Movies like Patti Cake$

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Patti Cake$ (2017)
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Patti Cake$ (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Style: sincere, captivating, disturbing, exciting, social, sad, independent film, crying, interesting
Plot: fat woman, rap, musician, aspiring musician, black american, rapper, loneliness, friendship, depression, mother daughter relationship, aspiration, overweight woman, grandmother granddaughter relationship, ambitious woman, coming of age, ambition, musician's life, teenager, strong female lead, feminist, revolt, high school, prejudice, black man, sex ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new jersey, new york
Keyword: albanian, music video, poster, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, crying and serious films with plots about drink, drinking, dancing, singer, singing, song and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama, Music and Comedy genres. Some movies like Patti Cake$: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Her Smell (2018), Wild Rose (2018), The Cat and the Moon (2019), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Style: rough, serious, uplifting, suspense, visual ...
Plot: african american, musician, blues, black, racism, black american, lgbt, jazz, black history, bigger dreams, stuttering, fired from the job ...
Time: 1920s, 2020s
Place: chicago, harlem, detroit, memphis, birmingham alabama ...
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100%
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Her Smell (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Style: rough, psychological, art house, captivating
Plot: rock music, addiction, mental illness, drug use, husband wife relationship, friendship, chaos, photographer, nervousness, punk, punk rocker, drinking alcohol ...
Place: europe, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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Wild Rose (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.
Style: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: country music, single mother, women's prison, bigger dreams, musician, singer, party, working class, mother daughter reunion, promise, rehearsal, released from prison ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, year 1943
Place: nashville tennessee, glasgow scotland, scotland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Cat and the Moon (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in the city, he befriends a group of kids who show him what New York has to offer.
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: 18 year old, friendship, teenage boy, underage drinking, love triangle, african american, drug dealer, teenager, loss of father, black american, male camaraderie, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, bleak, meditative, clever ...
Plot: music, homeless, musician, loneliness, cat, musician's life, financial problem, road trip, aspiring singer, depression, art, eccentricity ...
Time: 60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, somalia, indiana, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.8
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Vox Lux (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of a catastrophe - while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. ...
Style: exciting, inspirational, suspense, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: pop star, transformation, female singer, mother daughter relationship, illness, friendship, parents and children, hopes, family relations, greed, music, adaptation ...
Time: 90s, 1940s, year 1999, year 2017, 2000s ...
Place: usa, new york, los angeles, eastern europe, stockholm sweden ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.9
 34K
54 (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not ...
Style: atmospheric, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: disco, nightclub, gay, drug abuse, clubbing, addiction, nightlife, father son relationship, drug, lifestyle, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1979
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, bahamas, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 7.4
 92K
Tár (2022)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, powerful, dorama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: orchestra, classical music, lgbt, lesbian, composer, music, musician, music conductor, orchestra conductor, female protagonist, massage parlor, infidelity ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, the philippines, germany, southeast asia, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared ...
Style: feel good, sincere, light, touching, indie film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: father daughter relationship, coming of age, music, lesbian, musician, teenage daughter, lgbt, lgbtq, love and romance, lesbian love, youth, dialogue ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.8
 874
The Last Ride (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The final days of Hank Williams.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, sincere, sad ...
Plot: country music, friendship, redemption, musician's life, starting over, rise and fall, road trip, rising to stardom, downfall, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 2010, year 1952, 1950s
Place: usa, alabama, ohio, west virginia, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.3
 43K
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Style: realistic, touching, bleak, hood, intense ...
Plot: hip hop, rapper, midlife crisis, music, hip hop culture, career, friendship, drug abuse, black, ghetto, musician, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, tennessee, usa, egypt, mount everest
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.6
 22K
Song to Song (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of ...
Style: stylized, serious, atmospheric, art house, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: love triangle, music, love and romance, ambition, rivalry, love, nightclub, restaurant, party, concert, infidelity, musician ...
Time: year 2017, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.4
 919
Funkytown (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: ...
Style: serious, suspense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: disco, gay hustler, nightclub, nightlife, addiction, lifestyle, social decay, artists and showbiz, society, actor's life, gay husband, social relations ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1971, year 1982 ...
