Movies like Bad Boys 2003

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Bad Boys (2003)
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Bad Boys (2003)
Original name: Pahat pojat
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and Jasper Pääkkönen while their really evil father is played by Vesa-Matti Loiri, one of the grand old men of Finnish cinema.
Style: disturbing, sincere, atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental illness, juvenile delinquency, youth, misfit, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, social misfits, criminal heroes, society, young love, brother brother relationship, bad father, brother, rock, siblings relations, robbery, father son relationship, abusive father, crime spree, animal cruelty, lottery, apocalypse, catastrophe ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century, contemporary
Place: europe, finland
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Bad Boys

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and bleak films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, society, family problems, dysfunctional family and teenage life mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Bad Boys: The Son of the Shark (1993), Murderous Maids (2000), The Tough Ones (1999), My Ain Folk (1973), Blessed (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Son of the Shark (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Brothers Martin and Simon, not yet teens, are incorrigible vandals; Martin runs away from reform school, Simon from foster homes, and they always find each other in a seacoast town of Lignan, where their destructive behavior is infamous. (It may ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, touching
Plot: coming of age, boy, juvenile delinquency, creepy child, child abuse, children, psycho, brother brother relationship, family life, siblings relations, orphan, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: france
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100%
Murderous Maids (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin (Sylvie Testud), and Léa Papin (Julie-Marie Parmentier) are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame ...
Style: serious, disturbing, realistic, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: lesbian incest, lesbian, true crime, murder, master and servant, couple relations, sexual relations, family relations, couples, infidelity, forbidden love, lgbtq ...
Time: 1930s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Tough Ones (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, ...
Style: grindhouse, contemplative, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: death of protagonist, small town, criminal heroes, youth, buddies, social misfits, police investigation, society, juvenile delinquency, violence spree, terrorizing, dark humor ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, finland, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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My Ain Folk (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story: When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his other grandmother and uncle. His life is far from happy, filled with silence, rejection and ...
Style: bleak, art house, depressing, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: youth, children, childhood, autobiography, neglect, biopic, teenage life, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, boarding school life, down on your luck ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.7
 780
Blessed (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style: atmospheric, sincere, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot: self discovery, juvenile delinquency, missing child, teenage life, youth, family relations, rebellion, dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.7
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The Kid (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story: His mother has left and Gonzalo doesn't know why. How he is taking care of his little infant sister all alone, though he himself is barely ten years old. Neighbours help and try to figure out what should be done with the two children. Like old ...
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, rough, realistic ...
Plot: kids in trouble, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, child as adult, family problems, youth, family relations, realism, siblings relations, parents and children, single parent
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
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Rodents (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in Angel's twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his ...
Style: realistic, gloomy, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot: city life, latinos, stealing a car, friendship, prostitute, petty theft, teen social issues, robbery, dysfunctional family, teenage life, parents and children, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: ecuador, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
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Miracle Run (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Single mom Corrine discovers that her twins are autistic. She refuses to give up on their potential, even though it seems that the rest of the world has turned its back on them. Thanks to this incredible mother's support, her boys accomplish ...
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, touching
Plot: twins, disability, youth, human spirit, against the odds, family relations, hopes, single parent, society, mentally challenged, social misfits, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Brainstorm (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The maconha cigarrete is just the final drop ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug addiction, youth, mental institution, unsupportive parent, dysfunctional family, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, family problems, parents and children, coming of age, society, misfit ...
Time: 20th century
Place: latin america, brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Aglaya (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary, Romania, Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story: This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on ...
Style: atmospheric, touching, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
Plot: circus, ambition, performer's life, self discovery, dysfunctional family, desire for fame, family relations, artists and showbiz, parents and children, eccentric family, youth, family problems ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: hungary
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Zion and His Brother (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Zion, aged 14 and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides ...
Style: serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: family crisis, brother brother relationship, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, youth, introspection, siblings relations, family in crisis, haunted by the past, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Darker Than Midnight (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, queer cinema
Plot: social misfits, lgbt, friendship, family relations, youth, parents and children, society, gay, androgyny, boyhood, leaving home, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Rivals (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of two rival brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and how the former manages to be the family favourite.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, emotional, rough ...
Plot: starting over, family relations, prison, family problems, hopes, law enforcement, siblings relations, haunted by the past, family in crisis, criminal heroes, going straight, violent content ...
