Movies like Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression involve seeking advice from Dr. Bird - a giant imaginary pigeon therapist.
Style: psychological, teen, melancholic, dramatic, surreal
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, 16 year old, investigation, depression, youth, anxiety, imaginary character, loneliness, psychotherapist, imagination, imaginary friend, mysterious disappearance, surrealism, imaginary, high school student

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, realistic, humorous and independent film films with plots about teenager, youth, friendship, coming of age, high school, teenage life and teenage boy mostly in Drama, Comedy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets: Paper Towns (2015), Paper Man (2009), Mister Sadpants (2018), Dude (2018), This Is the Night (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Paper Towns (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life-dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge-he ...
Style: teen, exciting, road movie, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, friendship, teenager, adolescence, youth, teenage love, teenage girl, travel, love, road trip, unrequited love, teenage boy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa, peru, florida, orlando florida
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95%
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Paper Man (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
Style: touching, tricky, psychological, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: friendship, self discovery, midlife crisis, coming of age, imaginary friend, writers, small town, depression, loneliness, character study, relationships, creativity ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: long island, atlantic ocean, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Mister Sadpants (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Story: When a peculiar vandal terrorizes Gladwater High with sad poetry, a guidance counselor competes with a newspaper student to solve the mystery.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot: student, teenager, high school, teacher student relationship, counselor, depression, teacher, poetry, sadness, teen angst, father daughter relationship, mental health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 5.1
 8K
Dude (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four best friends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school.
Style: disturbing, realistic, psychological, sincere, teen
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: high school, teenager, high school friends, female friendship, youth, friendship, party, teenage sex, coming of age, drinking alcohol, love, summer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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This Is the Night (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the summer of 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of a blockbuster boxing movie, an Italian-American family must confront its greatest challenges.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, weird
Plot: gay, teenage crush, teenage boy, teenager, dysfunctional family, family secret, teenage protagonist, life is a bitch, family problems, teenage life, friends, friend ...
Time: year 1982
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Speech & Debate (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world.
Style: sexy, psychological, captivating, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay teenager, high school student, teenage girl, teenager, competition, father son relationship, teenage boy, teen angst, high school, gay bar, debate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Friction (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to a private high school where he writes a script about a real couple and the student who comes between them.
Style: semi serious, surreal, humorous, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: love triangle, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, social relations, couple relations, lifestyle, youth, actor's life, high school life, teachers and students, surrealism, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Funeral Kings (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, youth, group of friends, altar boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, teenage boy, sexual content, teenage life, friends, buddies ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 6.1
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Adult World (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Style: sexy, independent film, melancholic, teen, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: art, coming of age, poetry, sex shop, workplace, self discovery, writers, loneliness, creativity, adolescence vs adulthood, workplace situations, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Style: touching, sentimental, independent film, funny, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, depression, coming of age, mental institution, adolescence, psychiatric ward, teenage love, teenage life, friendship, anxiety, suicidal, psychiatrist ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 4.5
 422
Pitching Tents (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a working-class town in 1984, a high school senior's future creates a tug-of-war between his no-nonsense father and his crackpot guidance counselor until an encounter with a goddess helps him uncover his true destiny.
Style: psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, satire, changing lives, relationships, teenage protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, lifestyle change, teenager, teenage life ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.4
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The Goldfinch (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Style: atmospheric, non-linear, psychological, enigmatic, sad ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: tragic event, friendship, painting, adaptation, museum, teenage boy, art, teenager, parent child relationship, gay, lgbt, bombing ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.4
 695
Couch Potatoes (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: father son relationship, teenager, parents and children, friends, teenage life, family relations, friendship, youth, unlikely friendships, society, disorder, happy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
Style: realistic, sexy, bad ending, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, internet, youth, high school, teenage girl, sex scene, infidelity, sexual content, coming of age, parenthood, depression, video game ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the ...
Style: road movie, depressing, sentimental, compassionate, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: road trip, disability, abandoned by father, coming of age, writers, friendship, tragedy, justice, loneliness, depression, redemption, mentor ...
