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Lana's Rain (2002)
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Lana's Rain (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: This powerful, hard-edged crime drama explores the dark side of the American immigrant experience and dares to ask, "How far would you go to survive?" Lana’s only chance to escape the war-torn Balkans is her long-lost brother, Darko, a street-smart gangster with enemies intent on revenge. Isolated at first by her inability to speak English, Lana desperately hopes that she and her brother can achieve the American dream that she can only glimpse. But her illusions are shattered as she is forced to survive by any means possible on the mean streets of Chicago. As she gets pulled deeper and deeper into her brother’s criminal world while a steely determination grows in her heart, Lana must risk her own life to overcome Darko and his pursuers if she hopes to finally realize her dream.
Style: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, gloomy, independent film
Plot: survival, starting over, prostitute, life is a bitch, society, criminal heroes, urban ghetto life, gangster, immigrant, sexual content, revenge, betrayal, profanity, showbiz, urban, city life, siblings relations, urban ghetto, violent content, escape, prostitution, heroin, bosnian war, brother sister relationship, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: chicago, usa, bosnia herzegovina
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and bleak films with plots about society, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, urban, juvenile delinquency and city life mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Lana's Rain: Illtown (1996), Zooey (2006), Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999), Five Star (2014), The Stick Up Kids (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Illtown (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Dante and his girlfrend Micky run a very profitable drug operation in a seaside town, aided and abetted by a host of teens who sell the smack at discos around town, as well as by Lucas, a corrupt cop who's on the take. Their downfall comes when ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, surreal, gloomy ...
Plot: deaf, profanity, religions or cults, urban ghetto, tough heroes, vengeance, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, social misfits, gays and lesbians, law enforcement, going straight ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1920s
Place: miami, florida, new jersey
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Zooey (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Angel and Zooey are not your typical newlyweds. Zooey is a professional prostitute and Angel is a drug dealer. Yet they are not without hopes and dreams, of escaping their life in the streets and starting a new in a fresh painted cottage with picked ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy
Plot: love affair, going straight, lifestyle, addiction, drug abuse, love and romance, hopes, youth, society, life is a bitch, downfall, survival ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bobby G. lives life on the edge in this real, raw New York street drama. Bobby is a small-time coke dealer, always on the hustle but rarely successful. He lives in Hell's Kitchen with his Puerto Rican girlfriend Lucy, who makes ends meet as a ...
Style: independent film, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, jewish mob, prostitute, poverty, gangster, urban ghetto, society, going straight, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, redemption ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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34%
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Five Star (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot: gang, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, teaching the ways of the world, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, society, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Stick Up Kids (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: People always told Santos he was something special. His Uncle told him to get a skill, so he became a hustler and with his three,they became "The Stick Up Kids" Harlem would never be the same. They thought they had it all... Money, cars, ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, gang, friends, buddies, criminal's revenge, urban ghetto life, dishonesty, society, cons and scams, black, african american, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
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30%
The Street King (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: gang, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, police detective, destiny, law enforcement, siblings relations, blind ambition, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, shakespeare ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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27%
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Zig Zag (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An autistic 15-year-old boy steals money from his boss to provide rent for his abusive father, who uses the money to repay a loan shark.
Style: serious, touching, rough, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: rebelliousness, life is a bitch, teenage life, society, terminal illness, underdog, mental illness, family in crisis, parents and children, loan, urban ghetto life, autism ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Into Temptation (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A call girl goes to a priest to confess a sin she hasn't committed yet: she plans to kill herself on her next birthday. Then she disappears and he goes looking for her, enlisting the help of an ad hoc congregation of troubled souls along the ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: woman in danger, forgiveness, redemption, obsession, clergy, prostitute, society, priest, sin, illegal prostitution, suicide, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Through the Valley (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An innocent man framed for murder, and the system that just wants another minority conviction.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: murder, racism, redemption, fighting the system, protagonist as suspect, going straight, injustice, frame up, legal, society, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Wee Man (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, dishonesty, vengeance, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, society, life is a bitch, frame up, lighthouse ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Brother's Kiss (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot: downfall, haunted by the past, society, life is a bitch, going straight, family problems, down on your luck, addiction, dysfunctional family, hopes, re-education, drug abuse ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa, harlem
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25%
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1 Out of 7 (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, rough, independent film ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: homeless, teenage life, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, love, dysfunctional family, society, youth, family problems, pregnancy, escape, loneliness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Our America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, emotional, controversial ...
