Movies and TV shows like East Side/West Side

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East Side/West Side (1963)
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East Side/West Side (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden Chiles. The series aired for only one season and was shown Monday nights on CBS. TV Guide ranked it #6 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Style: vintage
Plot: social worker, black, interracial relations, social problems, urban setting, controversy, social work, trailblazer, social problem
Place: new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and psychological films and TV series with plots about black, society, african american, family relations, social problems, black cast and interracial relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like East Side/West Side: Mama Flora's Family (1998), A House Divided (2019), Bel-Air (2022), Kate Brasher (2001), Ambitions (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mama Flora's Family (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Alex Haley's novel about a black matriarch in the early 20th century, this dramatic miniseries spotlights the struggle for social change. Cicely Tyson stars as Mama Flora, a woman determined to free her children from the bonds of ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, epic, captivating ...
Plot: black, family relations, racism, post war, legal, blaxploitation, life changing, false accusation, interracial relations, prejudice, couples, religions or cults ...
Time: edwardian era
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A House Divided (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: The Sanders family is shaken when their matriarch, Pamela Sanders, suddenly dies. Cameron Sanders Sr. grieves while being investigated by the SEC. His sons search for answers but one soon spirals out of control, while his daughter finds solace in ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: changing lives, social problems, family relations, wealthy family, family life, black people, eccentric family, loss of family member, family problems, money problems, black, black cast
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Bel-Air (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Style: captivating, sitcom, disturbing, psychological
Plot: black family, black, society, criminal, changing lives, lifestyle, new life, social problems, black lives matter, high school, teenage life, teenager ...
Place: beverly hills
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67%
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Kate Brasher (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kate Brasher is an American dramatic television series that was broadcast by CBS. It premiered at 9:00pm ET/PT on Saturday, February 24, 2001 and was cancelled after six episodes. The title character was the single mother of teenaged sons Daniel ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: single mother, parents and children, family problems, relationships, lifestyle, needing money, female protagonist, money problems, family relations, life is a bitch, single parent, social problems ...
Place: california, los angeles
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59%
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Ambitions (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: black cast, city, african american, black, feminine wiles, women, female protagonist, seduction, intrigue, seductive woman, affair, influence ...
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57%
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This Evening (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story: Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life
Style: psychological, thought provoking, social, captivating, disturbing
Plot: private vs public, social issues, undercover, society, social problems, lifestyle, social worker, life is a bitch, problem, secret
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55%
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Laurel Avenue (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Laurel Avenue is an American three-hour television miniseries which aired on HBO on July 10 and 11, 1993. It is the story of an eventful weekend in the lives of an extended African American family living in St. Paul, Minnesota. Paul Aaron and actor ...
Style: saga, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy ...
Plot: black, blaxploitation, family relations, interracial relations, profanity, society, single parent, life is a bitch, family problems, social relations, reform, suburban life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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50%
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Medical Center (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
Style: medical drama, retro, vintage
Plot: hospital, medical, medicine, doctor, medical profession
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Games People Play (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Three ambitious women navigate the highly competitive world of professional sports.
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, detective
Plot: basketball, marriage, gambling, infidelity, money, murder, college, game, police, investigation, escapades, rivalry ...
Place: new york, los angeles
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48%
The Awakening Land (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 333 min.
TV show
Story: Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century.
Style: historical drama, period drama, vintage
Plot: pioneer, american history, generation, frontier
Time: 19th century
Place: ohio
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44%
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Heartland (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Heartland was an Australian television drama series that ran on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994. It ran for thirteen episodes and starred Cate Blanchett and Ernie Dingo. The show was also known as Burned Bridge in some ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: interracial relations, murder, society, law enforcement, investigation, australian aboriginal, culture clash, police, prison, mission, deadly
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: australia, usa, new york
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44%
The Long Song (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, historical drama ...
Plot: plantation, slavery, slave girl, love affair, maid, freedom, black, male female relationship, social problems, female protagonist, relationship problems, slave ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1830s, regency period
Place: jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 9K
Grand Army (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story: Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, cute, queer cinema
Audience: teen drama
Plot: high school, gay, teenager, fight, society, social problems, coming of age, lgbt, relationship problems, social relations, righting the wronged, direction and purpose ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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43%
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he ...
