Movies like Cronies
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Cronies (2015)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Twenty-two-year-old Louis doesn't know whether his childhood friendship with Jack will last beyond today.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
friendship, grownups, coming of age, relationships, personal growth, character study, male friendship, loss of innocence, loyalty, realism, identity, slice of life, bittersweet, young adult, intimate, summer, crisis, nostalgia, black, blaxploitation, jealousy, ambition, small town, confrontation, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2014
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Most similar movies to Cronies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and independent film films with plots about coming of age, slice of life, friendship, bittersweet, intimate, personal growth and small town mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Cronies: Turning Point (2011), Therapy Dogs (2022), Early Music (2017), Dakota (2007), Undergrads (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age tale of three friends and the high school road trip that will forever influence their lives.
Style:
road movie, reflective
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
road trip, coming of age, self discovery, friendship, youth, grownups, life changing, personal growth, life lesson, sexual awakening, identity, freedom ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the last year of high school as two friends set out to make the ultimate senior video.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, friendship, slice of life, youth, grownups, satire, schoolboy, social problems, friends, high school life, school ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Two foundering musicians in the early stage of their careers meet and form an unlikely alliance.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, earnest
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, perseverance, passion, creative process, creativity, collaboration, personal growth, intimate, slice of life, character study, friendship, ambition ...
Similarity:
78%
142
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Brian and Jack were inseparable; now they barely speak. Their formerly close-knit group has all but disbanded in the wake of encroaching adulthood. But when Jack tries to hang himself from a plant hook while house-sitting, he inadvertently triggers ...
Style:
dark comedy, offbeat, independent film, satirical, black humor
Plot:
friendship, male bonding, male friendship, bittersweet, character study, intimate, breakdown, slice of life, nostalgia, suicide attempt, dark humor, friendship between men ...
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With college drawing to a close, a group of friends are left to re-examine themselves and their relationships over the course of a weekend.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
college, coming of age, self discovery, friends, personal growth, relationships, weekend, college campus, graduation, young adult, identity crisis, slice of life ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends face adulthood in different ways. Life is still a game for them – girls, football, parties. But the choices they make will determine the course of their lives and put their friendship to the test. In the Balkans, every ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, youth, grownups, loss of innocence, social realism, male friendship, nostalgia, slice of life, social change, identity crisis, generation gap ...
Place:
balkan, croatia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Everyday Is Like Sunday is a comedy/drama aiming the lens at post-collegiate characters stuck between their imminently-ending youth and impending adulthood. The film follows Mark, Jason, and Flora, as they realistically attempt to pull themselves ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, independent film, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, identity crisis, post college, unemployment, grownups, young adult, coming of age, youth, lifestyle, life, depression, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Ben and Gunnar meet during a carpool from Stockholm to Göteborg in the summer of 1995 where they are attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen at Ullevi.
Style:
retro, independent film, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, male friendship, male bonding, bromance, personal growth, nostalgia, acceptance, character study, rock concert, road trip, identity, train engineer ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1990, 90s
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Veturimiehet heiluttaa on 4. syyskuuta 1992 ensi-iltansa saanut suomalainen elokuva. Elokuva on kuvattu suurimmaksi osaksi Porissa. Veturimiehet heiluttaa sai ensi-iltansa Ruotsissa 26. maaliskuuta 1993.
Style:
contemplative, emotional, realistic, melancholic, pastoral
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, youth, grownups, male friendship, slice of life, relationships, character study, personal growth, working class, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The film centers around a group of four childhood friends, Stanley, Sunil, Babu, and Ravi. After a long separation, they reunite and embark on a journey to rekindle their bond.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, bonding, marriage, everyday life, nostalgia, support, male friendship, loyalty, memory, coming of age, young adult ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence from their friendship - especially regarding pursuit ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, melancholic
Plot:
jealousy, working class, friendship, youth, coming of age, love story, love triangle, relationships, co worker co worker relationship, couple relations, love affair, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Returning home to working class Warwick, Rhode Island, Peter Latang encounters childhood friend Donald Treebeck for what starts as a simple favor and turns into a long van ride into two friends past.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, cult classic, independent film
Plot:
friendship, small town, nostalgia, character study, memory, loss, grief, bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, road trip, coming of age ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, rhode island
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Roy, a village boy who's a failure at studies, joins Christy's tuition. They become good friends, but later when Christy gets a job abroad, Roy's life changes
Style:
emotional, realistic, reflective, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, village life, coming of age, nostalgia, relationships, personal growth, longing, aspiration, bittersweet, education, separation ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Two close friends from Sudbury, Ontario take a road trip to Toronto that will change the nature of their relationship.
