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The Drummer (2007)
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Original name: 戰·鼓
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Bored and restless, he discovers a community of Zen drummers high in the hills, and joins up - a decision inspired by a pretty face that soon becomes a challenge.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, realistic, contemplative, atmospheric, captivating, sincere, uplifting, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
gangster, martial arts, self discovery, rivalry, redemption, introspection, hopes, drummer, chase, training, business partner, on the run, music, fall in love, village, experiment, buddhism, youth, lifestyle, coming of age, countryside, guru, musician's life, criminal's revenge, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, taiwan, china, asia
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Most similar movies to The Drummer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and crying films with plots about restaurant, drink, drinking, death, friendship, friend and drinking alcohol mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like The Drummer: The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), Running on Empty (1988), God Help the Girl (2014), So Close to Paradise (1998), Together (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso ...
Style:
tense, sincere, neo noir, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot:
violence, gangster, piano, going straight, father son relationship, musician, storytelling, dysfunctional family, teachers and students, gang war, family relations, follow your dream ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, china
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been ...
Style:
touching, serious, political, feel good, retro ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, music, musician, hidden identity, radical, follow your dream, love, haunted by the past, parents and children, eccentric family, hopes, rebelliousness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1988, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, oakland california, usa, yale university ...
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a group.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
anorexia, mental illness, blonde, songwriter, friendship, music band, pop music, music, friends, musician's life, self discovery, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1981, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two young farm workers, who like millions of others, leave their village to seek their fortunes in the city. Each chose a vastly different path to make it and become embroiled in misunderstandings, gangster brawls and police raids.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangster, nightclub, kidnapping, love triangle, friendship, gang, betrayal, city life, urban, dishonesty, politics, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is "adopted" by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reach - ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, stylized, atmospheric, depressing ...
Plot:
father son relationship, youth, hopes, music, coming of age, prodigy, rise to the top, musician's life, teenage life, teachers and students, humanity, family relations ...
Time:
year 2002, 19th century
Place:
china, beijing china, asia, tokyo, california
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The movie is set in Hong Kong and the Philippines in 1960. Yuddy, or 'York' in English, is a playboy in Hong Kong and is well-known for stealing girls' hearts and breaking them. His first victim is Li Zhen who suffered emotional and ...
Style:
surreal, artsy, sexual, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
obsession, unrequited love, love, melancholy, asian, friendship, drinking, hotel, violence, abandoned baby, prostitute, seduction ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
hong kong, china, the philippines, asia, macau ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two parallel stories of Wah caught in the mist of a love affair with his beloved cousin, Ngor and his relationship with his triad brother, Fly, who seems to never fall out of trouble.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, crime drama ...
Plot:
triad, gang, brother brother relationship, criminal underworld, mob hit, friendship, bloody violence, gang leader, love, thug, brother sister sex, heroic bloodshed ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Style:
touching, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, violence, ex convict, murder, friendship, love and romance, danger, couples, woman with a gun, gang leader, lost love, businessman ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, hood, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Colombia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Rodrigo D: No futuro" explores the bleak and precarious lives of working class street kids in Medellín. So dangerous is this world that three of its nonprofessional actors have been killed violently since production wrapped in 1988. ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
punk rock, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, poverty, suicide, juvenile delinquent, colombian drug cartel, conflict, heavy metal, city life, teenage life, rock ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport, Thriller
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A teen involved in the world of underground boxing vows to take care of a dead fighter's family.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
teenage life, kids in trouble, youth, gambling, redemption, tragic love, underdog, coming of age, love and romance, survival, unfulfilled love, fight ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
russia, kazakhstan, turkey
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Paris police detective (Richard Berry) plays rough with a prostitute (Nathalie Baye) and her pimp/lover (Philippe Léotard), whom he wants as an informant.
Style:
detective, anthology, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex, prostitution, french algerian war, vice squad, hooker, nudity, love triangle, female nudity, bare breasts, male nudity, lesbian, sex club ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
paris france, new york, france, brazil
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, period piece, inspirational, colorful ...
Plot:
working class, artists and showbiz, showbiz, performer's life, against the odds, hopes, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, follow your dream, music, family problems, political unrest ...
Time:
1930s, year 2008, 20th century, pre world war two, year 1935 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, non-linear, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
true love, love, supernatural ability, doctors and patients, dishonesty, hitman, power relations, philosophy, justice, dark hero, thief, violence ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
addiction, drug overdose, prison, redemption, road trip, loneliness, life is a bitch, going straight, rock star, musician's life, custody, estranged son ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s
Place:
paris france, vancouver, ontario canada, france, canada ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
hip hop, music, rapper, midlife crisis, hip hop culture, career, destiny, drug abuse, friendship, black, profanity, ghetto ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
memphis, southern usa, tennessee, usa, egypt ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, crime drama, crying ...
Plot:
prison, mentor, friendship, prison life, criminal, confined, teaching the ways of the world, jail, gang, drug, anger, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, anthology, art house, sincere ...
Plot:
love, classical music, violin, passion, unrequited love, music, obsession, violinist, love story, passionate love, glamour, asexual ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, amsterdam, vienna ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A strange man is involved in a village massacre and drug dealing.
Style:
surreal, humorous, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, insomnia, drug dealer, gangster, on the run, youth, love affair, teenage life, dark humor, psychopath, countryside, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, friends, parents and children, youth, lifestyle, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, independent film, gloomy ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, island, dysfunctional family, homecoming, uncover truth, self discovery, family life, parents and children, couples, family problems, introspection ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
maine, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When young Turkish talent Kutlug Ataman wanted to make a film about transvestites, the first location he had in mind was Istanbul. As he developed the script, his thought was to place these marginal characters, who are subject to societal prejudices ...
Style:
sexual, touching, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, transvestism, lgbt, homosexual, friendship, self discovery, couples, lifestyle, introspection, social misfits, society, discrimination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, baghdad iraq
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Antoine has what every young single man could wish: a promising career, true and loyal friends, and an apartment of his own. However, he's a lonely man, until he meets Clara, a beautiful and exciting woman, and deeply falls in love with her. ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
lovers reunited, brother sister relationship, couples, self discovery, introspection, parents and children, fall in love, midlife crisis, love affair, thirtysomething life, family relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, argentina
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, sex with stepmother, infidelity, love triangle, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, estrangement, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, memphis, russia
Similarity:
83%
635
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Mexican immigrant new to Los Angeles enters into a love triangle with two very different women.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, freeze frame ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, family relations, love and romance, couples, relationship vs career, single parent, lifestyle, musician's life, unfulfilled love, family business, fall in love, father son relationship ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay club, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, unrequited love, gay slur, glbt, best friend, betrayal, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
lyon, france, europe, algeria, new york ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan ...
Style:
romantic, touching, captivating, depressing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, gangster, love affair, family relations, asian, marriage, orphan, threat, marriage of convenience, cancer, outsider, love story ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
east asia, asia, south korea, korea
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The protagonist is Carmen X, a female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the ...
Style:
experimental, erotic, art house, psychedelic, contemplative ...
Plot:
erotica, sex, male nudity, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, kidnapping, terrorism, bank, eroticism, gang, nudity, coitus ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
musician, young lovers, sexuality, love affair, youth, couple relations, fall in love, actor's life, musician's life, lifestyle, actor, living together ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, connecticut ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, romantic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, teenage life, military life, fall in love, love affair, youth, prank, basic training, coming of age, nudity, strip club, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1980
Place:
new york, south carolina, new york state, california, naples italy ...
Similarity:
82%
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