Time: 80s, year 2008, 70s, 20th century
Place: lyon, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Sins of the Father (2002)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
Style: realistic, rough, emotional, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: racism, investigation, moral dilemma, introspection, haunted by the past, legal, rebellion, society, injustice, parents and children, hopes, civil rights ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Hellsinki (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Besides the journey of Tomppa and Krisu, the main characters of the film, Rööperi tells the story of Gypsy Kari, Arska, Bisquit, Uki and a bunch of other bad boys and criminals; it tells of their memorable and unscrupulous journey from crime and ...
Style: bleak, brutal, enigmatic, psychological, rough ...
Plot: gangster, prison, drug abuse, drug, fighting the system, runaway, brutality, drug addiction, culture clash, greed, criminal, justice ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 2009, 70s
Place: finland, helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Freaking Beautiful World (1997)
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, bleak, rough, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, drug dealer, drug dealing, addiction, hip hop, drug use, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, going straight, hopes, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: finland, helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.6
 280
War (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Fifteen-year-old Matteo is attractive, albeit somewhat girlish and frail. The whole world is against him. He has no friends and his parents seem to live in a different universe. The pressure increases as his awkward attempts to win his father’s ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, rough, serious, sincere ...
Plot: teenage life, rebelliousness, gang, realism, rebellion, family problems, juvenile delinquency, dysfunctional family, youth, rehabilitation, camp, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.3
 628
Steel City (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: police, family life, family relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, couple relations, introspection, youth, redemption, siblings relations ...
Place: usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Home for the Weekend (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by ...
Style: serious, sincere, disturbing, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot: mental illness, parents and children, family relations, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, berlin wall, stasi, bittersweet, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Cracks in Concrete (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A drama centered on two men at different states in life: Ertan, an ex-con who is trying to make amends for his past actions and Mikail, a teen-aged drug runner an aspiring musician.
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, emotional, bleak
Plot: going straight, hidden identity, follow your dream, ex convict, family problems, family relations, estrangement, juvenile delinquency, youth, parents and children, teenage life, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vienna, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 8.2
 90
Mina Walking (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Afghanistan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Saddled by a senile grandfather and a neglectful father, Mina, an impulsive twelve-year-old Afghan street seller sees her future slipping away when she is forced to neglect her education and walk the streets of Kabul to support her fragmented ...
Style: sincere, realistic, rough, social, bleak ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family relations, drug abuse, realism, child as adult, rebellion, life is a bitch, family problems, youth, parents and children, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style: serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Siberian Education (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot: friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, teenage life, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, social relations, isolation, parents and children, misfit, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place: russia, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Brother (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Giorgi is 16 years old when he discovers another world through American films forbidden in all Soviet Union until then. Since the post-revolutionary chaos in his home town, Tbilisi, Giorgi has wanted to have succeeded by following the path of his ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: teenage life, youth, juvenile delinquency, society, political unrest, prodigy, brother brother relationship, siblings, brothers, brother, family relations, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.4
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Cass (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, powerful ...
Plot: racism, adoption, interracial relations, bullying, lifestyle, going straight, self discovery, rise to the top, parents and children, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.5
 954
The Maker (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Josh is a high school guy who lives with adoptive parents and is involved in little crimes with his friends (including young lesbian Bella). Suddenly his elder brother Walter comes out of the blue (he left home 10 years ago when he was 18 and was ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: home invasion, brother, criminal, family relations, youth, juvenile delinquency, gays and lesbians, heist, family life, siblings relations, teenage life, college ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.3
 306
Angel at Sea (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Louis is a twelve year old boy who lives with his parents and older brother in southern Morocco. Louis is very happy until the day his father shares a secret with him.
Style: sincere, psychological, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot: mental illness, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, father son relationship, secret, youth, suicide, depression, hopes, danger, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Small Faces (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging ...
Style: realistic, bleak, independent film, tense, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: working class, dysfunctional family, coming of age, gang, youth, subculture, artist, violence, children, british gangster, angry, boy ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place: scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly kills her. Free for the first time, Albert quickly responds to the bait dangling in front of him, ...
Style: realistic, serious, offbeat, suspense, dark comedy
Plot: misfit, mentally challenged, social misfits, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, small town, death of mother, con artists, mental illness, inheritance, contests and competitions ...
Time: year 2003
Place: wisconsin, milwaukee wisconsin, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.0
 2K
Glassland (2014)
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: realistic, rough, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Plot: addiction, dysfunctional family, unlikely criminals, moral dilemma, youth, life is a bitch, family in crisis, family problems, family relations, society, oedipus complex, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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