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100% Arabic (1997)
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100% Arabic (1997)
Original name: 100% Arabica
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The movie takes place in a poverty-stricken, rent-controlled neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris. Algerian immigrants, many of whom are in France illegally, the place has earned the nickname of "100%Arabica". It's a rough neighborhood - crime is rampant, gangs of juvenile delinquents roam the streets, and the police are afraid to patrol the area. When the out-of-touch mayor decides that he wants to restore order to the area, he offers a subsidy to Slimane, the imam of the local mosque. If Slimane can get people off the streets, the mayor will continue the payments. Soon the byways of 100%Arabica are almost peaceful - but not because of something Slimane has done. The reason is that a new Rai Band, Rap Oriental, has taken the neighborhood by storm...
Style: humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic, semi serious
Plot: arab, disco, satire, culture clash, immigrant, ghost, music, politics, friends, hip hop, music band, life is a bitch, interracial relations, follow your dream, society, opposites attract, ambition, juvenile delinquency, social decay, buddies, artists and showbiz, urban ghetto life, religions or cults, urban ghetto, musician ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: africa, paris france, france
Keyword: arabic

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about artists and showbiz, friends, music, music band, band, ambition and musician's life mostly in Music, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like 100% Arabic: Loins of Punjab Presents (2007), Marci X (2003), Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000), Disco (2008), Svengali (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Loins of Punjab Presents (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: India, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, mockumentary ...
Plot: immigrant, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, contests and competitions, hotshot hero, hip hop culture, music, punjabi, gays and lesbians, hip hop, town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, india, usa, asia
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Marci X (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: hip hop, interracial relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, opposites attract, love and romance, disorder, family relations, music, media, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: usa, new york
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Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, cult classic ...
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Time: 20th century, 90s
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Disco (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, normandy
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Svengali (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sincere
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Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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Eternity: The Movie (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Time: 80s, 20th century
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Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
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Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, california
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City of Rock (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: China
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young musician from a small town in China tries to save his town's treasured Rock Park by organizing a charity rock concert.
Style: semi serious, realistic, light, humorous, sentimental
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Electric Apricot (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
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Duration: 92 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Elvis Gratton, dead for three days, came back to life. First man to revive 2,000 years, it is slowly recuperating from her experience in the hospital. Accompanied by his friend and brother-Meo, he left then relax in the countryside. There he was ...
Style: cult classic, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: disorder, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, society, showbiz, miraculous event, reincarnation, talking car, impostor, singer, hospital, musician ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Killing Bono (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: desire for fame, follow your dream, friends, ambition, teenage life, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, rivalry, rock and roll, family relations, youth, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
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David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: music, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, obsession, down on your luck, disorder, on the road, satire, office, direction and purpose, longing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Cupcakes (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, realistic
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
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Style: realistic, not serious, humorous
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Time: 21st century
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My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This brutally honest comedy depicts the Jewish-Italian wedding reception of Lisa Weinstein (Deborah Gibson), as guests can't help but notice the romantic sparks among Lisa, the groom (Joey Scherr), the maid of honor (Mo Gaffney) and the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, clever, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Podium (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and have a son. He used to have antother profession: to be French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, surprise ending
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Time: 2000s, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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A Mighty Wind (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, funny, talky, stylized ...
Plot: music, satire, musician, folk singer, singer, love and romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, buddies, lifestyle, lovers reunited ...
Time: 2000s, 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.
Style: grindhouse, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: rock band, dancing, religious, music, cowboy, musician, on the road, special agent, friends, ego clash, musician's life, performer's life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: russia, latin america, siberia, coney island brooklyn new york city, warsaw poland ...
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Sugar Town (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, witty, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot: music, rock, addiction, musician, music band, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, musician's life, couple relations, buddies ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
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Pop Redemption (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A black metal band it is about to split up. In their way to one last gig at Hellfest festival an accidental death triggers numerous misadventures to four metalheads.
Style: exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: teens
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, suspense ...
Plot: rock, rise and fall, punk, partner, best friend, music, rivalry, artists and showbiz, music band, friendship, ambition, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Swing (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a suburb of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ten year old boy, Max, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother. He hears Manouche gypsy Romani music being played in a local bar, and loves it. He goes to visit the gypsies in search of a guitar, ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: coming of age, musician's life, teaching the ways of the world, social differences, youth, artists and showbiz, young lovers, society, interracial relations, social misfits, music, gypsy ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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CB4 (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't apear to know as much about rap music ...
Style: spoof, mockumentary, black comedy, hood, funny ...
Plot: hip hop, music, black, urban, rock and roll, hip hop culture, fictional band, satire, gangster, shaman, stoner, ghetto ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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45%
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Bandwagon (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Tony gets fired from his job. He's not really sad about this because he prefers writing songs and playing the guitar. He meets the drummer Charlie and they decide to start a band, although Tony is afraid of playing in front of other people. He ...
Style: independent film, realistic, not serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: rock and roll, monkey, coming of age, rivalry, friendship, friends, music, ego clash, lifestyle, music band, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, seattle, usa, georgia, alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Habana Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle, follow your dream, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, rock and roll, couples, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a famous band called the Silver Boulders break up, Nat and Alex Wolff go into depression.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: youth, family relations, family life, music band, artists and showbiz, musician's life, siblings relations, music, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Spike Island (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sad
Audience: teens
Plot: music band, ambition, follow your dream, teenage life, teenage love, friendship, music business, coming of age, love and romance, hopes, youth, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: manchester, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
Style: road movie, humorous, funny, satirical, light ...
Plot: music, road trip, rock and roll, music business, music band, career, family relations, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, dream, dancing, rock band ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: usa, mexico, russia, finland, new orleans ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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