Movies like Suburbia
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Suburbia (1983)
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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:
retro, period piece, independent film, political, social, psychotronic, indie film, serious, realistic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, subculture, dysfunctional family, punk rocker, teenager, friendship, coming of age, skinhead, graffiti, runaway, outcast, friendship between men, punk music, female nudity, alienation, suburbs, rock, rock and roll, youth, distopia, rock music, street gang, anarchy, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, southern california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and rough films with plots about youth, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, society, life is a bitch and violence mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Suburbia: The Boys Next Door (1985), Joe (1970), Thirteen (2003), Class of 1984 (1982), Dogs in Space (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, psychological, road movie, controversial, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, rage, gay bar, homoeroticism, gay subtext, college, violence spree, passionate kiss, making love, evil child ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
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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:
cult classic, suspense, realistic, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
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, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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100%
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, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, gang, rape, vigilante, teenager, revenge, punk, bullying, school, rape and revenge, punk rock, teacher ...
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usa
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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, dark, art house, psychotronic, serious ...
Plot:
rock and roll, rock, drug addiction, club, australian aboriginal, alienation, subculture, drug abuse, punk rock, satellite, friends, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1978
Place:
australia, melbourne
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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:
independent film, retro, psychotronic, thinking, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, punk rocker, girl band, punk band, feminist, rock and roll, rock, fictional band, taunting, teenager, girl group ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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49%
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage prostitution, homelessness, realism, homeless, street life, homosexuality, chess, gay interest, gay hustler, gay, hustler, runaway ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
49%
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:
stylized, bloody, serious, rough, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, friendship, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, violence, coming of age, gangster, organized crime, street gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
48%
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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:
serious, realistic, retro, f word
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:
48%
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, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rape, obsession, sexualized violence, murder, suburbs, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, friendship, protective male, youth ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
48%
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 ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
punk rock, alcoholic father, drug abuse, rock, drug, psychotic, coming of age, father, teenager, violence, smoking, prison visit ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
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, psychological, suspense, bleak, mindfuck ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
punk, subculture, punk rock, graffiti, friends, life is a bitch, murder, fistfight, ghetto, rock and roll, trial, drug ...
Time:
year 1997, 21st century
Place:
usa, amarillo texas, texas
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, nightlife, dysfunctional family, teenage life, lifestyle, mentally unstable, society ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
47%
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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, rock, rebelliousness, coming of age, punk rock, self destructing, drug overdose, drug, rock and roll, friendship, drug addiction ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, urban, hip hop, revenge, gang, gangster, vigilante, vengeance, mentor, teaching, mexican gang ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
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46%
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:
skinny dipping, destructive relationship, family problems, on the road, jail, life is a bitch, teenage life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, brother, marital problem ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, montana, wyoming
Similarity:
46%
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, sexual, surreal, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
women in prison, women's prison, sex, prison, sexual relations, lesbian, erotica, lesbian rape, lesbianism, punk, sexual attraction, reform school ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
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, serious, realistic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, rock, punk rocker, teenage girl, urban, teenager, older man younger woman relationship, lgbtq, tomboy, adolescent girl, bare breasts ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, rough
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
punk, skinhead, homosexuality, gay interest, subculture, punk rock, lgbt, rock, male pubic hair, male nudity, bare chested male, hooligan ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, harsh, rough, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, friendship, urban ghetto life, foul language, street kid, swimming pool, gangster, loss of friend, depression, anger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2006, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, california, america, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
46%
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:
sexy, slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, female vigilante, rape, tough girl, violence against women, sexualized violence, violence, nudity, vigilante, payback, strong female lead ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
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:
youth, motocross, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, social worker, death of mother, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa
Similarity:
46%
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:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico, latin america
Similarity:
46%
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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:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, youth, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
anal rape, female nudity, rape and murder, sex crime, surf, gender, surfing, murder, gang rape, beach party, toxic masculinity, father figure ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, new zealand
Similarity:
46%
964
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:
fast, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
teenager, youth gang, high school gang, club, youth, juvenile delinquency, criminal's revenge, redemption, rivalry, starting over, vengeance, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
46%
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:
independent film, grindhouse, offbeat, cult classic, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teen angst, teenage gang, marijuana, teenager, street gang, youth gang, lsd, youth, gang, punk rock, teensploitation ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado
Similarity:
46%
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:
sexy, independent film, indie film, psychological thriller, grim ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
transgression, punk rock, punk, feminist, rock, rock and roll, coming of age, loneliness, price of fame, visceral, satire, young heroes ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily ...
Style:
philosophical, political, disturbing, suspense, educational ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
fascism, nazism, suicide, dictator, experiment, bullying, teacher, teachers and students, high school, fanaticism, dictatorship, against humanity ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 2011
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
45%
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