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Plot Summary:
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, witty, hilarious, teen, realistic, absurd, aesthetic, not serious
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The Hollywood Knights (1980)
Plot Summary:
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, grindhouse, humorous, sex comedy, feel good, realistic, not serious, independent film, parody, funny
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Assault of the Party Nerds (1989)
Plot Summary:
It's Nerds vs. Frats (again) when the Nerds use a wing-ding party as a recruiting tactic. The jocks are out to spoil the party and harass the nerds. This is a video-only release.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: entertaining, sexy, humorous, not serious, sex comedy, independent film, teen comedy, sexploitation film, hot, campy
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Up the Creek (1984)
Plot Summary:
Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and Max are the four losers forced and bribed to represent their university in an intercollegiate raft race. Forced and bribed into this role, they make some friends, the lovely Heather Merriweather, but mostly enemies, among others a whole team of marines, and preppy IVY-leaguers determined to win.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, teen comedy, cult film
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Caddyshack (1980)
Plot Summary:
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, light, intense, not serious, parody, humorous, feel good, sex comedy, captivating
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Fraternity Vacation (1985)
Plot Summary:
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, funny, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, crying, feel good, unusual plot structure
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Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009)
Plot Summary:
It’s Road Trip - Beer Pong! Three college roommates are on the ride of their lives when they drop everything to join a bus full of sexy, scantily clad models to compete in the ultimate sport competition: the National Beer Pong Tournament.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: intense, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, teen, sex comedy, entertaining, sexy, touching
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Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
Plot Summary:
When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sexual, sexy, humorous, spectacular, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, not serious
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Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: talky, realistic, independent film, stylized, melancholic, witty, humorous, semi serious, teen, romantic
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Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Plot Summary:
At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own fraternity to protect their outcast brothers, the campus nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush their new rivals.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, funny, sex comedy, cult classic, teen sex comedy, slapstick, teen, captivating, entertaining
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Senior Skip Day (2008)
Plot Summary:
Adam Harris, a semi-lame senior, is head over heels in love with Cara. Unfortunately she is the most popular girl in school. On the one day of the year that he could actually have a chance, senior skip day, he screws it all up by accidentally slipping the location of the party to his principal. But have no fear, in a last resort effort he moves the party to his house and all seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, teen sex comedy, sexy, teen, semi serious
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Glory Daze (1995)
Plot Summary:
It's punk rock meets Animal House in this campus comedy that stars Ben Affleck as Jack, a soon-to-be graduate who finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also questioning whether there's life after college are Jack's roommates: Rob, who fears domestication; comic-strip artist Mickey, who's shy around girls; intellectual party animal Slosh; and perpetual student Dennis.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, sentimental, talky, humorous, semi serious, realistic, erotic, funny, clever, feel good
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PCU (1994)
Plot Summary:
Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson and the school's steely president. With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, melancholic, talky, semi serious, witty, parody, teen, sex comedy
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Bachelor Party (1984)
Plot Summary:
This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick, reluctant recipient of a bachelor bash given by a group of friends who view partying as their full-time religion. Rick's worried fiancée, Debbie (Tawny Kitaen), dresses up in disguise and crashes the party to spy on her future husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, funny, light, entertaining, absurd, intense, not serious, cult classic
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Extreme Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, sketch comedy, sexy, spoof, absurd, light, feel good, captivating
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Police Academy (1984)
Plot Summary:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, light, humorous, slapstick, hilarious, spoof, absurd, cult classic, feel good
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
Plot Summary:
Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, funny, humorous, light, romantic, sexy, hilarious, teen, feel good
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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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Porky's (1981)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, funny, humorous, sexual, cult classic, erotic, feel good, epic, ironic
Similar in 87%
Neighbors (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 325000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, teen, sex comedy, slapstick, absurd, romantic
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Ted (2012)
Plot Summary:
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 644000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, buddy comedy, hilarious, not serious, parody, entertaining, absurd, feel good, teen
Similar in 89%
Old School (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sex comedy, hilarious, talky, not serious, cult classic, intense, romantic, philosophical
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EuroTrip (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 219000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, road movie, sex comedy, funny, hilarious, teen, parody, romantic, entertaining, feel good
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College (2008)
Plot Summary:
A wild weekend is in store for three high school seniors who visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, not serious, teen, funny, sexy, sex comedy, realistic, slang, feel good
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Road Trip (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, road movie, sexy, funny, light, not serious, hilarious, teen, cult classic
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Accepted (2006)
Plot Summary:
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, teen, hilarious, light, sex comedy, not serious, teen sex comedy
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Grandma's Boy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But he gets kicked out of his apartment and is forced to move in with his grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, cult classic, psychedelic, offbeat, sex comedy, relaxing, realistic
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Project X (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, humorous, funny, not serious, teen, sex comedy, entertaining, realistic, cult classic, hilarious
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21 & Over (2013)
Plot Summary:
Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, teen, teen sex comedy, absurd, hilarious, visually appealing, black comedy, realistic
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American Pie (1999)
Plot Summary:
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score." by their senior prom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 427000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, funny, sex comedy, humorous, sexy, sexual, buddy comedy, teen, feel good, cult classic
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Superbad (2007)
Plot Summary:
High school best buddies are facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from a fake ID-toting friend, the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 619000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, funny, teen sex comedy, hilarious, teen, humorous, feel good, entertaining, realistic, witty