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Blindspotting (2018)
34K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, hood, disturbing, semi serious, comedy drama, suspense, funny, humorous, political ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
male friendship, cemetery, parole, probation, police, party, best friend, fight, ghetto, racism, black, police brutality, black lives matter, friendship between men, social justice, family relations, danger, rap, hip hop, marijuana, fire, hallucination, father son relationship, nightmare, ex convict ...
Place:
oakland california, las vegas, san francisco, boston, colorado, portland oregon, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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Most similar movies to Blindspotting
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out hood, f word, independent film and realistic films with plots about friendship, african american, police, violence, drinking, family relations and drinking alcohol mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Blindspotting: Public Friends (2016), Boyz n the Hood (1991), Fruitvale Station (2013), The Hate U Give (2018), Friday (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In order to make his little sick brother's dream come true, Leo and his best mates organize a fake score...but on the d day, they make a mistake and the fake score becomes a real hold up.Here starts the extraordinary adventure of PUBLIC Amis.
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child cancer, cancer, money, siblings, nudity, hospital, prison, impersonating a police officer, poker, taxi driver, loss of daughter, soccer ...
Place:
lyon, argentina
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Style:
hood, independent film, thought provoking, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
racism, african american, police brutality, black, marijuana, murder, black history, prison visit, introspection, black lives matter, civil rights, character study ...
Time:
year 2013, 2000s, year 2008, year 2009, 2010s ...
Place:
california, new york, usa, oakland california, san francisco ...
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style:
hood, captivating, teen, social, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
racism, ghetto, african american, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, loss of friend, black, coming of age, black lives matter, private school, black history, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Style:
hood, funny, independent film, feel good, light ...
Plot:
african american, ghetto, hip hop, weed, marijuana, friendship, drug, rap, friends, rapper, friendship between men, drug dealer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style:
hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style:
exciting, intense, stylized, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug addiction, theft, junkie, addiction, heroin, sex scene, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, revenge, violence, redemption ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 70s, year 1979 ...
Place:
edinburgh scotland, slovenia, scotland, scottish highlands, china ...
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40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fbi, informant, father son relationship, drug traffic, buddies, culture clash, drug crime, fbi agent, teenager, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1986, year 2014, year 2017 ...
Place:
las vegas, ohio, michigan, detroit
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Four black students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post-racial' America ...
Style:
witty, independent film, melancholic, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
racism, interracial relations, college life, satire, campus, prejudice, storytelling, obsession, oral sex, black, friendship, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2014, year 2012, year 2011 ...
Place:
usa, indiana, california
Similarity:
35%
59K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
Similarity:
34%
20K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
Style:
sexy, funny, road movie, dark comedy, freeze frame ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stripper, male nudity, facebook, female nudity, sex trafficking, sex worker, nudity, strip club, sex scene, travel, girl, human trafficking ...
Time:
2020s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
florida, detroit
Similarity:
34%
92K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from ...
Style:
sexy, teen, independent film, hood, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, hip hop, party, adolescence, african american, social relations, friendship, geek, drug, tomboy, gang ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, indiana, harvard university, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style:
parody, hood, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, stoner, dumb, youth, ghetto, social satire, african american, gangster, hip hop, city life, stupidity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with crime but his son has yet followed the criminal path of his father.
Style:
hood, sexual, captivating, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, criminal gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, urban, black, blaxploitation, hip hop, african american, father son relationship, father son reunion, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, africa
Similarity:
32%
87K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style:
thought provoking, sexual, social, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, friends, teenager, underage sex, underage drinking, dysfunctional family, self harm, adolescence, mission, youth culture ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, spain, france, paris france, florida ...
Similarity:
32%
61K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Style:
funny, humorous, surprise ending, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, prison, life sentence, murder, friendship between men, african american, prison escape, prison life, racist, baseball, racism, escape attempt ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1932, year 1944, year 1972 ...
Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style:
detective, dutch angle, political, dark comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
racism, african american, undercover cop, white supremacy, ku klux klan, activist, racist cop, police detective, bomb, black cop, police, undercover ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place:
usa, colorado, africa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Officer Arnaud raises his daughter as a love letter to his late Mom.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, ballet performance, judge, school, lawyer, divorce, family relations, friendship, child custody, love and romance, society, couples ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, austin texas, usa, texas, cannes
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, hood, harsh, stylized ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, brutality, urban, drug abuse, satire, gangster, murder, heroin, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style:
black comedy, hood, funny, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, african american, fight scenes, mobster, husband and wife, corruption, gang, hip hop ...
Time:
1930s, year 1989, 1920s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, north america ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
african american, friendship, male nudity, black, black lives matter, racism, blaxploitation, rivalry, society, friends, one against many, courage ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
san francisco, california, north america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, funny, ironic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
slacker, tattoo artist, arrested development, re-education, stoner, traumatized man, fear of commitment, adhd, coming of age, tattoo, jealousy, meditation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, hawaii, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Style:
thought provoking, f word
Plot:
tattoo, airport, korean american, baby, hospital, father daughter relationship, motorcycle, robbery, husband wife relationship, theft, court, cancer ...
Time:
year 2006, year 1986, year 1988, year 1998, year 1975 ...
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
stylized, bloody, serious, rough, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, friendship, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, violence, coming of age, gangster, organized crime, street gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, hood, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, beauty salon, hairdresser, urban, black, family business, hip hop, blaxploitation, african american, family relations, society, buddies ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, usa, north america, illinois ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio ...
Style:
neorealism, psychological, suspense, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
gypsy, coming of age, male female relationship, friendship, chase, brother sister relationship, betrayal, petty criminal, father son relationship, teenager, family relations, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
southern italy, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
26%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tyler joins his friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend birthday party with several people he doesn’t know. As soon as they get there, it’s clear that (1) he’s the only black guy, and (2) it’s going to be a weekend of heavy drinking. ...
Style:
freeze frame, f word
Plot:
racism, racial discrimination, birthday, debauchery, nightmare, photograph, bare chested male, revenge, fight, wrestling, workout, racial prejudice ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style:
tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, street gang, favela, slum, coming of age, betrayal, brutality, relationships, drug lord, society, gang war, best friend ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2007, future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america, latin america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
Style:
cult classic, intense, entertaining, bad ending, serious ...
Plot:
gang, street gang, prison gang, drug abuse, prison, gangster, destiny, male nudity, jail, ghetto, violence spree, drug addiction ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, ecuador, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Style:
humorous, stylized, captivating, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, racism, murder, civil rights, segregation, murder trial, hopes, police, courtroom, aunt nephew relationship, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place:
alabama, america, usa, california, texas ...
Similarity:
24%
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