Movies like The Architect

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The Architect (2006)
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The Architect (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
Style: serious, emotional, melancholic, absurd, sincere, realistic, crying, independent film
Plot: architect, dysfunctional family, social differences, family problems, lifestyle, parents and children, society, youth, life is a bitch, human nature, gay, lgbt, gay interest, business, rape, sex scene, sexual abuse, homeless, poverty, interracial romance, college, family relations, suburbs, campaign, family life ...
Time: year 2006, year 2005, contemporary
Place: chicago, usa

Most similar movies to The Architect

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and touching films with plots about family relations, youth, society, couples, parents and children, life is a bitch and teenage life mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like The Architect: Four (2012), Blue Citrus Hearts (2003), Generation Now (2008), Treading Water (2001), Explicit Ills (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Four (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening.
Style: realistic, emotional, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: interracial relations, gay, couples, society, couple relations, teenage life, gay sex, coming of age, family relations, gender, love and romance, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Blue Citrus Hearts (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ...
Style: atmospheric, touching, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, teenage love, coming of age, high school, teenage life, best friend, society, lifestyle, buddies, youth, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Generation Now (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A multi-cultural celebration of young people triumphing in the face of adversity, societal pressures and difficult familial situations.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gang, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, society, life is a bitch, hopes, youth, rich and poor, drug abuse, against the odds ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Treading Water (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, eccentric family, culture clash, fish out of water, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, couples, society, addiction, family life, family relations ...
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Explicit Ills (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia
Style: serious, uplifting, emotional, touching, freeze frame ...
Plot: poverty, family relations, dysfunctional family, social decay, hopes, human spirit, youth, society, lifestyle, drug dealing, drug abuse, teenage life ...
Time: year 2008, year 2007, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 5.7
 2K
Sugar (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay teenager, gay, innocence lost, lgbt, friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, fall in love, teenage life, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by ...
Style: sincere, heartbreaking, compassionate, psychological, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: immigrant, infidelity, architect, autism, destiny, society, blackmail, working class, social differences, depression, single parent, breaking and entering ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe, sarajevo, bosnia
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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The Mudge Boy (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Duncan Mudge, mid-teens, lives apart from his rural world populated by his distant father and rough local kids. His main companionship is a chicken left after his mother's death until the neighbor's son befriends him.
Style: disturbing, touching, serious, emotional, controversial ...
Plot: bullying, gay teenager, gay, first gay sexual experience, lgbt teen, coming of age, lgbt, youth, father son relationship, sexual abuse, gays and lesbians, boyhood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
American Heart (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jack is now out of jail and he meets Nick, his adolescent son. Their relationship will be complicated, because Jack has a problem with alcohol. But his love for Nick will help him to get over the past and reach his dreams.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, rough ...
Audience: manly
Plot: father son relationship, adaptation, complex characters, boy, starting over, prison, going straight, estrangement, family relations, prisoner, society, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: seattle, usa, alaska, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.5
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Hard Sun (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the death of her parents, a young woman assumes primary guardianship of her special needs brother. But as she attempts to balance her new life with her brother and her own blossoming romance, it becomes painfully clear that life will only make ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Plot: family relations, life is a bitch, family in crisis, youth, dysfunctional family, family problems, brother sister relationship, autism, special needs, guardian, child care, sibling relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.4
 1K
Red Doors (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Style: serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: lesbian, family life, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, culture clash, single parent, human nature, youth, suburbs, family in crisis, lgbtq ...
Time: year 2005
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The Toilers and the Wayfarers (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.
Style: erotic, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, male nudity, lgbtq, lgbt, immigrant, gay erotica, runaway, skinny dipping, gay interest, male homosexuality, best friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.3
 1K
Zebrahead (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Interracial love story set in Detroit.
Style: multicultural, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: interracial relations, hip hop, interracial romance, urban, high school, forbidden love, racism, interracial, teenager, prejudice, school, love ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
A Boy Called Hate (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After a run-in with the law, an angry maladjusted young man starts calling himself "Hate". One night he saves a girl from a lusty Assistant District Attorney. He falsely accuses them of robbery, so they go on the run and make things worse.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, bleak, gloomy
