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Crooklyn (1994)
12K
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, light, melancholic, talky, stylized, hood, semi serious, sad ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, school, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, single parent, couple relations, teacher, black history, summer, youth, african, blaxploitation, jazz musician, black people, death, cancer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, africa, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, touching and semi serious films with plots about family relations, coming of age, youth, friendship, mentor, storytelling and dialogue mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Crooklyn: Kingdom Come (2001), Roll Bounce (2005), School Daze (1988), The Wood (1999), Miss Firecracker (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Style:
humorous, touching, light, intense, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, death, family drama, eccentric family, family problems, introspection, parents and children, family in crisis, self discovery, hip hop, african american, urban ...
Time:
year 2001
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The ...
Style:
sweet, light, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
coming of age, dancing, father son relationship, dance, rivalry, kids and family, black, contests and competitions, teenage love, friendship, ambition, underdog ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 2005, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent.
Style:
hood, cult classic, black comedy, social, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
male nudity, black, fraternity, blaxploitation, hip hop, campus, college life, school, coming of age, african, urban, black history ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, atlanta georgia, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the ...
Style:
touching, hood, melancholic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, wedding, high school, homoeroticism, african american, black, friendship, hip hop, friendship between men, storytelling, homecoming, blaxploitation ...
Time:
80s, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, africa, texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Style:
witty, humorous, talky, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, small town, underdog, seamstress, love and romance, human nature, contests and competitions, youth, fall in love, family problems, couples, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Young single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. She ends up working at a shoe store, but meets two strippers from a nearby gentlemen's club who convince her there's fast money to be made ...
Style:
hood, intense, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stripper, hip hop, gangster, urban, prostitute, blaxploitation, black, rape, organized crime, crime gone awry, police investigation, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular. Written by Todd ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 1962, 60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Style:
sad, realistic, atmospheric, thought provoking, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, eccentric woman, suicide, orphan, self discovery, friendship, eccentricity, depression, flood, female protagonist, aunt niece relationship, grief ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 50s, 1950s, 70s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Style:
sentimental, funny, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
adoption, child's point of view, immaturity, parenthood, single father, childhood, responsibility, orphan, adolescence, slacker, children, mentor ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sad, melancholic, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage girl, writers, drug addiction, single mother, small town, women, parenthood, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Style:
hood, funny, independent film, feel good, light ...
Plot:
african american, ghetto, hip hop, weed, marijuana, friendship, drug, rap, friends, rapper, friendship between men, drug dealer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, family problems, convent school, nun, overweight, angel, prodigy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
67%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, childhood friend, best friend, terminal illness, singer, female bonding, mother daughter relationship, female lawyer, death, life is a bitch, coming of age, dog ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, atlantic city new jersey, san francisco, manhattan new york city, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship, family problems, social relations, parents and children, love affair, female friendship, mother daughter relationship, black history, wedding, hairdresser, wedding day, hair ...
Time:
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Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style:
touching, road movie, tragicomedy, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
holocaust, closeted homosexual, on the road, culture clash, journey, self discovery, collector, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, europe, odessa ukraine, berlin germany ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sad, epic, inspirational, cult classic ...
Plot:
coming of age, hide and seek, death of sister, neighbor neighbor relationship, child, youth, children, jazz, train, male nudity, parachutist, police officer ...
Time:
year 1991, future, 90s, near future
Place:
france, europe, germany, dover england, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, friends, parents and children, youth, lifestyle, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy ...
Style:
tear jerker, sentimental, touching, hood, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
black, black romance, food, hip hop, thanksgiving, blaxploitation, women, sisters, black history, african american, family relations, chef ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, africa, usa, illinois, north america
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they meet a pair of career criminals and ...
Style:
independent film, hood, black comedy, cult classic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, african american, high school, blaxploitation, teenager, black, urban, black history, exploitation, black cast, basketball, death of friend ...
Time:
year 1975, 60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
chicago, usa, africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, couple relations, best friend, lifestyle, love and romance, babies and infants, coming of age, family problems, teenage life, siblings relations, crumbling marriage ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
Style:
touching, sentimental, psychological, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dysfunctional family, aunt, youth, candy store, grandmother, mental health, bike, family relations, coming of age, brother, family problems, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
teenage love, dysfunctional family, family life, siblings relations, teenage life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, love and romance, family problems, eccentric family, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, hood, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, beauty salon, hairdresser, urban, black, family business, hip hop, blaxploitation, african american, family relations, society, buddies ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, usa, north america, illinois ...
Similarity:
21%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Style:
hood, cult classic, stylized, talky, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, coming of age, friendship, urban, black, drug dealing, ambition, family relations, self discovery, social differences, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2006, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia, hawaii, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, best man, wedding preparations and rituals, black, friendship, friends, couple relations, buddies, love and romance, marriage, christmas season, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, couple relations, teenage girl, teenage life, married man, coming of age, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family relations, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, seattle
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Singapore
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Comedy sequel to "East is East". Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, love and romance, youth, looking for love, family problems, society, siblings relations, teenage life, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
england, pakistan, europe, middle east, manchester
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, light, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, relationships, african american, marriage, black, women, brothers, stereotypes, lifestyle, love, hip hop, battle of the sexes ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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