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The Rooftop (2013)
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Original name: 天台
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou, drawing on his years as an actor, director, and recording star, creates a fantasy playground of music, moves, and magic as a backdrop to an action comedy which pays homage to the wondrous musicals of the past, while exploding to life with today’s sound and spirit.
Style:
sentimental, stylized, humorous, realistic, semi serious, postmodern, uplifting, romantic comedy, light hearted, period piece ...
Plot:
love and romance, silly humor, buddies, artists and showbiz, martial arts, friends, fall in love, dancer's life, urban, city life, friendship, youth, aspiration, young adult, dance, community, coming of age, nightlife, class differences, spectacle, kung fu, rivalry, satire, song and dance, postmodernism
Time:
70s, contemporary
Place:
asia, taiwan
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Most similar movies to The Rooftop
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and sentimental films with plots about friendship, love and romance, friends, coming of age, fall in love, urban and youth mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Rooftop: Jump (2009), Para Para Sakura (2001), Just One Look (2002), Golden Chicken (2002), Personal Tailor (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Aspiring dancer Phoenix lives in the countryside with her father, but she's got her eyes set on farther places. Jumping at the chance to move to shiny Shanghai, she makes ends and dreams meet by working as a janitor at an elite dance studio ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, sincere, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, follow your dream, love and romance, rivalry, dancer's life, youth, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, hip hop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
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95%
Genre: Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Phillip (Aaron Kwok) is a dance instructor who holds a class devoted to the latest dance craze, Para Para. While in Shanghai, he meets Yee (Cecilia Cheung), a spoiled rich girl who is running away from her impending arranged marriage. Soon, Yee ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
true love, couples, love affair, fall in love, choreography, arranged marriage, dance class, young lovers, pop music, escapism, runaway bride, love triangle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in 70s Hong Kong, Just One Look actually tells of Fan (Shawn Yu), whose policeman father commits suicide in a cinema toilet, but Fan believes he was murdered by a gangster nicknamed 'Crazy' (Anthony Wong). Ten years later Fan ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
gangster, friendship, friends, rivalry, fall in love, martial arts, best friend, love and romance, vengeance, dealing with death, twins, cinema ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After his attempted robbery runs aground, a thief takes a shine to his would-be victim, a charming prostitute, who begins to tell him her life story.
Style:
talky, realistic, humorous, not serious, emotional ...
Plot:
prostitution, silly humor, fall in love, unfulfillment, love and romance, life story, sex work, resilience, survival, brothel, female protagonist, storytelling ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
From the director of Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang, comes PERSONAL TAILOR, one of the most unique films you'll see in this upcoming holiday season. Imagine a team that will sacrifice themselves for your dream at any cost -- but only if that dream ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, cynical, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, follow your dream, society, hopes, social differences, dream come true, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, wish fulfillment, escapism, self discovery, heartwarming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beijing china, asia, china
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having taken his father's advice, one man decides to return home in pursuit of a fresh start. While training at his father's martial arts school, he learns that his father has given consent to sell the school to a rival martial arts school.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, contests and competitions, love and romance, family relations, parents and children, athlete and trainer, unlikely couple, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, siblings relations, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ambition, love and romance, fall in love, lifestyle, friends, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life, taekwondo, young adult, coming of age, youth culture ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, seoul, east asia, korea
Similarity:
82%
948
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A rotten egg lobbed with spazmo aim at the spotless surface of the silver screen, FROWNLAND centers on social misfit and self-labeled "troll from under the bridge" Keith Sontag (Dore Mann). When he's not trying to sell coupons ...
Style:
mumblecore, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
friends, misfit, buddies, society, fall in love, social misfits, love and romance, lifestyle, city life, suburbs, insecurity, mental breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set four years after the first movie, Lin Xiao, Lily, Nan Xiang, and Ruby, confront opportunities and challenges as their school days come to an end.
Style:
sexy, realistic, stylized, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
couples, friendship, ambition, love and romance, best friend, relationship vs career, friends, fashion, youth, business, coming of age, female friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
shanghai, china, asia
Similarity:
81%
371
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
"Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, buddies, rivalry, youth, uninhibited rivalry, coming of age, gang, japanese high school, high school, strong violent content, friends ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, non-linear ...
Plot:
looking for love, culture clash, fish out of water, love and romance, fall in love, disorder, lifestyle, misfit, society, buddies, social differences, nightlife ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, contemplative, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, nightlife, society, youth, lifestyle, buddies, unfulfillment, friendship, young lovers, subculture, youth culture, soul ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.
