Movies like Smoke 1995
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Smoke (1995)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Style:
independent film, sentimental, clever, touching, feel good, mumblecore, anthology, art house, non fiction, comedy drama ...
Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, photograph, photography, smoking, dark humor, photographer, melancholy, friendship, redemption, summer, philosophy, father son relationship, storytelling, dating, weed, butterfly effect, lsd, minimalism, runaway, self discovery, road trip, coming of age, underdog, slow burn ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, year 1990, 1990s
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and melancholic films with plots about friendship, dialogue, storytelling, mentor, life philosophy, culture clash and writers mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Smoke: Nobody's Fool (1994), Slacker (1990), Wonder Boys (2000), Blue in the Face (1995), The Photographer (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
small town, father son relationship, redemption, thanksgiving, justice, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, aging, elderly, retirement, generation gap ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, new york state, usa, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, cerebral, philosophical, satirical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
anarchist, slacker, subculture, coming of age, anarchism, philosophy, loser, one day, existentialism, twenty something, teenager, hangout ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, dallas texas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, humorous, dark comedy, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
college, midlife crisis, professor, coming of age, adultery, divorce, mentor, gay relationship, college professor, teacher student relationship, university, alienation ...
Time:
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Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he ...
Style:
independent film, talky, witty, colorful, mumblecore ...
Plot:
smoking, culture clash, friendship, screwball, rock, tobacco, friends, family relations, couples, social relations, urban, city life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night before his make-or-break gallery opening, surrounded by the trappings of success but devoid of ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
photographer, friendship, prodigy, starting over, obsessive quest, lifestyle, race against time, mysterious character, dull life, addiction, city life, nightlife ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.
Style:
sexy, mumblecore, ironic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
christmas, family relations, housewife, eccentric family, character study, introspection, siblings relations, writers, disorder, couple relations, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing
Plot:
single parent, dog, writers, friendship, writer's life, vacation, redemption, alcohol abuse, family relations, hopes, misfit, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, suspense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, abortion, lgbtq, lesbian, grandmother granddaughter relationship, pregnancy, writers, aging, grandparent grandchild relationship, friendship, lesbian relationship, death of partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
starting over, human nature, lifestyle, family relations, city life, couples, introspection, waking up, urban, breakup, singleness, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, rock star, secret past, odd couple, drug abuse, female protagonist, road trip, female bonding, women, family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
los angeles, phoenix arizona, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. MISTRESS AMERICA is a comedy about dream-chasing, ...
Style:
independent film, humorous, depressing, heartbreaking, witty ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, betrayal, coming of age, hopes, writers, female protagonist, eccentric family, follow your dream, prank, disorder, family relations, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment ...
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, witty, romantic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, divorce, childhood, family relations, heart attack, self discovery, introspection, fall in love, amor, human nature, couple relations, old friend ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
latin america, spain, argentina, buenos aires argentina, italy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
writers, dysfunctional family, addiction, eccentricity, complex characters, character study, family relations, homecoming, unlikely friendships, family problems, love and romance, unlikely couple ...
Time:
year 2005, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, michigan, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
Style:
independent film, dark comedy, cult classic, surreal, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place:
long island, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
Style:
humorous, road movie, independent film, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, kidnapping, pregnant girl, police, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, teenage boy, sex, sister sister relationship, teenage girl, death of mother, conservative ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
israel
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, cheerleader, childhood, character study, redemption, family relations, nursing, parents and children, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Style:
anthology, independent film, intellectual, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
taxi, culture clash, night, taxi driver, immigration, multiple storylines, storytelling, nightlife, blindness, conversation, blind character, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
paris france, rome italy, helsinki finland, new york, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
Style:
feel good, touching, realistic, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
publisher, village life, fall in love, writer's life, odd couple, artists and showbiz, writers, writer's block, father daughter relationship, loss of wife, exile, skinny dipping ...
Place:
italy, tuscany, london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style:
touching, road movie, tragicomedy, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
holocaust, closeted homosexual, on the road, culture clash, journey, self discovery, collector, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, europe, odessa ukraine, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, troublemaker, storytelling, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, mentally challenged, love and romance, misfit, youth ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, paris france, france, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, dark comedy, talky, art house ...
Plot:
drinking, drug addiction, addiction, drunk, small town, self discovery, coming of age, alcohol abuse, older man younger woman relationship, countryside, loner, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
Style:
road movie, sweet, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, abortion, pregnant girl, coming of age, women, teenage girl, marriage proposal, schoolgirl, pregnant girlfriend, girlfriend, moral dilemma, breakup ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
missouri
Similarity:
100%
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17K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, ...
Style:
black comedy, talky, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, newspaper editor, workaholic, satire, media, workplace, newspaper reporter, husband wife relationship, quarrel, scapegoat, father daughter estrangement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, anthology, clever, black and white ...
Plot:
musician, conversation, addiction, dialogue, actor, art, smoking, dark humor, coffee, sarcasm, cafe, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, america, paris france, new york ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
Style:
touching, tricky, psychological, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, midlife crisis, relationships, small town, imaginary friend, life philosophy, character study, loneliness, depression, creativity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
long island, atlantic ocean, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
Style:
sentimental, compassionate, surreal, stylized, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctor, redemption, dark humor, life philosophy, depression, family drama, hospital, alter ego, introspection, parents and children, life is a bitch, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
17%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, light, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, dog, single parent, writers, couple relations, introspection, parents and children, family life, family relations, couples, family problems, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
17%
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