Movies like Vagabond 2003

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Vagabond (2003)
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Vagabond (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Karesz has been raised in an institution, his mother has a new family, and her husband does not tolerate that she meets her first-born son. Karesz tramps, joining up with his casual pals he washes the windscreens of cars, sells newspapers; sometimes they steal, or break into houses if hired.
Plot: street kid, dancer, dance school, arrest, burglary, street urchin, arrested, dance, dancing, music, practice, hungarian
Place: budapest

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, captivating, psychological and queer cinema films with plots about dancer, arrest, arrested, street kid, father son relationship, dancing and friendship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Vagabond: The Story of Me (2009), Melissa (1995), Out of Step (2002), La diosa del puerto (1989), Dance Academy: The Movie (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Story of Me (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.
Plot: art, children, narration, rape, street kid, burglary, bullying, child abandonment, storytelling, reading a book
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Melissa (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Melissa follows her dream of becoming a dancer all the way to New York City but finds when she gets there that reaching her goal might cost more than she is willing to sacrifice. In dire need of money, she becomes an exotic dancer in a strip club ...
Style: erotic
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Out of Step (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Graced with the instinctive ability to dance, Jenny Thomas wants nothing more than to become a professional dancer. All of her hard work pays off when she is accepted to a prominent dance program in New York. Against her mother's will, but with ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A dancer asks a politician with whom she once had an affair to use his influence on her behalf.
Plot: belly dancer, dance, belly dancing, dancing, dancer, dance number, eastern
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Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
Style: captivating, sentimental
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and ...
Style: independent film
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Bruno, a bisexual but closeted young man lives in rural Hungary with his girlfriend Mari. Also on the scene is her homosexual brother Ringo. Mari doesn't know that when the boys go off to work together in the city they raise cash by turning ...
Style: crying, queer cinema
Plot: hustler, lgbt, bisexual, bisexuality, closeted homosexual, gay crush, burglary, male prostitute, striptease, sexual identity, gay interest, male nudity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate relationship develops. He helps her repair her shattered self-esteem and she begins to feel loved ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 78 min.
Story: This story is about a 9 year old American Jewish boy, David, and Kamal, also a 9 year old and a poor street urchin of Arab descent selling postcards to tourist in the stone enclosed Old City of Jerusalem. At a first glance, Kamal seems bright and ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 88 min.
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Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
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