Movies like The Mutants

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The Mutants (1998)
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The Mutants (1998)
Original name: Os Mutantes
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The Mutants (Portuguese: Os mutantes) is a 1998 Portuguese film by director Teresa Villaverde, starring Ana Moreira and Alexandre Pinto. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Style: bleak
Plot: erotica, woman, teenager, police officer, police, friendship, mother, boy, father, teenage girl, theft, poverty, pregnant teenager, juvenile delinquent, girl, neglected child, teenage boy, brother, friendship between boys, coming of age, homeless teenager, abused child, surrogate family, surrogate brother, pistol ...
Place: portugal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, captivating, psychological and disturbing films with plots about coming of age, friendship, teenage boy, boy, youth, teenager and friendship between boys mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Mutants: O Capacete Dourado (2007), Rocks (2019), Kissing Candice (2017), Neighborhood (1998), West Coast (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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O Capacete Dourado (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing cars.Jota (Eduardo Frazão) stands out from this group, unclassifiable; his destiny has no straight ...
Plot: coming of age, love, friendship between boys, motorcycle, group of friends, youth, first love, friendship, teenage boy, school, friend
Place: portugal
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Rocks (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspense, rough, social
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenager, brother sister relationship, teenage protagonist, coming of age, little brother, homeless, life is a bitch, grownups, absent mother, friendship, society, nothing goes right ...
Place: london
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79%
Kissing Candice (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, but when a boy she dreams about turns up in real life, she becomes involved with a dangerous local gang.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, bleak
Plot: teenage girl, gang, dream, friendship, teenager, stranger, escape, danger, homeless, poverty, woman, isolation ...
Place: ireland
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76%
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Neighborhood (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story in the vein of CITY OF GOD and KIDS - available for the first time in the U.S.!
Style: social, hispanic, serious, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, boy, juvenile delinquent, suburbs, dysfunctional family, friendship between boys, best friend, family relations, friends, kids in trouble, contests and competitions, drug dealing ...
Time: 90s
Place: madrid, europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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West Coast (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Four inseparable teenagers in a small town in Brittany (France). As lifelong fans of the West Coast, they think are real gangstas. Together as a "gang", they are invincible, respected, fearless and nothing can reach them, certainly not the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: teenager, group of friends, friendship, coming of age, teenage boy, gangster, teenage life, small town life, small town, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, bullying ...
Place: france
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The Good Son (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Bonjour tristesse: Teenager Luc lives with his mother Liliane and his little brother Paul in Paris, has to cope with the fact that his mother is a prostitute and practically raise his brother alone. Luc is disillusioned. One day, little Paul wants ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, friendship, teenage boy, romantic friendship, family relations, love affair, relationships, teenage life, love story, teenage love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest ...
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72%
The Devil in the Skin (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Coming-of-Age drama telling the story of the strong bond between Xavier and his little brother Jacques and their struggle to remain together despite all odds.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot: coming of age, youth, brother brother relationship, rebelliousness, forceful separation, summer, family relations, life turned upside down, countryside, boy, childhood, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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71%
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Trance (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Russia, France, Portugal
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Sonia, a girl from St Petersburg, decides to seek a better life in western Europe. She first gets a job at a car dealer in Germany. But she is suddenly kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. She will be dragged from country to country and ...
Style: suspenseful, touching, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: sex slavery, human trafficking, abduction, violence against women, organized crime, prostitute, humiliation, rape, russian abroad, mentally challenged, naivete, dog ...
Place: europe, st. petersburg russia, russia, germany, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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A Night Too Young (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovenia
Duration: 65 min.
Story: On New Year's Day, two preteen boys wind up in the apartment of Katerina, a teacher from their school, along with her friends, Stepan and David. As the older trio bickers, drinks and flirts, the boys gain eye-opening insight into the adult ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, psychological, suspense
Plot: underage drinking, sexualized violence, children, pedophile, child molestation, teenage boy, friendship between boys, sexual awakening, friendship, sexual harassment, sex, pedophilia ...
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70%
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Used Parts (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ivan, a 14-year old boy, lives with his uncle Jaime, a mediocre dealer of used car parts. Both of them dream with a better life and are stashing away their money in order to emigrate ilegally to Chicago shortly. When Jaime realizes that he needs ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, boy, adolescence, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, accident, border crossing, best friend, loss of friend, friendship between boys, theft ...
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70%
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Maramao (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story in which a young boy resists the adult world and the inevitable loss of the joys of childhood.
Plot: coming of age, teenage girl, childhood, children, summer vacation, sexual awakening, island, grownups, skinny dipping, boy, teenage boy, girl ...
Place: mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.3
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Welcome Home (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story: This is the story of two childhood friends - Lucas (a 16-year-old high-schooler) and Bert (a mechanic’s apprentice) - who flee the suffocating fish bowl that their killjoy families’ lives have become. Lucas, still quite immature, finds a “big ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, homoerotic
Plot: coming of age, friendship, youth, house, teenager, life is a bitch, relationship problems, teenage life, sexual tension, male pubic hair, childhood friend, friendship between boys ...
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69%
Special Education (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Educator and those educated in a home for juvenile delinquents in the same test: approach, take a peek into his soul to become a man. The story of a minor, neglected boys-offenders and their teachers who try to reject the old methods of ...
