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Plot Summary:
Zoey is a talented dancer whose organized life is rudely disrupted when she moves in with her new step-dad and three step-brothers, until she discovers a dog-training app that can get boys to obey her every command. But she soon learns that it isn't the cure-all she had hoped for.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, teen, light, feel good, funny, offbeat, teen comedy, fun
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3 Times a Charm (2011)
Plot Summary:
Emma, the studious editor of the school paper, is tempted by the most popular boy in school, Chris Duval, to cheat. She is given a magical necklace that will give her 3 chances.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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You Wish! (2003)
Plot Summary:
Alex is a high school student who always feels like he is overshadowed by his little brother Stevie; he can't get the girl of his dreams; he and his two best friends, Abby and James, are outsiders at school; and he is constantly benched on his football team. Then Stevie receives a lucky coin from a strange old man, a coin which he gives to Alex, telling him to make a wish. The next day, Alex gets everything he ever wished for - Stevie is gone (in fact, he is the star of his own TV show, and his family don't even know him); Alex dates the most popular girl at school; he is one of the most popular kids himself; and he is the star of the football team. At first he enjoys his new life, only to later find out that everything that was great in his original life now is gone.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Drama
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, teen
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The Adventures of Food Boy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ezra discovers he has a unique ability to make food appear in his hands. He quickly uses his new super powers to impress his friends and to become popular around school for the first time in his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating, exciting, light, sincere, independent film
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Mr. Young (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Young is a Canadian comedy series that premiered on March 1, 2011 on YTV. The series is shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer, and stars Brendan Meyer, Matreya Fedor and Gig Morton as attendants of Finnegan High School. Further main cast includes Kurt Ostlund, Emily Tennant, and Milo Shandel.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, realistic, nostalgic
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Bad Hair Day (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film is about a high school tech whiz (Laura Marano), who is determined to become prom queen. But on the big day, she suddenly wakes up having a bad hair day, and her destroyed prom dress, and everything that can go wrong, does go badly wrong. A police officer (Leigh-Allyn Baker) seeks the necklace that the teen somehow ends up possessing. Prom day goes really bad as the pair is pursued by a dogged jewel thief (Christian Campbell) on a wild ride cross around the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, teen, funny, realistic, detective, not serious, fun
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Level Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four very different high school teenagers battle trolls, ghouls and a dark leader of them named Maldark in a video game that goes haywire and releases the battle into the real world (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tense, witty, semi serious
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Invisible Sister (2015)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Cleo's school science project goes quite awry, causing her popular older sister Molly to go invisible.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, feel good, sentimental, captivating, surreal, intellectual, teen
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That's So Raven (2003)
Plot Summary:
Raven Baxter is a winsome teen whose ability to glimpse flashes of the future often gets her into hot water.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, anime, smart, clever, teen comedy, nostalgic
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Lab Rats (2012)
Plot Summary:
Leo is an ordinary teenager who has moved into a high-tech "smart'' house with his mother, inventor stepfather and Eddy, the computer that runs the house. Leo's life becomes less ordinary when, one day, he discovers a secret underground lab that houses three experiments: superhuman teenagers. The trio -- Adam, the strong one, Bree, the fast one and Chase, the smart one -- convinces Leo and his parents to let them leave their lab and join Leo at school, where they try to fit in while having to manage their unpredictable bionic strengths. As Leo figures out a way to keep his new pals' bionic abilities a secret, they help him build self-confidence.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: not serious, cult classic, sitcom, humorous, teen comedy
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How to Build a Better Boy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mae and Gabby are two friends who go everywhere together but they are not very popular in their school. Their classmates always pressure because they have not had a boyfriend so to avoid further setbacks, the girls put in place a plan to create the perfect boyfriend. Both believe that it will be easy to create their perfect guy using the military team building; machinery owned by the father of Mae, the machine works through a wireless keyboard. The machine can create with their settings, a robotic soldier. Of this plan was born Albert an ideal guy to be a perfect boyfriend. He will be the most popular boy of the school.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, teen, teen comedy
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Liv and Maddie (2013)
Plot Summary:
The exploits of identical twins Liv, a former television star back home in Wisconsin and in the process of adding movie star to her credits, as well as beginning to focus on her music career, and Maddie, an outstanding student and basketball phenomenon recovering from an injured knee. The series centers on the unbreakable bond the twins share though they have wildly different personalities. To complicate their teenage lives, both parents work at their high school and their younger brothers are always stirring up trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, sentimental, feel good, not serious, teen, realistic, teen comedy, nostalgic
