Movies like White Men Can't Dance
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White Men Can't Dance (2012)
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Original name: Daddy Can't Dance
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pete Weaver has out of the break-dancing world for a long time and his father, and daughter needs expensive medical treatment. With training assistance from his old break-dancing buddies, he sets his sights on winning a competition that promises enough winnings to save his daughter's life.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
follow your dream, rivalry, unemployment, contests and competitions, buddies, loss of job, doctors and patients, death of loved one, death of father, loss of father, death of daughter, loss of loved one, loss of daughter
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about rivalry, family relations, youth, ambition, hopes, contests and competitions and society mostly in Drama, Family and Action genres. Some movies like White Men Can't Dance: Big Spender (2003), Virginia's Run (2002), All In (2006), The Stick Up Kids (2008), Call of the Wild (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
horse, redemption, rehabilitation, rider horse relationship, prison, against the odds, human spirit, follow your dream, ambition, parents and children, hopes, contests and competitions ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, trying to come to grips with the death of her mother in a horse-riding accident, nurtures the foal of her mother's horse.
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, serious
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, follow your dream, ambition, teenage life, against the odds, love and romance, hopes, youth, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rehabilitation, teaching the ways of the world ...
Place:
virginia, usa
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88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
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realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, doctor, medical school, rivalry, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ego clash, underdog, ambition, buddies, college ...
Place:
usa, texas
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85%
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, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, buddies, friends, urban ghetto life, society, dishonesty, cons and scams, african american, graphic violence, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Moyher's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas. Benny aces his studies, being a mathematical genius, but the one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot:
gambling, bookies, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, couples, fall in love, culture clash, college life, youth, follow your dream, buddies ...
Place:
arizona, las vegas, nevada, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds with a wolf-dog, Buck, and schemes to save him from a cruel dogsledder.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, captivating, contemplative
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family holiday, small town, young heroes, friendship, contests and competitions, friends, rivalry, human animal relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, countryside, dog, wolf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bullied high school student Tommy is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor, Matt, the school's most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkward friendship in order to enter a cooking contest ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, swimming, school, teenage life, youth, contests and competitions, rivalry, couples, bullying, coming of age, high school, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mac and his high school gangster buddies try to take over the world of sports betting in a city filled with crime, prostitution and gambling. When the Mafia gets involved, they do whatever it takes to keep these tough young-bloods off their turf.
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, high school, gangsters, ambition, sport team, buddies, football, friendship, rivalry, suspense, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, immigrants, society, legal action, babies and infants, life is a bitch, kidnapping, orphanage, undercover agent, spy, tough heroes, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who decides to run for Congress in order to protect the faith that he so loves.
Style:
serious, uplifting, realistic, feel good
Audience:
teens
Plot:
idealism, rivalry, ambition, teenage life, against the odds, parents and children, society, youth, campaign, high school, college, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
After suffering a career ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time....home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
baseball, ambition, rivalry, follow your dream, sport, hopes, contests and competitions, athlete's life, youth, haunted by the past, underdog, sport team ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Growing up in Las Vegas, Danny and Melissa meet at age eight and are destined to become life long friends. During their teen years they cling to each other for love and security but as they grow older their lives take different paths. Danny fills ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sincere
Plot:
baseball, americana, destiny, follow your dream, athlete's life, looking for love, major league, lifestyle, hopes, ambition, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, mafia, teenage life, tough heroes, rivalry, gangsters, vengeance, unlikely criminals, obsession, death of father, teenager, tommy gun ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a Pasie boy's view of his community in modern day Mumbai.
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, sentimental, serious
Plot:
family relations, rivalry, society, soccer, religions or cults, bigger dreams, brother brother relationship, love, friendship, city life, boy, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ikku, Mighty and Tomu live in Saitama, not exactly the coolest places to get involved in a wanna-be rap star lifestyle. But try they do with their freestyle rap band Sho-Gung. Yu Irie, who gained the Grand Prize at Yubari Fantastic Film Festival ...
