Prank movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant prank movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, slasher, serious, scary and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with prank, teenager, youth, revenge, blood, teenage girl, murder, disorder, serial killer and friendship plots mostly in Horror, Comedy and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as prank: Mean Creek (2004), Dennis the Menace (1993), The Burning (1981), Carrie (1976), Joy Ride (2001), Baby's Day Out (1994), The House on Sorority Row (1982), Home Alone (1990), Don't Hang Up (2016), Tormented (2009).

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 7.1
 33K
Mean Creek (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: prank, friendship, kids in trouble, small town, vengeance, coming of age, teenager, bullying, revenge, bully, guilt, childhood ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: oregon
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, childhood, kids and family, happy ending, neighbor, boy, nothing goes right, troublemaker ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, chicago
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 6.3
 22K
The Burning (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult horror ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: prank, serial killer, summer camp, stalking, revenge, survival, murder, lake, maniac, camp, voyeurism, youth ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york state, new york
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 7.4
 205K
Carrie (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style: tense, gothic, intense, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: prank, bullying, vengeance, telekinesis, cruelty, rage, prom, female protagonist, revenge, abusive mother, high school, social misfits ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s, future, year 1979 ...
Place: maine, usa
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 6.6
 75K
Joy Ride (2001)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style: suspense, scary, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: kidnapping, prank, truck driver, road trip, psychopath, truck, paranoia, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, revenge, murder, on the road ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, salt lake city utah, wyoming, san diego california, colorado ...
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
Style: realistic, talky, teen, harsh, touching ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, coming of age, youth, prank, friendship, boy, dark humor, adaptation, juvenile delinquency, friends, high school life, school ...
Time: 70s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 6.2
 55K
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: babies and infants, mischievous children, chase, escapades, danger, stupidity, prank, young heroes, kidnapping, lost child, rescue, farce ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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The House on Sorority Row (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
Style: slasher, independent film, bloody, creepy, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, prank, college, female nudity, sorority, attic, murder, voyeur, dead woman, old woman, childbirth, accidental death ...
Time: year 2016, 80s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa
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 7.7
 649K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, chick flick ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, youth, children, home invasion, kids and family, child protagonist, winter, child, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, france, paris france ...
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 5.5
 16K
Don't Hang Up (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prank, telephone call, home invasion, mysterious stranger, teenager, stalker, murder, terror, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death threat, threat ...
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 5.1
 7K
Tormented (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The film centers on Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and bullied at school. He returns from the dead to pay his teenage tormentors a final visit.
Style: scary, slasher, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, revenge, ghost, bullying, vengeance, bully, serial killer, supernatural, dead teenager, suicide, school, prank ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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The Good Neighbor (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.
Style: twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, stylized, sad ...
Plot: found footage, hidden camera, prank, bullying, revenge, neighbor, lawyer, home invasion, twists and turns, old man, obsession, suicide ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
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 6.5
 14K
Dutch (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Style: light, road movie, funny, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing
Plot: road trip, prank, mischievous children, holiday, culture clash, foe turned friend, thanksgiving, working class, unlikely friendships, reluctant partners, partner, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: chicago, georgia, usa
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 6.6
 85K
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: witch, magic, childhood, nanny, family values, children, single father, mischievous children, parents and children, widower, prank, family relations ...
Time: edwardian era, year 2005, year 2006, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: england, europe
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 3.5
 865
Prank (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Harmless prank or violent revenge? Three high school students, sick of living in fear of bullies, plan the ultimate payback. But when their prank goes way too far, they come to realize that getting even can have deadly consequences. Packed with ...
Style: tense, disturbing, rough, serious, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prank, found footage, disorder, friendship, vengeance, social relations, killer clown, danger, society, brutality, friends, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.8
 14K
Terror Train (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, prank, masked killer, serial killer, train, magician, blood, psychopath, survival, stalking, holiday horror, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1980
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Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own ...
Style: humorous, feel good, sex comedy, funny, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: college, nerd, sex, sorority, bullying, prank, high school, youth, underdog, cheerleader, teenage girl, college freshman ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place: usa, arizona, tucson arizona
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April Fool's Day (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The new "April Fool's" revolves around a party given by two rich siblings for their friend. Tragedy strikes when a friend falls over a balcony and dies. One year later, the teens responsible for the accident become the targets of a ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prank, characters killed one by one, serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, gory, uncover truth, nightlife, faked death, conspiracy, holiday horror ...
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 5.1
 32K
Sorority Row (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, ...
Style: slasher, bloody, suspense, creepy, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, sorority, mystery killer, college life, sociopath, life & death, serial killer, prank, secret, vengeance, twists and turns, prank gone wrong ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Slaughter High (1986)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, prank, humiliation, group of friends, nerd, revenge, beer, violence spree, serial killer, murder, bullying, disfigurement ...
Time: 80s
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 5.8
 28K
Cry Wolf (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.
Style: slasher, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, masked killer, murder, prank, school, death, psycho killer, plot twist, high school, youth, murder mystery, friendship ...
Time: year 2005
Place: virginia
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 6.7
 104K
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, twist ending, anthology ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: halloween, werewolf, masked killer, serial killer, psychopath, monster, prank, halloween party, supernatural, ghost, holiday, scarecrow ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
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 5.6
 45K
Fist Fight (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.
Style: entertaining, funny, light, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, high school teacher, teacher, foul language, prank, buddy, last day of school, revenge, school bully, mentor, dumb, pregnant woman ...
Time: year 2017
Place: georgia
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April Fool's Day (1986)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of eight college friends gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. John to celebrate their final year of school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret from their past which is revealed, and soon after, ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, humorous, twist ending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, holiday horror, twists and turns, gory, prank, supernatural, plot twist, college, mad scientist, hanging, blood ...
Time: 80s
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 5.5
 39K
Big Fat Liar (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd (Muniz) has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) steals his class paper and turns it into a smash movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall ...
Style: humorous, hilarious, light, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: hollywood, revenge, prank, youth, summer school, filmmaking, liar, movie business, artists and showbiz, film producer, film industry, plagiarism ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, michigan
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 3.3
 10K
Smiley (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.
Style: slasher, psychological, surprise ending, scary, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, urban legend, prank, college, internet, murder, psychopath, stalker, danger, masked killer, paranoia, library ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.7
 29K
Jawbreaker (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the ...
Style: dark comedy, teen, black comedy, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, prom, popularity, bullying, dark humor, teenager, fashion, prank, murder, prank gone wrong, popular girl, friendship ...
Time: 90s, future, y2k, 20th century, 2000s
Place: usa
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I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Several teenagers in a small-town in Colorado concoct a July 4th prank based on a frightening legend that goes awry when their friend ends up accidentally killed; however, the teens agree to keep their involvement a secret from the authorities, who ...
Style: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, prank, supernatural, urban legend, rock concert, small town, deadly creature, vengeance, danger, who done it, psychopath, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006
Place: colorado, utah, nevada, usa
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Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might ...
Style: feel good, heartbreaking, romantic, surreal, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: youth, love hate relationship, game, friendship, relationships, friends, best friends in love, love story, lovers, music box, prank, childhood love ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: france, europe, belgium
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The Initiation (1984)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Kelly, a young woman, has been plagued by nightmares of a burning man her entire life. Upon entering college, she pledges a sorority that forces them to perform an initiation night prank. With several of her friends, she breaks into a store and ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, ritual, murder, sorority, nightmare, college, psychopath, female protagonist, prank, supernatural, danger, campus ...
Time: 80s
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