Movies like The Battle of Shaker Heights
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The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where his father is a recovering drug addict. Kelly's life gets even more complicated when he falls for Tabby, Bart's pretty and soon-to-be-wed older sister.
Style:
intense, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, inspirational, light, clever, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, teenager, coming of age, unlikely friendships, friends, addiction, contests and competitions, human nature, friendship, family relations, parents and children, fall in love, high school life, teenage life, lifestyle, youth, bully, catastrophe, school, twists and turns, revenge, natural disaster, relationships, teacher, writers ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about runaway, dialogue, mentor, catastrophe, culture clash, storytelling and teenager mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Battle of Shaker Heights: Drive Me Crazy (1999), Class (1983), The Inkwell (1994), How to Deal (2003), How I Got Into College (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, humorous, sexy, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
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high school, opposites attract, prom, teen romance, romantic rivalry, school, teenager, youth, friendship, love and romance, couples, misfit ...
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80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby ...
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teen sex comedy, sex comedy, erotic, sexy, sexual ...
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teens, girls' night, date night
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older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, high school, sex with a minor, sex, age difference, friendship, teenager, youth, college, nude, older woman younger man sex ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he ...
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sentimental, humorous, semi serious, touching, sexy ...
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teens, kids, date night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, school, teenager, older woman younger man relationship, sex, family relations, fall in love, looking for sex, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, high school life ...
Time:
80s, year 1962, 60s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, new jersey, hawaii, california
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58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
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touching, humorous, sexy, clever, stylized ...
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date night, teens, kids, girls' night
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coming of age, gangsters, blaxploitation, imaginary friend, friendship, african american, dysfunctional family, teenager, corruption, children, redemption, race issues ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her ...
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romantic, sweet, semi serious, feel good, sentimental ...
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girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
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high school, teenager, teenage love, wedding, cheerleading, true love, pregnancy, coming of age, love and romance, youth, fall in love, looking for love ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon's affections attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. Jessica fights off her parent's expectation of ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, satirical, romantic, entertaining ...
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teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
college, high school, coming of age, teenager, justice, police investigation, adaptation, stereotypes, happy ending, multiple storylines, mentor, twists and turns ...
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80s
Place:
holland, europe, california
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45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised ...
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feel good, humorous, light, sentimental, realistic ...
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teens, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, school, teenager, high school, cheerleading, bullying, prank, public humiliation, teenage life, misfit, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
california
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45%
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, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, coming of age, depression, friendship, psychiatric ward, teenage love, adolescence, teenage life, anxiety, mental institution, teenage boy, supportive friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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 ...
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feel good, funny, ridiculous, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
high school, teenager, youth, coming of age, school, adolescence, high school life, friendship, teenage life, stereotypes, relationships, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law ...
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feel good, humorous, sweet, intense, semi serious ...
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teens
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coming of age, teenager, high school life, father son relationship, adaptation, love, family relations, prank, honest, parents and children, american football, teenage life ...
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usa, rhode island, new jersey, connecticut, new england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Angie lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y. and dreams of a better life than everyone she knows. When she finds that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Vinnie, she decides that she will have the baby, but not Vinnie as a husband. This ...
Style:
intense, touching, sentimental, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, self discovery, love and romance, fall in love, love triangle, human nature, women, wedding, working class, female protagonist, eccentricity, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
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43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty ...
Style:
touching, sexy, visually appealing, stylized, reflective ...
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teens
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death, dysfunctional family, family relations, writers, redemption, divorce, first contact, life philosophy, mentor, mother daughter relationship, multiple storylines, fantasy world ...
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Place:
texas, los angeles
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42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, wedding, high school, african american, friendship between men, homecoming, family relations, siblings relations, adolescence vs adulthood, best friends, twentysomething life ...
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80s
Place:
california, los angeles, africa, new jersey, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. ...
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sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, teenager, adoption, coming of age, high school, unlikely friendships, justice, stereotypes, underdog, depression, love story ...
Time:
80s
Place:
wisconsin, california, san francisco
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42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, ...
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romantic, sexy, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
high school, youth, teenager, love, first love, love story, love and romance, teenage love, first sex, teenage life, virgin, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Directed by Martin Davidson and Stephen Verona, The Lords of Flatbush is a low budget film starring Perry King, Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone (who also wrote additional dialog). Set in the late 1950s, the coming-of-age story follows four ...
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realistic, intense, stylized, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
teens
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gang, friendship, coming of age, greaser, adolescence, youth, self discovery, goofy hero, human nature, friends, buddies, parents and children ...
Time:
50s, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, usa
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked too many hours when Ian was a lad.) Dad has something to say, but Ian won't listen. ...
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sexy, humorous, melancholic, realistic, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
sex, friendship, existentialism, relationships, honest, thirtysomething life, infidelity, midlife crisis, lifestyle, gay, skiing, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
High school loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987's Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
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feel good, semi serious, witty, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
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high school, teenager, couples, cheerleading, hip hop, culture clash, school, transformation, adolescence, lifestyle, opposites attract, social differences ...
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80s, 21st century
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new jersey, paris france, california, usa
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41%
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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.
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realistic, sexy, dramatic, bad ending, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
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teenage life, internet, youth, teenager, high school, sex scene, infidelity, sexual content, coming of age, teenage girl, multiple storylines, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced ...
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humorous, light, captivating, exciting, entertaining ...
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teens, kids
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coming of age, summer job, beach resort, teenager, wisdom of life, gambler, youth, social differences, fall in love, nightclub, beach, summer ...
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20th century, 60s, 50s, 80s, year 1963
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usa, brooklyn new york city, california, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental ...
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romantic, touching, melancholic, sentimental, sexy ...
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teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
mental illness, high school, bipolar disorder, coming of age, love, teenage love, mental institution, hitchhiking, psychology, lovers on the run, depression, suicide attempt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, seattle, usa, mexico
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, kids ...
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high school, coming of age, teenager, love, youth, opposites attract, couples, love story, cheerleading, first love, family disapproval, graduation ...
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80s, 20th century
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Style:
romantic, light, humorous, witty, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
fall in love, love triangle, love story, sarcasm, life philosophy, destiny, twists and turns, writers, shopping, love affair, love and romance, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body and ...
Style:
humorous, inspirational, touching, reflective, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
body swapping, teenager, youth, school, wish come true, switching bodies, dream, transformation, fish out of water, high school, disorder, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
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romantic, sweet, sincere, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school reunion, coming of age, friendship, friends, nerd, unlikely friendships, relationships, destiny, teenager, life, love, love story ...
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Place:
california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, ...
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feel good, emotional, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, small town, women, female friendship, best friends, childhood, youth, teenager, teenage life, children ...
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Place:
usa, indiana
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38%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid routine. The moment arrives when he stumbles upon a woman, Patty Vare, unconscious in a field. ...
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melancholic, romantic, intense, enigmatic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, amnesia, police investigation, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, rescue, school, high school, secret, love ...
Time:
90s
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
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feel good, touching, sexy, light, unusual plot structure ...
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chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, teen angst, mother, love, teenager, bittersweet, small town, friendship, nude, interracial romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The ...
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humorous, feel good, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, dancing, father son relationship, rivalry, kids and family, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, friendship, teenage love, underdog, youth, ambition ...
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20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new jersey, california
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four women who discover untapped strength within themselves when they finally let go of what divides them
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touching, sentimental, sexy, clever, visually appealing ...
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girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
women, friendship, bittersweet, widow, grief, death of husband, brutality, runaway, revenge, unlikely friendships, vengeance, relationships ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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