Movies like Another Day in Paradise

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Another Day in Paradise (1998)
 6.5
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Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner), inviting them to join him and his long-suffering girlfriend Sid (Melanie Griffith) on a drug robbery which should set them up for life. The seemingly simple robbery is a great success, but the sale of the drugs afterward fails badly, and Mel and Bobbie are shot.The four take refuge with the Reverend, who charges them half of their haul from the robbery to care for them. In a desperate attempt to recover their losses, Mel involves the crew in a disastrous, ill-advised jewellery robbery, and they become caught up in a web of violence that rapidly spirals out of control.
Style: tense, realistic, talky, controversial, suspense, erotic, psychedelic, rough, clever, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: drug, addiction, drug addiction, murder, adolescence, junkie, heist, drug addict, violence, sex scene, death, brutality, heroin, profanity, rage, drinking, ghetto, island, caper, misfit, on the road, subculture, freak, robbery, trippy ...
Time: year 1998, 70s, 20th century
Place: california
Keyword: jewish, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and independent film films with plots about drug, violence, death, female nudity, police, murder and drug dealer mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Another Day in Paradise: Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Alpha Dog (2006), Bully (2001), Wonderland (2003), Less Than Zero (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.
Style: road movie, independent film, cult classic, depressing, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug abuse, junkie, addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug, on the road, friendship, dark humor, drug addict, beat generation, recovery ...
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Place: usa, portland oregon
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Alpha Dog (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, teen, harsh ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: kidnapping, gang, true crime, sex scene, youth, friendship, culture clash, crime gone awry, gangster, unlikely friendships, revenge, loss of virginity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2005, year 2003
Place: los angeles, usa, california, albuquerque new mexico, palm springs california
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: disturbing, bleak, realistic, controversial, sexy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
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Time: year 2001, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, bronx new york city, florida
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Wonderland (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak ...
Plot: murder, junkie, heroin, addiction, true crime, police investigation, violence, drug addiction, serial killer, drug, drug addict, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, y2k, year 2003, year 1981
Place: los angeles, usa, pasadena california, sacramento california
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Duration: 98 min.
Story: A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style: stylized, cult classic, visually stunning, cerebral, erotic drama ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, palm springs california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 101 min.
Story: Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style: psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, stylized ...
Audience: adult
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
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100%
 6.8
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Freeway (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 102 min.
Story: Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
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Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
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Style: disturbing, psychedelic, dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
Story: After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.
Style: sexy, disturbing, stylized, sexual, surreal ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
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Style: psychological, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
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Duration: 95 min.
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Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
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Story: A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
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Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1975
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Jimmy and Judy (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, teen ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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River's Edge (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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