Movies like Hop 2002

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Hop (2002)
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Hop (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: All young Justin and his father want to do is sit down and enjoy watching a soccer game together. When this simple act sparks a chain of events leading to Justin running from the law, the boy must now embark on a thrilling adventure to reunite with his father. In order to fight the system, however, he must enlist the help of a former anarchist, and together they'll need to apply the secret of the Hop.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, thought provoking, biting, suspense
Plot: anarchist, father son relationship, introspection, moral dilemma, parents and children, fighting the system, teenage life, society, jail, soccer match, terrorism, police, bomb, illegal alien, black boy, politics, rebellion, stash, immigrant, school, writers, football player, alcoholic, exile, housekeeper ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: africa, germany, europe, congo, belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
Keyword: dutch, belgian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and thought provoking films with plots about society, family relations, parents and children, rebellion, youth, fighting the system and teenage life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Hop: The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), Freedom Song (2000), The Navigators (2001), Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011), Boxed (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands, France, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
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Freedom Song (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
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The Navigators (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
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Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 101 min.
Story: After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In ...
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Boxed (2002)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 80 min.
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A.L.F. (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: What happened, that 24th of December? This is what officer Chartier wants to find out. To understand, he will have to go back 48 hours earlier to Franck's Christmas eve. Franck is an insignificant drama-teacher by day, but also belongs to a ...
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Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
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Work Hard, Play Hard (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
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A Week Alone (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
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La chinoise (1967)
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Bopha! (1993)
Genre: Drama
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Sins of the Father (2002)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Harvest (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
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