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American Sophomore (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school kids enjoy many adventures throughout their formative tenth grade year.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, teen comedy
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Bratz (2007)
Plot Summary:
The popular Bratz dolls come to life in their first live-action feature film. Finding themselves being pulled further and further apart, the fashionable four band together to fight peer pressure, learn what it means to stand up for your friends, be true to oneself and live out your dreams.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, teen, semi serious, realistic, rough, sexy, feel good, unusual plot structure, sweet
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16 Wishes (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story about Abby Jensen, a girl who's been eager to reach her 16th birthday and has kept a secret wish list since she was a little girl. When the Big Day actually arrives, utter disaster strikes, leaving Abby to think her birthday is ruined. But when a mysterious box of magical birthday candles arrives to turn things around, Abby's 16 Wishes start to come true. Her day gets better and better...until she makes one wish that threatens to change everything.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, teen, romantic comedy, cute, predictable, light, feel good, teen comedy
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Expelled (2014)
Plot Summary:
Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, realistic, funny, disgusting, cynical, feel good, not serious, offbeat
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Lemonade Mouth (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school elite.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, realistic, semi serious, teen, entertaining, thrilling, teen comedy
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Princess Protection Program (2009)
Plot Summary:
When an evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom, Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is taken under the wing of General Joe Mason, an agent from the agency, and his daughter, Carter, who works after school at a nearby bait shop. Rosalinda goes undercover as a regular teen named, Rosie with the help of Carter. In turn, Rosalinda helps Carter overcome insecurities with herself and her crush on Donny who also likes her but can't tell or get shy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, teen, romantic, semi serious, romantic comedy, predictable, touching, fairy tale, realistic
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Best Friends Whenever (2015)
Plot Summary:
The live-action comedy follows best friends Shelby and Cyd who, when their aspiring scientist friend Barry’s invention goes awry, gain the power to leap forward and backward in time whenever they want – and sometimes when they don’t. Now, they experience the twists and turns of friendship and must decide between fixing mistakes in the past or catching a glimpse of the future. While Barry and his assistant, Naldo, try to figure out how to replicate time travel for themselves, Cyd and Shelby use their newfound power to navigate high school life and Shelby’s mischievous twin brothers, Bret and Chet.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, corny, teen comedy
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Every Witch Way (2014)
Plot Summary:
The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an 'evil witch' and leader of the school clique the 'Panthers', is still willing to fight for the boy she loves.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, telenovela
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
Plot Summary:
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: not serious, feel good, humorous, touching, cult classic, teen, psychotronic, teen comedy, tv series pilot
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Status Update (2018)
Plot Summary:
After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, humorous, enigmatic, semi serious, funny, fun
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Teen Spirit (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story is about Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies and is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, teen, humorous, light, romantic, romantic comedy, relaxing, semi serious, teen comedy
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Radio Rebel (2012)
Plot Summary:
High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, light, captivating, romantic, feel good, cute
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The Outcasts (2017)
Plot Summary:
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, independent film, touching, realistic
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Frenemies (2012)
Plot Summary:
What happens when three sets of BFF's become enemies?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, teen, anthology, black comedy, dark comedy, sentimental, teen comedy
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17 Again (2009)
Plot Summary:
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, entertaining, funny, light, teen, romantic comedy, cute, humorous, heartbreaking
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Geek Charming (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog, self-professed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan's bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan's so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life and her social status comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan win the Woodlands Academy Fall Formal Blossom Queen crown? Can Josh win the Woodlands Academy 10th Annual Film Festival? Can Dylan, with Josh's help, pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious, teen, heartbreaking, sincere, captivating, touching
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The DUFF (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, teen, humorous, romantic, cute, semi serious, not serious, uplifting, social
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Mean Girls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 417000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, teen, funny, witty, romantic, satirical, absurd, humorous, cynical
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Descendants (2015)
Plot Summary:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evvie) and Jafar (Jay).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, teen, funny, crying, epic fantasy