Misfit movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant misfit movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic, feel good and weird films and TV shows about / with misfit, friendship, dialogue, teenager, storytelling, coming of age, youth, loneliness, runaway and childhood plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as misfit: The Hottie & the Nottie (2008), American Honey (2016), Forrest Gump (1994), Numb (2007), Ben X (2007), Garage (2007), Ed Wood (1994), The Mighty (1998), Willard (2003), Ghost World (2001).

List of misfit movies

The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Nate moves to L.A. to track down Cristabel, the woman he's been in love with since childhood, only to discover that his plan to woo her only has one hurdle to overcome: what to do with June, Cristabel's ever-present, not-so-hot best ...
Style: humorous, parody, light, feel good, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: dream girl, misfit, love and romance, best friend, looking for love, cons and scams, unfulfilled love, blonde, rivalry, transformation, crush, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.0
 49K
American Honey (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Style: road movie, disturbing, talky, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: road trip, teenage girl, first love, misfit, teenage boy, supermarket, van, sex scene, on the road, adolescence, naked in public, motel ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2017, 90s
Place: oklahoma city, kansas city, america, oklahoma, nebraska ...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
 8.8
 2.5M
Forrest Gump (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot: life philosophy, philosophy, life, mentally challenged, destiny, storytelling, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, vietnam war, life & death ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place: china, alabama, vietnam, america, savannah georgia ...
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 6.5
 9K
Numb (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a ...
Style: psychological, humorous, realistic, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: mental illness, therapy, misfit, mental health, couple relations, family relations, unfulfillment, writers, estrangement, depression, fall in love, dysfunctional family ...
Place: canada
Is relevant?
 7.3
 20K
Ben X (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: autism, asperger's syndrome, communication problem, escape from reality, internet, faked death, bullying, computer game, mental illness, computer, imaginary friend, antisocial behavior ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
Is relevant?
 7.1
 3K
Garage (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A tragicomedy set in the world of gas stations in rural Ireland, where over-diligent employee of the garage searches for intimacy during the course of a life-changing summer.
Style: psychological, realistic, melancholic, bleak, humorous ...
Plot: small town, friendship, society, solitude, misfit, social relations, pornographic video, loneliness, angst, friends, coming of age, small town life ...
Place: ireland, europe
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 7.8
 191K
Ed Wood (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, gothic, cult classic ...
Plot: misfit, hollywood, lgbtq, drug addiction, showbiz, biopic, friendship, director, halloween, addiction, friend, transvestism ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place: los angeles, california, america, usa
Is relevant?
 7.2
 15K
The Mighty (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. ...
Style: sentimental, touching, inspirational, serious, tear jerker ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: coming of age, misfit, friendship, disability, boy, bully, loneliness, youth, social misfits, illness, school bully, hot dog ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, ohio, cincinnati ohio, columbus ohio
Is relevant?
 6.1
 21K
Willard (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: rat, brutality, psychopath, misfit, loner, dangerous animal, vengeance, workplace, greed, obsession, boss and employee, blood ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Is relevant?
 7.3
 132K
Ghost World (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style: black comedy, thought provoking, teen, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, friendship, age difference, graduation, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, teen angst, blues, best friend, high school student ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, los angeles
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The Golden Glove (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Style: disturbing, erotic, controversial, bleak, perverse ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murder of a prostitute, loner, mentally unstable, macabre, brutality, sadism, loser, sex crime, serial murder, misfit ...
Time: 70s, year 2019, year 1974, 20th century, year 1970
Place: hamburg germany, northern germany, germany, west germany, europe ...
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 7.6
 384K
The Blind Side (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style: touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.
Style: humorous, sexy, teen, funny, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, misfit, party, youth, stupidity, dumb, looking for sex, high school, female nudity, lifestyle, friendship, culture clash ...
Time: year 2006, 80s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, united kingdom, london
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National Theatre Live: Fleabag (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing ...
Style: sincere, humorous, captivating, psychological
Plot: misfit, feminist, sex, family relations, society, life is a bitch, female protagonist, stand up comedy, sexist, coming of age, live performance, guilt ...
