Movies like Where the Buffalo Roam

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Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
 6.5
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Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Style: talky, surreal, road movie, humorous, grindhouse, cult classic, witty, psychedelic, light, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: journalism, drug abuse, drug use, hitchhiker, gonzo, writers, marijuana, drug, art, presidential election, on the road, media, biopic, disorder, buddies, lawyer, hotel room, courtroom, hippie, stoner, hotel, travel, aviation, alcoholic, reporter ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1980, 70s, year 1968, 80s, 1960s
Place: usa, los angeles, san francisco, las vegas
Keyword: gangsters, doctors

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Most similar movies to Where the Buffalo Roam

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, funny and semi serious films with plots about disorder, friends, drug, friendship, profanity, satire and misfit mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Where the Buffalo Roam: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Rum Diary (2011), Smiley Face (2007), American Splendor (2003), A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, road movie, atmospheric, dark comedy ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, addiction, psychedelia, trippy, surrealism, american dream, hallucination, drug, journalist ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
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The Rum Diary (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden ...
Style: stylized, sexy, light, surreal, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: journalism, journalist, newspaper, cockfight, writers, alcoholism, eccentricity, gangster, addiction, lifestyle, alcoholic, profanity ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, year 1960 ...
Place: puerto rico, caribbean, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Smiley Face (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jane (Anna Faris), a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats ...
Style: surreal, humorous, stylized, talky, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stoner, marijuana, goofy hero, escapades, roommate, youth, drug, comedy of errors, actor's life, weed, road trip, paranoid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, venice california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
American Splendor (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style: realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, sincere ...
Plot: artist, writer's life, biopic, depression, loneliness, superhero, art, loser, comic book, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The National Lampoon name became globally recognized after the monumental success of Animal House—but before the glory days, it was a scrappy yet divinely subversive magazine and radio show that introduced the world to comedic geniuses like Bill ...
Style: funny, thought provoking, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: writers, biopic, publisher, social problems, historical character, media satire, satire, historical figure, social satire, propaganda, society, media ...
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.9
 39K
Private Parts (1997)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
Style: humorous, funny, semi serious, witty, sexy ...
Plot: radio, nudity, anti conformity, sorority, public nudity, satire, female pubic hair, female nudity, ambition, lifestyle, workplace, rebelliousness ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, year 1981, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: washington d.c., middle east, new york, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.7
 17K
The Hoax (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Style: intense, tense, realistic, cynical, witty ...
Plot: writers, paranoia, giant, biopic, creativity, eccentricity, con artists, writer's life, media, ambition, rise and fall, research ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: usa, new york, pentagon, washington d.c., bahamas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Rolling Kansas (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of friends go on a journey to a secret marijuana forest in Kansas.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, road movie, realistic ...
Plot: stoner, weed, road trip, marijuana, goofy hero, nothing goes right, buddies, farce, disorder, drug abuse, screwball, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kansas, usa, texas, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.9
 41K
Up in Smoke (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony ...
Style: funny, grindhouse, cult classic, laugh out loud, psychedelic ...
Plot: stoner, marijuana, weed, drug, rock and roll, buddy, road trip, satire, hippie, exploitation, chase, buddies ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place: los angeles, california, mexico, latin america, vietnam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Rude Awakening (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside world. In the later 1980s, the find out that a secret war is ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, political comedy
Plot: jungle, stoner, hippie, fish, marijuana, politics, partner, undercover, chases and races, buddies, state affairs, on the run ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 60s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.1
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High Road (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Directed by Matt Walsh, a co-founding member of world-renowned comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, High Road showcases a totally improvised script about Glenn “Fitz” Fitzgerald (James Pumphrey), a young man whose loyalties are split among ...
Style: humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, indie film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug dealing, road trip, stoner, on the run, on the road, buddies, disorder, couples, chases and races, drug, gang bang, weed ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.8
 183K
Ed Wood (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style: black and white, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot: hollywood, showbiz, misfit, biopic, drug addiction, friendship, director, addiction, character study, actress, lgbtq, transvestism ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place: los angeles, california, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.9
 292K
Almost Famous (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style: sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, musician, on the road, rock music, music, rock, musician's life, fame, road trip, manic pixie dream girl ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century
