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Drying Up the Streets (1978)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-junkie takes on seedy urban culture to try and locate his daughter.
Style:
emotional, bleak, tension, noir, suspense, independent film
Plot:
father daughter relationship, addiction, drug traffic, heroin, missing child, street life, desperation, redemption, covert operation, police procedural, investigation, danger, rehabilitation, realism, moral ambiguity, urban decay, social commentary, betrayal, drug rehab, father, daughter, rape, junkie, female nudity, stripper ...
Time:
70s
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Most similar movies to Drying Up the Streets
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, bleak and emotional films with plots about moral ambiguity, street life, urban, desperation, redemption, character study and realism mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Drying Up the Streets: Run, Tecato, Run (1979), Pure (2005), Mediterranean Blue (2012), H (1990), The Neighborhood (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on true incidents, Run, Tecato, Run depicts a junkie's efforts to get off heroin in order to reclaim and raise his daughter. Produced for $60,000, the film explores the connections between the Vietnam War, drug addiction and ...
Style:
independent film, period piece, tragic
Plot:
heroin, drug addiction, family drama, rehabilitation, redemption, character study, father daughter relationship, urban, social realism, realism, family conflict, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san antonio texas, texas
Similarity:
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86
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
A street-savvy teen tries to turn her life around but soon goes back to her old ways.
Style:
realistic, emotional, intense, cynical, melancholic ...
Plot:
street life, erotic scene, coming of age, character study, social realism, real world, city, young woman, slice of life, peer pressure, temptation, poverty ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Story:
Many things can go wrong, or not , when a drug addict , a prostitute and a singer past his prime come together to rob their employer.
Style:
crime drama, emotional, tense, crime thriller, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
desperation, moral ambiguity, heist, addiction, street life, survival, character study, realism, anti hero, prostitution, mature, urban ...
Similarity:
48%
175
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A junkie couple board themselves in their apartment while they try to kick their heroin habit.
Style:
independent film, intense, tense, bleak, minimal cast ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, desperation, claustrophobia, self destructing, isolation, confined space, realism, moral ambiguity, character study, rehabilitation, survival ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kids until they step on the wrong toes and get caught up in a war with an old-school mafia king pin and their lives soon become hell on earth.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, serious, brutal, rough ...
Plot:
organized crime, mob boss, power struggle, revenge, drug dealing, criminal heroes, partners in crime, group of criminals, fight for supremacy, neighborhood, gang, mafia ...
Similarity:
46%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dave Connolly is a respected member of the Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help.
Style:
realistic, suspense, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
ex convict, moral dilemma, sibling relationship, family drama, justice, police corruption, brother, loyalty, homelessness, moral ambiguity, life changing experience, twists and turns ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real story of the journalist Vesela Toteva (in the role is her daughter -Valentina Karoleva) searching for her own happiness during the dynamic and uncertain 90's in Bulgaria. A tale about drugs, fall, fear and redemption.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, serious, dark, rough ...
Plot:
heroin, addiction, journalist, junkie, drug addiction, fear, family drama, female protagonist, single mother, mother daughter relationship, drug, second chance ...
Place:
bulgaria, eastern europe
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Keith, a small-time drug dealer is under house arrest at the home of his father in Baltimore. He re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation. There, he pushes back against his surrounding limitations as ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, crime drama, independent film, atmospheric ...
Plot:
house arrest, ex convict, drug dealer, father son relationship, social realism, character study, urban decay, intimate, segregation, moral ambiguity, poverty, male protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
baltimore
Similarity:
44%
189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
addiction, drug traffic, temptation, drug dealer, drug use, loss of innocence, family tragedy, urban, cautionary tale, moral ambiguity, desperation, character study ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jean-Jacques spent 9 years in prison for robbery. When he comes out, he finds the neighborhood where he grew up but things have changed ... The country is in crisis, the young people are holding the business and his old friends are urging him to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
going straight, starting over, hopes, life is a bitch, gang, urban ghetto, father son relationship, danger, poverty, street life, social commentary, realism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, emotional, tense, crime thriller, realistic ...
Plot:
identity, immigrant, drug traffic, pimp, loyalty, loss, desperation, street life, organized crime, gang, tragedy, violence ...
Place:
germany, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of a drug dealer from Romania and his son in Rome's suburbs.Roman is an immigrant from Romania arrived in Italy 30 years ago. He sells drugs and lives in criminal contexts. His dream is to see his child, Nicu, whom he raised without a ...
