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Cellmates (2011)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville, dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses Emilio, a Hispanic field worker imprisoned for fighting for labor rights, to be his cell-mate. Leroy, confined in a small cell with the enemy, far from the KKK comrades who deserted him, finds the chatty Emilio slowly chipping away at his anger and prejudice. His weekly rehabilitation meetings with the warden, barely tolerable as the man drones on about farm labor and field crops, take on a different meaning when Madalena, a beautiful Mexican maid is hired to clean the warden's office. An unconventional love story develops that opens Leroy's eyes to the possibility of a different life. And a man who was a born and bred racist finds himself heading down a completely different path to salvation.
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, realistic, allegory, hispanic, slapstick comedy, slapstick, cult film
Plot:
prison, racism, redemption, society, confined, hopes, fight, transformation, unlikely friendships, twists and turns, friendship, isolation, showdown, initially antagonists, cell, prison life, rehabilitation, defamation, artist, police, art, ku klux klan, journey, poverty, hair ...
Time:
70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas, austin texas, mexico, latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about society, friendship, hopes, friends, redemption, disorder and family relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Cellmates: Coco (2009), El cuartito (2021), The Alumni Chapter (2011), Drunk Bus (2020), Pardon (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, hopes, life turned upside down, society, redemption, disorder, self made man, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, adaptation, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 94 min.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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contemplative, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, punk, punk rock, coming of age, driver, satire, adult humor, friends, silly humor, escapades, unlikely friendships, college campus ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, ...
Style:
cynical, touching, humorous, sentimental, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison, confined, false accusation, prison life, mistaken identity, friendship, society, dishonesty, life is a bitch, disorder, injustice, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, but agrees to face "The Darkness" in the ring in an attempt to regain his former glory in the eyes of his one remaining fan - an eight ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, wrestler, redemption, professional wrestling, society, wrestling ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, emotional, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Italian-American actor is deported to Mexico by some crooked INS Agents, and a pack of orphans helps him find his way back to America
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
orphan, friendship, gang, immigrant, confined, small town, mistaken identity, deportation, actor, comeback, boy, border patrol ...
Time:
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Place:
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65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with a bunch of kids after being conned into taking over a youth center.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
competition, high school life, gymnasium, bouncer, gangster, power relations, urban ghetto, boss and employee, redemption, hopes, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, futuristic
Plot:
hopes, ambition, society, journalism, danger, miraculous event, lovers reunited, church, save the planet, environmentalism, workplace, battle of the sexes ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, humorous, educational, captivating, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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230
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, latin america, chile
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Paul is an ordinary man who is at the end of his rope. He hates his job, his beautiful wife has left him, and his mother and gay, Buddhist-monk brother constantly remind him of his shortcomings. Although Paul doesn't know it yet, his life is ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, humorous, sweet, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Place:
israel
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, stylized
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
49%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
TV show
Story:
Sequel to 'The Night Shift' and 'The Day Shift'.
Style:
tragicomedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
47%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Style:
satirical, semi serious, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
theater, prison, prisoner, teacher, actor, satire, lifestyle, relationships, compassion, redemption, second chance, character study ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, los angeles, rio de janeiro, japan ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
witty, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
college, culture clash, lifestyle, follow your dream, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, society, nothing goes right, misfit, youth, hopes ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, USA, Monaco
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, intercultural ...
Plot:
father son relationship, gambling debt, immigrant, family drama, life is a bitch, gambler, financial problem, debt, needing money, father and son, money problems, family problems ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
slapstick, biting, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
corruption, secretary, office, car accident, bureaucrat, car race, leadership, leader, friendship, minister, deaf, clerk ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico
Similarity:
40%
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