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Cookie (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost ...
Style: humorous, independent film, semi serious, realistic, weeping ...
Plot: gangster, illegitimate daughter, teen angst, mother daughter relationship, mistress, husband wife relationship, car bomb, chauffeur, prison visit, mob hit, dog, flashback ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: new jersey, new york
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Never Been Kissed (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most ...
Style: feel good, light, romantic, touching, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: high school, prom, journalist, journalism, teenage girl, popularity, high school life, humiliation, teenager, teen romance, friendship, reporter ...
Time: 90s, y2k, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
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 7.5
 55K
Show Me Love (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done *it*. Another girl ...
Style: sexual, teen, heartbreaking, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, forbidden love, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, teenage love, teenager, teenage girl, first love ...
Time: near future, year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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 7.5
 192K
Gossip Girl (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style: romantic, soap opera, stylized, talky, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, friends, teenage love, youth, high school life, love triangle, lifestyle, adolescence, couples, coming of age ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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The Garden of Words (2013)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story: Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and ...
Style: anime, touching, sweet, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: shoemaker, rain, age difference, youth, grownups, unlikely couple, overcoming, older woman younger man relationship, shyness, teenage life, teen angst, love and romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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 7.3
 96K
Submarine (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar ...
Style: visually appealing, witty, surreal, touching, talky ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, virginity, high school, school, teenager, teenage love, high school life, youth, teen angst, social relations, loss of virginity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 80s, 20th century
Place: wales, england, britain
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 845K
Donnie Darko (2001)
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, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, time travel, psychology, imaginary friend, insanity, schizophrenia, parallel universe, surrealism, suburbs, time loop, social misfits, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place: virginia, america, los angeles, usa
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style: black and white, sentimental, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, older woman younger man relationship, self discovery, teenager, elopement, nostalgia, graduation, death, depression ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1951 ...
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, midwest, oklahoma ...
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 949
Harmful Insect (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, controversial ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family life, life is a bitch, danger, youth, kids in trouble, family problems, uncontrollable, parents and children, sexy teenager, school, teen angst ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Anywhere But Here (1999)
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 ...
Style: touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, mother, teen angst, love, family drama, single mother, teenager, bittersweet, small town, daughter ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
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 8K
The Dirties (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
Style: disturbing, controversial, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, high school, school shooting, found footage, filmmaking, vengeance, misfit, best friend, violence spree, anxiety, self esteem, solidarity ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, usa
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Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: family problems, life is a bitch, youth, social relations, teenage life, high school life, society, friendship, dysfunctional family, boy girl relationship, family relations, friends ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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Purgatory House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An inside glimpse of how it feels to be a teen in today's disconnected world. PURGATORY HOUSE chronicles the after-life journey of Silver Strand: a lonely teen who abandons her life of turmoil and drug addiction, only to find herself caught ...
Style: gothic, serious, independent film, non-linear, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: drug abuse, surrealism, teen angst, supernatural power, hopes, misfit, addiction, teenage life, family problems, social misfits, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time: 21st century
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Over the Edge (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The music of Cheap Trick, The Cars, and The Ramones highlights this realistic tale of alienated suburban youth on the rampage. Dillon makes his screen debut in this updated, well-done "Rebel Without a Cause." Shelved for several years, the ...
Style: grindhouse, offbeat, cult classic, hood, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teen angst, marijuana, teenage gang, teenager, street gang, lsd, youth, gang, punk rock, teensploitation, drug ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: colorado, usa, denver colorado
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 710
Ricky 6 (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Based on the true story of drugs, satanism, and murder in the upper class town of Northport, Long Island in 1984.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, suspense, satanic ...
Plot: occult, teen angst, serial killer, devil worship, murder, drug use, teenager, stupidity, small town, suicide, pagan, paganism ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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 7.4
 547K
Juno (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style: funny, touching, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, pregnancy, adoption, teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, high school, love and romance, female protagonist, teenage girl, strong female character, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, usa
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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
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: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, dysfunctional family, misfit, humiliation, teenager, youth, school, social outcast, female protagonist, childhood, high school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place: new jersey, seattle, usa
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 6.9
 243K
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
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Speech & Debate (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world.
Style: sexy, psychological, captivating, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay teenager, high school student, teenage girl, teenager, competition, father son relationship, teenage boy, teen angst, high school, gay bar, debate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portland oregon
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Pingpong (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The film shows the apparently intact world of a middle class family, whose harmonious facade crumbles due to the unexpected visit of their relative Paul, a young man of 16 years. Paul arrives looking for love and support after the suicide of his ...
Style: erotic, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot: aunt nephew relationship, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man sex, incest, cheating wife, family in crisis, sex with teenager, death in the family, family relations, teen angst, teenage life, solace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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Men, Women & Children (2014)
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.
Style: realistic, sexy, bad ending, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, internet, youth, high school, teenage girl, sex scene, infidelity, sexual content, coming of age, parenthood, depression, video game ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa
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His and Her Circumstances (1998)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him. Souichirou Arima. The instant she ...
Style: anime, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, friendship, young lovers, teenage life, power of love, loneliness, teen angst, family problems, hopes, youth, against the odds, popularity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: japan
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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, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
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: disturbing, atmospheric, depressing, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: suicide, suburbs, depression, overbearing parent, suicide attempt, teenager, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, yale university
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style: teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, teenage life, youth, adolescence, high school, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, girlfriend, bullying ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 3K
Skam France (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Tout juste lycéennes, Emma et ses amies Manon, Daphné, Imane et Alexia vont tenter d’organiser la plus grosse soirée jamais organisée par des secondes. Pour y arriver, il faudra lever des fonds, s’incruster dans des soirées branchées, ...
Style: realistic, uplifting, sweet, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, friendship, friendship between boys, gay, friendship between girls, teenage protagonist, muslim, high school hunk, gay couple ...
Place: france
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Deep Breath (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story: David is a troubled city boy, being looked after by his uncle on a farm. He is initiated into the drunken partying of the village and stumbles off drunk to find his friend Matthieu and cell-playing girlfriend in the forest. There he finds a brutal ...
Style: bleak, suspense, tense, suspenseful, black and white
Plot: teenage boy, grownups, teen angst, farm, friendship between men, male nudity, underage drinking, male bonding, self discovery, gay, introspection, brutality ...
Place: france
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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Style: sad, touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, teenager, small town, adolescence, love story, sexual repression, mental illness, unrequited love, forbidden love, suicide attempt, small town life, promiscuity ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1961, future
Place: kansas, yale university, new york, connecticut, usa
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 7.1
 37K
Rumble Fish (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Style: surreal, black and white, serious, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, street gang, gang, biker, brother brother relationship, teenager, gangster, character study, juvenile delinquency, life philosophy, family relations, melancholy ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, usa
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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
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