Style:
crime drama, emotional, intense, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
fatherhood, drug dealing, immigration, father son relationship, social realism, street life, illegal drugs, moral ambiguity, poverty, urban decay, violence, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly to resolve his issues but hooks up with the wrong people who blind him with anger and hate.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot:
family man, criminal, organized crime, changing lives, problem, life is a bitch, social problems, loss of control, desperation, redemption, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While waiting for the train to pass (Bennet), an out-of-town businessman notices a destitute girl (Vanessa), freezing in the cold. Suspecting that she will throw herself under the train, he takes the girl with him to a nearby restaurant for a warm ...
Style:
heartbreaking, bleak, emotional, dark, independent film
Plot:
trauma, survival, exploitation, victimization, prostitution, abuse, loss of innocence, sexual abuse, desperation, suicide, child abuse, poverty ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
Style:
suspense, tension, noir, period piece, sex comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
striptease, strip club, exploitation, mature, blackmail, cabaret, burlesque, danger, red light district, organized crime, sexploitation, mob boss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, west end london
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, city, urban, survival, violence against women, moral dilemma, gang, desperation, victimization, murder, hostage, hotel ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, identity crisis, urban, character study, social commentary, escape, murder, social realism, loneliness, isolation, suspicion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, melancholic
Plot:
character study, drug addiction, substance abuse, female protagonist, desperation, rehabilitation, alienation, realism, street life, prostitution, social commentary, single mother ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
34%
185
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
23 year old Jame Dean Ray is a small time drug dealer bent on self destruction. The product of a broken home, Jimmy refuses help from those around him and spends his final hours hanging out and selling drugs with of course and occasional robbery.
Style:
dark, crime drama, grim, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, drug dealer, self destructing, tragic hero, moral ambiguity, anti hero, character study, violent death, tragedy, downbeat ending, addiction, regret ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of Ismail Abdoul, a promising young boxer getting caught between his sporting carreer and his rising fame in the criminal underworld.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
boxing, moral ambiguity, rise and fall, violence, ambition, drug traffic, anti hero, character study, organized crime, street life, corruption, gang ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The compelling story of two young 'alives' -- facing a moral self-destruction they dare not admit!
Style:
dark, bleak, psychological, independent film, emotional ...
Plot:
street life, urban, manipulation, toxic relationship, desperation, obsession, social commentary, alienation, coercion, power struggle, realism, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
32%
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503
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in the belly of Los Angeles' criminal underworld, Arc is the story of Paris Pritchert, a former police officer turned drug dealer and addict, who embarks on a quest to find a missing child in the hope of redeeming his eroding character. The ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, stylized, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, addiction, missing child, private detective, law enforcement, dealer, drug abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, society, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thappu Thalangal is a saga of emotional and selfish world of human feelings. Devu, a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. On one of his nightly rounds, Devu is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, intense, period piece
Plot:
redemption, societal hypocrisy, social realism, tragedy, prostitution, moral dilemma, gangster, sacrifice, regret, star crossed lovers, loss, forbidden love ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
31%
190
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
gang rape, rape, small town, sexual abuse, rape accusation, female protagonist, danger, lawyer, justice, district attorney, threat, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Self made millionaire Rolando Dominguez (Carlos Guerrero) could not resist the tempting pleasures that came with his success and now finds himself homeless, demented, and tormented by flashbacks of his regretful mistakes and broken promises to his ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, missing child, riches to rags, parent child relationship, promise, millionaire, family relations, wealth, money, loss, guilt, regret ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her suburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter. When the victim identifies Sutter as her attacker, the legal system closes in on the boy as friends, neighbors and the media ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, emotional, crime thriller
Plot:
rape, false accusation, courtroom, justice, innocence, mother son relationship, investigation, legal battle, alibi, moral dilemma, attempted murder, police procedural ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Chilli Chicken follows the lives of five Northeastern boys working at a Chinese restaurant. Based on true events, this film is written and directed by Prateek Prajosh. The cast includes BV Shrunga (known for "19.20.21"), Manipur actor ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, tension, suspense, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
chinese restaurant, restaurant, social commentary, tragedy, friendship, slice of life, class struggle, discrimination, ambition, moral ambiguity, small town, coming of age ...
Similarity:
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
Style:
intense, melancholic, emotional, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
depression, surveillance camera, missing daughter, missing child, grief, obsession, father daughter relationship, loss, bereavement, investigation, routine, small town ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
Similarity:
29%
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