Movies like Suburbia

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Suburbia (1983)
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Suburbia (1983)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
Style: independent film, retro, political, social, psychotronic, period piece, indie film, serious, realistic, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk rock, punk, subculture, teenager, coming of age, friendship, dysfunctional family, skinhead, graffiti, runaway, outcast, friendship between men, punk music, punk rocker, suburbs, female nudity, alienation, rock, rock and roll, youth, distopia, rock music, street gang, anarchy, drug ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: california, los angeles, usa, southern california
Keyword: americana, branding

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and cult classic films with plots about youth, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug and society mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Suburbia: The Boys Next Door (1985), Joe (1970), Thirteen (2003), Dogs in Space (1986), Where the Day Takes You (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Boys Next Door (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trial of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
Style: disturbing, controversial, road movie, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, college, violence spree, brutality, hate crime, killing spree, big city, night, killer, exploitation, teenager ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Joe (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker ...
Style: suspense, cult classic, realistic, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot: murder, hospital, friendship, drug, vigilante, violence, working class, orgy, drinking, death, female nudity, killings ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Thirteen (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style: tense, teen, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, drug addiction, teenager, peer pressure, friendship, addiction, dysfunctional family, teenage protagonist, underage drinking, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, self harm ...
Time: year 2003, y2k, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dogs in Space (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The place is Melbourne, Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs In Space, a punk group, are part of it. In a squat, in a dodgy suburb, live a ragtag collection of outcasts and don't-wanna-be's who survive on a ...
Style: independent film, art house, psychotronic, dark, serious ...
Plot: rock and roll, rock, drug addiction, club, australian aboriginal, alienation, subculture, drug abuse, punk, punk rock, friendship, coming of age ...
Time: 70s, 60s, year 1978
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Where the Day Takes You (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence and bureaucratic indifference all pose threats to the kids, who nevertheless prefer this harsh life to going back to their families. King, ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage prostitution, prostitution, homelessness, realism, homeless, runaway, hustler, coming of age, drug addiction, troubled youth, criminality, street kid ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Class of 1984 (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Andy is a new teacher at a inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. There is metal detectors at the front door and everything is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and ...
Style: grindhouse, disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, punk, teacher, revenge, gang, violence, rape, bullying, juvenile delinquency, sexual cruelty, vigilante, school ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with ...
Style: retro, realistic, serious
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, punk rock, punk, street gang, street punk, alienation, juvenile delinquent, coming of age, youth, family relations, friendship, partner ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Style: psychotronic, retro, thinking, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock and roll, rock, feminist, satire, coming of age, rock music, girl gang, feminism, counterculture, strong female character ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rape, murder, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, obsession, suburbs, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Out of the Blue (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dennis Hopper is a hard-drinking truck driver who loses control of his truck under the influence and slams it into a busload of screaming children. After serving his five year jail sentence, Hopper finds his daughter, Cebe (Linda Manz), the love of ...
Style: depressing, neo noir, controversial, serious, realistic ...
Plot: punk rock, alcoholic father, drug abuse, rock, drug, psychotic, coming of age, father, teenager, trauma, women, street kid ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Menace II Society (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style: bleak, realistic, stylized, tense, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, coming of age, street gang, friendship, organized crime, gangsta, gunfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place: california, los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Bomb City (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice.
Style: suspenseful, rough, psychological, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: punk, subculture, punk rock, graffiti, society, life is a bitch, friends, murder, fistfight, rock and roll, trial, ghetto ...
Time: year 1997, 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Lost Angels (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, society, lifestyle, teenage life, dysfunctional family, nightlife ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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3:15 (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: teenager, street gang, high school gang, club, gangster, high school, school, vengeance, rivalry, youth, drug dealing, starting over ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Oi! Warning (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, disturbing, rough
Audience: teens
Plot: skinhead, punk, subculture, punk rock, lgbt, rock, exodus, hooligan, nazi, nationalism, male pubic hair, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 33K
SLC Punk! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style: realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, subculture, rebelliousness, rock, self destructing, coming of age, drug overdose, rebellion, friendship, drug, punk rock, rock and roll ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: utah, north dakota, seattle, england, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
One Eight Seven (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is ...
Style: hood, suspense, cult classic, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: teacher, high school, african american gangster, urban, hip hop, teenager, revenge, ghetto, gang, mentor, gangster, vengeance ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Romper Stomper (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman ...
Style: disturbing, brutal, harsh, political, cult classic ...
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, racism, gang, violence, brutality, immigrant, vandalism, strangulation, father daughter relationship, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Times Square (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York by its ears.
Style: cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, teenage girl, urban, teenager, older man younger woman relationship, lgbtq, tomboy, manic, hardcore, age difference ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Smithereens (1982)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
Style: independent film, sexy, indie film, psychological thriller, grim ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: punk rock, punk, feminist, rock, rock and roll, coming of age, price of fame, visceral, bad girl, underground, feminism, pain ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Reform School Girls (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully.
Style: disturbing, surreal, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, women in prison, women's prison, sex, lesbian, erotica, sexual desire, vixen, brutality, justice, adolescence, exploitation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Foxes (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.
Style: stylized, sexual, social, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, coming of age, friendship, relationships, addiction, drug abuse, girl gang, sex, drug addiction, teen angst, hardcore, street kid ...
Time: 70s, year 1980, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Toy Soldiers (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds ...
Style: serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, haunted by the past, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Border Radio (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema, Allison Anders made her debut, alongside codirectors and fellow UCLA film school students Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987’s Border Radio. A low-key, ...
Style: black and white, cult classic, indie film, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, alienation, on the run, bare chested male, mexican border, musician's life, hopes, chases and races, artists and showbiz, starting over ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.4
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Bright Angel (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
Style: road movie, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: destructive relationship, family problems, on the road, jail, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, siblings relations, parents and children, brother, marital problem, hidden treasure ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, montana, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Savage Streets (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style: slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, sexy, controversial ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rape and revenge, revenge, rape, violence against women, violence, female vigilante, gang, tough girl, nudity, payback, vigilantism, murder ...
Time: 80s, 1950s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Hellion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: motocross, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, social worker, death of mother, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 8.1
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Trainspotting (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style: disturbing, psychedelic, dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, counterculture, junkie, dark humor, life is a bitch, redemption, dialogue, subculture ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 17K
Bad Boys (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: prison, teenager, youth, juvenile delinquency, violence, bullying, gangster, rivalry, brat pack, confined, society, gang war ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Over the Edge (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The music of Cheap Trick, The Cars, and The Ramones highlights this realistic tale of alienated suburban youth on the rampage. Dillon makes his screen debut in this updated, well-done "Rebel Without a Cause." Shelved for several years, the ...
Style: grindhouse, offbeat, cult classic, hood, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teen angst, marijuana, teenage gang, teenager, street gang, lsd, youth, gang, punk rock, teensploitation, drug ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: colorado, usa, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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