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Plot Summary:
3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the leader of the pack will do anything to keep the accident a secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, teen, black comedy, absurd, humorous, cult classic, parody, dark, teen horror, gothic
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Plot Summary:
Leanne is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle, and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, teen, slasher
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Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)
Plot Summary:
Three snobbish high school girls prematurely age brought on from a curse, a drug (or something) after the arrival of new transfer student whom they believe is connected to a murder they committed a year earlier. A fate worse than death.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, cynical, semi serious, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, realistic, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Plot Summary:
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, humorous, clever, witty, cult classic, teen, not serious
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Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Plot Summary:
In a California high school, a married teacher is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. He starts to have sex flings with his female students and eventually has to kill several of the girls to keep them quiet.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, psychological, grindhouse, captivating, cynical, sexy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Lewis & Clark & George (1997)
Plot Summary:
A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black comedy, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, road movie
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Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
Plot Summary:
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage film makers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cynical, satirical, absurd, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, independent film, humorous, underground film
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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Plot Summary:
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 233000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, funny, humorous, witty, talky, cult classic, hilarious, teen, melancholic, absurd
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Heathers (2018)
Plot Summary:
A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine Veronica Sawyer deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: ironic, dark, cynical, anthology, art house, dark comedy, black comedy
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Sugar & Spice (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as bank robbery. But the A-Squad does things their way -- with sugar and spice -- forever changing their friendship, their future and the nation's notion of teen spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, semi serious, teen, cult classic, retro, dark, twisted
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The Clique (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, teen, 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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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, light, teen, entertaining, romantic comedy, relaxing, touching
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Rough Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, captivating, humorous, teen, feel good, sexy, cult classic, hilarious, dark comedy, sex comedy
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Heathers (1988)
Plot Summary:
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, teen, witty, semi serious, aesthetic, realistic, retro, parody
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
Plot Summary:
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 465000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, sexy, hilarious, parody, witty, realistic
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Bring It On (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, entertaining, romantic, witty, light, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, funny
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Pretty Persuasion (2005)
Plot Summary:
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, biting, cynical, stylized, realistic, erotic, teen, twisted, black comedy
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2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Plot Summary:
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, erotic, witty, intense, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, neo noir, detective, black comedy
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Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Plot Summary:
On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movie genre.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, feel good, humorous, slapstick, teen, sexy, funny
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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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The Doom Generation (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, dark comedy, surreal, art house, cult classic, artsy, teen, black comedy, gothic
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Detention (2011)
Plot Summary:
As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, funny
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
Plot Summary:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, scary, teen horror, slasher, black comedy, teen, horror comedy, cult classic, satirical
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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Plot Summary:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy, brutal, controversial, cult classic, teen, talky
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Clueless (1995)
Plot Summary:
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, romantic, light, funny, sexy, not serious, sweet, humorous, clever
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The House Bunny (2008)
Plot Summary:
Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, funny, humorous, romantic, romantic comedy, light, uplifting, happy, relaxing
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Wild Child (2008)
Plot Summary:
Rebellious 16 year old Poppy from Mailibu is sent to an English boarding school. Realising her Father isn't coming back to rescue her she tries to get expelled.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, teen, light, sweet, romantic comedy, semi serious, funny, humorous, entertaining
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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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Mean Girls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 417000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, teen, funny, witty, romantic, satirical, absurd, humorous, cynical
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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