Style:
humorous, not serious, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancer's life, youth, rivalry, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, dance, dance contest, competition, choreography, friendship, satire, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Singapore
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Kung Fu meets disco in Singapore. Hock is a grocery clerk longing for a motorbike. He lives with his parents and sister; they idolize his younger brother, Beng, a medical student calling himself Leslie. Hock loves Bruce Lee; he works out and ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, artists and showbiz, coming of age, misfit, follow your dream, love and romance, lifestyle, friends, friendship, twentysomething life ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Place:
singapore
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Seven young Tokyoites get scammed into working as hosts for "Dog Days" bar. Will they be able to overcome their individual differences and keep the club open?
Style:
stylized, humorous, semi serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, nightlife, young lovers, workplace situations, buddies, workplace, host, subculture, coming of age, scam, trust, perseverance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Pete loses his consciousness while playing in a pop band. The diagnosis is harsh and the doctor cannot say for sure whether Pete will celebrate his 18th birthday. One night, encouraged by the vodka on Jusa's 18th birthday, Pete confesses his ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
hospital, on the road, tragic hero, life is a bitch, child illness, love and romance, unfulfillment, young adult, illness, friendship, dream, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The relationship of three ambitious friends goes through a rough patch when two of them fall for the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, relationships, love triangle, fall in love, love affair, friends, male female relationship, love and romance, in love, love interest, group of friends, satire ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Plot:
friendship, fall in love, looking for love, life turned upside down, buddies, interracial relations, love and romance, disorder, society, urban, coming of age, brotherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
79%
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963
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Krishna falls in love with Sandhya whose brother is a builder. Jatka, a ruffian loves Sandhya and wishes to marry her. Krishna has to take on Jatka to win his love.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family relations, love and romance, danger, starting over, rescue, society, young lovers, fight scenes, love at first sight, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightlife, nightclub, gangster, danger, lifestyle, friendship, rivalry, disorder, criminal heroes, on the run, chases and races, nothing goes right ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Guns & Talks is a South Korean film released in 2001. Directed by Jang Jin, it is a comedy about two brothers and their two friends. These four form a group of assassins, who have attracted the attention of a couple of pesky detectives, ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, humorous, cynical, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, forbidden love, friendship, buddies, wooing, rivalry, gangster, dishonesty, professional killer, asian, kung fu, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A comfortable underachiever and serial prankster, in the midst of their quarter life crisis, reunite against childhood enemies in a contemporary suburban epic.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prank, best friend, friends, misfit, love and romance, social misfits, true love, friendship, uninhibited rivalry, buddies, rivalry, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of friends celebrates their graduation from Crispus Attucks High School with a jammin' party. It's hormones on overdrive, recreational drugs and lap dancing galore as the Class of 2005 goes out in style.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, raunchy, slapstick ...
Plot:
high school, friends, nightlife, tolerance, teenager, youth, lifestyle, city life, high school life, urban, love, acceptance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
78%
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358
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
showbiz, friends, disorder, buddies, artists and showbiz, partner, fish out of water, on the road, odd couple, ambition, rivalry, feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, touching, manga ...
Plot:
looking for love, youth, dancer's life, friendship, medical school, pregnancy, cabaret, health, family relations, prostitute, coming of age, love and romance ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, buddies, hopes, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, hospital, storytelling, unsuccessful, dealing with death, control, stage actress ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
desire for fame, last wish, rising to stardom, love and romance, ambition, artists and showbiz, fall in love, showbiz, mentor, terminal illness, mortality, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Family, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two kids look to throw an ambitious dance show in order to save their struggling youth center.
Style:
realistic, stylized, uplifting, feel good, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
competition, rivalry, contests and competitions, dancer's life, fall in love, ambition, dance contest, dancer, hip hop, dream, dancing, dance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Mr. Unni Mukundan who is very passionate about his first movie, coincidentally meets Mr. David Paul, a famous movie director. At the same time, the life experiences of Amal, who relocates himself to Cochin from Thalaserry, makes him undergo a total ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, movie business, director, lifestyle change, satire, lifestyle, couple relations, changing lives, couples, self discovery, friendship, personal growth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
A young man and his lookalike team up to fight injustice and settle their personal scores with the evildoers.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
gangster, mistaken identity, rivalry, heroes, political corruption, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, disorder, revenge, cult leader, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
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