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Plot Summary:
Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, cult film
Best tv shows and movies like Poison Ivy (1985):
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Continental Divide (1981)
Plot Summary:
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy, touching
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The Formula (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of Quinn and Graham, two engineering students who discover a mathematical formula to pick up women with ease.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexual, crying
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Camp Cucamonga (1990)
Plot Summary:
Standard camp shenanigans and romance amongst the counselors and the campers at a lake front summer camp.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen
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French for Beginners (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of Henrik, who takes part in a student exchange program with France. The only reason for this journey is to conquer the heart of his dream girl. Wild Partys, exciting trips, a crazy host family and of course his trouble with the French language turn the - at first unmeant - holidays into a memorable summer.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen comedy
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Nobody's Perfect (1989)
Plot Summary:
Steve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off the tennis team. What can he do? Well, his resourceful friend suggest turning Steve into a woman in order to get him close to Shelly who doesn't know he is alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Anja & Viktor (2001)
Plot Summary:
Highschool sweethearts Anja and Viktor find themselves in a lesser state of love when Anja graduates and gets a job in the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, offbeat, realistic, sexual, sexy
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California Dreaming (1979)
Plot Summary:
Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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Soul Man (1986)
Plot Summary:
Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for an African-American-only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, witty, controversial, semi serious, independent film, sentimental, funny, light
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The Last Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, sincere, thought provoking, touching, humorous, romantic, feel good, sentimental, teen comedy
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A Big Love Story (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sam is a former college football star whose chance to play in the NFL abruptly ends with a blown out knee. Seven years later, he finds himself alone, working a minimum wage job and weighing a deadly 413lbs. The time has come for some change! The time has come for some weight loss! Enter Cassie, a personal trainer who not only helps him lose weight but find love. Steering clear of the standard transformation formula seen on many current television shows such as, "Biggest Loser," Sam finds acceptance - and love - in unexpected places.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Happy Campers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Chaos and rampant hormones reign when teenage counselors are left in charge during their summer-camp director's absence.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, dark comedy, funny, sexual, crying, sex comedy, black comedy
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My Father the Hero (1994)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, remake of french film, cult film
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At Middleton (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic comedy, romantic, sweet, bad ending, realistic, tear jerker
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Teen Wolf (1985)
Plot Summary:
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, teen, light, captivating, melancholic, funny
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The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
Plot Summary:
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, funny, entertaining, cult classic, retro
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Summerhood (2008)
Plot Summary:
The coming of age summer-camp saga of four best friends who hate each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, touching, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, sexual, dark comedy
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High School U.S.A. (1983)
Plot Summary:
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. (Michael J. Fox) pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, sitcom, semi serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, parody
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Secret Admirer (1985)
Plot Summary:
When high-school heartthrob Michael receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it's from knock-out prom queen Deborah Anne instead of pretty honor student Toni. And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make their way into the hands of the whole neighborhood, touching off a scandalously sexy soap opera of mixed-up motives, mistaken identities and wrong emotions.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, independent film, weeping, sex comedy
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A Pig's Tale (1994)
Plot Summary:
Kids' comedy with all the clichés. Six boys (hero, pudgy, dumb, romeo, etc), reluctantly sent to summer camp, are grouped together in a ramshackle hut, and instantly identified as losers and outcasts by the overconfident camp bullies, who target gorgeous Tiffany (Jakub) as their Lothario's girlfriend. They set out to make everyone's life miserable as they impose their authority on the other kids and ineffective counselors alike. Andy, the good-guy hero, of course has a crush on Tiffany, but hasn't a clue how to approach her. Gradually, the nice guys gain the edge over the bullies, by honest endeavor and standing up for themselves - and in doing so, win over the other kids, even Tiffany. Until the bullies frame them and have them expelled.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Trojan War (1997)
Plot Summary:
Brad is about to hook up with the girl of his dreams, but runs into a problem, no condom. So Brad sets out into the night to find one, running into many obstacles along the way, while not knowing his best friend, Leah is in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: hilarious, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, hispanic, teen comedy
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Happy Together (1989)
Plot Summary:
Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he learns to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sexual life, but also his writing skills.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, melancholic, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, funny, atmospheric
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Schools Out (2008)
Plot Summary:
June 1990, a large provincial town. It's the last day of class before the baccalaureate: a small group of graduates happily leaves high school - In the ambient euphoria, Lucas empties his bag: without mince words, he says out loud to his philosophy teacher what he thinks of him. Short-lived relief since the odious Mr. Martineau will finally pass the oral exams - Lucas had better get it right. That same evening, at a party, Lucas meets Clémence, a lovely young girl. Love at first sight seems mutual, but Lucas lets her go without knowing her name. Between lively revisions and summer trips with his friends, he sets out in search of his beautiful stranger. For Lucas, this is only the beginning of the hassle, especially since he accepts private lessons philosophy at Monsieur Martineau's - and that the latter turns out to be the father of a very pretty young girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
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Private School (1983)
Plot Summary:
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim's friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including dressing up as a woman to access the girls' locker room. Despite Jim and Christine's efforts to spend some time alone, various shenanigans and schemes interfere.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, humorous, sex comedy, sexy, semi serious, erotic, cult classic, sexual, entertaining, feel good
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Doc Hollywood (1991)
Plot Summary:
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, romantic
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Lost & Found (1999)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about finding your true love at any price. Dylan Ramsey resorts to snatching his beautiful neighbor's dog so he can spend time with her while they go on a phantom dog hunt. Succeeding in his plan, Dylan goes to return the pooch, only to discover that it has hidden Dylan's best friend's diamond ring. Written by WARNER BROS.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, sweet, entertaining, funny, light, sexy, sentimental, feel good, witty
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One Crazy Summer (1986)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, hilarious, colorful, teen sex comedy, sincere, offbeat, realistic
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Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Plot Summary:
It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, realistic, funny, light, humorous, semi serious, romantic comedy, cult classic, teen
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It Takes Two (1995)
Plot Summary:
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sweet, feel good, funny, humorous, touching, fairy tale, teen, semi serious, light, inspirational
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Plot Summary:
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, parody, harsh, stylized, feel good, semi serious, cult classic, hilarious, teen
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sweet, teen, humorous, romantic, sentimental, funny, romantic comedy, light