Movies like Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
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Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone (2014)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, reading, her passion for dance, and for French pop-star Jean-Jacques Goldman, Stéphanie copes in this colorful neighborhood where friendship is primordial. One day, she knows that she'll leave this place to lead the life she's always dreamed of.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
follow your dream, friendship, youth, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, society, family problems, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, high school life, coming of age, friends, best friends, immigrants, dance school, strong female presence, social relations, female nudity, sex scene, hayloft
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, semi serious and humorous films with plots about youth, family relations, coming of age, teenage life, parents and children, friendship and friends mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone: Booky's Crush (2009), Foreign Letters (2012), Teen's Confessions (2013), You'll Be a Man (2013), American Chai (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Thomsons - parents Thomas and Francie, and children Willa, Arthur, Beatrice (nicknamed Booky) and Jakey - are a loving working class family living in the Depression era in Toronto. Arthur is showing aptitude in drawing, and although his parents ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best ...
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realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four sisters work together to raise rent money after learning they have to move to another neighborhood in this coming-of-age drama based on the series.
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humorous, touching, captivating, light, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage love, parents and children, family relations, coming of age, youth, high school life, sister sister relationship, friendship, adolescence, loss of virginity, teenage life, computers and web ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Leo is 10 and wise beyond his years. A solitary dreamer who seeks refuge in books. When the carefree 20-year-old Theo steps into his life, it forces Leo out of his shell. Despite their age difference, the two becomes best friends, helping each other ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental
Plot:
youth, coming of age, adult child friendship, family relations, parents and children, friends, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, father son relationship, nanny, abused child, mental illness ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style:
semi serious, touching, witty, humorous, realistic
Plot:
college, culture clash, follow your dream, lifestyle, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, youth, nothing goes right, misfit, society, hopes ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
youth, culture clash, family relations, friendship, racism, family problems, hopes, best friends, teenage life, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, interracial friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Alison Gray is just your average suburban 11-year old waiting for adolescence to arrive when she finds out her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, she runs away to find the truth.
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touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, adoption, coming of age, family relations, parents and children, obsessive quest, hopes, self discovery, family problems, family in crisis, on the road, escape ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't quite resemble any of his peers. Here, he tells the tale of his youth, growing up on ...
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sentimental, semi serious, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, family relations, friendship, teenage life, family problems, disability, optimism, hopes, social misfits, society, parents and children, physical appearance ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, long island
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Plot:
friendship, best friends, family life, parents and children, couples, friends, couple relations, children, female friendship, death of friend, doll, psychologist ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
JB suffers from a heart malformation .He falsifies his medical file ,so that he can enter a top athlete training center.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
rivalry, friendship, sport, teenage life, follow your dream, ambition, hopes, youth, social relations, lifestyle, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Max and Lenny is the story of a friendship between two girls fighting for survival in a northern area of Marseille.
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touching, realistic, sincere, serious
Plot:
follow your dream, ambition, friendship, teenage life, society, family relations, hip hop, youth, hopes, music, lesbian, strong female presence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Babou's daughter refuses to invite her mother to her wedding, prompting Babou to begin life anew.
Style:
humorous, light, sincere, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, hopes, society, estrangement, optimism, mother daughter relationship, couples, friendship, women, atmosphere ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
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semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, aging, couples, family relations, elderly, couple relations, parents and children, friends, golden years, bittersweet, hospital, heart attack ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.
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humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
concierge, family problems, nothing goes right, family life, homecoming, couples, disorder, society, getting home, friendship, couple relations, social relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
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youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family life, parents and children, family problems, prodigy, eccentric family, society, hopes, friends ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
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dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, family life, youth, parents and children, life turned upside down, social relations, disorder, high school life, innocence lost, coming of age ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.
Style:
sentimental, uplifting, touching, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
society, immigrants, deportation, siblings relations, escapades, redemption, getting home, family relations, youth, hopes, coming of age, dealing with death ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
youth, parents and children, teenage life, family life, coming of age, bittersweet, unfulfillment, illness, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, friendship, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
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realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, sincere
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Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Leo falls in love with Beatrice, a slightly older high-school student who has leukemia.
Style:
sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, psychological
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Tunisia, France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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