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Plot Summary:
A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure, sweet, suspense
Best tv shows and movies like Hiding Out (1987):
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Plain Clothes (1988)
Plot Summary:
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 90%
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Plot Summary:
After seven years in boarding school, Morgan Stewart is finally coming home. He discovers it's not the same happy home it used to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, independent film, feel good, realistic, semi serious, scary, romantic, sexy, clever
Similar in 82%
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Plot Summary:
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body and can only contact Bobby in his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, humorous, epic, cult classic, offbeat, not serious, independent film, clever, feel good
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Making the Grade (1984)
Plot Summary:
Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, exciting, unusual plot structure
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Underclassman (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young detective goes undercover at an elite private school to destroy an international stolen car ring.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, light, captivating, black comedy, teen, humorous, fast, detective
Similar in 81%
How I Got Into College (1989)
Plot Summary:
The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon's affections attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. Jessica fights off her parent's expectation of going to their alma mater of the University of Michigan, while Marlon fights his grades and SAT scores.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, entertaining, satirical, light, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, realistic, inspirational
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Book of Love (1990)
Plot Summary:
John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage self, Jack is obsessed with Lily one of the more popular girls around. The sole obstacle is Angelo, her bullying boyfriend. With the help of his pals Crutch, Floyd, and Spider, he makes every attempt possible to change her mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, independent film, teen sex comedy, teen comedy
Similar in 78%
No Small Affair (1984)
Plot Summary:
The 16 years old amateur photographer Charles accidentally takes a photo of Laura - and falls in love with her, when he develops the picture. He finds out that she works as singer in a bar, but is about to be thrown out. Although rejected at first by the 23 years old, he wants to help her and starts an ad campaign behind her back... with unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sweet, humorous, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, sexual, romantic
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The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
Plot Summary:
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where his father is a recovering drug addict. Kelly's life gets even more complicated when he falls for Tabby, Bart's pretty and soon-to-be-wed older sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: intense, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, feel good, epic, scenic, light
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Just One of the Guys (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as a guy so well that she is soon making friends with the boys at school, including the attractive Rick, who becomes her new best friend. But her gender-swapping makes things difficult when she falls in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: entertaining, feel good, humorous, not serious, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, sad, realistic, erotic, funny
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The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High (1987)
Plot Summary:
A high school jock bets his friends that he can score with the school beauty queen, who is also a virgin.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, romantic comedy, sexy
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Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
Plot Summary:
Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
Plot Summary:
High school loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987's Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, intense
Similar in 77%
#RealityHigh (2017)
Plot Summary:
When nerdy high schooler Dani finally attracts the interest of her longtime crush, she lands in the cross hairs of his ex, a social media celebrity.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, realistic, light, entertaining, thought provoking, feel good, sweet, captivating, semi serious, visually appealing
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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
Plot Summary:
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, touching, entertaining, sex comedy, realistic, erotic, romantic, sexy
Similar in 77%
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 84%
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 79%
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 89%
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 78%
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Plot Summary:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, are eager, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick, a new kid in town just bitter enough for Kat.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 373000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, entertaining, light, humorous, witty, romantic comedy, funny, cute, sexy
Similar in 75%
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 82%
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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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
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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
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Easy A (2010)
Plot Summary:
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 411000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, teen sex comedy, entertaining, sex comedy, teen, humorous, sexy, witty, romantic comedy
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Picture This (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a geek. Can a little ingenuity and some help from her friends save the day?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, realistic, romantic, sex comedy, romantic comedy, happy, relaxing
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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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Mystic Pizza (1988)
Plot Summary:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, sentimental, sweet, melancholic, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen
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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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Sydney White (2007)
Plot Summary:
A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, funny, humorous, modern fairy tale, fairy tale, light