Movies like No Rest for the Brave

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No Rest for the Brave (2003)
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No Rest for the Brave (2003)
Original name: Pas de repos pour les braves
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A strange man is involved in a village massacre and drug dealing.
Style: experimental, humorous, surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, offbeat, serious, realistic, stylized
Plot: insomnia, drug dealer, gangster, losing-it hero, psychopath, dark humor, youth, love affair, teenage life, on the run, countryside, chase, dream, sleep disorder, village, coming of age, massacre, rural area, village life, criminal heroes, christmas, sex, gay, dancing, airplane ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and crying films with plots about friendship, drinking, kiss, friend, drink, father son relationship and money mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like No Rest for the Brave: The Adventures of Felix (2000), Full Speed (1996), Zappa (1983), Telling You (1998), Kings and Queen (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Adventures of Felix (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, sentimental, touching, lyrical ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, road trip, male nudity, lgbt, unemployment, friendship, youth, society, parents and children, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, marseille, europe, normandy
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95%
 6.2
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Full Speed (1996)
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, contemplative, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, glbt, best friend, betrayal, youth, friendship, love triangle, racism, homosexuality ...
Time: 90s
Place: lyon, france, europe, new york, algeria ...
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87%
 7.3
 3K
Zappa (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, emotional, crying
Plot: coming of age, boy, teenage boy, female nudity, nordic, rape, family relations, friendship, bare butt, vacation, teenager, male nudity ...
Time: 60s, year 1961
Place: denmark, scandinavia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 4.4
 815
Telling You (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind the counter of a pizza parlor while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, crying
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: college graduate, post college, friendship, college, old friend, flirting, slacker, friendship between men, lifestyle, love and romance, youth, down on your luck ...
Time: 90s
Place: south pole
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Kings and Queen (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Nora Cotterelle, a woman in her 30s is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens. While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced and has a son, Elias, whose father is dead. Nora's present relationship ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: terminal illness, adoption, family relations, parents and children, destiny, love and romance, single parent, couple relations, musician's life, life is a bitch, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Outside Providence (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law ...
Style: feel good, humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, high school life, father son relationship, family relations, prank, honest, high school, parents and children, american football, teenage life, student ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1999, y2k, 90s
Place: usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.8
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Intermission (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, touching, witty, melancholic ...
Plot: infidelity, justice, unlikely friendships, multiple storylines, eccentricity, couple relations, heist, love and romance, caper, existentialism, gangster, profanity ...
Time: year 2003
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.7
 25K
Starter for 10 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a ...
Style: feel good, witty, sweet, melancholic, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: university, coming of age, college, politics, social differences, unlikely friendships, happy ending, love triangle, student, buddies, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2000s, year 1985
Place: england, united kingdom, britain, europe, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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The Taste of Others (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Agnès Jaoui co-writes and directs this romantic comedy of manners set in France's rustic Provence. Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella (co-scripter Jean-Pierre Bacri) reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy ...
Style: biting, meditative, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot: infidelity, midlife crisis, bohemian life, extramarital affair, opposites attract, fish out of water, disorder, snobbism, couple relations, fall in love, adultery, artist ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place: france, paris france
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58%
 6.8
 294
The Doe Boy (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Style: psychological, serious, touching, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, native american, society, youth, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, american indian, indigenous people ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.9
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The Drummer (2007)
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: contemplative, realistic, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, martial arts, self discovery, redemption, rivalry, introspection, hopes, drummer, chase, business partner, training, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, taiwan, china, asia
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56%
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Yellow (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eight friends in Los Angeles spend their last evening together as they face graduation from high school and the onset of their adult lives. One of them gets in unexpected trouble when he loses a large sum of his dad's money. The friends rally ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, tense, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, friendship, friends, kids in trouble, rally, vigilantism, youth, society, unlikely criminals, race against time, culture clash, high school ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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54%
Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Style: funny, humorous, talky, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot: sleepwalking, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, adulthood, loser, marriage, mental illness, mental disorder, road trip, biopic ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, philadelphia, ohio, maryland ...
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Last Life in the Universe (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand, Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his lifeless apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of Nid, seconds before he was about to jump off a bridge. This brings ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, lyrical, psychological, serious ...
