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Five Star (2014)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film and in reality—the streets of Brooklyn are all Primo has ever known. While John questions whether or not to enter into this life, Primo must decide whether to leave it all behind as he vows to become a better husband and father. Set during those New York summer weeks where the stifling heat seems to encase everything, Five Star plunges into gang culture with searing intensity. Director Keith Miller observes the lives of these two men with a quiet yet pointed distance, carefully eschewing worn clichés through its unflinching focus. Distinctions between fiction and real life remain intentionally ambiguous, allowing the story of these two men to resonate beyond the streets, as they face the question of what it means to be a man.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy, hood, tense, sincere, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, society, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, adolescence vs adulthood, ghetto, gangster, youth, manhood, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, profanity, drug dealing, single parent, criminal heroes, violent content, graphic violence, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and rough films with plots about society, life is a bitch, family relations, youth, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto and gang mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Five Star: Anne B. Real (2003), First Time Felon (1997), The Street King (2002), X/Y (2014), White Irish Drinkers (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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752
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, britain
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, ireland, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
53%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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342
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Haiti
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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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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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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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
49%
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
gang, immigrant, teenage life, family relations, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, parents and children, society, coming of age, love and romance, social problems, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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