Movies and TV shows like The Chi

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The Chi (2018)
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The Chi (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.
Style: rough, mind bending, unusual plot structure, suspense, hood, sitcom
Audience: teen drama
Plot: black cast, coming of age, black, brotherhood, single mother, murder, murder witness, society, grownups, friendship, rivalry, teenager, blaxploitation, female nudity, teenage girl, single father, bare breasts, masturbation, female masturbation, male masturbation, teenage boy, caught masturbating, lesbian mother, essay, gun violence ...
Place: chicago

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, suspense and disturbing films and TV series with plots about friendship, coming of age, society, teenager, black, youth and black cast mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Chi: David Makes Man (2019), Games People Play (2019), Burning Sands (2017), Five Points (2018), Euphoria (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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David Makes Man (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A 14-year-old prodigy's mother relies on him to find a way out of poverty, but he is haunted by the death of his friend; he must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: coming of age, teenager, child prodigy, changing lives, teenage life, lifestyle change, grownups, poor, ambition, lifestyle, poor family, adolescence vs adulthood ...
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Games People Play (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Three ambitious women navigate the highly competitive world of professional sports.
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, detective
Plot: basketball, marriage, gambling, infidelity, money, murder, college, game, police, investigation, escapades, rivalry ...
Place: new york, los angeles
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Burning Sands (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: brotherhood, university, black, society, murder, youth, disorder, friendship, danger, death, dishonesty, obsession ...
Time: year 2017
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100%
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Five Points (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Five high school students from Chicago experience a life-changing event, told from different points of view. Each perspective is crucial to unveiling the truth.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Audience: teen drama
Plot: high school student, teenage life, multiple perspectives, schoolboy, child's point of view, uncover truth, adolescence, point of view, teenager, multiple storylines, school
Place: chicago
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100%
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Euphoria (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, realistic, depressing, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, teenager, drug addict, high school, addiction, sex, coming of age, youth, sexuality, lgbt, teenage life, friends ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
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Queen Sugar (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: black, sugarcane, farm, family relations, parents and children, power relations, life turned upside down, social relations, society, single parent, ambition, rivalry ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, indiana, southern usa
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Rocks (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspense, rough, social
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenager, brother sister relationship, teenage protagonist, coming of age, little brother, homeless, life is a bitch, grownups, absent mother, friendship, society, nothing goes right ...
Place: london
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Pearson (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.
Style: disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: lawyer, legal, mayor, politics, strong female character, husband wife conflict, government, corruption, society, adaptation, rivalry, betrayal ...
Place: chicago
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Ambitions (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: black cast, city, african american, black, feminine wiles, women, female protagonist, seduction, intrigue, seductive woman, affair, influence ...
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The Red Bracelets (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine, Russia
TV show
Story: Children's unit in the hospital occurs as a model of the world, where teenagers accept the real life challenges, make difficult decisions, become friends and fall in love with each other. There is no pathetic drama in the story of young ...
Style: sincere, touching, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, hospital, teenager, grownups, coming of age, escapades, family relations, youth, adaptation, love and romance, society, mentor ...
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38%
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Style: retro, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: black, rape, women of color, lgbtq, strong female lead, anti racism, lgbt, black cast, blaxploitation, lesbian, sexual abuse, african ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 60s
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38%
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Giants (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Giants is an original scripted drama series about three friends determined to live life on their own terms, no matter the cost. They quickly learn that when life starts to kick your ass, you either lay down, or fight back.
Style: captivating, psychological, exciting, serious
Plot: black, black cast, journey, african american protagonist, sexuality, friendship, african american man, friend, friends, african american, travel, travel and leisure ...
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Saints & Sinners (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A large Southern church is the background for greed, corruption and murder.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: church, baptist, family secret, greed, deception, religion, society, religious fanatic, secret, lifestyle, religious cult, lust ...
Place: georgia
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37%
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A Teacher (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 248 min.
TV show
Story: Claire Wilson, a young teacher at a suburban Texas high school, begins an affair with her student, Eric Walker. But their relationship accelerates faster than anticipated and the permanent damage becomes impossible to ignore.
Style: sexy, psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, moody
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, older woman teenage boy sex, unfaithful wife, dangerous attraction, older woman teenage boy relationship, fatal attraction, oral sex, teacher student relationship, older woman younger man sex, horny wife, teenage sexuality ...