Style:
road movie, indie film, emotional, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, road trip, friendship, lgbt, coming of age, self discovery, conflict, male friendship, personal growth, character study, identity, intimate ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
Style:
reflective, melancholic
Plot:
grownups, adolescence, coming of age, friendship, self discovery, personal growth, youth, female friendship, female bonding, loss of innocence, relationships, life lesson ...
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman deals with her first heartbreak after a relationship ends.
Style:
romantic drama, independent film, melancholic
Plot:
heartbreak, personal growth, relationships, slice of life, coming of age, self discovery, young adult, bittersweet, woman, internal monologue, young
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Isi doesn't get the world anymore. Just a short while ago, life was wild, fun, and without obligations, but suddenly everyone around her seems to be grown-up and successful. With her diploma in one hand and a drink in the other, she is stuck ...
Style:
satirical
Plot:
grownups, coming of age, female friendship, self discovery, independent woman, slice of life, bittersweet, friendship, identity, frustration, realism, art student ...
Similarity:
47%
133
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Fresh Air, which focuses on ordinary moments of everyday life, is an original hybrid of urban comedy and kitchen-sink drama. It is also a realistic depiction of relationships among lovers, friends, and family in the multi-cultural environment of a ...
Style:
realistic, independent film, multicultural, art house, melancholic
Plot:
slice of life, city life, realism, relationships, young adult, urban, intimate, roommate, friendship, bohemian, bittersweet, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sydney australia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses her new mission as to convince her childhood friend to believe that they are still best friends.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, female protagonist, childhood friend, loneliness, character study, social issues, social problems, relationships, friends, loner, social anxiety, mental health ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality.
Style:
anthology, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
character study, introspection, identity, intimate, slice of life, relationships, modern life, gender roles, social realism, bittersweet, domestic drama, motherhood ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Style:
melancholic, emotional
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, introspection, diaspora, migration, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, memory ...
Place:
montenegro
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When four friends reunite for a night of fun in their hometown, a crisis forces them to confront the consequences of their lifestyles.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tension, independent film, reflective ...
Plot:
coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, confrontation, crisis, mature, hometown, loyalty, social issues, small town, loss, social realism ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
film
Style:
contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
first kiss, summer, adolescence, youth, everyday life, coming of age, slice of life, friendship, nature, nostalgia, realism, self discovery ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Nadya, a young girl from St. Petersburg, is living and learning in London. Suddenly she decides to pay an unexpected visit to her boyfriend Zhenya.
Style:
humorous, uplifting, semi serious, sweet, romantic drama ...
Plot:
female protagonist, bittersweet, friendship, breakup, runaway, infidelity, long distance relationship, unlikely couple, unfulfillment, chance meeting, male objectification, best friend ...
Place:
london, russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
culture clash, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, small town, fish out of water, socially awkward, relationships, introspection, social issues, friends, satire ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1986, three sixteen year old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each of the teens learn more about life ...
Style:
retro, sentimental, romantic, period piece, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, nostalgia, grownups, friendship, first date, teen romance, summer, first love, loss of innocence, bittersweet, slice of life, youth culture ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Similarity:
37%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her senior year of college.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
photography, coming of age, relationships, student life, self discovery, college life, female protagonist, personal growth, young adult, realism, campus, slice of life ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
His parents named him Reginald Regineld. His friends call him "Ditto." At the age of eleven he decided he wasn't going to do anything with his life. And that was going pretty well until senior year when he saw Tracy. This wasn't ...
Style:
offbeat, romantic comedy, independent film, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
longing, unrequited love, coming of age, love at first sight, romantic obsession, misfit, character study, dreaming, bittersweet, outsider, young adult, deadpan ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A pair of best friends compete with one another over their feelings for a pair of women.
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, romantic comedy, feel good, lighthearted
Plot:
male friendship, romantic rivalry, friendship, competition, loyalty, love triangle, wooing, families, young adult, small town, jealousy, flirting ...
Similarity:
36%
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