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Rip-Off (1971)
74
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Best friends Michael, Steve, Cooly and Richie are seniors at a large Toronto high school. Foremost on their minds and that of many of their classmates are what they are going to do this upcoming summer and beyond. They don't want to waste away the summer much like they did this past summer. Mike is being pressured by his parents to go to university following graduation from high school, although Mike himself is unsure if that's what he wants to do. Other ideas they discuss are to tour with their band, Arctic Madness, or to start a commune on a five hundred acre parcel of wilderness property outside of Timmins that was deeded to Mike. As the end of the school year approaches and these successive ideas come and fall by the wayside, the four come to a realization of what their future together holds
Style:
realistic, existential, indie film, period piece, independent film, nostalgic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, graduation, maturation, identity, slice of life, teenage dreams, bittersweet, counterculture, road not taken, urban, canuxploitation, teenager, youth, rock band, high school student, media, teenage boy, commune, high school, filmmaking, independence
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and captivating films with plots about coming of age, slice of life, friendship, identity, self discovery, bittersweet and intimate mostly in Drama, Music and Comedy genres. Some movies like Rip-Off: UPCAT (2008), Making Maya (2003), Upcoming Summer (2021), The chronic innocence (1985), Party Talk (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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79%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teenager, coming of age, youth culture, male bonding, slice of life, graduation, everyday life, self discovery, bromance, high school life, intimate ...
Time:
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Place:
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78%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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73%
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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108
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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58%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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