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A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
During the course of one day, a group of students at a school in Los Angeles find themselves caught up in a plot of sex, lies and dead bodies.
Style:
satirical, captivating, disturbing, sex comedy, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, tension, adult comedy
Plot:
school, relationships, satire, teenager, deception, schoolgirl, high school life, teenage life, disposing of a dead body, high school, dark humor, student life, urban, awkwardness, teen angst, student, dead body, infidelity, social satire, moral ambiguity, investigation, absurdism, african american, one day, boss ...
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to A Happening of Monumental Proportions
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and disturbing films with plots about satire, school, teenager, high school, high school life, relationships and teenage life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like A Happening of Monumental Proportions: Too Handsome To Handle (2019), Bakaleya High School (2012), Youth & Consequences (2018), Senior Year (2022), DIVOS! (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Wary of the effects of his good looks on others, a shut-in agrees to attend high school for the first time and meets a girl who's immune to his charm.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
school, teenager, high school life, lifestyle, teenage life, teenage boy, children, lifestyle change, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, slice of life, couple relations, relationships ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Movie adaptation of the japanese drama of the same name. This movie, scheduled to hit theaters nationwide in October, will feature Johnny’s Jr. members Iwamoto Hikaru, Sakuma Daisuke, Abe Ryohei, Watanabe Shota, Fukasawa Tatsuya, and Miyadate ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating
Plot:
japanese girl, student, schoolgirl, school, schoolboy, teenager, fall in love, teenage life, teen romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, adolescence, high school life ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
At Central Rochester High, a teen girl struggles for power within the school system.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, young adult, youth, teenage life, school, teenage girl, young girl, ambition, high school life, schoolgirl, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A thirty-seven-year-old woman wakes up from a twenty-year coma and returns to the high school where she was once a popular cheerleader to finish her senior year and become prom queen. The main plot is the empowerment of LGBTQ rights and progress ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, disturbing, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
cheerleading, satire, school, cheerleader, social problems, high school, female protagonist, middle aged, high school life, high school prom, schoolgirl, middle aged woman ...
Time:
year 1997, 2020s, year 2002, 2000s, 90s
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Teiichi Akaba is a student at a prestigious private male high school known for producing important politicians and bureaucrats. His dream is to become the prime minster and make his own country. To help achieve his dream, he wants to become elected ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, twisted ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, rivalry, high school, power struggle, campaigning, power politics, campus, high school life, school, rivals, teenage life ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Teenage egos collide when a self-proclaimed "Broadway Legend in the Making" is forced to share the spotlight with the school's star athlete in the high school musical.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, thrilling, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
teenager, satire, gay, ego clash, rivalry, high school, ambition, competition, teenage life, high school life, teenage protagonist, youth culture ...
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, tension, satirical ...
Plot:
school, cons and scams, youth, exam, high school, student life, save the day, coming of age, heist, heist gone wrong, ambition, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
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:
psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating
Plot:
investigation, teenage protagonist, whodunit, relationships, unlikely friendships, unlikely hero, schoolgirl, school, teenage life, adolescence, secret, high school life ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The gang is invited to Logan's dad's mansion for spring break, only to find out they are being used for testing a new reality show called "Gender Defenders." Now it's boys against girls and, when Chase accidentally sends a ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
high school life, boarding school, school, teenager, lifestyle, teenage girl, schoolboy, teenage protagonist, friendship, teenage life, schoolgirl, adolescence ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three married couples undergoing therapy are summoned by their female psychologist to a meeting. The psychologist won’t be attending the reunion herself, but she will give to them instructions about what they must do. Thus, to the sound of a horn ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, tension, comedy drama ...
Plot:
group therapy, couples therapy, couples, satire, marriage, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationship problems, psychotherapy, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film follows a trio of varsity baseball players as they enter their senior year of high school and navigate difficult choices on and off the field.
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, disturbing, emotional
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
baseball, friendship, teenager, ambition, school, self discovery, athlete, coming of age, youth, high school, baseball team, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Go Nam-soon, a young boy, constantly gets bullied by a group in his class. Later, one of his old rivals joins his school. Eventually, they are able to sort out their differences.
Style:
feel good, disturbing, dorama, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, high school romance, school, student, classmate, high school, relationships, friends, high school friend, schoolboy, slice of life, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a socially invisible high school senior who, after slipping up and getting the school's biggest bully suspended, realizes he may only have two weeks left to experience everything he's ever missed out on.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
school bully, adolescence, teenage protagonist, love interest, couple relations, teenage boy, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, schoolboy, teenage life, teenager ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After Jodi Kreyman gains popularity, her miscommunications start causing rifts with those around her and now she really needs to "stand tall".