Place: montreal, canada, new york, toronto ontario canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, youth, lifestyle, friends, parents and children, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 7.2
 318K
8 Mile (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style: inspirational, serious, realistic, harsh, hood ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: hip hop, underdog, music, follow your dream, rap, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, musician, rapper, poverty, street gang ...
Time: 90s, year 2002, y2k, 2000s, year 1995 ...
Place: detroit, michigan, america, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Where Is Kyra? (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.
Style: captivating, suspense, bleak, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: black american, name calling, poverty, husband wife relationship, police detective, mother daughter relationship, street life, lie, ex husband ex wife relationship, illness, african american, theft ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. While living in constant fear and confusion due to this ...
Style: sincere, disturbing, rough, bleak, political ...
Plot: maid, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, injustice, society, against humanity, woman in danger, genocide, gender, magic realism, feminist, tragedy ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: peru, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.1
 7K
James White (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style: sad, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: terminal illness, mother son relationship, gay, drinking, friendship, promise, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, drinking alcohol, new life, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, year 1983, year 2013
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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What They Had (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Style: sentimental, captivating, sincere, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: alzheimer's disease, memory loss, mother daughter relationship, drinking, lie, blizzard, self discovery, introspection, drinking alcohol, family drama, illness, dementia ...
Place: chicago, sacramento california, florida, california, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.7
 427
Killer Diller (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: blues, ambition, prodigy, musician's life, partner, misfit, criminal heroes, prison life, fish out of water, autism, piano, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Blinded by the Light (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Style: captivating, touching, humorous, feel good, tense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: coming of age, teenage protagonist, father son relationship, friendship, teenager, aspiring writer, friendship between boys, diary, neighbor, interracial friendship, college student, father son conflict ...
Time: year 2019, 80s, year 1987, year 1988
Place: new jersey, england, london, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 7.4
 111K
August Rush (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style: touching, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: music, musician, childhood, prodigy, orphan, child prodigy, dancing, child protagonist, genius, youth, chance meeting, children ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, chicago, xian, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.8
 5K
Clean (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot: addiction, drug overdose, prison, redemption, road trip, loneliness, life is a bitch, going straight, rock star, musician's life, custody, estranged son ...
Time: year 2004
Place: paris france, ontario canada, vancouver, canada, france ...
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56%
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Low Down (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, aesthetic ...
Plot: jazz, asthma, music, addiction, heroin, pianist, coming of age, artists and showbiz, daughter, parents and children, family relations, biopic ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2014, 60s, year 1988 ...
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.5
 8K
Miss Stevens (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A high school English teacher becomes a weekend chaperone for three students at a drama competition.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: road trip, teacher, coming of age, flirting, dead mother, competition, english teacher, depression, monologue, teacher student relationship, remote control, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Miss Juneteenth (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: teenage girl, single mother, american dream, beauty queen, african american, cheerleader, black, breakup, talent show, money problems, overprotective mother, freedom ...
Time: 2020s, year 2004, year 1865, year 2019
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
10,000 Saints (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenage pregnancy, friendship, boy, pregnancy, parents and children, estrangement, city life, punk, rehabilitation, youth, drug abuse ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.1
 298
Along the Way (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A funny, gripping and powerful drama about the post graduation summer of four lifelong friends and one night that changed the course of their lives... forever. Like Crash , Saint Elmo s Fire and it s inspiration Stand By Me, Along the WAY is a ...
Style: touching, offbeat, gloomy, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: best friend, college, friendship, friends, youth, hopes, redemption, buddies, coming of age, showbiz, partner, doctor ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, year 1983, 21st century
Place: new york, connecticut, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, light, dark comedy
Plot: ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, friendship, adultery, breakup, dream, absurdism, sarcasm, party, musician, engagement, female artist, instagram ...
Time: year 1983
Place: venice beach california, santa monica california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.6
 77K
Dreamgirls (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style: stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, jazz, manager, black, unlikely friendships, dance ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place: michigan, los angeles, detroit, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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