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Plot Summary:
A documentary crew follows the stories of nine classmates during their high school years in Austin, Texas, and then revisits them ten years later to examine how far they have come.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, serious, realistic, mockumentary, fake documentary
Best tv shows and movies like My Generation (2010):
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Radio Free Roscoe (2003)
Plot Summary:
Radio Free Roscoe was a Canadian television series filmed in Toronto, Ontario. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment, and it first aired on 1 August 2003 on Family, in Canada. It has also been dubbed in French in the province of Quebec and aired on VRAK.TV. The show was later aired on The N in the United States, where the show received funding for a second season. The series ended on 27 May 2005 because The N decided to stop funding the show, and Family, along with Decode Entertainment, could not fill the gap in the production budget. The show was shown on Family until 2007, when it was replaced. In early 2008, The N began rebroadcasting reruns. The pilot was first filmed in New Jersey, with an entirely different cast. Then, the show was going to be based in Nutley, New Jersey and was titled Radio Free Nutley. The show was never picked up until Decode Entertainment decided to move production to Toronto and change the cast and title of the show. However, the show was still set in suburban New Jersey.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, psychological, sincere, teen, offbeat, sitcom, semi serious
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Producing Nobuta (2005)
Plot Summary:
A popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, serious, captivating, realistic, sincere, disturbing
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Huge (2010)
Plot Summary:
Huge is a short lived American drama series that aired on the ABC Family television network. The series is based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Sasha Paley. The hour-long drama series revolves around eight teens sent to a summer weight loss camp called Camp Victory. Winnie Holzman and her daughter Savannah Dooley wrote the pilot. Casting began in January, with production beginning in April 2010. The series premiered on June 28, 2010 at 9 p.m. with 2.53 million viewers. On October 4, 2010 ABC Family announced that Huge was not getting an extra episode order, therefore canceling the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Welcome to Reality (2011)
Plot Summary:
This dramatic series follows a group of troubled Mexican teens in their last year of school, coping with such challenges as drug abuse and sexual identity. In other words, growing up.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sentimental, sincere, telenovela
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Out There (2003)
Plot Summary:
Out There is an Australian comedy-drama series following the trials and tribulations of an American high school boy named Reilly who moves to Australia from Connecticut as his father flees the authorities. He stays with his aunt and uncle who are the owners of a nature reserve and veterinary clinic.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, serious, realistic
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Just for Kicks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Just for Kicks is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network as a part of the channel's TEENick television lineup. The series about a group of girls in a soccer team set in New York City. This series is first called Head to Toe, then The Power Strikers, but is changed in 2005. Just for Kicks premiered in January 2006 on Nickelodeon UK and April 2006 on Nickelodeon in the US. The series is produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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Happyland (2014)
Plot Summary:
Having grown up in a world of manufactured happiness, Lucy, the cynical teenage daughter of a idealistic theme park princess mom, wants to get out and experience something real. When Ian, the new park owner's son, arrives and sweeps her off her feet, Lucy is left wondering if fairy tale endings do exist after all. But when a scandalous secret turns her life upside down, she learns Happyland is far from a walk in the park.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Stay Cool (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on a successful author who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors. Shasta O'Neil, a sexy high school senior flirts with the visiting author and invites him to the prom.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film
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Boston Public (2000)
Plot Summary:
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place. It featured a large ensemble cast and focused on the work and private lives of the various teachers, students, and administrators at the school. It aired from October 2000 to January 2004. Its slogan was "Every day is a fight. For respect. For dignity. For sanity.".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, sitcom, clever, offbeat, semi serious
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The Dream Kids (2013)
Plot Summary:
JB suffers from a heart malformation .He falsifies his medical file ,so that he can enter a top athlete training center.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, serious, realistic
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Man in the Chair (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, sincere, cult classic, masterpiece
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Foreign Letters (2012)
Plot Summary:
A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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A.N.T. Farm (2011)
Plot Summary:
A.N.T. Farm is a Disney Channel sitcom which premiered on May 6, 2011 as a special preview and continued as a regular series on June 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "transplANTed" aired after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck. The series was created by Dan Signer, a former writer and co-executive producer of The Suite Life on Deck and creator of the Disney XD series Mr. Young. In mid-November 2010, Disney Channel green-lit the series, with production beginning in early 2011. The first promo was released during the premiere of Lemonade Mouth. Taking place in San Francisco, the series stars China Anne McClain, Sierra McCormick and Jake Short are middle-schoolers in a gifted program at their local high school called the "Advanced Natural Talent" or "A.N.T." program. On November 30, 2011, A.N.T. Farm was officially picked up for a second season, which premiered on June 1, 2012 with two back-to-back episodes. On October 2, 2012, A.N.T. Farm was officially renewed for a third season by Disney Channel, which premiered on May 31, 2013 with a one hour special however, it was also announced that Carlon Jeffery will not return for the third season and Aedin Mincks joined the main cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, funny, novela, realistic, fun, nostalgic
