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Know Thy Enemy (2009)
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nemesis is the hottest rapper in rap's hottest city; Miami, the 305. But he has a little secret...he's not really a rapper. A record label discovers Nate's talent, and offers to make him a star, as a rapper. They create Nemesis, a Hip Hop gangster designed to sell records and spit hate. Fame quickly follows, but at price.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
Plot:
hip hop, jazz, rivalry, rise to the top, music, showbiz, artists and showbiz, gangster, follow your dream, society, drug dealing, nightlife, ambition, family business, rise and fall, musician's life, criminal's revenge, performer's life, desire for fame, uninhibited rivalry, superhero, rap, fame, pop culture, messiah ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and hood films with plots about ambition, music, artists and showbiz, musician's life, hip hop, lifestyle and urban mostly in Drama, Music and Comedy genres. Some movies like Know Thy Enemy: When Thugs Cry (2003), Just Another Day (2009), Loyalty & Respect (2006), Filly Brown (2012), Beats (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two brothers from Alabama struggle to rise above the ghetto rap scene to land a major record deal in Chicago in this journey through love, sibling rivalry, betrayal, violence and redemption.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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adult
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
hip hop, rise to the top, gang, rise and fall, rivalry, ambition, gangster, society, buddies, drug dealing, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, tennessee, nashville tennessee
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, mentor, black, rivalry, hopes, artists and showbiz, ambition, escapades, musician's life, rags to riches, music, youth ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lorie Walker ( Meagan Good), attends a ritzy private school in a small southern town. Raised by her grandmother Valerie ( Ruby Dee), she often daydreams of becoming a professional dancer. After a chance meeting with a renowned music video director, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, dancer's life, ambition, sex scene, rise and fall, follow your dream, life is a bitch, small town, celebrity culture, rivalry, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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52%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, romantic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england
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52%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the ...
Style:
intense, stylized, humorous, hood, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
hip hop, dancing, street dance, dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, follow your dream, rivalry, black ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
52%
348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
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, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
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Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brilliant recent grad abandons a law school scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a record exec along ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, psychological
Plot:
hip hop, rap, follow your dream, ambition, music industry, direction and purpose, music, musician's life, following a dream, female singer, hip hop culture, friends ...
Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
rise and fall, performer's life, music, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, singer, pop star, reputation ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Style:
hood, independent film, grim, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, graffiti, dancing, subway, rap, gangster, black, urban, music, ghetto, discrimination, street gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, inspirational, realistic
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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539
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
48%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, feel good
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
music, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
hip hop, opera, city life, urban ghetto life, destiny, teaching the ways of the world, hopes, follow your dream, music, human spirit, performer's life, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
harlem, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, entertaining ...
Plot:
black, african american, drug addiction, girl group, showbiz, urban, performer, female protagonist, singing, musician, girl power, african ...
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