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Better Off Dead... (1985)
 7.1
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Better Off Dead... (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Lane Meyer is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with his crazy family, Lane finds a new love in French exchange student Monique Junot. Meanwhile, he must beat Roy on the slopes to regain his honor.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, dark comedy, light, sweet, cult classic, laugh out loud, surreal, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, skiing, teenager, high school, suicide attempt, youth, slutty attitude, machismo, teenage love, young lovers, rivalry, unfulfilled love, love, drinking, dark humor, snow, manic pixie dream girl, nerd, teenage sex, teacher, depression, obsession, suicide, chase, bicycle ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place: usa, california, seattle
Keyword: oldies, partners, poster, order

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and semi serious films with plots about teenager, high school, youth, love, coming of age, love and romance and teenage girl mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Better Off Dead...: Sixteen Candles (1984), One Crazy Summer (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Summer School (1987), Wet Hot American Summer (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
Style: feel good, touching, sweet, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, high school life, youth, self discovery, teenage girl, teenage love, first love, female nudity, teen romance ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: illinois, chicago, usa
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One Crazy Summer (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, colorful ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: friendship, coming of age, teenager, love, youth, eviction, summer vacation, brat pack, obsession, voice over narration, feud, greed ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Summer School (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with ...
Style: funny, laugh out loud, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: teacher, summer, summer school, teenager, high school, teacher student relationship, teaching, teenage girl, gym teacher, dyslexia, underage drinking, chainsaw ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who ...
Style: humorous, funny, parody, stylized, harsh ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: summer camp, love triangle, lifeguard, camp, farce, rescue, coming of age, stoner, looking for sex, teenager, satire, summer ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, 2000s, year 1981
Place: maine, italy
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100%
Private School (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim's friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including ...
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, humorous, sexy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, sex, voyeurism, girls' boarding school, high school, female pubic hair, cheerleader, friends, voyeur, female nudity, college, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style: romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage girl, teen romance, bullying, class differences, father daughter relationship, relationships, love story, high school life, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class.
Style: cult classic, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: revenge, teenager, middle class, prank, high school, suburban life, suburbs, socially awkward, friends, vengeance, society, buddies ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: arizona, usa, tennessee, america, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Say Anything... (1989)
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, sweet, light, romantic, teen ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, couples, first love, youth, young love, opposites attract, love story, graduation, love and romance, boyfriend ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: seattle, england, washington state, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style: romantic, romantic comedy, teen, rom com, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teenage life, teen romance, love and romance, initially antagonists, school, enemies to lovers ...
Time: year 1999, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, witty, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: teenage girl, babysitter, babysitting, gangster, chase, on the run, child, nanny, teenager, female protagonist, friendship, youth ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 90s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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The Sure Thing (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures ...
Style: road movie, feel good, sex comedy, light, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: road trip, coming of age, college, on the road, couples, youth, fall in love, cross country, student life, love, high school, blonde ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom ...
Style: romantic, realistic, feel good, funny, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
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Time: 90s, year 1998, y2k, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, california
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Clueless (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give ...
Style: feel good, teen, romantic, light, rom com ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, fashion, youth, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, popularity, teenage love, enemies to lovers ...
Time: 90s, y2k, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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She's All That (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sweet, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, opposites attract, youth, teen romance, adolescence, bet, high school life, fall in love, young love, teenage girl, teenage love ...
Time: 90s, y2k, year 1999, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
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Valley Girl (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Style: feel good, sex comedy, light, slang, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, party, friends, friendship, obsessive love, teen romance, dancing, love triangle, punk rock, love ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Style: funny, romantic, humorous, romantic comedy, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: true love, dream girl, dumb, stupidity, private detective, farce, dating, love, obstacle, wooing, nothing goes right, hidden identity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998
Place: rhode island, florida, miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in ...
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, funny, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: college, teenager, youth, party, fraternity, student life, high school, college life, coming of age, rich snob, flirting, sex ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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How I Got Into College (1989)
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: humorous, entertaining, satirical, romantic, light ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college, high school, coming of age, teenager, police investigation, justice, storytelling, stereotypes, happy ending, adaptation, multiple storylines, mentor ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though ...
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, teen, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, nerd, couples, opposites attract, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, youth, pretend relationship, friendship, popularity, cheerleading ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Mallrats (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
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Audience: teens, date night, adult
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Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, minnesota, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.6
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Rushmore (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the ...
Style: funny, dark comedy, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, depression, student, jealousy, adolescence, love triangle, teacher, teen angst, friendship, youth, mentor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place: usa, midwest, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.1
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Teen Wolf (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, teen, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, coming of age, werewolf, school, teenager, high school life, friends, basketball, adolescence vs adulthood, father son relationship, transformation, unlikely friendships ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Hot Pursuit (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he ...
Style: feel good, road movie, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, chase, boat, rescue, nothing goes right, disorder, friendship, youth, teenager, coming of age, prisoner, airport ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Just One of the Guys (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot: cross dressing, high school, gender disguise, adolescence, gender bending, college, sexism, prom, hidden identity, switching roles, coming of age, gender bender ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: california, phoenix arizona, arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.8
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Serendipity (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. ...
Style: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: destiny, fall in love, christmas, serendipity, coincidence, love and romance, true love, looking for love, friendship, fate, love, love story ...
Time: year 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.7
 20K
Get Over It (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring ...
Style: romantic comedy, feel good, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, shakespeare, fall in love, teenager, teenage life, love triangle, mentor, happy ending, adolescence, underdog, high school life, school ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.2
 127K
Just Friends (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Style: feel good, romantic, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: true love, best friends in love, christmas, love and romance, holiday, friends in love, male female friendship, love, friendship, couples, fall in love, snow ...
Time: year 2005, year 1995, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.3
 104K
Election (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, political, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teacher, election, satire, teenage girl, politics, campaign, jealousy, coming of age, society, school, teachers and students ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, y2k, 20th century
Place: nebraska, washington d.c., new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Secret Admirer (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When high-school heartthrob Michael receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it's from knock-out prom queen Deborah Anne instead of pretty honor student Toni. And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make ...
Style: teen sex comedy, light, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: teenager, high school, love and romance, love, school, secret admirer, summer vacation, summer, farce, fraternity, voyeur, relationships ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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