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Drumline (2002)
38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, light, entertaining, melancholic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, hood ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college life, music, cheerleader, underdog, destiny, college, musician's life, dancing, american football, high school, black, rivalry, adaptation, hip hop, campus, music band, rise to the top, follow your dream, youth, ambition, contests and competitions, hopes, young heroes, blind ambition, teenager ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
harlem, georgia, usa, new york, atlanta georgia, american
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Most similar movies to Drumline
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, humorous and entertaining films with plots about hip hop, music, teenager, dancing, youth, culture clash and ambition mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Drumline: Roll Bounce (2005), Bandslam (2009), ATL (2006), Stomp the Yard (2007), Step Up 3D (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.
Style:
romantic, teen, humorous, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, music, teenage love, hopes, friends, love and romance, rock and roll, rock, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california, texas, canada
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, dance, hip hop, competition, high school, black, campus, teenage love, university, black college ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Style:
romantic, teen, serious, breathtaking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer's life, street dance, happy ending, young lovers, hip hop, teenage girl, contests and competitions, love and romance, dance club, high school ...
Time:
year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, teenager, broadway, rock and roll, sex scene, dancing, music, nightclub, love story, fall in love, rock star, musician ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, teen, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
music band, teenager, music, girl band, friendship, singing competition, twists and turns, college life, competition, dancing, music business, stereotypes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style:
romantic, entertaining, teen, sexy, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, teenager, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenage girl, happy ending, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida, canada
Similarity:
100%
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349K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
youth, music, competition, female friendship, college life, rivalry, college, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, audition, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
75%
133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, love and romance, happy ending, couples, teen romance, dancer, ballet, dance school, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style:
romantic, teen, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
dancing, dancer, dance, ballet, dancer's life, dance contest, street dance, hip hop, contests and competitions, music, love and romance, breakdance ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Style:
realistic, exciting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, musician's life, music band, college life, follow your dream, youth, music, contests and competitions, love and romance, competition, rivals, music and dance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
50%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, underdog, musician's life, music, music band, love and romance, contests and competitions, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, one last chance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, taiwan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, hood, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rapper, dancer's life, dance, culture clash, fish out of water, society, ambition, youth, human spirit, music, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
Style:
touching, feel good, epic, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
american football, coming of age, high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, love, first love, youth, childhood, unrequited love, high school student, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
Style:
romantic, light, entertaining, sweet, happy
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dancing, ballet, dance, dancer's life, violin, musician, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, competition, culture clash, breaking point, music ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, heavy metal, music band, youth, rock, musician, rock and roll, musician's life, teenage life, drummer, mentor, high school ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
100%
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49K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep ...
Style:
sexy, inspirational, teen, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, dance, street dance, choreographer, love and romance, lifestyle, teenager, hopes, starting over, young lovers ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Style:
cult classic, hood, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, breakdance, music, redneck, dj, gangster, ghetto, cannon, street kid, dance, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, australia, tokyo, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the ...
Style:
intense, stylized, humorous, hood, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
hip hop, dancing, street dance, dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, follow your dream, rivalry, black ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. They've known each other since they met as children, when both ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, intense, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hip hop, wedding, fall in love, friendship, infidelity, music, dating, happy ending, black, best friend, looking for love, best friends in love ...
Time:
year 2002, 80s
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Fighting Temptations stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the film's protagonist as he attempts to revive a church choir in order to enter a gospel competition with the help of a beautiful lounge singer (Beyoncé Knowles) with whom he soon falls in ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic, talky, absurd, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
church choir, small town, music, love story, black, disorder, music band, ambition, contests and competitions, friendship, last wish, family relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Style:
romantic, erotic, sexy, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, dance contest, rivalry, follow your dream, dialogue, competition, love and romance, teenager, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
Style:
serious, feel good, captivating, realistic, independent film
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
dance, dancing, hip hop, dancer's life, contests and competitions, college life, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, student life, artists and showbiz, black college ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Style:
sweet, teen, romantic, feel good, cute ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, interracial romance, high school, dance, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, african american, teenage girl, street dance, father daughter relationship, music ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, usa, new york, new jersey ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sequel to the 2003 dance movie Honey. Recently released from juvenile detention, talented dancer Maria Ramirez finds an outlet for her passion with a new dance crew.
Style:
captivating, feel good, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
dance, dancing, street dance, dancer's life, juvenile delinquency, dance school, music, dancer, hip hop, rise to the top, female protagonist, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at ...
Style:
independent film, hood, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
african american, hip hop, high school, party, coming of age, black, father son relationship, urban, dancing, ghetto, police, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place:
usa, africa, california
Similarity:
31%
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:
31%
11K
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:
31%
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