Movies like Five Easy Pieces
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
38K
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Style:
road movie, thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, cynical, cerebral, gloomy, philosophical, psychological ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, dysfunctional family, musician, alienation, working class, self discovery, drifter, pianist, on the road, bowling, music, complex characters, hitchhiker, existentialism, family problems, americana, identity crisis, pregnancy, infidelity, social differences, couple relations, irresponsible, psychology, relationships ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, texas, washington state, los angeles, southern california, northern california
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Most similar movies to Five Easy Pieces
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, thought provoking, visually appealing and melancholic films with plots about dialogue, loneliness, life philosophy, storytelling, character study, depression and existentialism mostly in Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Five Easy Pieces: Scarecrow (1973), Paris, Texas (1984), Easy Rider (1969), My Own Private Idaho (1991), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Style:
road movie, atmospheric, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, drifter, road trip, buddies, prison, on the road, attempted rape, character study, self discovery, violence, introspection, car wash ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, texas, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, california ...
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109K
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style:
road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
desert, father son relationship, on the road, amnesia, road trip, relationships, isolation, solitude, parenthood, loneliness, melancholy, sibling relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, paris france, austin texas, germany ...
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100%
112K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style:
road movie, psychedelic, avant garde, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hippie, road trip, motorcycle, friendship, on the road, biker, marijuana, existentialism, rock music, drugs, rebelliousness, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, california, usa, southern usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style:
road movie, surreal, art house, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexual, homosexuality, friendship, lgbt, male prostitute, character study, friendship between men, love, gays and lesbians, prostitution, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, rome italy, seattle, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gain a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they ...
Style:
road movie, meditative, atmospheric, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
car chase, car, road trip, cult, character study, on the road, life philosophy, mechanic, hitchhiker, existentialism, bet, obsessive quest ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., santa fe new mexico, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to American Beauty
120K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style:
road movie, depressing, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
aging, small town, road trip, dysfunctional family, obsessive quest, honest, relationships, tragedy, eccentricity, elderly, delusion, social relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, montana, california
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100%
130K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys ...
Style:
road movie, sad, depressing, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, wedding, on the road, family life, existentialism, depression, life philosophy, parenthood, philosophy, workplace, changing lives, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, colorado, california, kansas, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer, who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, yet another of his ...
Style:
tense, sexy, sexual, thought provoking, visually appealing ...
Plot:
monopoly, radio, death, depression, hotel, con artists, redemption, childhood, macabre, mentor, crime gone awry, paranoid ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, new jersey, california, philadelphia, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery ...
Style:
emotional, touching, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, homeless, mental illness, redemption, halloween, couple relations, rich and poor, parents and children, life is a bitch, human nature, buddies, best friends ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style:
depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, dysfunctional family, family relations, taxi driver, loneliness, depression, injustice, family problems, parents and children, couples, unwanted pregnancy, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, new jersey, europe, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Movies similar to What's Eating Gilbert Grape
20K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, mental illness, family relations, divorce, character study, psychology, life philosophy, parenthood, family gatherings, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested ...
Style:
touching, sad, road movie, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dog, loneliness, depression, small town, friendship, isolation, solitude, life philosophy, character study, dysfunctional family, owner dog relationship, travel ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, alaska, california, portland oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, uplifting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, depression, suicidal, loneliness, mentor, character study, taxi driver, elderly, suicide, society, regret, taxi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style:
realistic, philosophical, sincere, depressing, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
depression, human nature, social problems, multiple storylines, child prodigy, introspection, dysfunctional family, loneliness, coincidence, drugs, drug addiction, death ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1910s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Style:
road movie, atmospheric, talky, lyrical, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, road trip, map, hopes, buddies, partners, on the road, human nature, couple relations, self discovery, liberal, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, new jersey, tokyo, los angeles, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Movies similar to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, emotional, talky, semi serious ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, adultery, dysfunctional family, character study, couple relations, human nature, jealous spouse, lifestyle, dishonesty, couples, family problems, mentally unstable ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Style:
psychological, art house, emotional, philosophical, depressing ...
Plot:
existentialism, religion, suicide, winter, art, isolation, small town, priest, faith, loss of faith, midlife crisis, apocalypse ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.
Style:
intense, art house, biting, talky, sexy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, suspense, prostitute, sex, male nudity, women, time travel, social outcast, feminism, melancholy, nude, cheating ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On the 30th August, he is given a day’s leave to attend a job interview in the city centre.
Style:
gloomy, touching, depressing, thought provoking, melancholic ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, suicide, drug addict, addiction, loneliness, drugs, depression, drug addiction, complex characters, old friends, unlikely friendships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oslo norway, california, scandinavia, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
16K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Carol, a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She "doesn't feel right," has unexplained headaches, congestion, a dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Her family ...
Style:
disturbing, atmospheric, thought provoking, bleak, cerebral ...
Plot:
allergy, psychiatrist, psychology, isolation, environmental, environment, paranoia, mental disorder, suburbs, contamination, housewife, retreat ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Laurel Canyon focuses on Sam and Alex, a pair of upper-middle class lovebirds from the East Coast who relocate to Los Angeles. Enter Jane, Sam's estranged mother, a successful record producer, who's more than willing to put the couple up ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, serious, sentimental, erotic ...
Plot:
infidelity, culture clash, intern, music business, psychiatry, music, relationships, lesbian, fish out of water, couples, disorder, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, meditative, compassionate, depressing ...
Plot:
unemployment, greed, self discovery, character study, life is a bitch, down on your luck, society, couple relations, dishonesty, family problems, husband wife relationship, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, france, switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While the shy, reclusive Earl spends his free time watching movies, the cockier Tully works his way through a succession of short-term affairs and an ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, coming of age, friendship, womanizer, lifestyle, young lovers, introspection, youth, society, couples, family problems, haunted by the past ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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522K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style:
road movie, sincere, uplifting, touching, inspirational ...
Plot:
autism, road trip, redemption, mentally challenged, runaway, disability, brother brother relationship, siblings relations, family relations, mental illness, self discovery, psychology ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, las vegas, texas, missouri ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, friendship, women, abortion, family relations, multiple storylines, couples, family problems, couple relations, human nature, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Films like Magnolia
153K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his ...
Style:
talky, suspenseful, stylized, neo noir, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
on the road, driving, adultery, infidelity, unfaithful husband, dead father, destiny, character study, family problems, life turned upside down, human nature, fired from the job ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england, london, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, disturbing, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
depression, great depression, dancing, culture clash, suicide, social decay, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, ambition, competition, contest, reward ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, talky, gloomy ...
Plot:
working class, loneliness, life, multiple storylines, existentialism, parents and children, society, couple relations, relationships, sister sister relationship, missing person, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, los angeles, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Soap actress May-Alice Culhane is paralyzed from the waist down in an accident. She returns to her old home in Louisiana, where she proceeds to drink quite steadily and to drive away five personal attendants in the first twenty minutes of the movie. ...
Style:
sentimental, talky, thought provoking, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
disability, friendship, physical disability, animal abuse, black man, psychopath, girl power, feminism, ship, suburbs, transformation, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
14K
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, depression, writers, self discovery, cathartic, suicide attempt, love triangle, rise and fall, follow your dream, ambition, success, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, scandinavia, hawaii, norway, oslo norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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