Place: seattle, salt lake city utah, idaho, utah, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Lara Jean and Peter have just taken their romance from pretend to officially real when another recipient of one of her love letters enters the picture.
Style: romantic, touching, feel good, uplifting, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: love triangle, couples, teenager, love, high school, coming of age, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, youth, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Lying Game (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story: Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, teen, serious
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: teenage life, teenager, female protagonist, murder, lifestyle, investigation, youth, twins, young adult, twin sister, foster child, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Way Way Back (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style: touching, realistic, teen, independent film, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: summer, teenager, vacation, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, shyness, youth, dysfunctional family, boy, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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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
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44%
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To Find a Man (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A boarding-school girl (Pamela Sue Martin) comes home pregnant and asks the boy (Darren O'Connor) next door for help getting an abortion.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage pregnancy, friendship, family relations, family problems, boarding school, battles, couples, friends, youth, society, betrayal, love and romance ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Style: romantic, touching, sincere, light, sweet ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, pretend relationship, love and romance, first love, love letter, couples, high school student, teen romance, youth, teenage girl, happy ending, sisterhood ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.5
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Thumbsucker (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Justin, a teenager boy, throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Style: emotional, humorous, witty, sentimental, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, addiction, youth, teenager, depression, debate, teenage life, self discovery, lifestyle, drug, mental illness ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Reach (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A socially awkward band geek, Steven Turano, is planning on killing himself. However, when Clarence, the new quirky kid in school, befriends him, Steven's plans are sidetracked and he reaches beyond his comfort zone forming stronger ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot: bullying, teen suicide, loneliness, friendship, father son relationship, depression, gay, gay teenager, sociopathy, loner, friendship between boys, gay slur ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Palo Alto (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, serious, teen, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, youth, teenage life, high school, teenage girl, teenager, crush, high school life, unfulfillment, older man young girl relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: california, palo alto california, britain, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.0
 5K
Frenemies (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: What happens when three sets of BFF's become enemies?
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, teen, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, teenage life, high school, teenager, youth, friendship, friends, ambition, computers and web, best friend, boy dog relationship, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Fat Kid Rules the World (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Style: touching, melancholic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, friendship, youth, overweight, street kid, parents and children, coming of age, music band, misfit, unsupportive parent, suicidal, subculture ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: ethiopia, seattle, usa
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36%
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
Style: teen, emotional, witty, realistic, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, adolescence, teenager, coming of age, teen angst, teenage girl, teen romance, female protagonist, best friend, friendship, teacher, nymph ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: california, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.5
 4K
Full of It (2007)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young kid (Pinkston) is forced to live out the lies he told to become popular.
Style: humorous, entertaining, feel good, romantic, semi serious
Audience: teens
Plot: wish come true, lie, teenage life, high school life, misfit, fish out of water, fantasy becomes reality, basketball, love and romance, high school, teenager, love ...
Time: year 2007
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Identity Card (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Hořká komedie režiséra Ondřeje Trojana Občanský průkaz na motivy stejnojmenné knihy Petra Šabacha sleduje osudy čtveřice dospívajících mladíků, jejich přátel, lásek a rodičů od okamžiku, kdy v patnácti letech dostanou ...
Style: humorous, contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: coming of age, group of friends, communist, friendship between boys, family relations, teenager, teenage boy, communism, emigration, teenage protagonist, friends, youth ...
Time: 70s
Place: czechoslovakia, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 8.7
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Stage Fright (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
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Story: Lizzy is the stage manager for Crown Lake's latest production: Phantom. But when the show's lead and Lizzy's biggest crush, Noah, is put in a coma by a tragic accident during dress rehearsal, she must unite unlikely allies to get to ...
Style: captivating, psychological, satirical, thrilling
Plot: investigation, teenage protagonist, whodunit, teenage life, satire, school, adolescence, unlikely hero, schoolboy, teenager, secret, high school life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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