Movies like Change of Habit
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Change of Habit (1969)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Only a few songs as Elvis plays it straight as Dr John Carpenter. Mary Tyler Moore stars opposite as an incognito nun with a mission to help Dr Elvis clean up the ghetto he lives in. Can the King compete against God for Mary's heart?
Style:
psychotronic, political, cult classic, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, captivating, realistic, cult film
Plot:
nun, autism, elvis presley, church, clergy, nunsploitation, forbidden love, rape, passionate kiss, monk, disability, fall in love, convent, love and romance, society, moral dilemma, doctors and patients, clinic, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, martial arts, ghetto, fight, karate, heroes ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and feel good films with plots about love and romance, male female relationship, fall in love, singer, love, musician and society mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Change of Habit: Double Trouble (1967), Follow That Dream (1962), Pieces of Dreams (1970), Right This Way Folks! (1964), Running on Empty (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When singer Gut Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, passionate kiss, music, twins, age difference, musician, gangster, fall in love, chase, disorder, couples, wooing ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe, england, brussels ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes ...
Style:
retro, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
elvis presley, rock, passionate kiss, bike, youth, fall in love, gambling, disorder, friends, chase, orphan, starting over ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their "adopted" ...
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
elvis presley, music, surfing, singer, passionate kiss, homestead, family relations, casino, adoption, gambling, gangster, twins ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
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42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young priest (Robert Forster) questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot:
forbidden love, sex with a priest, church, hospital, celibacy, pregnancy, fall in love, gender, society, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians, hopes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Elvis plays a bad-boy singer roaming the highways on his Japanese motorcycle; laid up after an accident, he joins a carnival owned by the feisty Barbara Stanwyck.
Style:
psychotronic, retro, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
elvis presley, motorcycle, music, lovers, circus, gender bending, love, karate, greaser, couples, family relations, hopes ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey, hawaii, egypt
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been ...
Style:
touching, serious, political, feel good, retro ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, music, musician, hidden identity, radical, follow your dream, love, haunted by the past, parents and children, eccentric family, hopes, rebelliousness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1988, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, oakland california, usa, yale university ...
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30%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
interracial relations, friendship, culture clash, street life, social decay, tragic love, social differences, opposites attract, unlikely couple, musician's life, racism, love affair ...
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is travelling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, assassination, fish out of water, partner, goofy hero, opposites attract, blind ambition, desire for fame, nothing goes right, rivalry, disorder, palace intrigue ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, pakistan
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Story:
Tommy is a troubled young man with a history of crime. When he meets Memaw, an elderly lady, the two form a special bond with Memaw encouraging Charlie to sing in the local church choir, a talent he has ignored until now. While Charlie excels in ...
Style:
christian film, uplifting, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
musician's life, self discovery, church, starting over, society, family relations, religions or cults, hopes, christian, faith, singing, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Elvis is a singing rodeo rider who drifts into an expensive dude ranch patronized by wealthy glamour girls. The owner, Vera Radford, hires Elvis as a stable man. Pretty physical fitness trainer Pam Merritt has a letter from her late grandfather ...
Style:
psychotronic, retro, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, aerobics, karate, rodeo, ranch, letter, love, rock and roll, music, couples, farm, friends ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, romantic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, teenage life, military life, fall in love, love affair, youth, prank, basic training, coming of age, nudity, strip club, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1980
Place:
new york, south carolina, new york state, california, naples italy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A struggling country singer meets a Nashville songwriter in need of inspiration. Teaming up to write a song, their work gets complicated but results in both a hit song...and true love.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, country music, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unlikely couple, transformation, songwriter, self discovery, small town, relationship vs career, happy ending, inspiration ...
Place:
nashville tennessee
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to ...
Style:
sensual, grindhouse, naughty, cult classic, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nunsploitation, convent, abbess, nun, erotica, porn, fetish, clergy, church, sex scene, inheritance, artist ...
Time:
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Place:
italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee) comes to visit his sister and finds that the town is being overrun with members of the Arian brotherhood. These Arian brothers certainly weren't expecting a Taekwondo expert to show up. Tommy and his sister's ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but overbearing father, a cellist determined to manage his son's career. While Sasha prepares for a critical recital that will launch him on a path ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, independent film
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, musician's life, follow your dream, culture clash, self discovery, family relations, hopes, love and romance, parents and children, lifestyle, music band, society ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, sincere, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
passionate kiss, racism, gambling, marriage, love, jealousy, small town, interracial relations, family problems, injustice, black, small town life ...
Time:
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Place:
florida
Similarity:
23%
539
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Jamaica, Norway, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
jamaican, rastafarian, reggae, love, music, couples, fall in love, lifestyle, contests and competitions, unfulfillment, ambition, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jamaica, africa
Similarity:
23%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Style:
hood, cult classic, stylized, talky, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, coming of age, friendship, urban, black, drug dealing, ambition, family relations, self discovery, social differences, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia, hawaii, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
hip hop, music, rapper, midlife crisis, hip hop culture, career, destiny, drug abuse, friendship, black, profanity, ghetto ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
memphis, southern usa, tennessee, usa, egypt ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, romantic drama, romantic, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
singer, country music, fame, showbiz, friendship, brother brother relationship, alcoholic, alcoholism, addiction, concert, musician, drinking problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, america, memphis, boston, arizona
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. Yet for him, "every day is a great day to be alive," an attitude he gained from his mother's unwavering optimism ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
mute or deaf, fall in love, couples, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, musician's life, unfulfillment, misfit, parents and children, deaf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a group.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
anorexia, mental illness, blonde, songwriter, friendship, music band, pop music, music, friends, musician's life, self discovery, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1981, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kid Galahad is a 1962 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. The movie was filmed on location in Idyllwild, California and is noted for having a strong supporting cast. Most critics rate it as one of Presley's best performances. The ...
Style:
psychotronic, esoteric, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
elvis presley, bike, meme, music, friends, tough heroes, hopes, underdog, ambition, athlete's life, supportive spouse, contests and competitions ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John-John is young and black, growing up with his mother and stepfather in a boring suburb south of Stockholm. On one of the last days of the summer vacation, they rescue 10-year old Patricia from drowning at a public bath in Vinterviken in Lake ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
forbidden love, abusive stepfather, racism, school, painting, teenager, swimming pool, burglary, young love, insurance fraud, love, stepfather ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
interracial relations, forbidden love, sikh, love and romance, fall in love, couples, society, soldier, political unrest, social relations, muslim, male female relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A girl tries to become the top star in the glamorous world of Go-Go Dancing.
Style:
sexy, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
go go dancer, hitchhiker, exploitation, christmas, sexy girls, hippie, beer, dancing, waitress, desire for fame, ambition, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new mexico
Similarity:
21%
133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, love and romance, happy ending, couples, teen romance, dancer, ballet, dance school, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, rivalry, african american, motorcycle, singer, music, redemption, dysfunctional family, rock band, possessiveness, skinny dipping, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
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Place:
minneapolis minnesota, minnesota, usa, north america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, romantic, independent film
Plot:
vietnam war, political unrest, rebelliousness, interracial relations, love affair, hopes, society, self discovery, military, love and romance, human spirit, racism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
forbidden love, against the odds, unlikely couple, opposites attract, social differences, religions or cults, couples, fall in love, love and romance, society, young lovers, tragic love ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
21%
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