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Do the Right Thing (1989)
123K
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, talky, stylized, clever, intense, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice, black, social commentary, summer, police, riot, radio station, urban, gangster, profanity, interracial relations, civil rights, black lives matter, society ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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Most similar movies to Do the Right Thing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, talky, hood and humorous films with plots about african american, blaxploitation, mentor, dialogue, black, greed and storytelling mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Do the Right Thing: School Daze (1988), Boyz n the Hood (1991), Clockers (1995), The Paper (1994), Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style:
hood, grim, neo noir, realistic, controversial ...
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, urban, organized crime, drug, violence, blaxploitation, black, gangster, murder, gang, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, ...
Style:
black comedy, talky, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, newspaper editor, workaholic, satire, media, workplace, newspaper reporter, husband wife relationship, quarrel, scapegoat, father daughter estrangement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night. They will be forced to get to know each other, and even worst, learn to like each other as friends
Style:
hood, entertaining, black comedy, independent film, talky ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
urban, friends, street crime, brotherhood, hip hop culture, gang, hip hop, black, blaxploitation, gangster, neighborhood, discrimination ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Style:
sentimental, touching, intense, compassionate, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
interracial relations, racism, culture clash, miscegenation, african american, social commentary, interracial marriage, widower, doctor, prejudice, liberal, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, america, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
45%
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:
43%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
Style:
inspirational, hood, captivating, touching, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
basketball, redemption, prison, college, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, hip hop, hopes, forgiveness, ghetto, black, released from prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
42%
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11K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Style:
melancholic, bad ending, talky, political, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sex scene, gangster, redemption, blaxploitation, black, justice, dysfunctional family, adaptation, women, civil rights, african american, social commentary ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, indiana, iraq
Similarity:
42%
110K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
political, factual, inspirational, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, islam, biopic, childhood, black, anti racism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, saudi arabia, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single ...
Style:
sexy, black and white, erotic, independent film, sexual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
black, blaxploitation, thanksgiving, sex, adultery, african american, making love, love and romance, urban, love, hip hop, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, indiana, usa ...
Similarity:
42%
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:
year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, new york, ohio, manhattan new york city, cleveland ohio ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
beauty salon, fighting the system, urban, black, barbershop, friendship, workplace, friends, workplace romance, hip hop, family business, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, illinois, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Four black students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post-racial' America ...
Style:
witty, independent film, melancholic, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
racism, interracial relations, college life, satire, campus, prejudice, storytelling, obsession, oral sex, black, friendship, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2014, year 2012, year 2011 ...
Place:
usa, indiana, california
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, period piece, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
racism, elderly, civil rights, friendship, old age, master and servant, chauffeur, racial segregation, cemetery, segregation, elevator, gardening ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 70s, year 1989 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, southern usa, usa, north america
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, hood, harsh, stylized ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, brutality, urban, drug abuse, satire, gangster, murder, heroin, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin ...
Style:
cult classic, surreal, independent film, biting, humorous ...
Plot:
racism, bigotry, satire, transformation, racial issues, african american, social commentary, bus, culture clash, black, interracial sex, sex ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
england, new jersey, africa
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, talky, sexual, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
phone sex, friendship, satire, neighbor, unlikely friendships, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, boss and employee, workplace situations, black, women, nudity ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, africa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
I'm Bout It is a 1997 film by rapper Master P. The plot details his life in a New Orleans uptown ghetto. Master P wrote, directed and acted in the film.
Style:
hood, independent film, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
hip hop, urban, ghetto, hip hop culture, discrimination, rapper, profanity, urban ghetto, friends, social misfits, life is a bitch, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.
Style:
hood, funny, humorous, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
christmas, thief, marijuana, weed, african american, security guard, robbery, pimp, urban, shopping mall, hip hop, voice over narration ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style:
detective, dutch angle, political, dark comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
racism, african american, undercover cop, white supremacy, ku klux klan, activist, racist cop, police detective, bomb, black cop, police, undercover ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place:
usa, colorado, africa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
church, family relations, fish out of water, life is a bitch, youth, society, clergy, religions or cults, family life, disorder, coming of age, discrimination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.
Style:
hood, independent film, humorous, black comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, college, black, urban, ghetto, party, friendship, gangster, black college, blaxploitation, campus, african american ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall...
Style:
black and white, dramatic, aesthetic, retro, existential ...
Plot:
african american, racism, poverty, racial segregation, atheism, working class family, civil rights, black, black history, dysfunctional family, segregation, racial discrimination ...
Time:
year 1961, 50s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, africa, usa, illinois, nigeria
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, hood, disturbing, comedy drama ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
male friendship, cemetery, parole, probation, best friend, police, party, fight, ghetto, black, racism, police brutality ...
Place:
oakland california, san francisco, boston, milwaukee wisconsin, portland oregon ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Style:
sexy, sexual, suspenseful, suspense, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sex, lesbianism, workplace, investigation, lesbian, businessman, sexuality, workplace situations, couple relations, rise and fall, downfall, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2004
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ...
Style:
talky, humorous, feel good, not serious, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, aging, life philosophy, partner, odd couple, elderly, retiring, couples, apartment building, father daughter relationship, african american, lie ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
38%
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