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ATL (2006)
13K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Style:
hood, cult classic, talky, stylized, feel good, serious, rough, uplifting, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, coming of age, friendship, urban, black, drug dealing, ambition, family relations, self discovery, teenage life, social differences, siblings relations, african american gangster, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, ghetto, blaxploitation, crime gone awry, high school, rapper, summer, black cast, homeless, poverty, hip hop culture ...
Time:
year 2006, 80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia, london, hawaii
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Most similar movies to ATL
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, hood, black cinema and melancholic films with plots about urban, african american, hip hop, black, gangster, culture clash and hip hop culture mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like ATL: Roll Bounce (2005), Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003), Hustle & Flow (2005), Drumline (2002), Brown Sugar (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The ...
Style:
sweet, light, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
coming of age, dancing, father son relationship, dance, rivalry, kids and family, black, contests and competitions, teenage love, friendship, ambition, underdog ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 2005, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
High school loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987's Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
Style:
black comedy, feel good, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
couples, high school, fall in love, opposites attract, hip hop, school, culture clash, transformation, adolescence, lifestyle, fish out of water, social differences ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new jersey, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
hip hop, music, rapper, midlife crisis, hip hop culture, career, destiny, drug abuse, friendship, black, profanity, ghetto ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
memphis, southern usa, tennessee, usa, egypt ...
Similarity:
100%
38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, melancholic, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college life, music, cheerleader, underdog, destiny, college, musician's life, dancing, american football, high school, black, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
harlem, georgia, usa, new york, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. They've known each other since they met as children, when both ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, intense, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hip hop, wedding, fall in love, friendship, infidelity, music, dating, happy ending, black, best friend, looking for love, best friends in love ...
Time:
year 2002, 80s
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different ...
Style:
emotional, hood, stylized, light, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
gang, womanizer, lone hero, single parent, african american, black, blaxploitation, gangster, unlikely friendships, urban, organized crime, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Style:
hood, stylized, harsh, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, ghetto, rap, rapper, gangster, urban ghetto life, redemption, music, urban, rags to riches, male pubic hair, gang ...
Time:
year 2005, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the ...
Style:
intense, stylized, humorous, hood, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
hip hop, dancing, street dance, dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, follow your dream, rivalry, black ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, hood, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rapper, dancer's life, dance, culture clash, fish out of water, society, ambition, youth, human spirit, music, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After the death of Raya Green's(Rutina Wesley) sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop(Dwain Murphy) which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, exciting, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, dance, coming of age, youth, contests and competitions, follow your dream, friendship, teenage life, lifestyle, ambition, hopes, dancer's life ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.
Style:
road movie, hood, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
road trip, african american, gang, hip hop, black, ghetto, friendship, writers, urban, on the road, starting over, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, chicago, south central los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, dance, hip hop, competition, high school, black, campus, teenage love, university, black college ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.
Style:
hood, independent film, humorous, black comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, college, black, urban, ghetto, party, friendship, gangster, black college, blaxploitation, campus, african american ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at ...
Style:
independent film, hood, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
african american, hip hop, high school, party, coming of age, black, father son relationship, urban, dancing, ghetto, police, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place:
usa, africa, california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they meet a pair of career criminals and ...
Style:
independent film, hood, black comedy, cult classic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, african american, high school, blaxploitation, teenager, black, urban, black history, exploitation, black cast, basketball, death of friend ...
Time:
year 1975, 60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
chicago, usa, africa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out ...
Style:
hood, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, gang, black, hip hop, african american, black gangster, blaxploitation, downbeat ending, hip hop culture, thug life, villain, thug ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
37%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher ...
Style:
hood, black comedy, rom com, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, ghetto, gangster, urban, black, music, party, black girl, discrimination, street crime, high school romance, stoner ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style:
hood, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
desire for fame, hip hop, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, basketball, gang, black, hopes, rivalry, urban, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Style:
cult classic, hood, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, breakdance, music, redneck, dj, gangster, ghetto, cannon, street kid, dance, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, australia, tokyo, california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Style:
sexy, hood, romantic, erotic, serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
urban, black, hip hop, african american, sex scene, love, making love, family relations, black history, violence, tragic romance, black woman ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
asia, vietnam, texas, houston texas
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Style:
hood, inspirational, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, basketball, african american, gang, high school, urban, ghetto, black, gangster, violence, coming of age, thug ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
harlem, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
beauty salon, fighting the system, urban, black, barbershop, friendship, workplace, friends, workplace romance, hip hop, family business, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, illinois, usa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, light, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, relationships, african american, marriage, black, women, brothers, stereotypes, lifestyle, love, hip hop, battle of the sexes ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
boy, family relations, odd couple, dysfunctional family, friendship, black, life is a bitch, orphan, danger, african american, hip hop culture, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, hood ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
hip hop, gangster, high school, interracial relations, athlete's life, culture clash, musician's life, society, social differences, city life, racism, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 70s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, california, new jersey
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Style:
independent film, humorous, touching, sex comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, african american, teenage boy, black, dysfunctional family, teenager, blaxploitation, imaginary friend, friendship, urban, love, teenage girl ...
Time:
70s, year 1994, year 1976
Place:
africa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, hood, harsh, stylized ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, brutality, urban, drug abuse, satire, gangster, murder, heroin, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
New Jersey Drive is a 1995 film about black youths in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial "car theft capital of the world". Their favorite pastime is that of everybody in their neighborhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts ...
Style:
hood, melancholic, brutal, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, ghetto, police investigation, urban, vengeance, hip hop, murder, lone hero, black, teenage life, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Chantel Mitchell (Ariyan Johnson), a hip, articulate, black high-school girl in Brooklyn, is determined not to become "just another girl on the IRT" (the IRT is one of NYC's subway lines). She dreams of medical school, a family, and ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
black, pregnancy, women of color, urban, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager, homeless, nudity, poverty, solace, troubled youth, black history ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, indiana, new york, usa
Similarity:
35%
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