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Hoot (2006)
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Hoot (2006)

The story of a young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls, and that a tough girl at his school named Beatrice has some connection with the barefoot boy, who has some connection with vandalism at the co …nstruction site. When they realize that a population of endangered burrowing owls is threatened by new construction the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends. (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
theftnaturekidnappingfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
school busyachtwoodsbicyclebusboatairplanehelicopterforestschoolrestaurantbeachhospital
Characters:
stepbrother stepsister relationshipstepmother stepdaughter relationshipchinese americanstepfather stepson relationshipmayorbullyactressthiefpolicemanstudentpolice officerteacherteenage boyteenage girldoctor …friendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship (See All)
Story:
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Keeping Mum (2005)
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Keeping Mum (2005)

Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)

Locations:
bicycleschoolrestaurant
Characters:
bullypolicemanpolice officerteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
golf coursebully comeuppancehidinggolfspeechunderwater sceneeatingsoccercafeinterrogationletterarrestwatching tvfoodunderwear …photographfightdog (See All)

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Ratatouille (2007)
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Ratatouille (2007)

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, A …uguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
bicycleboatrestaurant
Characters:
thiefpolicemanfriendfather son relationship
Story:
mousetrapmotor scooterratunderwater sceneeatingnewspapercaferunningbookwatching tvfoodvoice over narrationtelephone callchasedog

Hesher (2010)
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Hesher (2010)

T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
bicycleschool
Characters:
bullypolicemanteacherteenage boydoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
construction sitehidingclassliarapologysnakeeatingclassroomrunningliearrestwatching tvcar accidentfoodunderwear …telephone callchasephotographfight (See All)

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (2010) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (2010)

To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the n …ever-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - "it's NOT a diary, it's a journal!" Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary. (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
school buswoodsbicyclebusforestschool
Characters:
bullyteacherteenage boyfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
first day of schoolrottweilerspray paintfire extinguisherowljanitorclassflashlightclassroomrunningwatching tvunderwearvoice over narrationtelephone callphotograph …based on novelfight (See All)

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Detroit Rock City (1999)
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Detroit Rock City (1999)

Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians.

Themes:
theftfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
school busschoolrestaurant
Characters:
thiefpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Themes:
theftkidnappingfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
busairplaneschoolbeachhospital
Characters:
actressthiefpolicemanteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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The Kid With A Bike (2011)
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The Kid With A Bike (2011)

At about 11, the stubborn and impulsive Cyril seems on his way to delinquency: he has no mother, his father wants a new life without him, so he's in a foster institution. He searches for his father, wanting him and his bike. Through the intersession of Samantha, a hairdresser Cyril happens upon, he  …gets his bike back, and she offers to take him into her home on weekends. He remains aloof from her and gets involved with a young crook. Is Cyril intent on driving Samantha away - and what then? (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
woodsbicyclebusforestrestaurant
Characters:
thieffriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Hairspray (2007) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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Hairspray (2007)

Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Co …llins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the show.....without denting her 'do! (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
school busbusschool
Characters:
policemanstudentpolice officerteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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A Man Called Ove (2015)
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A Man Called Ove (2015)

59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
bicyclebusrestauranthospital
Characters:
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Story:
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Into The Wild (2007)
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Into The Wild (2007)

Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.

Themes:
nature
Locations:
woodsbusboatforestrestaurantbeach
Characters:
policemanteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Youth In Revolt (2009)
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Youth In Revolt (2009)

At 16, Nick Twisp is wry about his teen funk: he lives in Oakland with his sex-addled mother; his father's child support is her meal ticket. While camping in Ukiah, Nick meets Sheeni: for him, it's love at first sight. Nick has to figure out how to get his father a job in Ukiah, then how to get sent … to live with his father, then how to get close to Sheeni, whose religious parents may want her sent away from temptation to a boarding school. There's also Sheeni's all-American boyfriend to contend with. Overwhelmed by the challenges, Nick's about to give up when he conjures an alter ego who whispers revolt into his ear. Nick is not altogether hapless, but can this end well? (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
woodsforestschoolrestaurantbeach
Characters:
policemanstudentpolice officerteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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The Lobster (2015) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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The Lobster (2015)

A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
yachtwoodsbusboatrestaurant
Characters:
policemandoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Dan In Real Life (2007)
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Dan In Real Life (2007)

Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.