Place: california, san francisco, new york, seattle, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 4.9
 1K
Far Out Man (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.
Style: funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film
Plot: stoner, weed, hippie, drug, road trip, rocker, on the road, silly humor, partner, aging, artists and showbiz, media ...
Time: 60s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when a perplexing beauty named Ivana suddenly ends their relationship, Charles is left heartbroken. ...
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: breakup, couples, disorder, unfulfilled love, love and romance, down on your luck, life turned upside down, love, ex girlfriend, brother sister relationship, music, unfulfillment ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.0
 12K
The Candidate (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Style: political, witty, realistic, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot: politics, election, american politics, father son relationship, campaign, satire, candidate, idealism, political campaign, underdog, political rally, president ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place: california, usa, san francisco, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.9
 91K
Kingpin (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, feel good, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bowling, road trip, on the road, older woman younger man, culture clash, mentor, fish out of water, success, against the odds, championship, prodigy, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, nevada, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Father William Smoortser drops his bible into a toilet at a rest stop just before embarking on a day-long canoe trip, breaking loose all glorious hell.
Style: humorous, surreal, not serious, captivating, light ...
Plot: clergy, self discovery, on the road, buddies, escapades, society, nothing goes right, disorder, friendship, priest, religion, lonely ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Style: humorous, funny, talky, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: weed, road trip, jay and silent bob, filmmaking, hollywood, internet, hitchhiker, drug, stoner, chase, marijuana, monkey actor ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey, california, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".
Style: funny, romantic, light, humorous, intellectual ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: journalism, starlet, workplace romance, journalist, love triangle, rags to riches, love story, obsession, fashion, rise to the top, fame, fish out of water ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, britain, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 3.2
 1K
How High 2 (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack delivery app. But, when nearly all of their stash and weed bible are stolen, the two ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, absurd, funny ...
Plot: stoner, marijuana, cannabis, smoking, friends, lifestyle, buddies, farce, partner, drug use, hip hop, drug abuse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a shady character named Mr. Big after the duo sours on rehab.
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, realistic
Plot: stoner, weed, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, cons and scams, crime gone awry, redemption, misfit, drug abuse, drug rehab, marijuana, stoned ...
Time: y2k
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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iSteve (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A comedic look at the life of Steve Jobs.
Style: parody, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: visionary, rise to the top, prodigy, ambition, programmer, silly humor, computer system, computers and web, computer, biopic, satire, internet ...
Time: 60s, 80s, 20th century, 90s, 70s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.1
 7K
Molière (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt (so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise), hilarity ensues.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, stylized, period piece ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love and romance, secret identity, lifestyle, love triangle, biopic, couples, dishonesty, fall in love, actor's life, mistaken identity, farce, infidelity ...
Time: 17th century, year 2007, ancient times, victorian era
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 5.8
 1K
Floundering (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young man's unemployment benefits run out, the IRS freezes his bank account, and his druggie brother needs help, things can't get any worse...until he discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him!
Style: humorous, cynical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: unemployment, estrangement, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, society, buddies, dark humor, down on your luck, friendship, lifestyle, disorder, fictional reality ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: seattle, los angeles, italy, venice, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Growing Up and Other Lies (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends – Billy, Rocks and Gunderson – to help him retrace their ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, on the road, best friend, cause and meaning, buddies, painter, family relations, getting home, coming of age, art, thirtysomething life, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Larger Than Life (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a ...
Style: light, funny, touching, feel good, road movie ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, rescue, on the road, animal, goofy hero, fish out of water, inheritance, hitchhiker, elephant, philosophy, wild animal, writers ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.9
 38K
Bananas (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Style: slapstick, humorous, political, funny, talky ...
Plot: revolution, dictatorship, satire, dictator, politics, rebellion, political satire, loser, fish out of water, political activism, misfit, rise to the top ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.2
 21K
Dick (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate ...
Style: humorous, political, light, not serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: friendship, teenage girl, high school, politics, president, marijuana, farce, stupidity, workplace, coming of age, goofy hero, teenage life ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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