Best movies like Grease
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Plot Summary:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 295000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, light, humorous, teen, sexy, sweet, cult classic, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Grease (1978):
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Grease Live! (2016)
Plot Summary:
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: light, lyrical, sentimental, feel good, captivating, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, clever
Similar in 90%
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Plot Summary:
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, light, romantic, sexy, clever
Similar in 84%
Hairspray (2007)
Plot Summary:
Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, entertaining, lyrical, humorous, light, cute, teen, thought provoking, captivating
Similar in 84%
Heart & Soul (1985)
Plot Summary:
1956: The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of high school. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one girl: his girlfriend Bunny. But since his father is poor, her parents don't accept him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, erotic, feel good, teen sex comedy, funny, sensual, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching
Similar in 81%
My Fair Lady (1964)
Plot Summary:
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, period piece, costume drama, light, humorous, captivating, sweet, clever, witty
Similar in 76%
Cry-Baby (1990)
Plot Summary:
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, light, parody, teen, feel good, surreal, cult classic, dark comedy, retro
Similar in 78%
Rock of Ages (2012)
Plot Summary:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: entertaining, feel good, sexy, romantic, visually appealing, light, stylized, humorous, sentimental, inspirational
Similar in 79%
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something they'll remember forever. Together with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical reflecting their hopes and fears about the future and their unforgettable experiences growing up together. But with graduation approaching and college plans in question, what will become of the dreams, romances, and friendships of East High's senior Wildcats?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, humorous, semi serious, romantic, sweet, realistic, sentimental, clever, bad ending
Similar in 76%
High School Musical 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
The East High Wildcats are ready to have the time of their lives. Troy (Zac Efron) is thrilled when he’s offered a job in a country club, but it’s all part of Sharpay’s (Ashley Tisdale) plot to lure him away from Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens). How will it all turn out? All questions are answered on the night of the club’s Talent Show.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: teen, melancholic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, romantic, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 85%
Grease 2 (1982)
Plot Summary:
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, cult classic, retro, hood, period piece, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, feel good
Similar in 88%
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Plot Summary:
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 into grown-up romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, realistic, funny, light, humorous, semi serious, romantic comedy, cult classic, teen
Similar in 84%
Get Over It (2001)
Plot Summary:
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 musical. Thus ensues a love triangle loosely based upon Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where Berke is only to find himself getting over Allison and beginning to fall for Kelly.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, feel good, romantic, teen, funny, light, sweet, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 80%
Raise Your Voice (2004)
Plot Summary:
Raise Your Voice is a coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer, brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the performing arts academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, romantic, inspirational, sweet, romantic comedy, cute, sentimental, touching, predictable
Similar in 76%
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Plot Summary:
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, fairy tale, entertaining, teen, romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, funny, cute
Similar in 86%
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set on an idyllic Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA hit songs. Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on the island is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But Sophie has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 267000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, sentimental, stylized, not serious, teen, happy, funny, inspirational
Similar in 88%
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
Plot Summary:
A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, teen, humorous, cute, light, entertaining, captivating, parody, realistic, not serious
Similar in 88%
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Plot Summary:
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 seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, sexy, melancholic, romantic comedy, funny, entertaining, feel good, colorful, retro
Similar in 78%
The Girl Next Door (2004)
Plot Summary:
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 236000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, teen sex comedy, romantic, teen, sexual, romantic comedy, feel good, funny, hilarious
Similar in 82%
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sweet, teen, humorous, romantic, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, light
Similar in 89%
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Plot Summary:
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, teen, feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, sexy, realistic, heartbreaking, cute
Similar in 90%
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Plot Summary:
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 popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic comedy, light, romantic, touching, sexy, sweet, cute, teen, philosophical
Similar in 87%
Prom (2011)
Plot Summary:
At “Prom,” every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. As the big dance approaches for Nova Prescott, it’s a battle of wills as she finds herself drawn to the guy who gets in the way of her perfect prom. Fellow seniors Mei and Tyler harbor secrets, while others face all the insecurity and anticipation that surrounds one of high school’s most seminal events.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen, captivating, romantic, happy, thrilling
Similar in 85%
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, teen, cute, happy, romantic drama, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic
Similar in 79%
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sexy, teen, light, humorous, romantic comedy, relaxing, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 88%
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Plot Summary:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny, light, romantic, entertaining, semi serious, sweet
Similar in 77%
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Plot Summary:
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 they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, romantic, teen, semi serious, entertaining, cute, sex comedy, romantic comedy
Similar in 76%
A Cinderella Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sam Montgomery is a tomboyish, unpopular girl at school. She has been text messaging a somebody named Nomad for a few months and he asks her to meet him at the Halloween dance at 11:00 in the middle of the dance floor. The only problem is, she must get back to the diner, ran by her wicked Stepmom Fiona by 12 sharp because she is not supposed to be there. Before Nomad can found out who she is, she must leave with her best friend, Carter driving her back to the diner. After that night, everything in Sam's life goes wacko!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, fairy tale, sweet, modern fairy tale, teen, sentimental, romantic comedy, cute, touching
Similar in 78%
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Plot Summary:
After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, teen, sexy, entertaining, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy, sex comedy, relaxing
Similar in 84%
She's All That (1999)
Plot Summary:
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 to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, teen, romantic comedy, light, humorous, sentimental, entertaining, realistic
Similar in 89%
Flipped (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional, sentimental, realistic, romantic comedy, teen, cute