Plot: journalism, murder, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, social decay, teenage life, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, idealism ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Ten Benny (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of a young shoe salesman whose overestimation of his own sharpness leads to gambling debts, pissed-off loan sharks, and overall misery.
Style: independent film, contemplative, gloomy, realistic, serious ...
Plot: profanity, violent content, gangster, best friend, sexual content, friendship, dangerous animal, twentysomething life, down on your luck, gambling, working class, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey
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24%
Thicker Than Water (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, two rival gang leaders are also trying to be music producers. When DJ's equipment shorts out and Lonzo is cut out of the action by a record producer, the two join forces, which also requires a tentative peace between gangs. With ...
Style: hood, independent film, realistic, serious, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hip hop, urban, ghetto, rapper, discrimination, hip hop culture, black, drug dealing, gang, partner, gangster, rise and fall ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, new orleans, california, usa, south central los angeles
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23%
The Resurrection of a Bastard (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A criminal from Amsterdam barely surviving a liquidation. An old Frisian farmer bent on revenge. An illegal immigrant with uncertain prospects. Eventually, they meet under an ancient oak tree. Beyond the last town.
Style: stylized, tense, rough, serious, anthology ...
Plot: introspection, gangster, immigrant, life is a bitch, hopes, society, down on your luck, criminal heroes, dark humor, countryside, misfit, criminal
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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23%
If Nothing Else Works Out (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, danger, drug abuse, social decay, society, drug dealing, prostitute, unemployment, lgbt, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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23%
Sucker Free City (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, bleak, tense ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, gangster, racism, life is a bitch, social decay, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, city life, police investigation, dysfunctional family, law enforcement ...
Place: usa, san francisco
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22%
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The Bridge to Nowhere (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of 20-something blue-collar workers in Pittsburgh cook up a scheme to make extra money that involves prostitution. Their business takes off, then gets way out of hand.
Style: serious, rough, suspense, bleak, realistic
Plot: prostitute, working class, friendship, illegal prostitution, society, rise and fall, danger, coming of age, escapades, life is a bitch, woman peeing, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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22%
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Anne B. Real (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot: hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, family life, urban ghetto life, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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22%
Like a Puppet Out of Strings (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two Brothers; Tom and Felipe, have moved up the ranks of the street gangs because they have no greater devotion than the protection of each other. Luis, former gang member, is now a cop, his life having been turned around by Angelica, a female cop. ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: juvenile delinquency, going straight, gang, redemption, law enforcement, youth, society, urban ghetto, murder, brother brother relationship, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time: future
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Laws of Gravity (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jimmy and Jon are a couple of Brooklyn guys who somehow never found their way into workaday society; they never found their way into big-time crime, either.
Style: neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: american mafia, mafia, urban ghetto, criminal heroes, misfit, society, arms dealing, social misfits, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, life is a bitch, city life ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: babies and infants, adoption, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, orphanage, spy, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: hood, inspirational, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: black, urban, boot camp, ghetto, thug life, prison, black man, black history, blaxploitation, thug, drug dealing, drug dealer ...
Time: 90s
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21%
Without Destination (2002)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: coming of age, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, society, sexual abuse, drug abuse, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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21%
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Riot (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Style: independent film, anthology, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: racism, black lives matter, discrimination, nypd, civil rights, hip hop, hip hop culture, die hard, drug addiction, rebellion, violent content, society ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: america, los angeles, south central los angeles, usa
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21%
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Bullet Boy (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, rough, hood ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, gang, youth, juvenile delinquency, urban, life is a bitch, going straight, kids in trouble, social decay, friendship, orphan, society ...
Place: england, africa, london, europe
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21%
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Cairo Exit (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, rough, bleak
Plot: social decay, unfulfilled love, social differences, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, realism, society, life is a bitch, single parent, love and romance, working class ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east, africa, cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Beat (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gang, poetry, teenage life, fighting the system, youth, idealism, rebellion, life is a bitch, society, dedicated educator, stoner, school ...
Time: year 1988, 80s
Place: new york
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21%
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The Citizen (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S. Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11…and the events of the September ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: american dream, starting over, immigrant, society, hopes, 9/11, rivalry, arab, legal, lawyer, urban, city ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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