Movies like ATL
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ATL (2006)
12K
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:
feel good, talky, stylized, serious, rough, uplifting, touching, realistic, inspirational, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, coming of age, friendship, drug dealing, ambition, family relations, self discovery, teenage life, social differences, siblings relations, gangsters, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, blaxploitation, crime gone awry, high school, catastrophe, survival, superhero, race, monster, drugs, ghetto, musician, violence ...
Time:
80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, london, hawaii, georgia, atlanta georgia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, entertaining and feel good films with plots about culture clash, brutality, mentor, catastrophe, dialogue, runaway and storytelling mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like ATL: Roll Bounce (2005), Drumline (2002), Brown Sugar (2002), Hustle & Flow (2005), Feel the Noise (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
humorous, feel good, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, dancing, father son relationship, rivalry, kids and family, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, friendship, teenage love, underdog, youth, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new jersey, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
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:
feel good, humorous, inspirational, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
music, underdog, college, teenager, cheerleading, cheerleader, musician's life, dancing, hip hop, high school, rivalry, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, usa, georgia, new york, atlanta georgia
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100%
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, feel good, intense, sexy, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
hip hop, friendship, infidelity, music, wedding, love triangle, fall in love, looking for love, couples, gangsters, happy ending, love story ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, new york, usa, san francisco
⇓ 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:
realistic, bleak, touching, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
hip hop, midlife crisis, music, rapper, hip hop culture, musician, rap, career, gangsters, friendship, drug abuse, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
memphis, los angeles, tennessee, usa, mount everest ...
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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, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rapper, dancer's life, fish out of water, culture clash, ambition, youth, society, music, hopes, follow your dream, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, puerto rico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
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:
humorous, unusual plot structure, satirical, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, college, party, teenager, african american, friendship, sexualized violence, vengeance, greed, justice, runaway ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
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:
funny, light, humorous, buddy movie, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, high school, teenager, african american, gang, dancing, gangsters, coming of age, school, party, police, hip hop culture ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Fighting Temptations stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the film's protagonist as he attempts to revive a church choir in order to enter a gospel competition with the help of a beautiful lounge singer (Beyoncé Knowles) with whom he soon falls in ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
church choir, small town, music, love story, disorder, music band, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, last wish, family relations, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cuba, georgia, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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34%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Style:
stylized, harsh, serious, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, rap, rapper, ghetto, gang, urban ghetto life, music, redemption, rags to riches, going straight, hip hop culture ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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:
inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, cheerleading, competition, college, hip hop, rivalry, high school, teenager, ambition, leadership ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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:
stylized, serious, realistic, talky, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, high school, interracial relations, athlete's life, culture clash, musician's life, society, racism, social differences, city life, gay ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Style:
campy, feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, breakdance, music, gangsters, teenager, street kid, rap, gang, culture clash, mentor, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo, los angeles, australia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Directed by Martin Davidson and Stephen Verona, The Lords of Flatbush is a low budget film starring Perry King, Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone (who also wrote additional dialog). Set in the late 1950s, the coming-of-age story follows four ...
Style:
realistic, intense, stylized, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gang, friendship, coming of age, greaser, adolescence, youth, self discovery, goofy hero, human nature, friends, buddies, parents and children ...
Time:
50s, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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, feel good, melancholic, light, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, african american, relationships, marriage, women, stereotypes, brothers, lifestyle, hip hop, love and romance, battle of the sexes, singleness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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33%
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:
touching, humorous, sexy, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, gangsters, blaxploitation, imaginary friend, friendship, african american, dysfunctional family, teenager, corruption, children, redemption, race issues ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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:
humorous, intense, stylized, ridiculous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, street dance, breakdance, friendship, music, betrayal, cheerleading, competition, rivalry, follow your dream, dance performance ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to ...
Style:
romantic, light, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, young lovers, love, latin, salsa, love story, fall in love, love and romance, revolution, music, mentor ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, caribbean, latin america
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33%
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:
feel good, semi serious, witty, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
high school, teenager, couples, cheerleading, hip hop, culture clash, school, transformation, adolescence, lifestyle, opposites attract, social differences ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, paris france, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, school, teenager, older woman younger man relationship, sex, family relations, fall in love, looking for sex, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, high school life ...
Time:
80s, year 1962, 60s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, new jersey, hawaii, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Style:
touching, feel good, inspirational, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, friendship, couple relations, follow your dream, marriage, mentor, dancer's life, couples, hopes, rags to riches, contests and competitions, teachers and students ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Harper, a writer who's about to explode into the mainstream leaves behind his girlfriend Robin and heads to New York City to serve as best man for his friend Lance's wedding. Once there, he reunites with the rest of his college circle.
Style:
romantic, humorous, clever, feel good, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
wedding, african american, black romance, corruption, gangsters, friendship, infidelity, fight scenes, football, dysfunctional family, fantasy world, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, new jersey, usa, new york
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a young rock group called The Mystery gets its first gig at a club, it's an opportunity to see what life is all about! Fresh out of high school, the rockers are hired by an exclusive beach resort thanks to a faded '60s songwriter. ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sexy, sweet, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, friendship, women, rock, music, coming of age, teenager, fantasy world, destiny, camp, dancing, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
Style:
feel good, touching, sexy, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
american football, coming of age, high school, teenager, cheerleader, youth, love, friendship, cheerleading, nerd, women, love story ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, new jersey, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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:
inspirational, light, stylized, visually appealing, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, basketball, gang, sport, african american, gangsters, high school, violence, coming of age, black man, blaxploitation, ghetto ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
51K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, small town, teenage love, dancer's life, teenager, music, rebellion, love and romance, love, dancer, youth, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, summer job, beach resort, teenager, wisdom of life, gambler, youth, social differences, fall in love, nightclub, beach, summer ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 80s, year 1963
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, california, new york
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32%
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:
humorous, harsh, stylized, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, hip hop, heroin, drugs, drug abuse, murder, gangsters, brutality, culture clash, justice, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
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32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.
Style:
romantic, humorous, semi serious, light, witty ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
teenager, high school, music, rock band, cheerleading, teenage love, friends, ambition, love and romance, rock and roll, hopes, rock ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, texas, usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A working girl from New Jersey looks for love with a fast-lane Manhattan salesman from Queens.
Style:
touching, sentimental, romantic, feel good, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
yuppie, love, working class, diner, family life, small town life, friendship, beautiful scenery, survival, blindness, brutality, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, interracial romance, ballet, high school, dancer's life, hip hop, teenager, music, street dance, love and romance, african american, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey, usa, new york, san francisco
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