Movies like The Last Picture Show
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
56K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, crying, captivating, controversial, bleak, cynical, cult classic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, self discovery, teenager, nostalgia, death, skinny dipping, elopement, teen angst, older woman younger man relationship, depression, virginity, teenage girl, loss of virginity, breakup, impotence, extramarital affair, father figure, peer pressure, naivete, pickup truck, funeral, graduation ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1952, year 1951, 70s
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, midwest, north america, mexico, austin texas ...
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Most similar movies to The Last Picture Show
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and melancholic films with plots about love and romance, friendship, coming of age, teenager, dialogue, love and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Last Picture Show: Texasville (1990), All the Right Moves (1983), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), Splendor in the Grass (1961), December Boys (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. ...
Style:
independent film, crying, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, reconciliation, homecoming, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, wealth, nostalgia, dysfunctional marriage, small town, dog, adultery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, inspirational, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
american football, high school, football, college, cheerleader, small town, coming of age, high school football, student athlete, friendship, coach, male pubic hair ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, north america, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break ...
Style:
sweet, erotic, sincere, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, dysfunctional marriage, love, teenage girl, sex scene, adultery, small town, working class, rich and poor, restaurant, library ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 60s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, forbidden love, small town, adolescence, love story, sexual repression, mental illness, teenager, suicide attempt, unrequited love, high school football, true love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1961, future ...
Place:
kansas, yale university, new york, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, sad, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
adoption, friendship, teenage boy, male friendship, couple relations, orphan, male bonding, youth, summer vacation, boy, male virgin, best friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
australia, south australia, tasmania, tokyo, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style:
bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, sad, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
marriage, abortion, adultery, depression, passion, death of wife, destiny, under the surface, dysfunctional family, deadend life, mental illness, existentialism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, connecticut, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time:
1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her ...
Style:
depressing, cerebral, realistic, sexual, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, coming of age, snow, extramarital affair, mate swapping, adultery, sexual awakening, swinger, infidelity, parenthood, virgin ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, year 1997, year 1973
Place:
new york, connecticut, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style:
teen, touching, sincere, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, youth, couples, teenage love, first love, teenage life, love, teenage girl, family relations, high school student, classmate ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, key west florida, new jersey, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Seven friends - Alec, Billy, Jules, Kevin, Kirby, Leslie and Wendy - are trying to navigate through life and their friendships following college graduation. Alec, who aspires to political life, has just shown his true colors by changing his ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, teen, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, love, graduation, happy ending, infidelity, high school, love triangle, young adult, life philosophy, adolescence vs adulthood, looking for love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new jersey
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
open relationship, love triangle, suburbs, polygamy, farm, friendship, widow, narration, friends, couples, small town life, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, first sex, love and romance, loss of virginity, teenager in love, female friendship, teen romance, friendship, youth, wooing, teenage love ...
Time:
year 1992, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, tennessee, yale university ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, dysfunctional family, young lovers, parents and children, troubled teen, desperation, depression, compassion, jail, self discovery, loner, amor ...
Place:
idaho, usa, washington state
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
Style:
sexy, romantic drama, sensual, romantic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, summer vacation, hippie, infidelity, cheating wife, love affair, erotica, bittersweet, skinny dipping, lust, sexual attraction, extramarital affair ...
Time:
60s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
new york, usa, woodstock, new york state, california
Similarity:
25%
302K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Benjamin, a recent college graduate is very worried about his future, he then finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Style:
inspirational, witty, sexual, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, wedding, older woman younger man relationship, adultery, forbidden love, milf, college graduate, virginity, sex scene, hot and sexy, extramarital affair ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san francisco, bay area
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, sentimental, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, pregnancy, college, class differences, college life, student, catholic, voice over narration, sexual awakening, heartbreak ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957, year 1949
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
24%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style:
sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, obsession, teacher student sex, male teacher female student affair, couples, infidelity, love and romance, male female relationship, hospital, love story, hedonism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
24%
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679K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, fall in love, true love, rich woman poor man, youth, forbidden love, power of love, love of one's life, young lovers, love triangle ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, post world war two, year 1941, 50s ...
Place:
north carolina, charleston south carolina, southern usa, iran, usa ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, realistic, sad, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male homosexuality, homosexual, coming of age, friendship, skinny dipping, masturbation, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, betrayal, small town ...
Time:
60s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
france, algeria, africa, europe, south of france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a ...
Style:
sexy, touching, emotional, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenager, self discovery, teenage life, love and romance, dysfunctional relationship, sexual awakening, runaway, youth, menage a trois, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
australia, new south wales, california, new zealand
Similarity:
24%
207K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the ...
Style:
funny, teen, dark comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, depression, jealousy, teacher, mentor, love triangle, teen angst, adolescence, preparatory school, student ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place:
midwest, texas, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style:
teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, adolescence, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, bullying, girlfriend, high school, mental disorder ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
23%
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74K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, controversial, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
obsession, older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, lolita, pedophile, girl man relationship, age difference, teenage girl, lust, nymphet, older man young girl relationship, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1947 ...
Place:
cannes, new england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with each other, swapping partners every week. But this is all thrown into turmoil when she meets Sean, a new student in school who has a crush on ...
Style:
sexy, serious, sincere, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
sex, high school, erotica, coming of age, teenage love, humiliation, high school life, innocence lost, teenager, teenage sexuality, friendship, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, rhode island
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's ...
Style:
teen, witty, surreal, black comedy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loss of virginity, teenage love, longing, adolescence, teen angst, high school, virginity, shyness, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2009, future, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, bay area, usa, oakland california, france ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
Style:
sentimental, sweet, teen, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, coming of age, pizza, wedding, friendship, food, canceled wedding, adultery, pizzeria, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, heartbreak ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa, london, england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
romantic, touching, inspirational, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, teenage love, love, first love, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, southern usa, virginia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, cute, romantic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, corporal punishment, skinny dipping, sister sister relationship, sibling relationship, first love, childhood, small town, unrequited love, female nudity, sisters, love ...
Time:
year 1957, 50s, 1950s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
For as long as she could remember, Dakota Skye has been cursed with a super power. She has the ability to see the truth in any lie she hears. From small, harmless white lies, to the more devious kind, they have come from the people that she should ...
Style:
serious, independent film, captivating, indie film, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage love, teen angst, sex in car, friendship, teenage life, music band, supernatural power, coming of age, lie, self acceptance, teenager, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
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