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Plot Summary:
The path of true love never runs smooth, especially not for teenagers, as Tim discovers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, serious, captivating
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Leroy (2007)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Morris from America (2016)
Plot Summary:
The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, sincere, romantic, humorous, captivating, talky, cult classic, steamy
Similar in 79%
No Regrets (2001)
Plot Summary:
This teenage drama deals with the emotional chaos of a high school graduate at the beginning of a new period of his life. 19-year-old Daniel is frustrated: he wants his great love Luca to be the "first" woman in his life, but she seems to be unreachable, so he is still a virgin. During his community service as a male nurse, his boss Anna falls in love with him and they finally have sex. Suddenly Luca is interested in Daniel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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French for Beginners (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of Henrik, who takes part in a student exchange program with France. The only reason for this journey is to conquer the heart of his dream girl. Wild Partys, exciting trips, a crazy host family and of course his trouble with the French language turn the - at first unmeant - holidays into a memorable summer.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen comedy
Similar in 84%
California Dreaming (1979)
Plot Summary:
Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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Cheerleader (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cheerleader dives into the mind of a teenager as she tries desperately to win her boyfriend back.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Looks That Kill (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of a teenage boy who deals with the ups and downs of being lethally attractive.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, entertaining, not serious, interesting
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You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
Plot Summary:
Adolescence is like a heavy rain. Even though you catch a cold from it, you still look forward to experiencing it once again. Ko-Teng has several close friends who had a crush on Shen Chia-Yi. Those friends of Ko's thus moved in unison from Ching Chengs junior high school straight into the senior high school division in pursuit of her. Naughty in nature, Ko was ordered by their homeroom teacher to sit in front of honor student Shen for her to keep close tabs on him. The two hadn't hit it off at first but Ko gradually fell for Shen, who was always pressuring him to study hard. On the other hand, Shen became impressed by the contrasting values Ko represented. Ko started pursuing Shen but Shen remained hesitant.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating, romantic, thought provoking, dramatic, romantic comedy, warmhearted
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My Best Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
Geng Geng had been an ordinary girl before her entry to the best high school in the province by chance. She doesn't like her life there until she meets Yu Huai, her seatmate - their names make up the word "Geng geng yu huai", meaning "Unforgettable memories". They don't like each other at the beginning, but soon they start to understand each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, romantic
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Pauline at the Beach (1983)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emtying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday . Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and drops her soon. Pauline's little romance with a young man (Sylvain) is also spoiled by Henri.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, witty, anthology, sex comedy, sensitive, clever, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Colossal Youth (2018)
Plot Summary:
When his dream girl returns to school a hopeless romantic teen tries to win her heart, until he hits rock bottom and realizes his true love has been there all along.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, humorous, captivating
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Graduate First (1978)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends, coming to the end of their school years, fill their days with sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 978
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, touching, bleak, serious, realistic, contemplative, cinema verite
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The Party 2 (1982)
Plot Summary:
The second film from the Le Boum series about a young French teenage girl who after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Gregory's Girl (1980)
Plot Summary:
In his Scottish New Town home, gangling Gregory and his schoolfriends are starting to find out about girls. He fancies Dorothy, not least because she has got into the football team - and is a better player than him. He finally asks her out, but it is obviously the females in control of matters here, and that very much includes Gregory's younger sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, independent film, comedy drama, sincere, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative
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Learning to Lie (2003)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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God, You're Such a Prick (2020)
Plot Summary:
16-year old Steffi just graduated from high school and is very much looking forward to her class trip to Paris where she has promised her boyfriend Fabian the romantic night that she has kept him waiting for so long. Her lifelong plan to join the police forces is already set up, her adult life is right around the corner. At a routine health check-up, just before the trip to Paris, Steffi and her parents are faced with a shattering diagnosis.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: road movie, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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Getting That Girl (2011)
Plot Summary:
When East Coast teen Mandy Meyers moves to Los Angeles with her family, she's thrown into the fast life at McDermott High, where the pretty girls rule the school and two very different guys want to date her.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film, realistic, semi serious, epic
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Be Somebody (2016)
Plot Summary:
Pop superstar Jordan Jaye has a big dream - he just wants to live like a regular teenager. When he's chased down by some excited female fans, he finds a perfect hideout and a reluctant new friend from a small town, high-school art student, Emily Lowe. Despite being from different worlds, they soon discover they have way more in common than they ever imagined. Over the course of several days, the two embark on an unexpected journey of friendship, first love and self-discovery -- proving that maybe opposites really do attract.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, captivating, sincere, humorous
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Through My Window (2022)
Plot Summary:
Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, entertaining, psychological, sincere, captivating, semi serious, sexy, scenic, teen, beautiful
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To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
Plot Summary:
Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Peter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic comedy, humorous, disturbing, romantic, uplifting, anamorphic, teen, sentimental, teen comedy
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Hot Young Bloods (2014)
Plot Summary:
A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, feel good, touching, sweet, captivating
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The Party (1980)
Plot Summary:
Le Boum is the story of a 13-year-old French girl dealing with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic, light, romantic, sexy
Similar in 77%
Lymelife (2008)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, talky, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, emotional, indie film, heartbreaking
Similar in 84%
Cheeky Girls (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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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
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Submarine (2010)
Plot Summary:
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 problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: visually appealing, witty, surreal, touching, talky, independent film, unusual plot structure, melancholic, offbeat, indie film
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The First Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sincere, touching, realistic, light, feel good, sweet, teen, witty
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After (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, emotional, light, atmospheric, touching, lyrical, erotic, saga, scenic
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Say Anything... (1989)
Plot Summary:
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 hanging in the balance, Diane must find a way to make both men happy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, light, romantic, teen, romantic comedy, humorous, sentimental, cult classic, touching
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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