Movies like Assassination of a High School President
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Assassination of a High School President (2008)
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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:
humorous, realistic, stylized, talky, semi serious, suspenseful, clever, neo noir, intense, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, teenager, journalism, cheerleading, mentor, coming of age, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, high school life, teenage life, college, conspiracy, school, suspense, catastrophe, drugs, mysticism, loneliness, teacher, macabre, depression, assassin, loner, bullying ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, clever and funny films with plots about dialogue, mentor, storytelling, runaway, pornography, catastrophe and brutality mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Assassination of a High School President: Fletch (1985), Drowning Mona (2000), Strangers with Candy (2005), Rocket Science (2007), The Inbetweeners Movie (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, talky, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, police corruption, beach, reporter, car chase, sarcasm, undercover, journalism, disguise, corruption, dishonesty, cons and scams ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa, santa monica california
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
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humorous, parody, satirical, stylized, semi serious ...
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teens
Plot:
sexual relations, prostitute, addiction, fish out of water, high school life, teachers and students, high school, dark humor, female protagonist, parenthood, disorder, gender ...
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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 ...
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clever, sincere, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, debate, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, misfit, teacher ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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 ...
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funny, melancholic, not serious, humorous, sexy ...
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teens, girls' night
Plot:
vacation, coming of age, holiday, friendship, adolescence, teenager, popularity, sex, high school, socially awkward, party, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
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humorous, clever, witty, funny, absurd ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, heist, love and romance, suicide, eccentricity, childhood, dark humor, violence, drugs, mentor, adaptation, dysfunctional family ...
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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 ...
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teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, gangsters, school, friendship, drugs, african american, gang, adolescence, social relations, hip hop, childhood ...
Time:
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, unusual plot structure, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
teacher, gang, hip hop, school, satire, cheerleading, farce, teenager, high school, weapons, gangsters, vengeance ...
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Place:
los angeles
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49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Style:
talky, melancholic, semi serious, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, female protagonist, runaway, woman in danger, greed, crumbling marriage, family problems, self discovery, dishonesty, marriage, adultery, depression ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Emily Watson stars as Trixie, an eccentric woman who aspires to quit her job as a security guard and become a private detective. However, comedy intervenes and the mess begins...
Style:
humorous, enigmatic, stylized, semi serious, sexy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and ...
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Place:
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with plant-louses.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
Style:
exciting, humorous, entertaining, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
suspense, gangsters, revenge, gambling debt, money falling through the air, fbi agent, limousine driver, cocaine, sex scene, limousine, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female nudity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a ...
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teens, girls' night, kids
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2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, entertaining, semi serious, realistic, light ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
high school, teenager, heist, coming of age, school, teenage life, slacker, friendship, cheerleading, partners, friends, breaking and entering ...
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new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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