Plot: woman peeing, on the run, murder, suburbs, on the road, diner, hate, gangster, family problems, kids in trouble, family relations, fugitives ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Bloodbrothers (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Style: talky, sincere, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, moral dilemma, family life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, youth, friendship, family in crisis ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Eban and Charley (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 29-year-old Eban has retreated home to his parent's house in Seaside Oregon after the dissolution of his teaching job in Seattle. There he courts 15-year-old Charlie and eventually the two start a sexual relationship. As the age of consent in ...
Style: psychological, sincere, touching, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: gay, friendship, family relations, teenage life, forbidden love, couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, youth, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
Place: oregon, seattle, washington d.c., usa, charleston south carolina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.6
 20K
Jungle Fever (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, controversial ...
Audience: date night
Plot: interracial romance, architect, african american, racism, society, adultery, drug addiction, love affair, prejudice, hip hop, relationships, black ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, africa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Innocent (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story: 17-year-old Eric follows his parents to immigrate to Canada and is thus forced to confront different emotional and cultural problems. He must not only adjust to the new environment, but also come to terms with his homosexuality. Standing at the ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, homosexual, immigrant, self discovery, forbidden love, lifestyle, teenage life, culture clash, family relations, human nature, youth, society ...
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada, new york, hong kong, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.5
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Strays (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rick (Diesel) is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather (Lanza), a neighbour. Rick takes the opportunity to escape his boring life style with her, but soon ...
Style: cult classic, tense, serious, realistic
Plot: urban, drug dealer, hunting, redemption, gang, male nudity, fall in love, social misfits, coming of age, hopes, introspection, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.2
 351
Face (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, introspection, culture clash, single parent, youth, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 4.7
 3K
Tart (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, dysfunctional family, coming of age, rich girl, friends, girls' school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, teenage life, teenage crush, high school life, teenage love ...
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.4
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The Child (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Style: sincere, emotional, harsh, rough, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: homeless, poverty, dysfunctional family, youth, baby, black market, social decay, going straight, life is a bitch, human nature, society, petty criminal ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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A Long Way Home (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style: touching, sincere, emotional, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: psychiatrist, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, domestic disturbance, redemption, life is a bitch, family in crisis, hopes, parents and children, family problems, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.8
 13K
Snow Angels (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's ...
Style: melancholic, meditative, independent film, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: small town life, small town, depression, dysfunctional family, abusive husband, teenage love, loneliness, life philosophy, snow, family problems, parents and children, first love ...
Time: year 2007
Place: nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Jason's Lyric (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Style: hood, sexy, romantic, erotic, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ghetto, urban, black, hip hop, african american, love, family relations, black history, sex scene, violence, thug life, black lives matter ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: asia, vietnam, houston texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 5.4
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Nine Lives (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Lust and dysfuntion come full circle in this collection of nine steamy scenes exploring gay life, sex, addition, drugs and HIV/AIDS as revealed by a latino pool boy, a television writer, a meth dealer and others. As one affair leads into another, ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: gay, hiv, gay sex, infidelity, support group, lifestyle, lgbt, social relations, couples, youth, love and romance, breakup ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Graffiti Artist (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, street kid, graffiti, youth, teenage life, social differences, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, friendship, drug abuse, rebelliousness ...
Place: oregon, seattle, usa, portland oregon, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 4.5
 709
Slingshot (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into Farifield County, Connecticut looking to seduce wealthy and lonely housewives.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: infidelity, family relations, crumbling marriage, couple relations, fall in love, dysfunctional family, breakup, couples, single parent, criminal heroes, cons and scams, missing child ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 6.2
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Julie Johnson (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A New Jersey housewife is dissatisfied with her everyday life because she is smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Julie discovers her abilities and finds the courage to make dramatic life changes. This is a story of ...
Style: sincere, realistic, clever, touching, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, self discovery, friendship, follow your dream, forbidden love, lifestyle, lgbt, human nature, love and romance, feminism, couples, parents and children ...
Place: new jersey, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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