Best movies like O.C. and Stiggs

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Kiss the Bride (2007)

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What Love Is (2007)

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It's Valentine's Day and Tomhas big plans. He's about to get engaged and has a surprise party planned to share the good news with friends. But things take a turn for the worse. Tom returns home only to discover his girlfriend has packed up and left him. Now, instead of a surprise party, the surprise is on Tom. Fortunately, his friends are there to help him make sense of it all.

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Book of Love (1990)

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Outside Providence (1999)

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In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

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Nearing Grace (2005)

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Did you ever wish you could get the hottest girl in school? This is the story of how non-jock Henry (Gregory Smith) indeed gets the girl, Grace (Jordana Brewster), but not without complications.

IMDB Rating: 5.7

IMDB Votes: 1000

Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: USA, Canada

Duration: 105 min

Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy