Movies like Defying Gravity 2008
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Defying Gravity (2008)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore is a dynamic, handsome, and brilliant young man who also happens to be homeless. After almost hitting Cassandra in his dilapidated VW bus, he becomes fascinated by the gothic cemetery waif and attempts to befriend her. A sequence of events results in Cass getting lost. Jorge and Shore flee the cemetery in a stolen hearse to find Cassandra before her abusive step-father does. All paths lead to Yermo - the site of a roadside diner and a feisty but compassionate transvestite waitress named Lola.
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, independent film, campy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, youth, misfit, dysfunctional family, society, family problems, social misfits, on the run, mute or deaf, college dropout, dealing with death, cemetery, manic depression, friends, chases and races, coming of age, mother, transvestite, funeral, mute, transgender, transgender woman, transsexual
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about youth, friends, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, society and misfit mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Defying Gravity: Bruno (2000), As Cool as I Am (2013), Funeral Kings (2012), True Adolescents (2009), I Don't Have Many Friends (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 108 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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692
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Story:
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Story:
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