Is relevant?
 6.7
 27K
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The New Zealand made "Eagle vs Shark" is the tale of two socially awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love; through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games. Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy ...
Style: humorous, absurd, indie film, sentimental, funny ...
Plot: misfit, love story, friendship, dark humor, eagle, fall in love, eccentricity, crazy, love and romance, obsessive quest, looking for love, love affair ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new zealand, oceania
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Valhalla Rising (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, bleak, art house, brutal ...
Plot: viking, danger, norse mythology, death, lone wolves, warrior, vengeance, mute, all male cast, violence, nordic, new world ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, year 2009, ancient times ...
Place: jerusalem, highlands, scotland, europe, holy land
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Harold and Maude (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: coming of age, suicide, funeral, older woman younger man relationship, eccentricity, misfit, old age, alienation, age difference, couples, cemetery, dark humor ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place: california, san francisco, bay area, usa
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 7.7
 26K
Reaper (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 21 year-old slacker Sam Oliver learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and now Sam has to repay the debt by becoming the Devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls that have somehow escaped from Hell.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: good versus evil, deal with the devil, chases and races, misfit, supernatural, friendship, devil, escapades, teamwork, danger, heaven and hell, god or devil ...
Place: seattle, usa
Is relevant?
 6.7
 43K
Spider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style: disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot: schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time: 2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style: gothic, fairy tale, sad, surreal, touching ...
Audience: date night, teens, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, christmas, love story, freak, love and romance, social misfits, teenage girl, garden, inventor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1990, 50s
Place: florida, usa
Is relevant?
 7.5
 24K
Zentropa (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An American, Leopold Kessler, goes to post-war Germany in 1945 to work as a railroad conductor for the Zentropa Rail Line instead of going into the Army because he feels its a more valuable thing to do for the state of the world. He meets Katharina ...
Style: art house, surreal, gloomy, psychological, black and white ...
Plot: train, world war two, assassination, idealism, betrayal, suicide, against humanity, misfit, chess, surrealism, fascism, terrorism ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1991, post world war two, 90s
Place: germany, frankfurt germany, nebraska, munich germany, europe ...
Is relevant?
 6.3
 42K
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Style: feel good, entertaining, sweet, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: small town, hospital, small town life, medical, fish out of water, doctor, misfit, love, community service, fall in love, country doctor, car accident ...
Time: 90s, 80s, future
Place: washington d.c., california, usa, southern usa, los angeles ...
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style: cult classic, teen, talky, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teenage girl, detention, teen angst, high school student ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place: chicago, illinois, seattle
Is relevant?
 7.4
 32K
Kyle XY (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
Style: entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: supernatural ability, foster child, supernatural, experiment, genius, teenage life, mysterious character, secret organization, self discovery, teenage love, supernatural power, fish out of water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, washington d.c., usa
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the ...
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: soccer, misfit, working class, follow your dream, against the odds, teenage life, bullying, sport team, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: manchester, europe, england
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, sweet, teen, light, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, friendship, wedding, football, hinduism, tradition, stereotypes, feminism, immigrant, coming of age, against the rules, culture clash ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany ...
Is relevant?
 7.9
 17K
The Class (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Style: serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: bullying, school shooting, youth, humiliation, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, teenage life, mistreatment, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: estonia, europe, eastern europe
Is relevant?
 5.7
 3K
100% Wolf (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, Belgium, UK, USA, Netherlands, Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves, is in for a shock when on his 14th birthday his first 'warfing' goes awry, turning him into a ferocious poodle. The pack elders give Freddy until the next moonrise to prove he has ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, touching, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids
Plot: werewolf, poodle, misfit, parents and children, dog, acceptance, full moon, rebelliousness, friendship, social misfits, fighting the system, mad scientist ...
Is relevant?
 6.9
 32K
The Wackness (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
Style: touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, teenager, high school, depression, first love, friendship, drug, stoner ...
Time: year 1994, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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