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Relative Evil (2001)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Relative Evil (aka Ball in the House) - When JJ (Jonathan Tucker) returns home from rehab, he is greeted by a conniving family who are plotting to cash in on a life insurance policy before his 18th birthday
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, bleak, gloomy, dark comedy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, teenage life, against the odds, going straight, kids in trouble, youth, addiction, misfit, life is a bitch, family problems, social misfits, rehabilitation, drug abuse, seductress, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, teenager, chess, snow, baseball, seduction, priest, drug dealer, coma, pills ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Relative Evil
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and gloomy films with plots about life is a bitch, youth, addiction, drug abuse, society, family problems and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like Relative Evil: Sweet Nothing (1995), The Secret Life of Zoey (2002), Freaking Beautiful World (1997), Blackbird (2007), Defying Gravity (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, serious, independent film, crying ...
Plot:
drug addiction, drug abuse, loneliness, family problems, family relations, downfall, introspection, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, misfit, money, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, rehabilitation, drug abuse, introspection, drug dealing, doctors and patients, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, family relations ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ippe and Papu are two teenagers spending the summer, when they get into trouble with their drug-dealer. They are forced to act as drug-mules. Along the way they meet a new girl, Mia.
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serious, realistic, bleak, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, drug dealer, drug dealing, addiction, hip hop, drug use, rehabilitation, misfit, life is a bitch, social misfits, society, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
finland, helsinki finland
Similarity:
74%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junky, war veteran Baylis. The couple finds comfort in each other, yet they are already far too deep in a wild downward spiral.
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, love affair, misfit, love and romance, couples, society, life is a bitch, surrender, against the odds, looking for love, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, on the run, youth, misfit, society, social misfits, family problems, dysfunctional family, mute or deaf, dealing with death, college dropout ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An inside glimpse of how it feels to be a teen in today's disconnected world. PURGATORY HOUSE chronicles the after-life journey of Silver Strand: a lonely teen who abandons her life of turmoil and drug addiction, only to find herself caught ...
Style:
gothic, serious, independent film, non-linear, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, surrealism, teen angst, supernatural power, misfit, hopes, addiction, teenage life, family problems, social misfits, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, kids in trouble, teenage life, youth, drug dealing, gang, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, drug abuse, family life, unemployment, siblings relations, addiction, against the odds, society, youth ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds ...
Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, youth, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, gloomy ...
Plot:
addiction, friendship, juvenile delinquency, downfall, going straight, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, youth, drug abuse, overdose, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a way to get attention.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, dysfunctional family, young heroes, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, estrangement, family problems, parents and children, heist, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fast, frenetic, and furious best describe the story of five teenage boys all but abandoned by the system, estranged from any parents, and discarded by life in general. They build a world of there own in which gangs, drugs, fighting, body piercing, ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, bleak, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teen violence, homoeroticism, boys love, friendship, youth, juvenile delinquency, gang, gay, gangster, hardcase students, teenage life, drug dealer ...
Place:
singapore, china, asia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A week in the life of a young drug addict.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, mumblecore ...
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, downfall, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, lifestyle, drug dealing, hopes, fired from the job, drug use, going straight, prostitute ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father, Andrew's descent into drugs and violence is gaining momentum, and the once promising young ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, rough, teen ...
Plot:
escape, kids in trouble, drug abuse, self discovery, downfall, rehabilitation, addiction, hopes, youth, society, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, hotel, friendship between men, human nature, life is a bitch, misfit, power relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, mother son relationship, male nudity ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
Style:
humorous, tragicomedy, semi serious, emotional, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coping, love and romance, misfit, terminal illness, family problems, dishonesty, teenage life, teenage love, social relations, life is a bitch, introvert, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in present day New York City, "Happy Hour" is a literate and often funny story of love and how to receive it. Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, love affair, lifestyle, redemption, going straight, once promising, family problems, couples, estrangement, addiction, looking for love, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, nightlife, dysfunctional family, teenage life, lifestyle, mentally unstable, society ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
47%
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677
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough, biting ...
Plot:
drug addict, high school, friendship, heroin, life is a bitch, downfall, teenage life, kids in trouble, going straight, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille she slacks her school work, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is ...
Style:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
revenge, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, high school life, bullying, youth, social misfits, drug abuse, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother Doris Mann, herself once a star and now a champion ...
Style:
humorous, touching, melancholic, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, addiction, hollywood, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, rehabilitation, drug abuse, domineering mother, women, female protagonist, depression, drug ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
44%
57K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs ...
Style:
touching, realistic, intense, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, wedding, rehabilitation, drug addict, alcoholism, dysfunctional family, going straight, doctors and patients, siblings relations, life is a bitch, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
43%
566
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family calls in an intervention for Benjamin, a kid who is doing drugs. Soon, it becomes clear that those who are confronting Benjamin's problem also have many problems of their own.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, entertaining, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
intervention, family relations, family drama, confrontation, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, drug, family life, family problems, relatives, kids and family, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, winter, family problems, family in crisis, youth, single parent, dysfunctional family, drug abuse, teenage life, parents and children, working class, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A film about three high school friends who find their happy-go-lucky existence tarnished forever the instant they get embroiled in a drug-running scheme that goes awry. When things start getting messy, they rue the day they agreed to the venture; ...
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, heroin, partner, going straight, drug dealing, social misfits, human nature, youth, buddies, redemption, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s, year 1992, 90s, year 1975
Place:
detroit, michigan, canada, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, serious ...
Plot:
alcoholic, drug addiction, addiction, alcohol abuse, drug, drinking, recovery, support group, redemption, self discovery, drug abuse, drug addict ...
Time:
90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, new jersey, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
300
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, downfall, rehabilitation, addiction, couples, family problems, under the surface, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonah Brand (John Patrick Amedori) isn't necessarily the type of guy who would interest ultra-hot Sara Weller (Lizzy Caplan). But when she and her friends find out he works at a pharmacy, they charm him into their circle and gain his trust with ...
Style:
emotional, serious, independent film, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love triangle, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, teenage love, life is a bitch, family relations, kids in trouble, teenage life, drug abuse, youth, drug dealing, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style:
realistic, rough, sincere, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
escape, homeless, teenage life, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, love, dysfunctional family, youth, society, pregnancy, family problems, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
40%
313
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Quitters tells the story of the Raymans, a wealthy Jewish family that's falling apart. The son, Clark, is a bright and curious high schooler with a talent for manipulation. As his mother May enters treatment for a pill addiction, and he and his ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, youth, family problems, family life, parents and children, life turned upside down, social relations, disorder, innocence lost, high school life, girl man relationship ...
Time:
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