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realistic, serious, captivating, stylized
Plot:
dull life, hip hop, music band, youth, buddies, hopes, suburbs
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tony "Wise" Good, is an internationally famous model. He fought his way out of the inner city and rocketed straight to the top. He had it all... The career, the trophy wife, fame, fortune and all the luxuries that come with success. But ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
rivalry, rise and fall, rise to the top, ambition, betrayal, lifestyle, dishonesty, fashion model, husband wife relationship, prison, nightmare comes true, fashion ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a Wall Street firm downsizes, a well-to-do trader (Glee's Mark Salling) finds himself living with his parents and driving their ice cream truck.
Style:
feel good, light, sincere, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family business, homecoming, unemployment, family relations, parents and children, society, bank, adolescence vs adulthood, self discovery, introspection, rivalry, unemployed ...
Time:
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Place:
new hampshire
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Argentina, UK, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
mountain, climbing, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, love triangle, wilderness, dream, mountain climbing, obsession, survival, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
patagonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, bleak
Plot:
friendship, rise to the top, ambition, dishonesty, intrigue, idealism, rivalry, obsession, society, family relations, love, environmentalism ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Barred from racing for breaking stride, a trotting horse finds a new career as a police officer's mount in Boston.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Plot:
horse, horse race, underdog, animal life, breeding, hidden identity, contests and competitions, ambition, hopes, boy horse relationship, horse trainer, girl horse relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Movies similar to Call of the Wild
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
civil rights, dog, friendship, youth, hopes, pets, family life, estrangement, wilderness, child's point of view, mother, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alabama, usa
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42%
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 ...
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realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, uplifting
Plot:
starting over, american dream, immigrants, society, hopes, 9/11, rivalry, lawyer, city, wrestler, lottery, urban
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve in the Arizona desert, a middle-aged man (Stephen Baldwin) and an old woman (K Callan) contemplate suicide. But through chance run-ins with strangers and perhaps some divine intervention, they cross paths and change each ...
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realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, christian film ...
Plot:
christmas, church, life is a bitch, redemption, family relations, unemployment, love and romance, clergy, society, hopes, small town, small town life ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel, where a strong-willed reformer (Courtney Patterson) and a corrupter of innocence battle over the fate ...
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
culture clash, society, mind game, prostitute, rivalry, nihilism, seduction, sexuality, brothel, repression, forbidden love, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lorie Walker ( Meagan Good), attends a ritzy private school in a small southern town. Raised by her grandmother Valerie ( Ruby Dee), she often daydreams of becoming a professional dancer. After a chance meeting with a renowned music video director, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, ambition, dancer's life, rise and fall, celebrity culture, follow your dream, life is a bitch, small town, rivalry, society, couples, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Style:
serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
space, nasa, chimpanzee, heroic mission, space travel, heroes, follow your dream, family relations, family life, race against time, satellite, animal life ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Beautiful and precocious Rivka is a twelve-year-old Jewish girl who believes in Jesus. She and her father attend a Messianic Jewish congregation in their community. But when her father suddenly dies, Rivka's life changes forever. She ends up ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, christian film
Plot:
society, love and romance, family relations, youth, culture clash, coming of age, social relations, religions or cults, fall in love, religion, death of father, jewish ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fifteen year old Megan Shephard and her parents will do anything to save their struggling farm. When they discover a wild stallion in a nearby forest they begin to wonder if this could be the answer to their prayers.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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38%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a 17-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted in her high school senior year, she finds herself divided between two boys, and she will have one last shot at making her dream a reality.
Style:
captivating, emotional, sincere, light
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dance school, one last chance, dancing, teenager, dancer, 17 year old, follow your dream, rivalry, love triangle, friendship, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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37%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.
Style:
uplifting, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hospital, parents and children, child illness, human spirit, family problems, couples, life is a bitch, last wish, death of daughter, family relations, dealing with death, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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