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Showing Roots (2016)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, heartfelt, inspirational, uplifting, reflective, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
women, interracial relations, interracial friendship, self discovery, american south, friends, girlfriend, society, female protagonist, ambitious woman, racial prejudice, satire, lifestyle, racial issues, small town life, friendship, female friendship, integration, female empowerment, social change, identity, social activism, girlfriend girlfriend relationship
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, satirical and semi serious films with plots about friendship, female protagonist, satire, lifestyle, women, self discovery and coming of age mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sport genres. Some movies like Showing Roots: Apartment Troubles (2014), Never Better (2022), Poms (2019), Run the World (2021), Miss Arizona (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, art, female friendship, friendship, needing money, money problems, lifestyle, financial problem, female protagonist, escapades, friends, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Terese is a young woman with Cystic Fibrosis stuck in the time loop of quarantine. She fights her boredom with beer, weed, and an unstoppable internal dialogue. When her self-interested roommate returns and fails to practice safe social distancing, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
pandemic, loneliness, isolation, time warp, neighbor, flatmate, lifestyle, social problems, social issues, time loop, female protagonist, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents.
Style:
rom com, disturbing, feel good, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
cheerleading, escapades, friendship, rivalry, society, lifestyle, life philosophy, hopes, ambition, believe in yourself, bowling, women ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
Style:
satirical, disturbing, psychological, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, girlfriend, lifestyle, society, ambitious woman, ambition, friendship, women, satire, aspiration ...
Place:
harlem
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rose Raynes was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a less-than-ideal-marriage , and mourning the independence of her 10-year-old-son, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at a women's ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical
Plot:
feminism, women, female female relationship, satire, lifestyle, female teacher, family relations, social issues, coping, marriage crisis, family problems, beauty queen ...
Place:
arizona, los angeles
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three friends in their mid-20s struggle to navigate their professional and personal lives, colliding head on with the messy, hilarious and dreadful growing pangs of adulthood.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, female friendship, group of friends, sex worker, young adult, lifestyle, friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, women, adolescence vs adulthood, girlfriend, depression ...
Place:
new york, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Little Black Dress depicts the friendships, jealousies, hopes and failures of four 24-year-old girls. The girls first met as first year students in college. They seem to be enjoying their 20's, but inside they all have worries.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical
Plot:
friendship, urban setting, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, social problems, relationships, friends, girlfriend, group of friends, lifestyle, satire, female protagonist, best friend ...
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
culture clash, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, small town, fish out of water, socially awkward, relationships, introspection, social issues, friends, satire ...
Similarity:
27%
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272
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
To celebrate Indu's 75th birthday, the whole gang goes on a foreign trip as chaos ensues between young women and their mother-in-laws.
Style:
comedy drama, psychological, semi serious, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, indian woman, friendship, vacation, social relations, social problems, social issues, women, lifestyle, satire, female protagonist, life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A housewife's life changes drastically after becoming a radio jockey for the city's biggest radio stations.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
housewife, female protagonist, feminist, radio station, lifestyle change, changing lives, lifestyle, radio dj, dj, satire, self discovery, female empowerment ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, but agrees to face "The Darkness" in the ring in an attempt to regain his former glory in the eyes of his one remaining fan - an eight ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, wrestler, redemption, professional wrestling, society, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Fatherhood is a massive responsibility, however being a girl’s father is still worry able thing in society. People around that particular person always insecure him about his daughter’s marriage, security, so on. Our story is like same person, ...
Style:
feel good, psychological, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, punjabi, father daughter conflict, gender equality, female empowerment, family drama, family problems, male female relationship, parents and children, family relations, relationships, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year-old daughter for a month.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, satire, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, desire for fame, ex boyfriend, lifestyle, ambitious woman, ambition, celebrity, family life, aspiration, escapades ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
Three single women in 30s gather and talk about everyday life from work to love. Nothing is more important to them than enjoying a drink after work.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
women, friendship, working woman, female friendship, drinking, everyday life, slice of life, loneliness, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, satire, female protagonist, friends ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
aspiring actress, female protagonist, aspiration, direction and purpose, changing lives, ambitious woman, actress, ambition, satire, self discovery, coming of age, struggling artist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Wren Pepper feels her closest friends slipping away, she lets loose a little white lie that snowballs into a colossal, life-altering event.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, woman, problem, female best friends, friends, female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, deception, women, con trick, satire, girlfriend ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three women from different walks of life, all struggling with various personal issues, come together as caretakers at an elderly home.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, uplifting ...