Locations:
school busbusschoolrestaurantbeach
Characters:
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Story:
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Happy-go-lucky (2008)
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Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she's close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of li …fe story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness? (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
bicyclebusschoolbeach
Characters:
bullyteacherfriendmother son relationship
Story:
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Nim's Island (2008)
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Nim's Island (2008)

Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes … to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Locations:
woodsboatairplanehelicopterforestbeach
Characters:
father daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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Like Stars On Earth (2007) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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Like Stars On Earth (2007)

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old child whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get … anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself. (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
friendship
Locations:
school busbicyclebushelicopterschool
Characters:
bullystudentteacherfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Son Of Rambow (2007)
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Son Of Rambow (2007)

SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early '80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, th …e eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendshi… (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
woodsbicyclebusforestschoolrestauranthospital
Characters:
bullythiefstudentteacherfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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In Her Shoes (2005)
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In Her Shoes (2005)

Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
restaurantbeach
Characters:
stepmother stepdaughter relationshipthiefteacherdoctorfriendfather daughter relationship
Story:
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Bridge To Terabithia (2007)
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Bridge To Terabithia (2007)

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Toget …her, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess deal with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him. (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
school buswoodsforestschool
Characters:
bullystudentpolice officerteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Australia (2008) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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Australia (2008)

In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)

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fish out of water
Themes:
theftnaturekidnappingfriendship
Locations:
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Characters:
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Taking Woodstock (2009)
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Taking Woodstock (2009)

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Juno (2007)
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Juno (2007)

A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place  …the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker? (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
bicycleschoolhospital
Characters:
stepmother stepdaughter relationshipbullystudentteacherteenage boyteenage girldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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An Unfinished Life (2005)
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An Unfinished Life (2005)

To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitc …h, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff. (Read More)

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theftfriendship
Locations:
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Characters:
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Spanglish (2004) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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Spanglish (2004)

John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W …hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)

Locations:
school busbusrestaurantbeach
Characters:
father daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Varsity Blues (1999)
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Varsity Blues (1999)

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his Wes …t Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them. (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
school busbusschoolrestauranthospital
Characters:
thiefstudentpolice officerteacherteenage boyteenage girldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
broken noseclassbaseball batclassroomcafeunderwear

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Big Fat Liar (2002)
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Big Fat Liar (2002)

A take on the classic tale 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', this is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Jason Shephard who lies for the fun of it. He loses an important story assignment entitled 'Big Fat Liar' in movie producer Marty Wolf's limo, which Wolf then turns into a film. When Jason sees a movie  …preview of his story, he and his best friend Kaylee go to Los Angeles to make Wolf confess to using his story, to clear his name, and to get him out of having to attend summer school. The teen liar then has to match wits with Wolf, who also turns out to be a big liar. (Read More)

Mood:
high school
Locations:
bicyclehelicopterschool
Characters:
actresspolicemanstudentpolice officerteacherteenage girlfriendfather son relationship
Story:
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The Dressmaker (2015)
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The Dressmaker (2015)

Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
bus
Characters:
bullyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
hit with a golf ballgolf ballhidinggolfapologyflashlightnewspaperrunningliebookletterarrestvoice over narrationtelephone callchase …photographbased on noveldog (See All)

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I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
boatrestauranthospital
Characters:
thiefpolicemanpolice officerfriendfather daughter relationship
Story:
floridawhat happened to epiloguegolfliareatingcaferunningliebookletterarrestcar accidentfoodunderwearvoice over narration …telephone calldog (See All)

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The Princess Diaries (2001)
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The Princess Diaries (2001)

Mia Thermopolis is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly and Lilly's older brother Michael. Making it through high school without throwing up is a challenge in itself for Mia, so it doesn't come as welco …me news when her estranged grandmother shows up out of the blue and calmly informs her that she is in fact the heir to the throne of a European country called Genovia. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. She's being taught about scarves, waves and pears in order to become a perfect princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking yet sweet bodyguard/limo driver called Joe. Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in both the newspapers and in school. On top of all that Mia has a choice to make. She must decide by Genovia's Independence Day Ball whether she longs to relinquish her claim on the throne or to become the princess and heir to the throne her father and grandmother want her to be. (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
helicopterschoolbeach
Characters:
mayorbullypolice officerteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriend
Story:
high school teachersailboatclassspeechsoccerclassroomlettercar accidentvoice over narrationbased on novel

City Of Ember (2008)
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City Of Ember (2008)

When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however, the message is lost … and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It's left to two young adults to unearth the secret of Ember and to lead the way out. (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
boatschool
Characters:
mayorteenage boyteenage girldoctorfriendfather son relationship
Story:
pierhidingunderwater sceneeatingflashlightrunningbookarrestfoodvoice over narrationchasebased on novelfight

Blue Streak (1999)
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Blue Streak (1999)

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
bicyclebushelicopterrestaurant
Characters:
thiefpolicemanpolice officer
Story:
shoeflat tireconstruction siteflashlightrunningliearrestcar accidentfoodchasephotographdog

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The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
yachtboatairplanehelicopterrestaurant
Characters:
thiefpolicemanpolice officerteacherfriendfather son relationship
Story:
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Thank You For Smoking (2005)
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Thank You For Smoking (2005)

The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol  …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)

Themes:
kidnappingfriendship
Locations:
airplaneschoolrestauranthospital
Characters:
actressstudentteacherteenage boydoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d …angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)

Themes:
kidnappingfriendship
Locations:
bicyclebushelicopterrestauranthospital
Characters:
policemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
broken nosehorse ridingcowboymapbound and gaggedcaferunningwatching tvblondecar accidentunderweartelephone callchasephotographdog

