Movies like Janky Promoters
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Janky Promoters (2009)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two shady concert promoters get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, showbiz, disorder, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, nothing goes right, partners, performer's life, celebrity culture, father son relationship, financial problem, money problems, bigger dreams, gangsters, marijuana, black cast, hip hop culture, friends, nightclub, buddies, sex, cheating wife, rap, adultery, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, not serious and semi serious films with plots about disorder, friends, buddies, gangsters, artists and showbiz, hip hop and partners mostly in Comedy, Music and Crime genres. Some movies like Janky Promoters: Next Friday (2000), First Sunday (2008), Friday After Next (2002), Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (2007), Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets ...
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Audience:
teens
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weed, hip hop, marijuana, dishonesty, friendship, family relations, society, lifestyle, cons and scams, siblings relations, disorder, drugs ...
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los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending ...
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friendship, hostage, church, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, disorder, society, partners, forceful separation, pastor, community service, courtroom ...
Time:
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Place:
baltimore
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.
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funny, humorous, stylized, witty, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, shopping mall, weed, pimp, goofy hero, friendship, partners, nothing goes right, buddies, society, disorder, thief ...
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, teenage life, friends, disorder, youth, buddies, hip hop, party, silly humor, sexual content, girl, urban ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The hardest group you've never heard of is back. Gangsta Rap is a mockumentary based on a group of over the hill gangster rappers (circa NWA), trying to make a comeback. Its a hilarious look at the soft underbelly of hard core hip hop.
Style:
not serious, witty, humorous, parody, captivating ...
Plot:
hip hop, showbiz, lifestyle, silly humor, celebrity culture, buddies, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music band, friends, urban ghetto, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stoners, marijuana, high school, slacker, silly humor, social relations, teachers and students, drug dealing, youth, power relations, fall in love, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
music, lifestyle, partners, music band, performer's life, friends, disorder, rock, on the road, filmmaking, heavy metal culture, musician's life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wannabe "gangsta-rappers" resort to a crime spree in order to come up up with ten thousand dollars in order to finance a studio recording session.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, remake of american film
Plot:
hip hop, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, unlikely criminals, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, musician's life, drug dealing, disorder, criminal heroes, society ...
Time:
21st century
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47%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are shown attempting to finish a "video album" for their novelty record Get Out of My Room.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
marijuana, weed, drugs, latin, stoners, disorder, friends, drug abuse, showbiz, filmmaking, misfit, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
Style:
realistic, cynical, not serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
artists and showbiz, hollywood, odd couple, showbiz, buddies, friends, disorder, society, profanity, dialogue
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Films like Mac & Devin Go to High School
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
hip hop, interracial relations, love and romance, unlikely couple, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, opposites attract, tv show, disorder, family relations, music, media ...
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Down-and-out lounge singer Johnny Slade is hired by a mystery man to open a hot new club, the catch being he's given a new--and terrible--song to sing each night. Noticing that whenever he sings one a new crime is committed, Johnny gradually ...
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semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
gangsters, ambition, dishonesty, moral dilemma, lifestyle, musician's life, hidden identity, artists and showbiz, introspection, disorder, mistaken identity, nothing goes right ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
weed, stoners, buddies, mistaken identity, goofy hero, misfit, nothing goes right, disorder, fish out of water, drug abuse, artists and showbiz, partners ...
Time:
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Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music industry, showbiz, celebrity culture, nothing goes right, music band, artists and showbiz, music, nightlife, relationship vs career, rock, partners, desire for fame ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bucum Jackson (Cube) is a bounty hunter with a lot of attitude and no interest in taking on a partner. Working at Martinez Bail Bonds, Jackson has unorthodox methods of tracking down low-life criminals, but they work, and one day he hopes to become ...
Style:
humorous, intense, exciting, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, lottery, murderous pair, juvenile delinquent, disorder, buddies, rivalry, undercover, track down, gangsters, caper, buddy cop ...
Time:
future
Place:
florida, miami, usa
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Movies like School Dance
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
ambition, fall in love, love and romance, buddies, rivalry, youth, prank, underdog, contests and competitions, college, disorder, gangsters ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, witty
Plot:
hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, journalism, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, media, buddies, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, satire ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
african american, weed, marijuana, hip hop, ghetto, rap, rapper, friendship, gang, friends, hip hop culture, drugs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, usa, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, comedy of errors, drug dealing, crime gone awry, disorder, criminal heroes, goofy hero, escapades, employer employee relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gang, marijuana ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
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44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
adult
Plot:
african american, artists and showbiz, showbiz, musician's life, buddies, music band, lifestyle, on the road, gangsters, porn star, hip hop, black cast ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
usa
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44%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
One hot summer day in New Orleans, BJ (Troy Anders) tries to keep his deceased brother's legacy alive by throwing the hottest, rip-roaring block party of the summer. But he has a few obstacles to overcome first, one jealous baby-mamma and a ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
nothing goes right, goofy hero, disorder, family relations, buddies, drug dealing, partners, lifestyle, police corruption, nightlife, silly humor, criminal heroes ...
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up learning things about each other they had not previously known.
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realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
gangsters, hip hop, road trip, bus trip, bus, ambition, sexual content, on the road, destiny, partners, friends, ego clash ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
You may see one show, but you haven't senn them all! Following on from the amazingly successful JAY AND SILENT BOB TEA BAGGING IN THE UK, Fast-talking, foul mouthed Jay and his "hetero life partner' Silent Bob return with their second ...
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not serious, feel good, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
buddies, artists and showbiz, friends, filmmaking, friendship, odd couple, misfit partners, partners, disorder, profanity
Time:
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Place:
ireland, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't apear to know as much about rap music ...
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funny, clever, humorous, sexy, parody ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
buddies, nothing goes right, best friends, friends, disorder, social misfits, misfit, drug dealing, partners, society, heist, unemployment ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at ...
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not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it's like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good
Plot:
actor's life, elderly, showbiz, friends, golden years, artists and showbiz, retirement home, filmmaking, disorder, retirement home life, hollywood, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic
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