Best movies like The Diary of a Teenage Girl
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Plot Summary:
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, reflective, teen, melancholic, disturbing, talky, realistic, grindhouse, touching
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Highway to Havasu (2017)
Plot Summary:
During spring break, two buddies kidnap their broken-hearted friend and embark on a road trip to Lake Havasu.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Skipped Parts (2000)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, sincere, witty, semi serious, realistic, crying, independent film, sexy, touching, depressing
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Spontaneous (2020)
Plot Summary:
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, brutal, suspenseful, scary, light, splatter, tragic ending, independent film, black comedy
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Tadpole (2002)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. He is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently, is passionate about Voltaire, and thinks the feature that tells the most about a woman is her hands. On the train home from Chauncey Academy for the Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar confides in his best friend that he has plans for this vacation--he will win the heart of his true love. But there is one major problem--Oscar's true love is his stepmother Eve. Oscar is certain that he could be a better mate to Eve than his work-obsessed father. He fails to win Eve's heart and is consequently dejected. Oscar's path to his true love is further crossed by Diane, Eve's best friend who, one night while wearing Eve's borrowed perfumed scarf, offers him temporary comfort in an unconventional tryst. For Diane, Oscar fills a void in her life. For Oscar, Diane is somewhat of a distraction, as his continued pursuit of Eve leads to an unexpected resolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, funny, sweet, talky, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Torture Club (2014)
Plot Summary:
Film adaptation of the same-titled comic popular for its extraordinary premise. Up-and-coming Yoshida Kota, known for his humorous yet sensual style in films like Usotsuki Paradox, creates a unique coming-of-age drama about love between two girls, with elements of sports and perseverance sprinkled throughout. The "Torture Club" is an official afterschool activity at the private school Saint Honesty Gakuen. Yuzuki (Kijima Noriko) has no idea about the club when she enrolls, and gets abducted by the club members and hauled off the clubroom. There, she finds out that upperclass student Aoi (Yoshizumi Haruna), her secret idol, is in the club, and decides to join, but….
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, manga, controversial, sex comedy, yuri, erotic
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Cousins in Love (1980)
Plot Summary:
Teenage Julien (Thierry Tevini) loves his teenage cousin Julia (Anja Shute) among flowers in summer of '39 France.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, romantic, controversial, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere
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The Lifeguard (2013)
Plot Summary:
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, serious, realistic, romantic, captivating, light, mumblecore, cute, indie film
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Laura (1979)
Plot Summary:
A blinded French sculptor completes a statue of a friend's daughter by using his sense of touch.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, controversial, serious, realistic, sexual, beautiful
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One Wild Moment (2015)
Plot Summary:
Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Marie. One evening at the beach, Louna seduces Laurent. Louna is in love, but for Laurent it was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Without revealing her lover's name, Louna confides in her father, who tries by any means to discover who his daughter's lover is. How long will the secret be able to be kept hidden?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sentimental, romantic, emotional, captivating, witty, sexy, interesting, remake of french film
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About Last Night... (1986)
Plot Summary:
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic, sentimental, talky, funny, retro, sensual, sincere, clever, touching
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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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Summer of '42 (1971)
Plot Summary:
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her. Written by Bob Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, sad, serious, captivating, realistic, crying, weeping, romantic drama
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Endless Love (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work, David burns down the house and is sent away. This doesn't stop him from seeing her. When he gets out he goes to look for her. But the passion for his first love is too strong and she has to leave.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: intense, erotic, sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic, sexual, dark, sensual, romantic drama
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The Truth About Jane (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's unaccepting mother, Janice, struggles with her surprising revelation of brought forth by her only daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing, crying, emotional, realistic, talky, queer cinema
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Mermaids (1990)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope that they can finally settle down. But when Charlotte's attraction to an older man gets in the way, the family must learn to accept each other for who they truly are.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, teen, emotional, melancholic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good, funny
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Towelhead (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: disturbing, enigmatic, sensual, melancholic, controversial, compassionate, stylized, erotic, teen, dark comedy
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
Plot Summary:
Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book arranged in alphabetical order, Stephane fails to cheer Solange. She knits. She does housework. Everyone, including their neighbor a vegetable vendor, agrees that she needs a child, yet she fails to get pregnant by either lover. The three take a job running a kids' summer camp where they meet Christian, the precocious 13-year-old son of the local factory manager. It is Christian who restores Solange to laughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, manga, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Young & Beautiful (2013)
Plot Summary:
Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sexy, atmospheric, sensual, controversial, art house, romantic, harsh, intellectual
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Lolita (1962)
Plot Summary:
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy, black comedy, sensual, erotic, black and white, serious, captivating
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Pretty Baby (1978)
Plot Summary:
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: controversial, disturbing, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, thought provoking, sentimental, stylized, erotic, romantic
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Lolita (1997)
Plot Summary:
Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, sexual, sexy, melancholic, disturbing, cynical, sensual, romantic, intellectual
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Ghost World (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: black comedy, thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, teen, realistic, cult classic, atmospheric, indie film, humorous
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Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Plot Summary:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, sincere, semi serious, teen, independent film, clever, black comedy, period piece
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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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Palo Alto (2013)
Plot Summary:
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to any boy to cross her path; and the increasingly dangerous exploits of Teddy and his best friend Fred, whose behavior may or may not be sociopathic.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: melancholic, atmospheric, serious, teen, realistic, indie film, aesthetic, erotic, mumblecore, artsy
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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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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, psychological, emotional, heartbreaking, sexy, touching, atmospheric, realistic, art house
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The Lover (1992)
Plot Summary:
A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, psychological, sensual, sentimental, controversial, serious, romantic, visually stunning