Movies like Dying to Belong
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Dying to Belong (1997)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a girls friend is killed by a college hazing, she is the only one who can find out the truth.
Style:
sad, psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
college, love, troubled teen, campus, sorority, investigation, death, university, humiliation, degradation, tasks, roommate, boyfriend, bail, youth, student life, contests and competitions, siblings relations, college life, power relations, violence, friendship, bully, house, mockery ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about youth, college, friendship, college life, student life, friends and couples mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dying to Belong: She Cried No (1996), Poison Friends (2006), Nancy, Please (2012), A Reason to Believe (1995), Betrayed at 17 (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman is date-raped and tries to press charges.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Time:
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52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sorority gal Charlotte's innocence is lost after she is raped during a frat party. Confused, terrified and shunned by her peers, she finds solace and the courage to confront her attacker after she is befriended by the leader of a campus ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
fraternity, rape, college, friendship, wild party, couples, friends, animal life, injustice, strong sexual content, sexual abuse, sexual relations ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A promising track star, 18 year old Jesse Brenner struggles with binge drinking during her freshman year of college.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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33%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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