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Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Matt and George investigate a series of strange occurrences involving newcomers, who are found to be programmed to carry out someone's dirty work. The method by which they are brainwashed dates back to the slave ship's rebellion group, the Udara, who, we discover, Susan was a part of. Susan and George's lives are further disrupted when Buck enrols in the police academy.
Plot:
school, swat team, fight, terrorist, sting operation, car, police, slavery, friendship, assassin, clown, volleyball, slave, suicide, family relations, male female relationship, hospital, computer, racial slur, terrorism, racism, courtroom, dream, hypnosis, vacation ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, disturbing and harsh films with plots about murder, family relations, police, friendship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship and teenage girl mostly in Drama, Crime and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy: Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation (1989), The Hate U Give (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sikes and Francisco are called in to a case when a mysterious young girl, who looks part Newcomer, part human, appears. Her huge, brutish counterpart tries to free her from the precinct, and their bizarre relationship turns out to be the result of a ...
Plot:
giant, electric fence, bomb threat, mysterious girl, secret weapon, interspecies sex, laser beam, mustard, super weapon, medical experiment, protestor, sex education ...
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's 1999, and as the end of the millenium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. But a few people want to skip all the work that entails, and a holy Tenktonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a ...
Plot:
alien, undercover, enlightenment, video telephone, balloon, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rain, video camera, cigar smoking, christmas tree, police, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 1999
Place:
los angeles, california
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94%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When detectives Sikes and Francisco are presented with the mysterious death of an Eeno, Matt is stupefied to discover that George rudely snubs the case. He, like most newcomers, reviles the outcast Eenos. As the case unfolds, George has to reassess ...
Plot:
newcomer, prejudice, alien, hospital, tunnel, mutant, water, racism, escape, chase, hotel, kissing ...
Place:
california, los angeles
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93%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Followup movie to the TV series about 250,000 aliens, or "newcomers" as they are known, who have by now settled alongside the humans in California. Most of the newcomers were slaves, and the slave masters are now looking for them. They ...
Style:
saga, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, racism, alien, benign alien, evil alien, alien encounter, time travel, deadly creature, androids and robots, deadly, save the world, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, mojave desert, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco, ...
Style:
exciting, bleak, rough, semi serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
culture clash, fictional reality, discrimination, police detective, alien, space and aliens, alien race, imaginary, society, law enforcement, buddies, disorder ...
Time:
80s, future, 90s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
ghetto, racism, protest, private school, witness, murder, african american, friendship, police, father son relationship, party, riot ...
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, gloomy, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
murder, friends, high school, small town, nudity (full frontal - brief), strangulation, family relations, juvenile delinquency, police, woman strangled to death, crime, crimes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa, california, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a boy kills his father he must turn to his frinds to cover his tracks with tests their loyality and friendship.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
high school, friendship, murder, deadly, life is a bitch, buddies, friends, kids in trouble, social relations, small town, high school life, small town life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense
Plot:
chase, pursuit, promise, violence, suspicion, paranoia, friendship, professor, husband wife relationship, psychiatrist, doctor, courtroom ...
Time:
21st century, year 2008
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
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urban ghetto life, hip hop, juvenile delinquency, african american, gang, rapper, street gang, poverty, friendship, teenage life, ghetto, tragic event ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 1990s, year 1984 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, rough, harsh, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
urban ghetto life, childhood, friendship, street kid, loss of friend, anger, drugs/alcohol, life is a bitch, crimes, coming of age, violence, racial slur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2005, year 1986, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, coney island brooklyn new york city, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot remember the crime itself. His defense team finds evidence that suggests the crimes were committed ...
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father daughter relationship, murder, lawyer, knife, crime scene, jury, arrest, letter, blood, hand bandage, pay phone, innocence ...
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21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
group of strangers, haunted by the past, destiny, murder, mentally unstable, survival, deadly, crimes, family relations, hitman, post traumatic stress, gambling ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
high school, murder, shooting, friendship, goth girl, youth, teenage life, hopes, isolation, teenage girl, secret, teen angst ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, cult film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, first love, dark past, chase, murder, manipulation, terrorism, teenage boy, friendship, husband wife relationship, love, fight ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenage life, women's prison, bad mother, coming of age, family relations, murder, crimes, parents and children, fall in love, custody, kids in trouble ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mexico, nova scotia
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20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, clever, touching, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, hopes, grand canyon, adoption, society, racism, family relations, heist, film within a film, coming of age, arrest, adultery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, usa, arizona, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio ...
Style:
neorealism, psychological, twists and turns, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
gypsy, male female relationship, friendship, teenager, family relations, brother sister relationship, non professional cast, father son relationship, petty criminal, chase, betrayal, coming of age ...
Place:
italy, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
High school transfer student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced.
Plot:
disco, alcohol, jumping through a window, youth, shoplifting, police officer, courtroom, teenager, dysfunctional family, hospital, rivalry, van ...
Place:
los angeles, california, north dakota
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20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with crime but his son has yet followed the criminal path of his father.
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
urban ghetto life, drug dealing, gang, murder, prison, life is a bitch, coming of age, crimes, society, juvenile delinquency, youth, crime ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
police corruption, racism, murder, false accusation, police investigation, crime, crimes, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, legal action, dishonesty, fighting the system ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former prostitute discovers that her philanthropic fiance is involved in perversion.
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tense, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
small town, hospital, prostitute, murder, pedophilia, neo noir, pimp, legislation, police, sexual abuse, redemption, crimes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961, year 1963, 1960s
Place:
venice, switzerland, united states, usa
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
earnest, touching, thought provoking, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
racism, poverty, courtroom drama, lawyer, small town, courtroom, rape, prejudice, legal, trial, interracial relations, idealism ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 30s, year 1932
Place:
alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style:
stylized, realistic, serious, gloomy, rough ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug abuse, hedonism, friendship, college, prostitute, coming of age, cocaine, decadence, addiction, partners, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, palm springs california ...
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
neo noir, murder, private detective, frame up, uncover truth, who done it, deadly, crime, dishonesty, investigation, crimes, mystery ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s, year 1963
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, courtroom drama, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, legal investigation, crimes, legal, life is a bitch, courtroom, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, teenage girl ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, captivating, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police station, murder, police, rebellion, prostitute, hostage, police protagonist, police corruption, crime, crimes, police investigation, gang ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, san francisco, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, touching, brutal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
male prostitution, pedophile, sexual abuse, coming of age, pornography, juvenile delinquency, death of mother, gay, youth, suburbs, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
long island, california, new jersey
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, rough, epic ...
Plot:
gang, violence spree, drug abuse, friendship, heroin, grudge, police shootout, crimes, crime, gang war, life is a bitch, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, ecuador, guatemala ...
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
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psychological, realistic, serious, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
death sentence, courtroom drama, crimes, police investigation, murder, police officer killed, kidnapping, law enforcement, legal, confined, deadly, law enforcer killer ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1960s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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