Style: educational
Plot: boy, police officer, car accident, education, escape, teaching, hitchhiking, teacher, stealing, runaway, theft, thief ...
Place: belgrade
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68%
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New Wave (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Une petite ville de province, au milieu des années 80. La vie d'Éric, collégien rêveur et solitaire, est chamboulée par l'arrivée d'un nouveau dans la classe : Romain, adolescent dissipé au style new wave très affirmé, qui va ...
Plot: friendship between boys, coming of age, rain, teenage boy, male nudity, friendship, school, lgbt, oedipus complex, homoeroticism, gay subtext, punk rocker ...
Time: 80s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
And Then I Go (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, bullying, teenage boy, school shooting, boy, tragedy, police, revenge, best friend, friendship between boys, school, junior high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
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67%
Born to Be Human (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a ...
Style: serious, dramatic, sad, bleak
Plot: woman, lgbtq, metamorphosis, teenage girl, gender bending, disorder, doctor, girl, adolescent girl, intersex
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Nothing in Return (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: shoplifting, friendship, juvenile delinquency, divorced parents, friendship between boys, coming of age, teenage life, voyeurism, adolescence, youth, teenage boy, police chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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Butterfly Kisses (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. The leader is Kyle – he talks about girls non-stop, Jarred can’t stop cheating on his girlfriend and then there’s Jake, a quiet and shy ...
Style: sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, humorous, light ...
Plot: friendship between boys, teenage boy, friendship, teenage girl, coming of age, youth, love, friends, couple relations, couples, society, love and romance ...
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67%
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The Father (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mehrollah is a 14-year-old boy who is forced to find a job to support his family after his father dies. He travels to the southern parts of Iran, looking for work. Upon his return to his hometown, he notices certain changes in his family.
Style: inspirational, islamic, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, boy, chaos, child, traumatic childhood, humanist, realism, muslim, family relations, village, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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66%
Young Adult Matters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, teenage life, social misfits, society, relationship problems, female homosexuality, poverty ...
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66%
The Children's Rebellion (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would ...
Plot: boy, coming of age, child, convict, social justice, teenage boy, violence, children, nudity, rebel, prison guard, child with gun ...
Time: 1840s
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66%
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Boys (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This non-narrative film unveils three episodes in the psychosexual life of a neurotic man, beginning with a trip he took to the countryside over the holidays as a small boy, to visit a cousin. Later, he is shown as a high-school boy (Mads Ole ...
Style: no music
Plot: childhood, high school, boy, teenager, teenage girl, teenage boy, school, girl, children, swing, undressing, ladder ...
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No One's Child (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie is based on the fascinating, true story of a feral boy whom hunters found among wolves in a forest in the mountains of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) in the mid-1980s. The boy was sent to the institution for children in an attempt to socialize ...
Style: touching, serious, captivating
Plot: boy, neglected child, friendship, children, orphanage, bullying, forest, wolf, coming of age, boyhood, nature, capture ...
Place: serbia, croatia
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64%
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Ossos (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
Style: contemplative, slow cinema, bleak, philosophical, art house ...
Plot: mental disorder, courage, alienation, anthropology, underground, minimalism, immigrant, deadend life, vengeance, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: portugal, europe, lisbon portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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John From (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara. From Portugal to the South Pacific, the pleasures of this routine will take a turn when the young girl visits the art show of a new ...
Style: surreal, light, captivating, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: friendship, photographer, summer vacation, female protagonist, teenage girl, neighbor neighbor relationship, teenage crush, friendship between girls, youth, love and romance, love, neighbor ...
Place: portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Annalisa (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The friendship between two Southern Italy kids is tested by their meeting with a young girl who's attempted suicide after failing to get married. Based on the novel "Il paese delle spose infelici" (literally, "Village of the Sad ...
Plot: madness, suicidal thoughts, male masturbation, teenage boy, friendship, teenager, masturbation, football team, insanity, friendship between boys, coming of age, rumor ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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My Little Girl (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, homeless, poverty, white supremacy, racism, skepticism, teenage girl, 18 year old, rehabilitation center, homeless teenager, laundry, naivete ...
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63%
Miss Impossible (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They’re all nuts. Her parents, who want to send her off to boarding school. Her new teacher, who expects her to read impossibly old books. Her fellow band members, who make her sing ridiculous lyrics and dress her up in a frilly white dress for ...
Style: sentimental, suspenseful, touching, sincere
Plot: classmate, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, teenager, sister sister relationship, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, school, friendship, teacher student relationship, best friend, classmate classmate relationship ...
Place: paris france
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62%
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Jaime (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil, Luxembourg
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's stolen motorcycle back everything will be fine again, so he ...
Style: sexual, semi serious, realistic, touching
Plot: coming of age, politics, boy, boyhood, school, unemployment, pedophilia, society, youth, life is a bitch, family relations, fired from the job ...
Time: 90s
Place: portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Prince (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A troubled teenager attempts to conquer the girl he's in love with, who seems out of reach. He's lured into criminal activities and becomes alienated from family and friends.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, hood
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, youth gang, teenage love, interracial friendship, friendship between boys, street life, drug dealing, wooing, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, group of friends, single mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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