence (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry ...
Style: semi serious, bleak, humorous, disturbing, funny ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: debauchery, coming of age, teenager, teenage boy, nihilism, drug, drug dealing, friend, friendship, youth, sarcasm, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Two Weeks to Live (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: When strange young misfit Kim Noakes was just a little girl, her father died in murky circumstances and her mother Tina whisked her away to a remote rural life of seclusion and bizarre survival techniques. Now all grown up, Kim sets out into the ...
Style: ironic, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: female warrior, survivalist, paranoia, strong female character, murder, dishonesty, danger, violence, runaway, parents and children, escapades, eccentricity ...
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33%
Year of the Rabbit (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound who's seen it all. Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune ...
Style: sitcom, captivating, humorous, semi serious, detective ...
Plot: police, investigation, police investigation, absurdism, father daughter relationship, murder, stepfather, satire, women, strength, sleuth, victorian england ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s, 1800s
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33%
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Awkward. (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. ...
Style: humorous, light, realistic, sitcom, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama, adult
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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32%
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School 2017 (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story: A coming-of-age story about the lives of 18-year-old high school students who are valued according to their ranking in school. Despite their frustrations, they find out how to make their own way in this world that seems to be a stagnant cycle of ...
Style: romantic, emotional, buddy comedy, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens
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Place: korea
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Honest Trailers (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...
Style: light, feel good, humorous, funny, satirical ...
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32%
I Didn't Do It (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ultra-competitive fraternal twins Lindy and Logan Watson, together with their four best friends, navigate their freshman year of high school. Each episode begins with a comedic "what just happened?" situation as Lindy and Logan each spin ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sitcom
Audience: teens, kids
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
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My Life as Liz (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: My Life as Liz is a mockumentary style American television series that centers on the life of Liz Lee, a misfit high-school senior living in small town Texas. The series debuted on MTV on January 18, 2010. The first season finale aired on March 8, ...
Style: semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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32%
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Nomads (1986)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: French anthropologist Jean-Charles Pommier and his wife have come to LA so he can take up a position as lecturer. To his surprise he encounters a group of urban nomads. As he investigates things become more unsettling as he realizes the price paid ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, scary, suspense ...
Plot: anthropologist, ghost, doctor, scientist, obsession, murder, danger, mentally unstable woman, ancient mystery, anthropology, hospital, vampire ...
Time: 80s
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Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Ja'mie: Private School Girl is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show follows Ja'mie King, who previously appeared in We Can Be ...
Style: captivating, parody, humorous, sitcom, light ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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Sexy Voice and Robo (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Story: Niko, a middle schooler in Japan, witnesses a fight between two strangers on her way home from school. Desperate to talk to someone about the event but too afraid to tell her family, she responds to an ad for the "Tele-Club" and gets in ...
Style: contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, humorous, light
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
Style: tense, sitcom, dark comedy, captivating, funny ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Andy Barker, P.I. (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Certified public accountant Andy Barker reluctantly becomes a private investigator after he is mistaken for the former office tenant, who was a private eye.
Style: humorous, captivating, detective, sitcom, entertaining ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, accountant, mistaken identity, amateur detective, career change, pretense, disorder, dishonesty, escapades, rivalry, outside help ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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32%
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 799 min.
TV show
Story: High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style: humorous, retro, light, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
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Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 2000s, year 1980 ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.
Style: parody, sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
Style: captivating, semi serious, anthology, thought provoking, light ...
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Riverdale (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, biting, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
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31%
Every Witch Way (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy
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Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa
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31%
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Happyland (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Having grown up in a world of manufactured happiness, Lucy, the cynical teenage daughter of a idealistic theme park princess mom, wants to get out and experience something real. When Ian, the new park owner's son, arrives and sweeps her off her ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: fall in love, parents and children, workplace situations, workplace, dysfunctional family, love and romance, teenage love, amusement park, high school, family secret, strong female presence, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Michael Richards Show (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Michael Richards Show is a sitcom that debuted on NBC in 2000. The show starred Michael Richards as reality-challenged but successful private detective Vic Nardozza who gets the job done despite his unconventional methods.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: private detective, investigation, workplace situations, workplace, nothing goes right, goofy hero, private investigator, disorder, partner, television flop
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Hilarious ensemble comedy that follows Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun.
Style: mockumentary, sitcom, humorous, funny, talky ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
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