Style:
psychological, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school life, high school, teenager, teenage life, tall woman, friendship, coming of age, young girl, fame, student, self doubt, satire ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, semi serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, friendship between men, satire, dark humor, rivalry, society, actress, dishonesty, escapades, writers, friendship, family relations ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts to unravel as she rekindles an old romance and becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Plot:
couples, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love affair, male female relationship, changing lives, lifestyle, couple relations, relationships, love story, ex couple relations, love interest, satire ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A secret fantasy blog might jeopardize the promising future of Laras, a talented student, when the blog is revealed to her entire school.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, satirical
Plot:
high school, student, love, teenager, teenage girl, school, schoolgirl, teenage life, social problems, adolescence, undercover, blogger ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
From the same team that brought you “Goodbye Mr Loser” comes the hilarious dark comedy "Mr Donkey". In order to pay for the donkey that brings them water, a countryside village registers it as a teacher at its local school. But when ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, school, poverty, social satire, social commentary, village life, medieval, con trick, school teacher, problem, high school life, satire ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients greed. They have ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, satirical ...
Plot:
greed, money, business, satire, office politics, businessman, counselor, corporate greed, job, power struggle, ambition, absurdism ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Students pursue love affairs some destined to be and some doomed during a break from school in this ensemble romance.
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
school, teen romance, adolescence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, love and romance, student, high school life, love affair, teenager, romantic friendship, teenage life ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Loserville follows a dorky high school outcast named Chuck as he navigates the wild and confusing days of his senior year. Chuck must face the challenges that he and friends are growing apart; that his mother has decided to date a much younger man ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, entertaining, satirical, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
high school life, slice of life, high school, coming of age, satire, family relations, schoolboy, teenage life, teenage love, social problems, teenager, adolescence ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Four men attempt to fool around as much as they can before their wives return from a 14-hour Buddhism trip to Thailand.
Style:
black comedy, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, adultery, marital problem, husband wife relationship, marital infidelity, relationship problems, friends, male bonding, infidelity, revenge, mistaken identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
china
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Clare and Aidan, who after making a pact that they would break up before college, find themselves retracing the steps of their relationship on their last evening as a couple. The epic date leads them to familiar landmarks, unexpected places, and ...
Style:
romantic, psychological, entertaining, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dating, lovers apart, high school, college, love, student, couple relations, love interest, romantic relationship, romantic friendship, in love, love and romance ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After workaholic Kevin has a drunken one night stand with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline, he's horrified to discover that she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress. When she takes a bottle of sleeping pills, Kevin is forced to ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, ironic, captivating ...
Plot:
employer employee relationship, stormy night, fall in love, satire, in love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love affair, romantic relationship, love and romance, love interest, relationships, love story ...
Similarity:
37%
765
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a friend group is torn apart by betrayal, they decide to settle their differences in the most old school of ways. Leaving their modern home of Los Angeles, they embark on a bizarre adventure that seemingly takes them back in time across an ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, duel, love affair, betrayal, relationship problems, friends, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, family relations, cocaine ...
Place:
los angeles, mexico, indiana
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A nebbish high school senior and his best friends embarks on a road trip to attend the greatest music festival of the year in a last-ditch effort to win over the girl of his dreams.
Style:
feel good, disturbing, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, road trip, teenager, friendship, music festival, high school, teenage love, relationship problems, teenage protagonist, love affair, adolescence, rock concert ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
34%
729
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A playboy's life changes after he meets and sleeps with a girl who hasn't turned 18 yet.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
playboy, relationships, jailbait, underage, problem, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unlikely couple, couple relations, changing lives, satire, social problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In a neighborhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, Miguel has never found himself in one. However, when a combination of events turn his life upside down, Miguel and his friends enter into a series of misadventures.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious
Plot:
coming of age, fight, teenager, young boy, friendship, social satire, adolescence vs adulthood, satire, teenage life, teenage protagonist, grownups, friends ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two recent college graduates, Anne, an ambitious law student and Amir, an aimless escalator attendant and aspiring sculptor move into a 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life together. But the combination of their small apartment, their ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
neighbor, satire, social satire, relationship problems, lifestyle, family problems, living together, couple relations, relationships, young couple, intimate, intimacy ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.
Style:
captivating, humorous, sincere, disturbing
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school life, school, teenage girl, teenager, friend, schoolgirl, friendship, shyness, friends, classmate, shy girl, high school ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
32%
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