Time: year 2013
Place: texas
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James at 15 (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: James at 15 is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1977-1978 season. The series was preceded by the 1977 made-for-TV movie James at 15, which aired on Monday September 5, 1977 and was intended as a pilot for the series. Both were ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenage boy, education, high school, 16 year old, coming of age, brother sister relationship, photographer, father son relationship, friendship, family relations, 15 year old
Time: 70s
Place: boston, massachusetts
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37%
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Mad World (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this independent drama, writer-director Cory Cataldo explores the pain of adolescence with dark and disturbing results. Facing the pitfalls of high school with no support from their parents and teachers, a foursome of ostracized teenagers (Gary ...
Style: suspense, psychological, rough, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: bullying, abusive parent, high school, hate, teenager, teen suicide, racism, coming of age, overweight, helplessness, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Grand Army (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story: Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, cute, queer cinema
Audience: teen drama
Plot: high school, gay, teenager, fight, society, social problems, coming of age, lgbt, relationship problems, social relations, righting the wronged, direction and purpose ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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37%
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The Porter (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In 1921, friends and train porters Junior and Zeke find their unbreakable bond stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life.
Style: captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: black cast, labor union, social problems, fighting the system, civil rights, black people, social issues, civil rights movement, black american, race issues, life is a bitch, labor leader ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Studs Lonigan (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Story of the Irish-American Lonigan family between 1918 and 1930. The story centers on young Studs who is growing into adulthood in a city full of temptations.
Style: period drama
Plot: immigrant, coming of age, irish american
Time: 1920s
Place: chicago
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36%
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On My Block (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A coming of age comedy following a diverse group of teenage friends as they confront the challenges of growing up in gritty inner-city Los Angeles.
Style: funny, hood, humorous, entertaining, fun ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, young adult, high school, love, friendship, teenage girl, teenage boy, school, friendship between teens, adolescence, teenage life, teen romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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36%
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Party Talk (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Four creative and sexually confused high school seniors are forced to deal with their sense of isolation while attending a booze-soaked party in New York City.
Style: psychological, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
Plot: dream, american dream, coming of age, high school friends, nightlife, rebellious teenager, teenager, party, friendship, friends, escapades, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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36%
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Out With Dad (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Here we have a look into the life of a teenage girl along with her single father. The two share a close relationship. Rose is coming of age, coming out of the closet, and hoping to avoid having a spotlight put on her life. Her dad, Nathan, is ...
Style: erotic, psychological, captivating, touching, suspense ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian interest, single father, high school, father daughter relationship, teenager, lesbian daughter, friendship, lgbtq, coming of age, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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36%
Underemployed (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Five friends learn to deal with the harsh realities of life after college.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friends, best friend, friendship, youth, lifestyle, unfulfillment, workplace, society, living together, teenager, lesbian, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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Attaway General (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: When four very different teens arrive at Attaway General Hospital’s prestigious volunteer program, they must learn to work together to survive the program and make a difference in the lives of their patients. With breakout performances from Dixie ...
Style: dramatic, captivating, exciting, witty
Plot: hospital, teenager, doctor, teenage girl, volunteer, youth, relationships, patient, teenage life, friendship, society
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36%
Three Times Manon (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: After going before the judge for the third time, 15-year old Manon is placed in a reform centre for six months. Challenged by her own uncontrollable temper, and the bureaucracy of the institution, will this be Manon’s last chance at redemption?
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot: parent child relationship, troubled teen, family problems, teenage girl, social problems, mother daughter relationship, murder, social issues, socially awkward, violence, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
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36%
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Grown-ish (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
Style: light, sweet, romantic, emotional, sitcom
Audience: teens
Plot: college, coming of age, group of friends, friends who live together, black, teenager, grownups, university, friendship, young adult, fashion, self discovery ...
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36%
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Samurai Girl (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
TV show
Story: This story follows Heaven, who at six months old was the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash. The press had named her Heaven, because it seemed that she fell from the sky. Soon after, she was adopted by the powerful Kogo Family and lived a very ...
Style: realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, teen ...
Plot: martial arts, grownups, adoption, orphan, rivalry, kickass women, tradition, society, friendship, supernatural, female protagonist, strong female lead ...
Time: 21st century
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35%
King Of Duval County (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Black Family a once powerful respected family has lost power in the city of Jacksonville.11 years has past and now the city is controlled by 4 family's.Young Antonio must return to the city and reclaim the Black family's respect and ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, bleak, disturbing
Plot: rivalry, vengeance, danger, revenge, organized crime, murder, dishonesty, violence, betrayal, death, friendship, blood ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
My Brilliant Friend (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
Style: touching, sincere, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: life is a bitch, friendship, children, hopes, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, brutality, parents and children, feminist, friends, girlfriend, relationship problems, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 60s
Place: syria, usa, italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: urban ghetto life, homeless, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, friendship, teenage life, lifestyle, working class, hopes, forceful separation, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
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