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:
tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
hunting, drug dealer, gang, redemption, 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, city life, bait ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, urban, juvenile delinquency, youth, urban ghetto life and urban ghetto mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Strays: Squeeze (1997), Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991), Gang Tapes (2001), Laws of Gravity (1992), Blood Brothers (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
gang, gangsters, gas station, realism, kids in trouble, optimism, friends, urban ghetto, youth, drug dealing, criminal heroes, dealing with death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
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95%
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:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gang, african american, gangsters, blaxploitation, downbeat ending, hip hop culture, villain, hip hop, african american gangster, racism, drug dealing, social decay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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83%
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:
rough, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
gang, tough heroes, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, social decay, found footage, criminal heroes, teenage life, going straight, society, youth, kids in trouble ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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, tense, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
mafia, low lives, urban ghetto, heist, down on your luck, city life, murder, chaos and mayhem, urban ghetto life, arms dealing, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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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:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
gang, murder, introspection, life is a bitch, legal action, legal, social misfits, society, moral dilemma, hopes, juvenile delinquency, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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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:
serious, realistic
Plot:
friendship, friends, urban ghetto, unfulfillment, going straight, life is a bitch, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, rise and fall, coming of age, partners, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new york yankees, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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, realistic, serious, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, urban ghetto life, family life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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:
rough, realistic, bleak, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, friends, drug dealing, police investigation, urban ghetto life, fighting crime, betrayal, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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342
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, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage life, parents and children, opposites attract, family relations, friends, immigrants, love and romance, introspection, youth, single parent, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
gangsters, drug dealing, going straight, gang, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, drug abuse, addiction, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, africa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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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:
drug dealing, white trash, prostitute, juvenile delinquency, friendship, student athlete, baseball, teen drinking, high school friends, lifestyle, buddies, gang ...
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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, realistic ...
Plot:
asthma, teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, kids in trouble, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, lifestyle, addiction, gang, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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:
serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, family life, drug dealing, buddies, ambition, juvenile delinquency, chaos and mayhem, city life, urban ghetto life, friendship, criminal heroes ...
Place:
usa, memphis, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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
Plot:
hip hop, rap, gang, friendship, musician's life, lifestyle, social decay, addiction, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, juvenile delinquency, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, hip hop, hip hop culture, urban setting, urban ghetto, drug dealing, life is a bitch, social misfits, criminal heroes, youth, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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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, serious, realistic, bleak, tense
Plot:
gangsters, urban ghetto life, gang, racism, social decay, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, drug dealing, police investigation, city life, interracial relations, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
going straight, gang, juvenile delinquency, society, youth, law enforcement, redemption, urban ghetto, murder, brother brother relationship, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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, gloomy
Plot:
gang, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, life is a bitch, hopes, society, youth, rich and poor, drug abuse, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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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:
serious, emotional, rough, sitcom, realistic ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, drug dealing, heroin, drug abuse, african american, lifestyle, teenage life, social decay, life is a bitch, going straight, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, emotional
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, drug dealing, hustler, female nudity, friends, kids in trouble, thirtysomething life, stoners, juvenile delinquency, rehabilitation, innocence lost ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, youth, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, going straight, friendship, social decay, family problems, rivalry ...
Place:
england, africa, london, europe
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63%
200
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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
hopes, criminal heroes, starting over, redemption, life is a bitch, youth, going straight, drug dealing, supernatural ability, city life, bus, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, california, los angeles, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, homeless, life is a bitch, lifestyle, friendship, teenage life, working class, forceful separation, urban ghetto life, redemption, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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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:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, prostitute, poverty, urban ghetto, gang, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, going straight, redemption, gangsters, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
boot camp, prison, gangsters, blaxploitation, drug dealing, drug dealer, hopes, society, juvenile delinquency, youth, life is a bitch, going straight ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, mentally unstable, society, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, nightlife, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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60%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, vengeance, society, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, youth, urban ghetto, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
69
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, gloomy, bleak
Plot:
love affair, going straight, lifestyle, addiction, drug abuse, drug dealing, survival, society, life is a bitch, hopes, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
desire for fame, hopes, rivalry, family relations, criminal heroes, youth, single parent, life is a bitch, working class, siblings relations, basketball, hip hop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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60%
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