Plot: suicide attempt, suicide, friendship, self discovery, melancholy, perfectionist, loneliness, relationships, opposites attract, existentialism, couples, destiny ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003
Place: japan, thailand, east asia, bangkok thailand, asia ...
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1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home ...
Style: sexy, experimental, controversial, non-linear, surreal ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, milf, interracial relations, theft, first love, poverty, unemployment, teacher student relationship, children, death of boyfriend, mother daughter relationship, fear ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, france, marseille
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51%
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Blue Juice (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends ...
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 90s
Place: europe, england, london, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Some Prefer Cake (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In San Francisco, Kira has a day job at a warehouse, writes jokes for her sister (who does stand-up back East), wants to perform her own material, hangs out with best friend Sydney (who writes food reviews), and sleeps once with every woman she can. ...
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, food, restaurant, drag queen, stand up comedy, nudity, writers, birthday, dancer, dancing ...
Place: san francisco, milwaukee wisconsin
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46%
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The Wackness (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
Style: realistic, touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, first love, depression, high school, friendship, weed, drug, stoner ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, 20th century
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Testosterone (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dean has been stumped for some time in his attempt to produce a follow-up to "I was a Teenage Speed Freak," his incredibly successful graphic novel. His fans expect great things from him and his editor, Louise, is hounding him. Instead of ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
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Time: 21st century
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Forgive and Forget (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A jealousy erupts between two long-time friends as one is about to move in with his girlfriend. Now the friend must confront his long-hidden homosexuality. UK.
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
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Time: 90s
Place: europe, england, london, brighton
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, entertaining, sweet, intense ...
Plot: family drama, honest, dysfunctional family, love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, starting over, parents and children, family life, couples, human nature, couple relations, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: england, europe, glasgow scotland
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Youth in Revolt (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's ...
Style: surreal, teen, melancholic, semi serious, cynical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: teenager, coming of age, loss of virginity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, adolescence, teen angst, high school, virginity, shyness, teenage life, wooing ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, future, 21st century
Place: california, bay area, usa, oakland california, france
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43%
Monday Morning (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A story told quietly of Vincent a welder at a large and seemingly toxic plant along the Rhône, living in a village with his sons, wife, and mother, saying little to each other.
Style: humorous, psychological, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: midlife crisis, factory, friendship, working class, human nature, lifestyle, couple relations, social differences, crumbling marriage, parents and children, painting, alienation ...
Time: year 2002
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42%
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Three Dancing Slaves (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, three brothers, transsexual, lgbt, male nudity, dysfunctional family, working class, drug dealing, going straight, teenage life, family problems, youth ...
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Skipped Parts (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: coming of age, sex, virginity, friendship, high school, sexual awakening, single parent, youth, teenage life, love and romance, human nature, parents and children ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, 90s
Place: wyoming, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.1
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All the Rage (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: ALL THE RAGE takes a satirical and poignant look at one gay man's obsessive pursuit of physical, sexual, and romantic perfection. Christopher Bedford is everyone's fantasy. He's gorgeous, young, clever, rich, and above all, totally ...
Style: sexy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, satire, homosexuality, sexual content, eating disorder, thirtysomething life, couples, looking for love, twentysomething life, love affair ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 8.0
 6K
Tito and Me (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Goran Markovic, known more for his dramatic work, achieved something that's eluded many great filmmakers - both smart and funny comedy. Based loosely on his own life as a kid growing up in Tito's communist Yugoslavia in the 1950s, the ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, dictatorship, boy, world war two, traumatic childhood, totalitarian regime, satire, obsession, politics, dystopia, revolution ...
Time: year 1992, 50s, year 1954, 1950s
Place: balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia, eastern europe, bosnia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.7
 1K
Western (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, road movie ...
Audience: date night
Plot: family relations, on the road, countryside, friendship, partner, friends, couples, disorder, fish out of water, teaching the ways of the world, culture clash, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe, galicia, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
It Runs in the Family (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, gangster, courage, brutality, eccentric family, redemption, human nature, aging, couples, money, lawyer, marriage ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.0
 3K
Hidden Away (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: At the age of 14 the world around you changes at a dizzying speed. But what if actually it's you that changing? What if these changes take you away from what up until now, has been your world? Ibrahim and Rafa are going to suffer these changes ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, cute ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay love, gay teenager, gay slur, gay romance, closeted gay, teenage life, friendship between boys, outcast, deportation, gay youth, swimming pool ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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