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Acts of Worship (2001)
312
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
friendship, addiction, juvenile delinquency, downfall, going straight, youth, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, drug abuse, destructive relationship, overdose, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, homelessness, coming of age, friends, alcohol abuse, couples, society, drug dealing, family in crisis, hopes, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, thief, musician ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, addiction, society, drug abuse, youth, drug dealing and drug addict mostly in Drama, Documentary and Crime genres. Some movies like Acts of Worship: Zooey (2006), Wasted (2002), Cocaine Angel (2006), Gringo (1985), A Brother's Kiss (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Angel and Zooey are not your typical newlyweds. Zooey is a professional prostitute and Angel is a drug dealer. Yet they are not without hopes and dreams, of escaping their life in the streets and starting a new in a fresh painted cottage with picked ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, gloomy, bleak
Plot:
love affair, going straight, lifestyle, addiction, drug abuse, drug dealing, survival, society, life is a bitch, hopes, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
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95%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough, biting ...
Plot:
drug addict, high school, friendship, heroin, life is a bitch, downfall, teenage life, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, going straight, drug dealing, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A week in the life of a young drug addict.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, witty ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, downfall, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, lifestyle, hopes, drug dealing, fired from the job, couples, going straight, prostitute ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
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73%
295
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, heroin, street kid, society, heroes, downfall, misfit, life is a bitch, addiction, drug abuse, americana ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
downfall, haunted by the past, male rape, society, life is a bitch, going straight, dysfunctional family, addiction, down on your luck, family problems, hopes, drug abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
aids, drug abuse, lifestyle, going straight, friendship, addiction, estrangement, hopes, rehabilitation, society, life is a bitch, infected ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New York, The Bronx, 1980. Two Italian boys Joey Esposito and Louie Mazerino jump to the defence of a smaller Puerto Rican boy, J.J. Lopez, when J.J. is threatened by six schoolyard bullies. The three boys soon become best friends, and they always ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
friendship, friends, urban ghetto, unfulfillment, going straight, life is a bitch, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, rise and fall, coming of age, partners, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new york yankees, bronx new york city
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bobby G. lives life on the edge in this real, raw New York street drama. Bobby is a small-time coke dealer, always on the hustle but rarely successful. He lives in Hell's Kitchen with his Puerto Rican girlfriend Lucy, who makes ends meet as a ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, prostitute, poverty, urban ghetto, gang, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, going straight, redemption, gangsters, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, gloomy, emotional
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, family life, addiction, drug abuse, siblings relations, unemployment, against the odds, hopes, rehabilitation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, life is a bitch, prostitute, dysfunctional family, drug addiction, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, friendship ...
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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288
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, rehabilitation, downfall, addiction, under the surface, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, drug abuse, destructive relationship, drugs, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Style:
serious, emotional, rough, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
asthma, teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, kids in trouble, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, lifestyle, addiction, gang, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, emotional
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, drug dealing, hustler, female nudity, friends, kids in trouble, thirtysomething life, stoners, juvenile delinquency, rehabilitation, innocence lost ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, suspenseful, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rehabilitation, drug abuse, drug dealing, introspection, teenage life, doctors and patients, going straight, hopes, life is a bitch, family relations, couples, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ippe and Papu are two teenagers spending the summer, when they get into trouble with their drug-dealer. They are forced to act as drug-mules. Along the way they meet a new girl, Mia.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, drug dealer, drug dealing, addiction, hip hop, drug use, rehabilitation, social misfits, misfit, juvenile delinquency, society, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
finland, sweden, helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drugs, death of pet, heroin, heroin addict, drug use, loneliness, life philosophy, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, touching
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, boarding school, youth, life is a bitch, teenage life, friends, love and romance, society, social differences, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, society, addiction, human nature, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, child abuse, women of color, racial issues ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
africa, mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, scary ...
Plot:
addiction, infidelity, rehabilitation, cocaine, dysfunctional family, going straight, family life, drug abuse, working class, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, cliche ...
Place:
new york, new york state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, society, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, sexual abuse, drug abuse, urban ghetto life, addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, mentally unstable, society, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, nightlife, teenage life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
563
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, society, teaching the ways of the world, gangsters, graphic violence, family relations, single parent ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
boot camp, prison, gangsters, blaxploitation, drug dealing, drug dealer, hopes, society, juvenile delinquency, youth, life is a bitch, going straight ...
Time:
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38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, youth, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, going straight, friendship, social decay, family problems, rivalry ...
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england, africa, london, europe
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a desperate attempt to reunite his broken family, a young taxi driver becomes entangled in the criminal underworld.
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
addiction, dysfunctional family, moral dilemma, unlikely criminals, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems, family in crisis, youth, society, teenager, oedipus complex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, urban ghetto life, family life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother beats her.
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realistic, serious, bleak, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, two rival gang leaders are also trying to be music producers. When DJ's equipment shorts out and Lonzo is cut out of the action by a record producer, the two join forces, which also requires a tentative peace between gangs. With ...
Style:
cynical, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, hip hop culture, drug dealing, gang, friends, estrangement, urban ghetto, drug abuse, city life, urban ghetto life, going straight ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The needy and traumatized Theresa, who was raped when she was fourteen year-old, meets the handsome John on the street after an accident during a performance on the stage of her friend Kim asking for a low-budget hotel. She offers a ride to a nearby ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot:
drug abuse, haunted by the past, love affair, friendship, obsession, mysterious character, fall in love, addiction, couples, youth, life is a bitch, drug dealing ...
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
860
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drug addict becomes a mother and has to deal with responsibility and self-respect.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough, non-linear ...
Plot:
child neglect, alcohol abuse, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, family problems, solitude, downfall, life is a bitch, youth, human nature, destructive relationship, coping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, norway
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33%
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