Emo movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant emo movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out weird, clever, realistic, cult classic, feel good and melancholic films and TV shows about / with emo, storytelling, teenager, dialogue, kiss, coming of age, love and romance, destiny, mentor and youth plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Poland and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as emo: Suicide Room (2011), The Disappeared (2008), Loser (2000), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Donnie Darko (2001), Corpse Bride (2005), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Let the Right One In (2008), The Virgin Suicides (1999), 68 Kill (2017).
Best films
New films
| Victorious (2010) | 7.0 | |
| Unfriended (2014) | 5.6 | |
| Don't Kill Me (2021) | 4.3 | |
| Dog Tags (2008) | 5.9 | |
| Spider-Man 3 (2007) | 6.3 |
List of emo movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, escape from reality, gay, youth, depression, emo, alienation, delusion, internet, mental illness, fictional reality, self harm ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him.
Style:
serious, psychological, mysterious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, disappearance, haunted by the past, family relations, parents and children, religions or cults, teenage life, destiny, emo, brother, ghost, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
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32K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty ...
Style:
funny, feel good, teen, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
college, college student, teenager, loser, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, small town, nerd, naivete, emo, opposites attract, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
suicide, afterlife, road trip, depression, death, hitchhiker, suicide attempt, friendship, on the road, gay brother, suicidal, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
turkey, new jersey
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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
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905K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, imaginary friend, schizophrenia, psychology, time travel, insanity, parallel universe, suburbs, surrealism, time loop, trippy, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, america, usa, virginia, harvard university
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326K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, romantic, melancholic, gothic horror ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, date night, horror for children ...
Plot:
stop motion, afterlife, corpse, goth, supernatural, wedding, marriage, love, death, disagreement, fear, loneliness ...
Time:
19th century, year 2005, 1800s, edwardian era, victorian era
Place:
europe, england
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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
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style:
sexy, gothic, teen, sad, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
suburbs, suicide, depression, suicide attempt, coming of age, overbearing parent, dysfunctional family, teenage life, suicidal, friendship, suburban life, sisters ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
detroit, michigan, yale university
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.
Style:
dark comedy, perverse, suspense, tense, serious ...
Plot:
female psychopath, interracial sex, videotaped sex, pretty woman, torture, kidnapping, car chase, murder, dominant woman, abduction, heist gone wrong, burglar ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. The show premiered on Nickelodeon on March 30, 2001. The series involves an extraterrestrial named Zim who originates from a planet called Irk, and his ongoing mission ...
Style:
humorous, witty, adult animation, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
dark humor, social misfits, absurd humor, technology, rivalry, disorder, space travel, supernatural, space and aliens, fish out of water, paranoia, fandom ...
Time:
future, 2000s
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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 ...
Style:
feel good, funny, dark comedy, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, skiing, teenager, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teen angst, exchange student, depression, obsession, suicide attempt, slutty attitude ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, seattle
Is relevant?
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
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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:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, coming of age, teenage girl, relationships, teen romance, teenager, class differences, high school student, love story, father daughter relationship, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
teacher, suicide, poetry, coming of age, poet, mentor, teenager, literature, teachers and students, friendship, philosophy, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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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, romantic, rom com, light ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, coming of age, couples, teenager, young love, opposites attract, first love, love story, youth, true love, happy ending, graduation ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
seattle, england, washington state, usa, washington d.c. ...
Is relevant?
229K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, supernatural, vigilante, good versus evil, goth, halloween, murder, superhero, afterlife, justice, revenge, vigilantism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, near future, 20th century
Place:
michigan, seattle, detroit
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize ...
Style:
realistic, teen, talky, rom com, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, love triangle, love, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, slacker, fictional reality show, best friends in love, depression, yuppie, graduation, young lovers ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
usa, seattle, chicago, houston texas, texas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style:
disturbing, cult classic, black comedy, teen, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, dysfunctional family, bullying, childhood, humiliation, social outcast, female protagonist, school, youth, public humiliation, high school life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place:
new jersey, seattle, usa
Is relevant?
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, funny, realistic, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, college, high school, teenager, youth, house party, graduation, cheerleader, love story, party, american football, friends ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, new york, usa
Is relevant?
198K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, sexy, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
music, breakup, love and romance, musician, musician's life, rock, rock and roll, love story, love, character study, relationships, dating ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
chicago, usa, seattle, london
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21K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies, and her conversations with her only ...
Style:
inspirational, humorous, melancholic, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
cheerleader, school, catholic school, nerdy girl, happy ending, high school, teenage life, contests and competitions, love and romance, unfulfilled love, friendship, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of ...
Style:
witty, funny, dark comedy, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, eccentricity, dark humor, eccentric family, writers, sex, forbidden love, incest, dalmatian, satire, parents and children, uptight character ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
Is relevant?
228K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from ...
Style:
sentimental, funny, indie film, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
depression, self discovery, melancholy, coming of age, female nudity, paraplegic, love story, love, family relations, relationships, drug, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 2004, near future, medieval times, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, new york, usa, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, spoof, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, stupidity, satire, sexism, farce, nervous breakdown, news anchor, cat, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, north america, san diego california
Is relevant?
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, funny, sentimental, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatric ward, coming of age, mental institution, adolescence, teenage love, teenage life, friendship, suicidal, psychiatry, anxiety ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent? Welcome to the Garden Party. At the center of the story is 15-year-old April. She is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to ...
Style:
sexy, touching, serious, realistic, indie film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
male masturbation, dangerous attraction, looking for love, drug dealing, self discovery, youth, city life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, party, dating, teenage girl, bare chested male ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus beings an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, teen, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, nightlife, love, homosexual, youth, love story, teenage life, teenage boy, high school, unlikely couple, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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