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Plot Summary:
Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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On the Come Up (2022)
Plot Summary:
Bri, a young rapper and the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died just before making it big. Her father’s legend makes him a hard act to follow, but between Bri being bullied and watching her mother struggle after losing her job, she pours out her frustration into songs that become big viral hits.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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Prom Pact (2023)
Plot Summary:
It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts tutoring basketball all-star Graham, she must re-evaluate whether her dream school is worth the cost of everything she believes in.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
Plot Summary:
Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who've always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. But things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Family Switch (2023)
Plot Summary:
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: family comedy
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Miguel Wants to Fight (2023)
Plot Summary:
In a neighborhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, Miguel has never found himself in one. However, when a combination of events turn his life upside down, Miguel and his friends enter into a series of misadventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Hollywood Stargirl (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, teen comedy
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Hairspray (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after witnessing firsthand the terrible state of race relations in 1960s Baltimore, Turnblad becomes an outspoken advocate for desegregation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, stylized, witty, semi serious, satirical, funny, cult classic, social, avant garde
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Chang Can Dunk (2023)
Plot Summary:
Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the respect of his high school peers too. But before he can rise up and truly throw one down, he'll have to reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Dear David (2023)
Plot Summary:
A secret fantasy blog might jeopardize the promising future of Laras, a talented student, when the blog is revealed to her entire school.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Sneakerella (2022)
Plot Summary:
When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his best friend and a sprinkle of Fairy Godfather magic, El finds the courage to use his talent to pursue his dream of becoming a ‘legit’ sneaker designer in the industry.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, teen comedy
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13: The Musical (2022)
Plot Summary:
A Bar Mitzvah boy from Manhattan comes to terms with his family's move to the Midwest.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Better Nate Than Ever (2022)
Plot Summary:
13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove everyone wrong. A chance encounter with Nate’s long-lost Aunt Heidi turns his journey upside-down, and together they must learn that life’s greatest adventures are only as big as your dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, teen comedy
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Honey Girls (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mega pop star, Fancy G, hosts a contest to find the next big solo artist. But the young contestants realize they are "better together" and secretly form a band called Honey Girls and become a huge hit cloaked in mystery.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Cheetah Girls 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to Barcelona, Spain, to perform in an international music festival. Along the way, the "amigas Cheetahs" learn that, although their paths are not the same, they are lucky to have one another for the journey.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, teen, teen comedy
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
Plot Summary:
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous local authority chief Mr. Crisp.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, erotic, light, retro, uplifting, epic, black comedy, hood, hilarious
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The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Plot Summary:
Coming of age story for two girls, Mary Clancy and Rachel Devery, who find themselves as students at the St. Francis Academy, a catholic boarding school for girls. The story spans three years and follows the girls and their many pranks including setting off fire alarms, smoking cigars in the basement and putting bubble baths in the nuns' sugar bowls. As the girls mature, they gain a greater respect for their teachers and the commitment and devotion required to be a nun, leading one of them to make a life changing decision.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental, funny, light, surprise ending
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Stargirl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Leo Borlock is an average student at Mica High School. He gets decent grades, is a member of the school's marching band and has always been content flying under the radar. But all that changes when he meets Stargirl Caraway, a confident and colorful new student with a penchant for the ukulele, who stands out in a crowd. She is kind, finds magic in the mundane and touches the lives of others with the simplest of gestures. Her eccentricities and infectious personality charm Leo and the student body, and she quickly goes from being ignored and ridiculed to accepted and praised, then back again, sending Leo on a rollercoaster ride of emotions.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, sweet, funny, teen, inspirational, 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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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
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Taking 5 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Just when BFFs Gabby and Devon have a chance to get the hottest band to perform a free concert at Highland High, their plan goes up in smoke... literally. Desperate not to be labeled losers for life they resort to plan B: kidnap the band! Now it's limos, hot jams and a shot at love with 5 Leo Rise (played by pop smash, The Click Five). But when the girls discover a secret about the band things hit a sour note. Will 5 Leo Rise to the occasion and play at their homecoming or will Gabby and Devon be stuck in social Siberia forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, romantic, realistic
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The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Plot Summary:
A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a big-time producer named Jackal Johnson, who tries to make the group into superstars, but the girls run into many problems.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, realistic, teen comedy, corny
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High School Musical (2006)
Plot Summary:
Troy (Zac Efron), the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the school's musical. As they reach for the stars and follow their dreams, everyone learns about acceptance, teamwork, and being yourself. And it's all set to fun tunes and very cool dance moves!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, sentimental, feel good, humorous, funny, mockbuster, cult classic, hilarious, realistic
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Dear Dumb Diary (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the best selling series "Dear Dumb Diary" by Jim Benton. Follow Jamie Kelly as she navigates Mackeral Middle School with the help of her best friend Isabella, her nemesis Angeline and the boy of her dreams Hudson.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, realistic
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School of Rock (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of rule-abiding prep school students – Zack, Lawrence, Freddy, Summer and Tomika – learn to take risks and reach new heights thanks to substitute teacher Dewey Finn, a down-on-his-luck musician who uses the language of rock ‘n’ roll to inspire his class to form a secret band. Throughout the school year, these middle-school classmates find themselves navigating relationships, discovering their unknown talents and learning lessons on loyalty and friendships.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, light, captivating, teen comedy
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Girl Meets World (2014)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of relatable and adventurous Riley Matthews, the tween daughter of Cory and Topanga Matthews, and her bold best friend Maya as they traverse the twists and turns of teenage years at Manhattan's John Quincy Adams Middle School where Riley's dad is their History teacher.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, realistic, feel good, semi serious, sincere, thought provoking, entertaining, sad, sentimental
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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, inspirational, hot, teen comedy
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: powerful, urban fantasy
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The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, romantic, sweet, entertaining, humorous, romantic comedy, light, sex comedy, realistic
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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
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Spork (2010)
Plot Summary:
A frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked outcast named Spork navigates her way through the annals of junior high.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, independent film, captivating, queer cinema