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Assassination of a High School President (2008)
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Assassination of a High School President (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth's reputation. But as Bobby gets to know Paul's girlfriend, Francesca, he comes to realize he was wrong about Paul, so he sets out to unmask the true culprit.
Style: realistic, stylized, talky, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, teen, clever, neo noir, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, teenager, journalism, mentor, coming of age, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, high school life, teenage life, college, assassination, conspiracy, school, mysticism, loner, reporter, woman peeing, party, popularity, school principal, sex talk, youth, studying, profanity ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good and semi serious films with plots about high school, youth, teenage life, teenager, high school life, friends and school mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Assassination of a High School President: The Good Student (2006), Fletch (1985), Get a Clue (2002), Dope (2015), High School (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Good Student (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Ally, a popular teen and local celebrity goes missing, her small suburban town erupts in panic.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspense, parody ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: high school, police investigation, sexual content, kidnapping, teenage love, love and romance, cheerleader, dark humor, dysfunctional family, teenage life, high school life, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 57K
Fletch (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, talky, entertaining ...
Audience: kids
Plot: journalism, investigation, corruption, undercover, cons and scams, dishonesty, dating, on the run, mistaken identity, insurance, police corruption, media ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 7K
Get a Clue (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A rich kid and her friends investigate the disappearance of one of her teachers.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, teen, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: amateur detective, unlikely couple, high school, youth, teenage girl, missing person, child as adult, investigation, riddles and clues, teenage love, best friend, journalism ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.2
 89K
Dope (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from ...
Style: funny, independent film, realistic, suspense, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, coming of age, hip hop, african american, adolescence, friendship, social relations, drug, party, gang, gangster, high school ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, indiana, harvard university, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 5.7
 8K
High School (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: weed, high school, stoner, youth, cheerleader, fighting the system, teenage life, misfit, against the rules, nothing goes right, rebellion, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.7
 7K
Expelled (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, disgusting, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, teenage life, prankster, coming of age, high school life, youth, friends, school expulsion, college, power relations, teenage girl, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.7
 231K
Project X (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style: teen sex comedy, humorous, funny, not serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: party, high school, teenager, adolescence, youth, when the parents are away, teenage life, student, friends, popularity, buddies, birthday party ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.2
 595K
21 Jump Street (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style: parody, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, undercover cop, buddy, drug, police, partners against crime, youth, buddy cop, working undercover, high school student, friendship, popularity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Movie in collections
 6.4
 101K
The DUFF (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together ...
Style: feel good, funny, teen, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, friendship, teenage life, stereotypes, college, relationships ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.2
 115K
Heathers (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, teen, cult classic, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, dark humor, murder, suicide, murderous pair, teenage girl, teenage life, teenager, coming of age, insanity, sociopath, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a California high school, a married teacher is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. He starts to have sex flings with his female students and eventually has to kill several of the girls to keep them quiet.
Style: sex comedy, psychological, grindhouse, cynical, captivating ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: high school, infidelity, cheerleader, murder, womanizer, fondling, caught having sex, loss of virginity, sexual desire, sex, lust, nymphomaniac ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.7
 15K
Drowning Mona (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The recently deceased Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny ...
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, absurd ...
Plot: murder, small town, investigation, murder mystery, sarcasm, waitress, goofy hero, disorder, social relations, family problems, drowning, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an un-chaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay, Simon and Neil think when they book a two-week stay on an exotic Greek island. As their ...
Style: funny, melancholic, teen sex comedy, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vacation, coming of age, holiday, friendship, adolescence, teenager, popularity, sex, high school, socially awkward, lifestyle, party ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Foreign Exchange (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four high school friends plan to ride out their senior year taking easy classes, including a program for housing foreign exchange students and eventually all attending Ohio State. Hurdles befall each of the four: grades, higher aspirations, love. Is ...
Style: teen sex comedy, realistic, not serious, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, teenage life, couples, social relations, buddies, love and romance, youth, lifestyle, hardcase students, foreign exchange student, female nudity, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, ohio, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, teacher, teenage girl, friendship, teen angst, school, teenage angst, teenage boy, skipping school, rebel ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.6
 10K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.5
 14K
Rocket Science (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style: clever, sincere, psychological, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school, coming of age, debate, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, nothing goes right, contests and competitions, misfit, teacher ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Perfect Score (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.
Style: entertaining, semi serious, humorous, realistic, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: high school, heist, coming of age, teenage life, teenager, friendship, best friend, partner, friends, voice over narration, breaking and entering, brother brother relationship ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 7.1
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Brick (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Style: neo noir, independent film, cerebral, noir, detective ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, twists and turns, investigation, murder, murder mystery, drug lord, teenager, whodunit, coming of age, adolescence, youth, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.7
 9K
Dirty Deeds (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An American Pie-like teen comedy in which a high school senior tries to become the first student in years to complete the Dirty Deeds, an outrageous series of challenges that must be completed by the Homecoming banquet at 9 a.m.
Style: sexy, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, romantic, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: high school, teenager, bully, cheerleader, stereotypes, friends, rivalry, college, teenage sex, lifestyle, coming of age, prank ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Style: talky, realistic, independent film, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: baseball, college, college life, friendship between men, party, coming of age, youth, male objectification, male nudity, friendship, student athlete, high school ...
Time: year 1980, year 2016, 80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
American Sophomore (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A group of high school kids enjoy many adventures throughout their formative tenth grade year.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, light, teen comedy
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, disorder, friends, youth, escapades, social relations, high school, nudity, high school life, female nudity, bare breasts, group ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 25K
Mean Girls 2 (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story revolves around a new high school student, Jo (Meaghan Martin) , who agrees to befriend an outcast, Abby (Jennifer Stone), at the urging of Abby's wealthy father in exchange for paying all of Jo's costs for the college of her ...
Style: sexy, teen, feel good, witty, suspense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot: high school, mean girl, bitch, dream girl, teachers and students, teenage girl, friends, high school life, college, bullying, misfit, youth ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, weed, party, bullying, drug, summer ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: texas, seattle, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.0
 431K
American Pie (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all ...
Style: teen sex comedy, funny, sex comedy, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, teenager, adolescence, party, virginity, masturbation, high school, looking for sex, loss of virginity, nudity, teenage sexuality, teenage life ...
Time: y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.7
 15K
Sugar & Spice (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, heist, cheerleading, cheerleader, friendship, satire, teenage love, rebel, dark humor, girl gang, buddies, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.6
 628K
Superbad (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: High school best buddies are facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from a fake ID-toting friend, the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
Style: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, hilarious, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teenager, nerd, coming of age, adolescence, youth, party, teenage life, dumb, friendship, loss of virginity, bromance ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, near future, y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
American High School (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Small lives begin at the end of high school for this surreal society. A senior who married young must contend with her life, love, and pursuit of individuality and femininity in a narcissistic, misogynistic world of irony. Gwen Adams, her husband ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: high school, teenager, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, high school life, youth, love triangle, sexy teenager, looking for sex, couple relations, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, high school, psychopath, mind game, dark humor, police investigation, danger, youth, obsession, teenage life, stalking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls ...
Style: detective, crime thriller, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, film critic, investigation, private detective, blackmail, courtroom, hollywood, filmmaking, who done it, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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