Style: medical drama, retro, vintage
Plot: medical, hospital, medicine, doctor, doctor nurse relationship, nurse, medical profession
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
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42%
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Tales (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A one-hour anthology series that distills classic hip-hop records and reimagines them as cinematic love letters.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, anthology
Plot: hip hop, hip hop culture, black, pop culture, music, cultural difference, lifestyle, multiple storylines, urban legend
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Sweet Justice (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC. The series was produced by Trotwood Productions in association with ...
Plot: lawyer, law firm, legal, hometown, family relations, interracial friendship, civil rights, female lawyer, attorney, father daughter relationship, american south
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42%
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C.P.W. (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Central Park West is an American prime time television soap opera that ran from September 1995 to June 1996 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Melrose Place's Darren Star. As the title suggests, CPW was set in New York, in ...
Style: soap opera, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: couples, power relations, lifestyle, couple relations, boss and employee, workplace, rivalry, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, city life, intern, urban ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Giants (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Giants is an original scripted drama series about three friends determined to live life on their own terms, no matter the cost. They quickly learn that when life starts to kick your ass, you either lay down, or fight back.
Style: captivating, psychological, exciting, serious
Plot: black, black cast, journey, african american protagonist, sexuality, friendship, african american man, friend, friends, african american, travel, travel and leisure ...
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The Porter (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In 1921, friends and train porters Junior and Zeke find their unbreakable bond stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life.
Style: captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: black cast, labor union, social problems, fighting the system, civil rights, black people, social issues, civil rights movement, black american, race issues, life is a bitch, labor leader ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.8
 6K
Queen Sugar (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: black, sugarcane, farm, family relations, parents and children, power relations, life turned upside down, social relations, society, single parent, ambition, rivalry ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, indiana, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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POSE (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.
Style: atmospheric, light, visual, educational, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, female impersonator, transsexual, transgender, lgbtqi, desire for fame, dance school, socialite, success, showgirl ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, indiana
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40%
I'll Fly Away (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere, feel good ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, district attorney, civil rights, nypd, education, skirt, summer, housekeeper, interracial relations, racism, society ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place: southern usa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Beulah Land (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 281 min.
TV show
Story: This sweeping epic dramatized the lives of two Georgia families during the early-to-mid 1800s: the Kendricks, who resided on the Beulah Land plantation, and the Davises, who owned the Oaks plantation. Both families loved, prospered and lost during ...
Plot: plantation, american civil war, civil war, black, dysfunctional family, slavery, southern belle, brother, family disapproval
Time: 19th century, 1870s
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40%
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All in the Family (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Style: sitcom, retro, slapstick, dark comedy, talky ...
Plot: working class, dysfunctional family, conservative, bigotry, family life, mother-in-law, success, social change, villain, black, parents, american history ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Six Degrees (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Six Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation. It premiered on September 21, 2006, ...
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, touching, mysterious ...
Plot: love affair, starting over, lifestyle, haunted by the past, struggle, social problems, coincidence, human nature, career, friendship, idealism, city life ...
Place: new york, usa
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40%
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the 1940's South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. ...
Style: powerful, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: racism, black, politics, aunt, blaxploitation, stage play, interracial relations, false accusation, urban ghetto, animal life, injustice, power relations ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story: Maxi Amberville tries to save the magazine empire her father built, but her treacherous uncle stands in her way.
Style: serious, realistic, vintage
Audience: girls' night
Plot: infidelity, inheritance, unfulfillment, love and romance, dishonesty, family in crisis, lovers reunited, parents and children, family relations, betrayal, pregnancy, publishing house ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, england, usa, europe, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Style: retro, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: black, rape, women of color, lgbtq, strong female lead, anti racism, lgbt, black cast, blaxploitation, lesbian, sexual abuse, african ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Dr. Kildare (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
Style: medical drama, retro, freeze frame, vintage
Plot: medical, doctor, medicine, hospital, nurse, intern, doctor patient relationship, surgeon, mentor, caucasian, mentor protege relationship, medical profession ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
I May Destroy You (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 351 min.
TV show
Story: Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, emotional ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: rape, dating, black, women, writers, female writer, danger, brutality, feminist, black lives matter, gay interest, feminism ...
Time: 2020s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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