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Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
71K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, anthology, clever, black and white, ironic, humorous, independent film, stylized, psychological ...
Plot:
musician, conversation, addiction, dialogue, actor, art, smoking, dark humor, coffee, sarcasm, cafe, lifestyle, couple relations, multiple storylines, creativity, life philosophy, deadpan, friendship, family relations, interview, love and romance, social relations, artists and showbiz, friends, couples ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 1920s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california, america, new york, paris france, las vegas, memphis
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out talky, thought provoking, melancholic and cerebral films with plots about storytelling, dialogue, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, mentor and character study mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like Coffee and Cigarettes: My Dinner with Andre (1981), Paterson (2016), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Night on Earth (1991), Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, clever, existential, artsy ...
Plot:
philosophy, conversation, food, dialogue, restaurant, existentialism, art, cooking, dinner, realism, transcendence, occult ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, poland, sahara, middle east, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A week in the life of a bus driver and poet named Paterson, and his supportive wife Laura.
Style:
philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, existential, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, black comedy, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
music, homeless, musician, loneliness, musician's life, cat, character study, depression, financial problem, aspiring singer, road trip, melancholy ...
Time:
60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, indiana, chicago, somalia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Style:
anthology, independent film, intellectual, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
taxi, culture clash, night, taxi driver, immigration, multiple storylines, storytelling, nightlife, blindness, conversation, blind character, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
paris france, rome italy, helsinki finland, new york, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of ...
Style:
art house, black and white, contemplative, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
cancer, superstition, soldier, anxiety, feminism, feminist, hospital, women, storytelling, art, character study, fear of death ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, algeria, czechoslovakia, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Style:
cult classic, erotic, talky, witty, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
disco, nightclub, friendship, pretending to be gay, jealousy, manic depression, romantic rivalry, venereal disease, cynicism, love triangle, unemployment, friend ...
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, barcelona, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, culture clash, friends, music band, society, artists and showbiz, disorder, power relations, misfit, love and romance, social differences, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Style:
anthology, independent film, humorous, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hotel, train, tourist, ghost, hotel room, rock and roll, drinking, recording studio, drunkenness, robbery, cafe, italian woman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
memphis, tennessee, usa, rome italy, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style:
surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor, nothing goes right, filmmaker, satire, character study, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, lifestyle, actor's life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
84K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Style:
surreal, melancholic, tragicomedy, black comedy, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, music band, musician, suicide, strange person, dark humor, creativity, identity, eccentricity, mental illness, character study, solitude ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, britain, usa, austin texas, ethiopia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, midlife crisis, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, friendship, character study, alienation, fish out of water, melancholy, unlikely couple, actor, hotel room ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, yale university, america ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman (Jessica Lundberg) remembers a ...
Style:
philosophical, surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, melancholic ...
Plot:
alienation, life, surrealism, loneliness, life philosophy, honest, lifestyle, art, artist, nordic, mental disorder, philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, new jersey, california
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31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous ...
Style:
independent film, road movie, black and white, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
minimalism, immigrant, road trip, on the road, hipster, immigration, slacker, dialogue, existentialism, coming of age, melancholy, culture clash ...
Time:
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Place:
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213K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.
Style:
independent film, art house, artsy, contemplative, surreal ...
Plot:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, satire, theater, surrealism, actor, dark humor, showbiz, father daughter relationship, mental illness, alter ego, backstage ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, america, los angeles ...
Similarity:
29%
40K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
independent film, sentimental, clever, touching, comedy drama ...
Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, photograph, photography, smoking, dark humor, photographer, melancholy, friendship, redemption, summer, philosophy ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal ...
Style:
political, independent film, cult classic, stylized, anthology ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, satire, music, politics, musician, sexual content, country music, showbiz, election, government, american politics, parallel story ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee, usa, california
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world.
Style:
atmospheric, talky, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, jazz, dark humor, art, infidelity, love and romance, musician's life, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, fall in love, writers, addiction ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, chicago, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
29%
313K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, teen, road movie, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, rock music, on the road, musician, musician's life, music, rock, fame, manic pixie dream girl, road trip ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
california, new york, san francisco, phoenix arizona, seattle ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, canada
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, artsy, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, goth, love, immortality, blood, supernatural, vampirism, eternal life, death, musician, fate of humanity, vampire bite ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 90s, year 1975, year 1968 ...
Place:
tangier morocco, detroit
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style:
meditative, stylized, lyrical, talky, philosophical ...
Plot:
music, musician, actor, biopic, poet, rock, brutality, musician's life, art, african american, music history, drug ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing ...
Style:
sexy, philosophical, cerebral, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot:
composer, screenwriter, hotel, life, husband wife relationship, love, aging, sex scene, spa, nude women, father daughter relationship, sauna ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps, italy, venice, alps
Similarity:
28%
153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Style:
romantic, intellectual, visually stunning, humorous, meditative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
dating, couples, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, love and romance, teenage girl, dachshund, lolita, sarcasm, relationships, divorce, 17 year old ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
28%
102K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, poignant, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female friendship, friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, best friend, relationships, female protagonist, dancer, self discovery, direction and purpose, dark humor, profanity ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, sacramento california, paris france, france ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Music, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the classified ad paper the "Southlander", and meeting interesting characters along the way.
Style:
surreal, experimental, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
musician's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, friends, down on your luck, lifestyle, riddles and clues, satire, music, best friend, musician, rock ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style:
mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
rock music, punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, vancouver, winnipeg, los angeles, british columbia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, humorous, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
midlife crisis, dream, friendship, advertising, unlikely friendships, thirtysomething life, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, couples, lifestyle, musician's life ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
europe, london, new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
28%
138K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
Style:
talky, black comedy, ironic, tense, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
marriage, psychology, dark humor, satire, dialogue, bully, family drama, parenthood, elevator, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
Similarity:
28%
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