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Plot Summary:
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets Linda's sarcastic 14 year-old daughter, Beth - who quickly develops a crush on him. The math doesn't work in either direction but the dysfunctional triangle becomes a learning experience for all involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, independent film, light, feel good, teen, erotic, offbeat, sex comedy, sentimental
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, sexy, offbeat, semi serious, sexual
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The Door in the Floor (2004)
Plot Summary:
Alternately tragic and comic, an exploration of the complexities of love in both its brightest and darkest corners. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year, the film is set in the privileged beach community of East Hampton, New York and chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole (Jeff Bridges) and his beautiful wife Marion (Kim Basinger). Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. Her resulting despondency and his subsequent infidelities have prevented the couple from confronting a much-needed change in their relationship. Eddie O'Hare, the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant, is the couple's unwitting yet willing pawn - and, ultimately, the catalyst in the transformation of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, erotic, melancholic, touching, reflective, aesthetic, twisted, tense, clever
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Going All the Way (1997)
Plot Summary:
Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, erotic, independent film
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Alex in Wonder (2001)
Plot Summary:
A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, light, humorous, entertaining, twisted, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, independent film
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Sassy Pants (2012)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic, teen, indie film, queer cinema
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Just Looking (1999)
Plot Summary:
It's 1955. Lenny is a 14-year old boy who is totally fascinated by sex. He is too scared to "do it," so he dedicates his summer to seeing two other people do it. Easier said than done. Caught in the act of spying, his mother and stepfather ship him off to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in "the country" -- Queens. His plan looks like a bust and his summer seems destined for boredom, until he meets a whole new group of friends -- young teens who have a "sex club.".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, sexual, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, period piece
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These Girls (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the humorously edgy play by Vivienne Laxdal, These Girls is the story of three teenage girls who, in turn, seduce and then attempt to share Keith, an older married man. It is a tale of innocence, jealousy and friendship told as a provocative coming-of-age story.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy
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Cougars Inc. (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sam learns his mother cannot afford to send him to another school after he is kicked out, he and his friends start their own escort service for mature women to pay for his tuition.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, semi serious, captivating, realistic, independent film, sexy, sexual, hot
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All I Want (2002)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between two women: a young actress named Lisa and a photographer named Jane. After Jane's ex-boyfriend arrives to help her recover from a car accident, Jones begins to understand just how much he cares for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, light, romantic, sweet, humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, clever, enigmatic
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The Go-Getter (2007)
Plot Summary:
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, enigmatic, melancholic, ironic, semi serious, realistic, inspirational, cult classic, comedy drama, sentimental
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Little Darlings (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two 15-year old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, funny, deep, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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As Cool as I Am (2013)
Plot Summary:
A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film, vintage
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Class (1983)
Plot Summary:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, erotic, sexy, sexual, touching, entertaining, scenic, independent film, sentimental
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Dirty Girl (2010)
Plot Summary:
It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, teen, independent film, melancholic, sweet, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good
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Hellcats (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pre-law student Marti Perkins' world is flipped upside down when she loses her scholarship, and realizes the only way she can stay in school is by reigniting her dormant teen gymnastic skills to win a place on Lancer University's legendary cheerleading team.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, teen, realistic
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American Pie 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
The whole gang are back and as close as ever. They decide to get even closer by spending the summer together at a beach house. They decide to hold the biggest party ever to be seen, even if the preparation doesn't always go to plan. Especially when Stifler, Finch and Jim become more close to each other than they ever want to be and when Jim mistakes super glue for lubricant.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 267000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, hilarious, funny, teen, suspense, realistic, not serious
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Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
Plot Summary:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one week, she is suspended from school, stranded by her best friend, dumped by the boy she loved and inherits an enormous amount of money with the passing of her grandmother– only to be claimed under one condition: Maude must prove by age 18 that she knows exactly what to do with her life. But with her 18th birthday rapidly approaching, Maude must dive into a world of self-discovery or else lose the inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, clever, offbeat, independent film
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The Last of the High Kings (1996)
Plot Summary:
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, talky, sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, sincere, independent film, realistic
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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
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Girl in Progress (2012)
Plot Summary:
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, independent film, teen, realistic
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Plot Summary:
The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: controversial, sexy, depressing, sex comedy, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, sexual, erotic
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Calvin Marshall (2009)
Plot Summary:
A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, freeze frame, realistic, independent film
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Men, Women & Children (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, bad ending, dramatic, stylized, humorous, serious, semi serious, independent film, touching
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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
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Plot Summary:
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, sexy, sex comedy, teen, cult classic, light, hilarious
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The Last American Virgin (1982)
Plot Summary:
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy, touching, melancholic, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, erotic
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Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Plot Summary:
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. She runs the local Demolition Derby place. Ernie "Slam" Webster is on of the drivers in the derby who's wife is cheating on him and wants to later on be with Mike. Tim falls for Mike and a big love triangle is about to happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating, independent film, retro, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, feel good
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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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Sorority Wars (2009)
Plot Summary:
Katie (Lucy Hale) and Sara (Phoebe Strole) have been friends since childhood. They enter college together, where Katie is a prized legacy candidate for the Delta sorority, which was co-founded decades ago by her mother, Lutie (Courtney Thorne-Smith) and Summer (Faith Ford), whose own daughter Gwen (Amanda Schull) now leads the Deltas on campus. Events occur during pledge week to cause a rift between Katie and the Deltas, which leaves Sara as a Delta pledge and Katie out in the cold. Katie joins the rival Kappa sorority, and the rivalry splits not just Katie and Sara, but extends all the way into the Delta alumnae association led by Lutie and Summer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: semi serious, teen, uplifting, humorous, realistic, captivating, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, relaxing
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Plot Summary:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 428000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: teen, talky, feel good, realistic, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, funny, inspirational, sincere