Movies like Buffalo '66

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Buffalo '66 (1998)
 7.4
 60K
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
Style: black comedy, psychological, dark comedy, art house, cult classic, tense, touching, humorous, depressing, melancholic ...
Plot: alienation, prison, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, bowling, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, gambling, relationships, blackmail, debt, strip club, nymphet, partner, pretense, eccentric family, obsessive quest, unlikely relationship, parents and children, life is a bitch, obsessive love, love, loneliness, depression, melancholy ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york state, new york, usa
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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Trust (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: independent film, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, talky ...
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Time: 90s, year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place: long island, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...
Style: independent film, black comedy, art house, dark comedy, talky ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: touching, depressing, humorous, melancholic, cute ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 134 min.
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Plot: dysfunctional family, pedophilia, rape, unhappiness, depression, therapist, obsession, relationships, loneliness, alienation, pedophile, sexual abuse ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style: dark comedy, depressing, cynical, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
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Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
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Audience: adult
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.1
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Style: humorous, talky, melancholic, emotional, realistic ...
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Time: year 2008, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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19%
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18%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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