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I Just Want My Pants Back (2012)
Plot Summary:
I Just Want My Pants Back is an American comedy-drama that premiered with a special sneak peek on August 28, 2011 on MTV, with the series airing the new episodes beginning on February 2, 2012. The series is based on David J. Rosen's 2007 novel of the same name. On May 16, 2012, MTV cancelled the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good
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Hellcats (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pre-law student Marti Perkins' world is flipped upside down when she loses her scholarship, and realizes the only way she can stay in school is by reigniting her dormant teen gymnastic skills to win a place on Lancer University's legendary cheerleading team.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, teen, realistic
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School of Thrones (2013)
Plot Summary:
Parody of Game Of Thrones.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, offbeat
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Sweet Valley High (1994)
Plot Summary:
Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series very loosely based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment. The rights are now held by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. After three seasons in syndication, the show moved to UPN for its fourth season, where it was canceled due to low ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sweet, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Inbetweeners (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers navigating high school and charging into adulthood the way everyone does... by taking one step forward and three steps back.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light, sitcom, sexual, sexy, teen comedy
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Greek (2007)
Plot Summary:
Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, realistic, witty, teen, touching, sitcom, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Aliens in America (2007)
Plot Summary:
Aliens in America is an American sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW for one season from 2007–2008. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim Doyle. Luke Greenfield directed the pilot. The show is about an American teenager in Wisconsin whose family takes in a Muslim foreign exchange student from Pakistan.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Breaker High (1997)
Plot Summary:
Breaker High is a Canadian teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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My Life as Liz (2010)
Plot Summary:
My Life as Liz is a mockumentary style American television series that centers on the life of Liz Lee, a misfit high-school senior living in small town Texas. The series debuted on MTV on January 18, 2010. The first season finale aired on March 8, 2010. Filming for the second season began early 2010 in New York City, mostly at Pratt Institute, the college which series star Liz Lee attends. During the My Life As Liz marathon that aired on December 27, 2010, MTV previewed the season 2 trailer and officially confirmed that season two would premiere on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 11:00 PM EST. MTV's January 24 press release confirmed that Season 2 would have 12 episodes. The series was not renewed for a third season, and the series finale aired on May 3, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, mockumentary
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Undressed (1999)
Plot Summary:
MTV peek behind closed doors at the intricacies of modern relationships. Each episode features three different fictional stories and follows various characters to see what happened during their most intimate moments. No subject is too taboo.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, humorous, realistic, art house, sincere, touching, teen, serious, sexual, sexy
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All About Us (2001)
Plot Summary:
All About Us is an American teen comedy-drama series that aired on NBC during the station's TNBC lineup from August 4, 2001 to November 10, 2001. It was produced by Peter Engel Productions.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Recovery Road (2016)
Plot Summary:
Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a sober living facility while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life. Based on the popular young adult novel by Blake Nelson.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, sincere, realistic, sentimental
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Life As We Know It (2004)
Plot Summary:
See life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women. Together, their attitudes about women are challenged, and they discover there's more to life than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Faking It (2014)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about two best friends who love each other -- in slightly different ways. After numerous failed attempts to become popular, the girls are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status. Seduced by their newfound fame, Karma and Amy decide to keep up their romantic ruse.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sitcom, teen, light, disturbing, not serious, teen comedy, queer cinema
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Gilmore Girls (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: realistic, feel good, humorous, witty, talky, semi serious, light, satirical, deep, comedy drama
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State of Grace (2001)
Plot Summary:
State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, retro, sitcom, realistic
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Sex and the USA (2008)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen year old Audrey Shaw is new to Bellweather, California and certain shell never fit in when she meets Krista Rich, the pretty, popular girl she aspires to be "or be with" shes just not sure. In a conservative California town, 14-year-old Audrey is new to Bellweather, California and certain shell never fit in when she meets Krista Rich, the pretty, popular girl she aspires to be "or be with" shes just not sure. Blending traditional filmmaking with social networking-inspired video clips, director Jan Wellmann paints a portrait of puberty and the hyperconnected lives of modern teens.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, mockumentary, sexy