Movies like Vegas 2009
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Vegas (2009)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
friendship, family relations, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, social misfits, young heroes, child abuse, teenage girl, teenage boy, foster child, adolescence, abusive father, alcoholic father, friends, misfit, down on your luck, siblings relations, obsessive quest, unlikely partners, ship, cat, violence, party, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Vegas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and touching films with plots about youth, coming of age, friendship, family relations, life is a bitch, boy and friends mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Vegas: Princess (2014), Just Like the Son (2006), Sivas (2014), A Time in Quchi (2013), The Rocket (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, hopes, warning, coming of age, rebelliousness, human spirit, exile, siblings relations, reform, family relations, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
romania, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar's role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy.
Style:
realistic, serious, erotic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
forbidden sex, pedophilia, mother daughter relationship, teenage sexuality, dysfunctional family, rape, family relations, parents and children, friendship, pedophile, friends, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
adoption, friendship, family relations, custody, on the road, introspection, petty criminal, redemption, hopes, road trip, boy, foster home ...
Place:
new york, usa, texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, dog, danger, life is a bitch, society, coming of age, child, boy, little boy, pets, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bao stays with his grandfather for the summer and is shocked to see there are no modern appliances.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, family problems, friends, family relations, parents and children, elderly, youth, countryside, school, little boy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive dam, Ahlo escapes with his ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, down on your luck, parents and children, contests and competitions, society, human spirit, friendship, family relations, post war, change of luck, boy, children ...
Place:
asia, thailand
Similarity:
25%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
losing-it hero, single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, introspection, teenage life, bullying, youth, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
313
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Milo, an isolated 10-year-old boy with 'sensitive skin', lives a life rigidly controlled by his father. Sparked by his first friendship, he runs away from home to attend the school camping trip - but never arrives. He falls into the hands ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, friendship, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, friends, father son relationship, disease, runaway child, self discovery, hiking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
24%
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813
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
12-year-old Eli finds himself at summer CAMP
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, christian film ...
Plot:
child abuse, boy, summer camp, camp counselor, youth, kids in trouble, friendship, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a ...
Style:
psychological, rough, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, male nudity, friendship, teenage boy, rebellion, life is a bitch, social misfits, rebelliousness, youth, friends, escape from reality, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
23%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
441
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The friendship of two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – begins to fall apart under the stress of a changing world.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
farm, friendship, teenage life, social relations, social differences, family relations, youth, love and romance, coming of age, friends, interracial relations, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from ...
Style:
realistic, tense, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, boy, youth, family relations, friendship, society, culture clash, working class, german history, aftermath, nordic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, 50s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
279
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, sexual awakening, youth, teenage life, teenage love, family relations, parents and children, bittersweet, teenage boy, teenage girl, nude young male, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, drug, teenage boy, coming of age, death threat, depression, couples, love and romance, love, youth, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, gloomy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boy, youth, life is a bitch, coming of age, bullying, child murder, social misfits, misfit, vengeance, teenage boy, humiliation, youth gang ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
kazakhstan, asia
Similarity:
20%
775
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, precocious child, police, redemption, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Moa is in her early 20s, works at a factory and lives by herself in a cottage in the forest. She is a vegan and follows her friends and demonstrations, mostly to fit in. But at home, by herself, she listens to pop music and use make-up.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
vegetarian, small town, family relations, youth, teenage life, friendship, teenager, relationships, coming of age, feminism, aging, adoption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Coming-of-Age drama telling the story of the strong bond between Xavier and his little brother Jacques and their struggle to remain together despite all odds.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sentimental, poignant ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, brother brother relationship, summer, rebelliousness, forceful separation, family relations, life turned upside down, countryside, boy, adolescence, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
orphan, youth, adoption, friendship, family relations, foster parent, foster child, mother son relationship, foster home, father son relationship, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille she slacks her school work, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is ...
Style:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
revenge, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, high school life, bullying, youth, social misfits, drug abuse, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
20%
372
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, parents and children, life is a bitch, teenage life, redemption, shoplifting, mistaken identity, society, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The ...
Style:
rough, serious, touching, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
woods, misfit, mentally unstable, leaving home, life is a bitch, friendship, young heroes, mental illness, mental institution, loneliness, mental disorder, psychology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, Belgium, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After experiencing a tragedy, Irish brothers Dara and Eoin move to rural France, where they become friends with young Bella, whose beauty and charm bewitches the emotionally unstable Dara.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, youth, family relations, teenage love, love and romance, unfulfillment, couples, friendship, society, problem child, arson ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, ireland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family problems, obsessive quest, escapades, innocence lost, danger, childhood sweetheart, child romance, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Similarity:
19%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, homeless, family relations, youth, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, pregnancy, drifter, destiny, false accusation ...
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a friend. The two get closer and fall in love, but face turmoil.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
city life, couples, society, immigrant, redemption, friendship, youth, love, love story, family relations, age difference, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
399
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
19 year old Wojtek lives in a poverty stricken Polish town. He is in love with an older woman, an illegal emigrant from Ukraine. He boxes in illegal matches to get money and is spotted by a man running a security business. Accepting this man's ...
Style:
bleak, rough, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, couples, contests and competitions, gangster, couple relations, unlikely couple, immigrant, misfit, ambition, social decay, social misfits, chance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious
Plot:
piano, boarding school, lgbt, teenage girl, colonization, power relations, injustice, couples, friends, family relations, society, social misfits ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
australia, melbourne, new zealand
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Centred around greyhound racing in a Catholic community after the "Troubles" have ended but where their legacy remains strong. Donal is a 14-year old who works in a greyhound racing kennel owned by Good Joe. If Donal's favourite ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
dog, youth, against the odds, friendship, contests and competitions, animal training, family relations, hopes, coming of age, parents and children, animal life, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
19%
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