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My Name Ain't Johnny (2008)
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Original name: Meu Nome não é Johnny
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the 90's, In Rio de Janeiro, the middle-class João Guilherme Estrella is introduced to the world of drugs consuming maconha and cocaine first and later becoming a drug-dealer with many connections inclusive in Europe. However, he spends all the money he makes in his addiction, parties with clients and friends and travels, never structuring or organizing a network or saving money. When he is arrested, he is sent to the prison first and later to the judicial asylum for treatment, reintegrating to the society. Presently João is a successful musical producer.
Style:
stylized, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, hood, crime drama, spectacular, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
prison, drug lord, addiction, life is a bitch, drug dealing, ambition, partner, buddies, couple relations, friendship, prison life, couples, rehabilitation, starting over, confined, drug abuse, downfall, hopes, criminal heroes, drug dealer, lifestyle change, career change, drastic change of life, drug addict, criminal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 1990s
Place:
rio de janeiro, south america, venice, latin america, brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and stylized films with plots about biopic, drug, life is a bitch, gangster, prison, violence and gang mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like My Name Ain't Johnny: Goodfellas (1990), VIPs (2010), Beneath the Surface (1997), Boss of Bosses (2001), Chopper (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 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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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, emotional, rough
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, cynical, rough, brutal, dark ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
criminal, prison, true crime, convict, brutality, prison life, dark humor, character study, gangster, murder, eccentricity, judge ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, rough, powerful ...
Plot:
racism, bullying, interracial relations, lifestyle, self discovery, going straight, rise to the top, parents and children, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Style:
factual, serious, rough, exciting, brutal ...
Audience:
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Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, cocaine, latinx lead, pablo escobar, colombian drug cartel, assassination, lovers, congress, drug traffic, drug dealing, fighting crime ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, brutal, enigmatic, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
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Place:
finland, helsinki finland
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style:
black and white, psychological, atmospheric, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, intense, entertaining, bad ending, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, ecuador, south america, usa ...
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31%
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
stylized, serious, disturbing, surreal, talky ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
gay, drug addiction, addiction, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, drug, life is a bitch, celebrity culture, party, drug addict, friends, social misfits ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
new york, indiana, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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30%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
hopes, politics, fighting the system, idealism, rebellion, love and romance, danger, blind ambition, state affairs, society, youth, rebelliousness ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Brazil, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual, murder, gay subtext, biopic, legal, rise and fall, criminal heroes, confined, society, death row, gay ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
factual, suspense, brutal, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, uplifting
Plot:
redemption, prison, cartel, jail, drug smuggling, drug, drug rehab, changing lives, change of heart, lifestyle change, war on drugs, drug dealer ...
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, stylized, black and white ...
Plot:
athlete's life, soccer, passionate love, lifestyle, rise and fall, womanizer, life is a bitch, rivalry, couples, bad attitude, drug abuse, contests and competitions ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, emotional, teen, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, drug, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug overdose, teenager, high school, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, near future, 60s, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new york, seattle, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In this fact-based film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
death row, murder, death sentence, prison, courtroom drama, price of justice, confined, going straight, journalism, legal, true crime, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
utah, usa
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28%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, intense, cynical, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
hood, stylized, harsh, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, ghetto, rap, rapper, gangster, urban ghetto life, redemption, music, urban, rags to riches, male pubic hair, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
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677
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough, biting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas
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