Movies like Strays 1997
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Strays (1997)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rick (Diesel) is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather (Lanza), a neighbour. Rick takes the opportunity to escape his boring life style with her, but soon finds that his volatile behaviour threatens to finish their relationship before it even really begins.
Style:
cult classic, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
urban, hunting, drug dealer, gang, redemption, male nudity, friendship, youth, friends, misfit, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, fall in love, couples, teenage life, society, drug dealing, opposites attract, social misfits, juvenile delinquency, introspection, lifestyle, coming of age ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Most similar movies to Strays
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and independent film films with plots about society, life is a bitch, urban, city life, juvenile delinquency, youth and urban ghetto life mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Strays: Blood Brothers (1993), Squeeze (1997), Federal Hill (1994), Gang Tapes (2001), Laws of Gravity (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blood Brothers- While coming of age in the inner city, Darryl Crawford, a young African-American man, witnesses a gang-related murder and is horrified to discover that his beloved older brother Sly is one of the perps. Darryl grapples with his ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
black, murder, gang, urban ghetto life, low lives, family life, siblings relations, city life, urban, heist, family relations, urban ghetto ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
347
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ty, Hector, and Bao are close friends in a tough section of Boston, where they're called "the PG-13 crew." They're 14, decent kids with few skills who've bailed out of school. A small gang of older tough guys, led by Marcus ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, black, gas station, kids in trouble, urban ghetto, realism, friends, optimism, friendship, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, society ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Providence's Italian neighborhood, Federal Hill, five young are immersed in drugs, crime and violence. Everything changes when one of the guys in the band know love.
Style:
black and white, independent film, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
gangster, college, drug, youth, friendship, partner, best friend, life is a bitch, fall in love, going straight, society, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
Style:
serious, rough, hood, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gang, found footage, ghetto, urban, social decay, tough heroes, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, teenage life, kids in trouble, going straight ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jimmy and Jon are a couple of Brooklyn guys who somehow never found their way into workaday society; they never found their way into big-time crime, either.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
american mafia, mafia, urban ghetto, criminal heroes, misfit, society, arms dealing, social misfits, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, life is a bitch, city life ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out ...
Style:
hood, independent film, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, gang, black, hip hop, african american, hip hop culture, downbeat ending, blaxploitation, villain, thug life, thug, gangsta ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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:
independent film, realistic, serious
Plot:
friendship, urban ghetto, friends, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, ambition, youth, drug dealing, going straight, buddies, coming of age, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, family life, urban ghetto life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
351
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, introspection, culture clash, single parent, youth, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This film tells two interwoven stories of two single-parent families in a poor, racially-mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn. The first story is about a young black man (with aspirations of getting away from his friends who are involved in drugs) who ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot:
lottery, friends, urban ghetto, sport team, couples, family relations, youth, love and romance, coming of age, self discovery, life is a bitch, drug dealing ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A promising college athlete takes a turn for the worse when he hooks up with old highschool friends during his summer break.
Style:
serious, surreal, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
white trash, drug dealing, student athlete, prostitute, juvenile delinquency, friendship, baseball, teen drinking, high school friends, lifestyle, youth, gang ...
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two Brothers; Tom and Felipe, have moved up the ranks of the street gangs because they have no greater devotion than the protection of each other. Luis, former gang member, is now a cop, his life having been turned around by Angelica, a female cop. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, going straight, gang, redemption, law enforcement, youth, society, urban ghetto, murder, brother brother relationship, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough, hood ...
Plot:
hip hop, gang, friendship, lifestyle, musician's life, down on your luck, social decay, addiction, drug dealing, going straight, juvenile delinquency, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A multi-cultural celebration of young people triumphing in the face of adversity, societal pressures and difficult familial situations.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, society, life is a bitch, hopes, youth, rich and poor, drug abuse, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, emotional
Plot:
drug addiction, drug, drug dealing, hustler, bare breasts, female nudity, thirtysomething life, kids in trouble, friends, life is a bitch, misfit, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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, anthology ...
Plot:
asthma, teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, lifestyle, teenage life, kids in trouble, social misfits, drug dealing, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ...
Style:
hood, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ghetto, gang, urban, hip hop, discrimination, underworld, hip hop culture, urban setting, gangster, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, social misfits ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Style:
hood, bleak, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, urban, friends, drug dealing, black, fighting crime, juvenile delinquency, police investigation, betrayal, urban ghetto life, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, basketball, cheerleader, friendship, athlete's life, teenage life, ambition, love and romance, lifestyle, rivalry, danger, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
204
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A streetwise young man leaves his sordid past behind, moving from New York to the Los Angeles suburbs to start a simple, honest life. When he meets a small-time drug dealer with insatiable ambition, his past returns to haunt him.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
friends, wizards and magicians, hitman, teenage life, addiction, bus, urban, city life, youth, life is a bitch, redemption, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, california, los angeles, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, jewish mob, prostitute, poverty, gangster, urban ghetto, society, going straight, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 376 min.
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Story:
The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of ...
Style:
rough, serious, emotional, sitcom, crime drama ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, heroin, addiction, drug dealing, drug abuse, african american, urban, lifestyle, teenage life, social decay, going straight, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gangster, racism, life is a bitch, social decay, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, city life, police investigation, dysfunctional family, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
322
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Peter, a frustrated suburban teenager, prefers to hang out by the railroad tracks with his friends and get rid of boredom. When the young men throw the switch one day just for fun, a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions occurs. A train derails ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspense, bleak
Plot:
train, prison, juvenile delinquency, going straight, redemption, confined, teenage life, youth, false accusation, prison life, human spirit, hopes ...
Place:
usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Frustrated with being broke, Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it.
Style:
hood, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, urban, gangster, drug dealing, family life, ghetto, ambition, social decay, city life, criminal heroes, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, philadelphia, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Movies similar to Highway
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic ...
Style:
black and white, independent film, talky, offbeat, spiritual ...
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, friendship, catholicism, redemption, violence, morality, sex crime, badass, prostitute, coming of age, sexual fantasy ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, europe, italy, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
71
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, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
love affair, going straight, lifestyle, addiction, drug abuse, love and romance, hopes, youth, society, life is a bitch, downfall, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Style:
hood, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
urban, drug dealing, black, gang, going straight, urban ghetto, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, addiction, siblings relations, drug abuse, gangster ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
usa, harlem, new york, harlem, new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, going straight, hopes, family relations, parents and children, released from prison, father daughter relationship, false accusation, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, violent content, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A compilation of episodes from the lives of several of the amateur actors' (who are 'bad teens' and the homeless of Seoul) own experiences, this film sheds light on the dark side of Korean society. Feeling alienated and persecuted, ...
Style:
anthology, postmodern, non-linear, controversial, experimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, drug abuse, illegal drugs, strong violent content, juvenile delinquency, misfit, gang, lifestyle, youth, social misfits, society, violence spree ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
korea, asia, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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