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Rumble In The Bronx (1995)
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Rumble In The Bronx (1995)

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. … Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
kidnapping
Locations:
school busbusboatairplanehelicopterrestaurantbeach
Characters:
chinese americanpolice officer
Story:
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St. Vincent (2014)

Vincent is an old Vietnam vet whose stubbornly hedonistic ways have left him without money or a future. Things change when his new next-door neighbor's son, Oliver, needs a babysitter and Vince is willing enough for a fee. From that self-serving act, an unexpected friendship forms as Vincent and Oli …ver find so much of each other's needs through each other. As Vincent mentors Oliver in street survival and other worldly ways, Oliver begins to see more in the old man than just his foibles. When life takes a turn for the worse for Vincent, both them find the best in each other than no one around them suspects. (Read More)

Themes:
theftfriendship
Locations:
school busbicyclebusschoolhospital
Characters:
teacherfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (2015)
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Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (2015)

Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
school busbusschoolhospital
Characters:
teenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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Power Rangers (2017)
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Power Rangers (2017)

High school outcasts stumble upon an old alien ship, where they acquire superpowers and are dubbed the Power Rangers. Learning that an old enemy of the previous generation has returned to exact vegenance, the group must harness their powers and use them to work together and save the world.

Themes:
kidnappingfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
woodsbicycleforestschool
Characters:
bullypolice officerteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
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The 5th Wave (2016)
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The 5th Wave (2016)

Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal fifth wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her fina …l hope - if she can only trust him. (Read More)

Themes:
kidnappingfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
school buswoodsbusairplanehelicopterforest
Characters:
police officerteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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It Happened One Night (1934) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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It Happened One Night (1934)

Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A …ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)

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theft
Locations:
yachtbusairplane
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thiefpolicemanmother son relationship
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Accepted (2006)
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Accepted (2006)

After being rejected from every college he applied, Bartleby Gaines decided to create a fictitious university, South Harmon Institute of Technology, with his friends, to fool their parents. But when their deception works too well and every other college rejects starts to apply to his school, B. must … find a way to give the education and future his students and friends deserves, including his own, while trying to win the heart of the girl next door. (Read More)

Themes:
theft
Mood:
high school
Locations:
bicycleschoolhospital
Characters:
bullythiefstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Blood Diamond (2006)
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Blood Diamond (2006)

A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)

Themes:
kidnapping
Locations:
bicyclebusboatairplanehelicopterschoolrestaurantbeach
Characters:
studentteacherdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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The Squid And The Whale (2005)
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The Squid And The Whale (2005)

In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil …istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
schoolrestauranthospital
Characters:
policemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girldoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship
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Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (2011)

A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary  …feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)

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friendship
Locations:
boatairplanehelicopterrestaurant
Characters:
friendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

In 1952, twenty-three year old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna - Fuser to his friends and later better known as 'Ernesto Che Guevara' - one semester away from graduation, decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine year old biochemist friend 'Alberto Granado' - Mia …l to his friends - on his four month, 8,000 km long dream motorcycle trip throughout South America starting from their home in Buenos Aires. Their quest is to see things they've only read about in books about the continent on which they live, and to finish that quest on Alberto's thirtieth birthday on the other side of the continent in the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. Not all on this trip goes according to their rough plan due to a broken down motorbike, a continual lack of money (they often stretching the truth to gain the favor of a variety of strangers to help them), arguments between the two in their frequent isolation solely with each other, their raging libidos which sometimes get them into trouble, and dealing with Fuser's chronic asthma. But a chance encounter with a couple of Communists in the Chilean desert and an extended visit to the San Pablo Leper Colony in the Peruvian Amazon Basin among other things profoundly affects what each will want to do with his life and the bond each has with the other. (Read More)

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theftfriendship
Locations:
boatairplanehospital
Characters:
thiefpolicemanstudentpolice officerdoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
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Hot Fuzz (2007)

Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca …pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
friendship
Locations:
bicyclebushelicopterschool
Characters:
actresspolicemanpolice officerteacherteenage boydoctorfather son relationship
Story:
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Election (1999)
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Election (1999)

Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me …tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)

Mood:
high school
Locations:
bicycleschool
Characters:
studentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
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Kindergarten Cop (1990) is one of the best movies like Hoot (2006)
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)

John Kimble is a tough city cop who's been on the trail of drug dealer Cullen Crisp for years. He finally tracks Crisp down but it seems the only person that can testify against him is his ex-wife. The problem is she's disappeared and all Kimble knows is the name of the school in Oregon where her so …n attends. When things don't quite go to plan, Kimble finds he has to go undercover on his toughest assignment yet - Kindergarten teacher! (Read More)

Subgenre:
fish out of water
Themes:
kidnappingfriendship
Locations:
school buswoodsairplaneforestschoolrestauranthospital
Characters:
police officerteacherdoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship
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Shaolin Soccer (2001)
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Shaolin Soccer (2001)

After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
bicyclebus
Characters:
studentfriend
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