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Crazy in Alabama (1999)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Style:
humorous, stylized, captivating, black comedy, period piece, gothic, touching, realistic, semi serious, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, racism, murder, civil rights, segregation, murder trial, hopes, police, courtroom, aunt nephew relationship, life is a bitch, society, small town, journey, injustice, innocence lost, youth, bittersweet, actress, eccentricity, on the road, violence, death, racial discrimination, insanity ...
Time:
year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1965, 1960s
Place:
alabama, america, usa, california, texas, las vegas, los angeles ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about runaway, mentor, dialogue, friendship, storytelling, coming of age and death mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Crazy in Alabama: Nurse Betty (2000), Boys on the Side (1995), The Doom Generation (1995), Cookie's Fortune (1999), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, witty, light, realistic ...
Plot:
happy ending, hitman, hospital, murder, sexy nurse, medical, memory loss, psychology, professional killer, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest ...
Time:
y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, kansas, usa, new mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh ...
Style:
road movie, lgbt cinema, erotic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
lesbian, aids, lgbtq, friendship, road trip, women, pregnancy, gay, hiv, female bonding, african american, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, pakistan, los angeles, new york, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
Style:
erotic, surreal, art house, cult classic, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lovers on the run, sex, forced sex, voyeurism, satanist, on the road, gay, male nudity, making love, surrealism, torture, sex in car ...
Time:
near future, 90s
Place:
seattle, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Style:
witty, humorous, independent film, lighthearted, hilarious ...
Plot:
death, dysfunctional family, loneliness, suicide, investigation, murder, drinking, greed, storytelling, eccentricity, last will and testament, inheritance ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, texas, southern usa
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, gothic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, racism, small town, legal, single father, coming of age, rape, justice, childhood ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa, america, africa ...
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
Style:
road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, skinny dipping, road trip, youth, car, sex, supernatural, journey, family relations, prostitute, racism, small town ...
Time:
year 1969, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, memphis, usa, southern usa, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teen angst, teenage girl, high school, women, mother, single mother, family drama, love, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.
Style:
cynical, stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
politics, wall street, dark humor, satire, redemption, interracial relations, society, courtroom, justice, media, finance, legal action ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless ...
Style:
crying, road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
hollywood, coming of age, friendship, on the road, obsession, childhood friend, road trip, teenage boy, small town, flashback, college student, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1993, 60s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film follows the life of Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), an elderly woman who believes in strong religious convictions. The film explores the lonely qualities of life for senior citizens after their children leave as adults. Judge Reinhold and ...
Style:
independent film, tear jerker, biblical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, orphanage, american south, belief in god, family relations, aging, coming of age, orphan, kids in trouble, friends, elderly, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina, egypt, florida
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
civil rights, racism, african american, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, racial segregation, children, american south, abuse, interracial relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
indiana, africa, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, unrequited love, sister sister relationship, orphan, world war one, small town, dysfunctional family, family relations, chambermaid, deep south, family life ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, southern usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courtroom, death penalty, injustice, lawyer, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, perjury, african american, murder, prison, innocence, convict ...
Time:
year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place:
alabama
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
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Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Style:
road movie, sentimental, black and white, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
father daughter relationship, friendship, great depression, mischievous children, girl, tomboy, road trip, funeral, little girl, childhood trauma, bible, carnival ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
missouri, kansas, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style:
hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of his wife.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, epic, scary ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, chess, children, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, redemption, single father, death, hospital, skinhead, middle school, youth ...
Time:
70s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
bay area, california, usa, oakland california, new jersey
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) are working class brothers who live in Italy in the 1960s. While his brother becomes drawn into left-wing politics, Accio, the hotheaded younger brother, is taken under the wing of a market ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, humorous, saga, family saga ...
Plot:
politics, romantic rivalry, working class, coming of age, fascism, family relations, rebelliousness, love and romance, social relations, parents and children, brother brother relationship, communism ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 2007, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, ...
Style:
independent film, aesthetic, existential, semi autobiographical, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, racism, teenager, black, small town, murder, racial issues, black american, segregation, african american, courtroom, racial segregation ...
Time:
1920s, year 1969
Place:
kansas, usa, africa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
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, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, mental illness, dark humor, addiction, fall in love, depression, existentialism, youth, teenage life, eccentric family, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Style:
funny, humorous, surprise ending, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, prison, life sentence, murder, friendship between men, african american, prison escape, prison life, racist, baseball, racism, escape attempt ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1932, year 1944, year 1972 ...
Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
30%
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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:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1938 in the french West Africa, Lucien Cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasn't got any self-respect anymore. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be ...
Style:
dark comedy, witty, offbeat, humorous, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, adultery, murder, infidelity, colonialism, pimp, unhappy marriage, racism, social commentary, dysfunctional marriage, extramarital affair, promiscuity ...
Time:
year 1938, 1930s, pre world war two, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
africa, west africa, senegal, france, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, teen, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, adolescence, exploring sexuality, sexual awakening, family relations, sex, loss of virginity, teenage life, eccentric family, parents and children, social differences ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills, tokyo
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, bleak, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dark humor, suburbs, suicide, kidnapping, youth, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, satire, friendship, mistaken identity, high school ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
30%
24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, painting, small town, art, artist, culture clash, eccentricity, cheerleader, painter, newlyweds, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, chicago, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
30%
973
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a young hustler and, after stealing a gangster's car, the two embark on an adventure down ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship between boys, interracial friendship, gangster, youth, culture clash, chase, runaway, african american, hitman, gang, friendship, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
chicago, usa, southern usa, louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
30%
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