Movies like Party Monster
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Party Monster (2003)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.
Style:
stylized, serious, disturbing, surreal, talky, black comedy, realistic, grindhouse, cult classic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
gay, drug addiction, addiction, gays and lesbians, drug, life is a bitch, celebrity culture, drug addict, friends, social misfits, drug dealing, artists and showbiz, aids, society, murder, friendship between men, hallucination, police, stereotypes, lgbt, city life, homosexual, lgbtq, drug abuse, party ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 2003, 1990s
Place:
new york, usa, indiana, manhattan new york city, dallas texas, grand central station manhattan new york city, california ...
Keyword:
pipe, gangsters, dreams
Most similar movies to Party Monster
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and cult classic films with plots about drug, murder, death, police, blood, violence and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Party Monster: Spun (2002), Less Than Zero (1987), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Basquiat (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug abuse, drug addict, drug addiction, addiction, junkie, masturbation, drug, drug trip, drug use, strong sexual content, methamphetamine, crazy ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style:
stylized, cult classic, visually stunning, cerebral, erotic drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug addiction, friendship, drug addict, addiction, drug, drug abuse, male nudity, hedonism, male prostitute, male prostitution, christmas, high school ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, palm springs california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.
Style:
road movie, independent film, cult classic, depressing, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, junkie, addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug, on the road, friendship, dark humor, drug addict, beat generation, recovery ...
Time:
70s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
usa, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first African-American pop artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Alongside the ...
Style:
stylized, factual, inspirational, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
art, artist, graffiti, painter, drug abuse, biopic, painting, drug addiction, art history, drug, self destructing, rising to stardom ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben Stiller plays comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who ...
Style:
factual, intense, depressing, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug, writers, heroin, drug abuse, husband wife relationship, drug addict, human nature, drug addiction, lifestyle, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, pittsburgh, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 use, drug addict, heroin, drug, heroin addict, life philosophy, death of pet, redemption, loneliness ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, gambling, gangster, organized crime, hitman, brutality, assassin, mafia, violence, murder, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, orlando florida, florida
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
journalism, investigation, strong female character, murder, gangster, justice, corruption, drug lord, police, drug dealing, heroin, journalist ...
Time:
90s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug lord, drug abuse, drug dealing, friendship, drug, drug dealer, drug cartel, rise and fall, addiction, gangster, drug use ...
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70s, year 2001, 20th century, 80s, near future ...
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latin america, colombia, california, mexico, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
140K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Style:
surreal, stylized, harsh, bloody, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
prison, mental illness, prison life, male nudity, violence, society, violence spree, jail, fistfight, crime gone awry, violent, brutality ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
emotional, rough, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, life is a bitch, teenage life, junkie, drug addiction, drug overdose, teenager, adolescence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, near future, 60s
Place:
new york, seattle, boston, usa, manhattan new york city
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, junkie, heroin, addiction, true crime, police investigation, violence, drug addiction, serial killer, drug, drug addict, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, y2k, year 2003, year 1981
Place:
los angeles, usa, pasadena california, sacramento california
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32%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and ...
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disturbing, stylized, factual, intense, sincere ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, writers, biopic, rise and fall, lifestyle, rising to stardom, ambition, drug, drug addiction, prison, society ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 70s
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new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, puerto rico, manhattan new york city ...
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31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, psychological, depressing, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, homeless, prostitute, lesbian love, mental illness, rape, female serial killer, murder, borderline personality disorder, gay, couples ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s
Place:
florida, usa, michigan, miami, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends ...
Style:
realistic, tense, talky, controversial, suspense ...
Plot:
drug, addiction, drug addiction, adolescence, murder, junkie, heist, drug addict, violence, heroin, death, brutality ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murder, psychopath, punk, infidelity, true crime, lust, dark humor, punk rock, drug, profanity ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1999, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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29%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Style:
emotional, tense, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
journalism, writers, gay, obsession, murder, biopic, friendship, writer's life, gossip and rumors, manipulation, justice, police investigation ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, year 2006, 50s, 20th century
Place:
kansas, manhattan new york city, usa, new york, mexico
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29%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, suspense, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, torture, brutality, injustice, lawyer, escape, drug, court, escape attempt, trial, prison break, jail ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, year 1972, year 1975 ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, hood, stylized, harsh, talky ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, urban, drug abuse, murder, heroin, gangster, justice, crime gone awry, culture clash ...
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20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, enigmatic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, obsession, friendship, teenager, murder, coming of age, lesbian romance, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, insanity, lgbtq, sexuality ...
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new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, realistic, controversial, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, sexual abuse, rape, teenager, murder, nudity, sex, drug, rivalry, revenge, youth, teenage sex ...
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usa, bronx new york city, florida
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, little red riding hood, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, psychopath, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder, police investigation ...
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28%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the ...
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disturbing, serious, rough, teen, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california, albuquerque new mexico, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
28K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, detective, sexual, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, gay, murder, police investigation, psychopath, sex, investigation, pretending to be gay, male nudity, gay sex, gays and lesbians, violence ...
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Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
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disturbing, dark comedy, cynical, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
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australia, melbourne, oceania
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
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atmospheric, southern gothic, suspense, enigmatic, intense ...
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chick flick
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Time:
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27%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, suspense, realistic, epic, brutal ...
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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