Plot:
social issues, women, social worker, society, social problems, heartwarming, friendship, self discovery, workplace, relationship problems, retirement home, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Rosa is a single mother and a skilled hairdresser working in the salon and Patrizia Lello. Too bad that the Lello has laid eyes on him and, regardless of the legitimate wife, do everything possible to put him in my hands Rosa. The result is that the ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological, thrilling
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, female protagonist, hairdresser, empowerment, female friendship, barbershop, businesswoman, friendship, satire, single parent, ambition, ambitious woman ...
Place:
naples italy
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An intelligent, white-washed black youth adopted by a Caucasian family has a crisis of ethnic identity while growing up in white suburbia with his urban culture obsessed, white best friend.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
interracial relations, satire, identity crisis, stereotypes, social satire, african american, racial stereotype, interracial, life, social issues, relationships, social problems ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Vanessa embarks on a solo trip after the death of her best friend, Jennifer. However, her self-care plans change when she finds Jennifer standing in her kitchen, claiming to be an extraterrestrial.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
grief, female protagonist, alien encounter, extraterrestrial, satire, alien contact, alien abduction, bittersweet, friendship, self discovery, female friendship, intimate ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The year is 2046 and 82 year old Golden Chicken Kum, spots a heartbroken man planning to take memory loss-pills. Claiming that Hong Kong people have a way of forgetting, she begins to recap part of her life story, starting in 2003 during a time ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, flashback, prostitution, male female relationship, relationships, memories, couple relations, childhood memory, erased memory, relationship problems, flashback sequence, repressed memory ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
21%
3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly comedic feminist fables that take unexpected approaches to subjects like gender roles, autonomy, and identity.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
woman, social injustice, social issues, lifestyle, social problems, society, satire, female protagonist, women, domestic drama, social commentary, feminism ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, hopeless romantic, travel, friendship, buddy, self discovery, satire, introspection, social problems, friends, best friend, pessimism ...
Place:
california, washington d.c., san francisco, portland oregon
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A nebbish high school senior and his best friends embarks on a road trip to attend the greatest music festival of the year in a last-ditch effort to win over the girl of his dreams.
Style:
feel good, disturbing, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, road trip, teenager, friendship, music festival, high school, teenage love, relationship problems, teenage protagonist, love affair, adolescence, rock concert ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Four friends navigate their way through high school and womanhood.
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, thrilling, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, adolescence, school, female friendship, high school, coming of age, female best friends, friends, social problems, girlfriend, friendship, teenage life ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tough lady trucker trains her girly best friend to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, satirical, feel good
Plot:
female protagonist, rivalry, trucker, competition, self confidence, female friendship, female empowerment, strong female lead, road trip, champion, satire, athlete's life ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story:
Five women and Paris. Five ways of being, crying, screaming and laughing, missing the bus, grinding teeth, enjoying, not enjoying, drinking too much, growing up, resisting, making a child or not, do not wanting to go home... Five ways to love. Five ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
women, christmas, everyday life, slice of life, satire, female protagonist, social satire, multiple storylines, bonding, lifestyle, identity, friendship ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Needing a sudden escape from the city, Robbie leaves Brooklyn to stay in the Hudson Valley with his aunt, who runs a home for pregnant teens. As the only man in the house, Robbie captures the attention of many of the girls, and when he strikes up a ...
Style:
mumblecore, disturbing, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, village life, teenager, pregnant teenager, female protagonist, pregnant woman, satire, pregnant girlfriend, pregnant girl, lifestyle, friendship ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Best friends Alma and Margot are inseparable, whether it’s terrorizing cheating lovers or crashing wedding parties. The two women also share the same dream of a successful career on the stage. They get one step closer when they are cast as lead ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
dream, friendship, ambition, loyalty, female friendship, theater, sisterhood, friends, changing lives, grownups, lifestyle change, women ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, coming of age, church, female protagonist, car accident, society, radical, bartender, plane crash, sin, religion ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
19%
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