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Plot Summary:
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: offbeat, cult classic, teen, dark comedy, sincere, atmospheric, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Gregory's Girl (1980)
Plot Summary:
In his Scottish New Town home, gangling Gregory and his schoolfriends are starting to find out about girls. He fancies Dorothy, not least because she has got into the football team - and is a better player than him. He finally asks her out, but it is obviously the females in control of matters here, and that very much includes Gregory's younger sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, independent film, comedy drama, sincere, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative
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Flirting (1991)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1965 and Danny Embling, is an awkward, underdeveloped teen suffering from occasional bouts of stuttering, attends an all-male boarding school in New South Wales, Australia. it has been some time since Danny has had any romantic relationship with a girl. He slowly becomes interested in Thandiwe Adjewa, a Ugandan-Kenyan-British girl attending the all-girls school across the lake.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, romantic, disturbing, sentimental, sincere, serious, teen, atmospheric, independent film
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Rich Kids (1979)
Plot Summary:
Two 12 year olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: stylized, grindhouse, independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Small Change (1976)
Plot Summary:
Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: existential, art house, aesthetic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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JJ+E (2021)
Plot Summary:
Elisabeth and John-John live in the same city, but they inhabit different worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, teen
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The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
Plot Summary:
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where his father is a recovering drug addict. Kelly's life gets even more complicated when he falls for Tabby, Bart's pretty and soon-to-be-wed older sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: intense, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, feel good, epic, scenic, light
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Cheeky Girls 2 (2010)
Plot Summary:
After Kati, Hanna and Mila first experiences with guys, it is now necessary to cultivate those relations. The jealous Mila thinks that her friend Markus, would cheat on her with Vanessa. Kati, who is actually together with Tobi, finds that Robert, whom she met during a shooting, more than just cool. Only with Hanna everything seems to work perfectly. Branko is a real gentleman and does everything for her musical career - but not entirely unselfishly, as soon turns out. Problems therefore pre-programmed with the girlfriends and their new conquests!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, entertaining
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Shag - More Dancing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: retro, sex comedy, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sexy
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About a Boy (2002)
Plot Summary:
Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will's hope of a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, realistic, romantic comedy, hilarious, funny, light, sweet
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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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Now and Then (1995)
Plot Summary:
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, emotional, touching, teen, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, sentimental, retro, epic
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Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Plot Summary:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, feel good, romantic, surreal, emotional, touching, disturbing, light, atmospheric, enigmatic
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The Party (1980)
Plot Summary:
Le Boum is the story of a 13-year-old French girl dealing with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic, light, romantic, sexy
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Beautiful Thing (1996)
Plot Summary:
A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Thamesmead, in south-east London, become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide that they're attracted to each other, neither is sure just what to do.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sweet, lgbt cinema, sincere, semi serious, independent film, realistic, thought provoking, social
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Starter for 10 (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, light, sweet, melancholic, touching, humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic
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Cheeky Girls (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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You're My Hero (2003)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen-year-old Ramon is on the verge of many adolescent discoveries -- and the confusion that goes along with them. Shy and awkward, he's moved from town to town throughout his childhood and believes that life is about winning and losing. But he soon learns it's all about survival. Like Ramon, Spain is in transition (President Francisco Franco is about to die); it's a time of social upheaval marked by change, illusion and struggle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, semi serious, captivating, humorous
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
Plot Summary:
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, sexy, melancholic, romantic comedy, funny, entertaining, feel good, colorful, retro
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Rushmore (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, dark comedy, humorous, witty, independent film, teen, melancholic, absurd, offbeat, touching
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
Plot Summary:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl.".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, emotional, independent film, romantic, feel good, sweet, heartbreaking
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Submarine (2010)
Plot Summary:
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: visually appealing, witty, surreal, touching, talky, independent film, unusual plot structure, melancholic, offbeat, indie film
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Little Manhattan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, heartbreaking, romantic comedy, humorous, emotional, teen
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My Girl (1991)
Plot Summary:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, crying, emotional, sad, sweet, inspirational, tear jerker, heartbreaking
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The First Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sincere, touching, realistic, light, feel good, sweet, teen, witty
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Lucas (1986)
Plot Summary:
A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, epic, entertaining, colorful, semi serious, hilarious, sentimental, realistic, humorous
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Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sexy, teen, light, humorous, romantic comedy, relaxing, realistic, semi serious
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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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Mystic Pizza (1988)
Plot Summary:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, sentimental, sweet, melancholic, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen
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Say Anything... (1989)
Plot Summary:
A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad hanging in the balance, Diane must find a way to make both men happy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, light, romantic, teen, romantic comedy, humorous, sentimental, cult classic, touching
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Flipped (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional, sentimental, realistic, romantic comedy, teen, cute