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B*A*P*S (1997)
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Original name: B.A.P.S
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Can two clueless Georgia homegirls with big hearts -- and even bigger hair -- find happiness, fame and thrills in the swank hills of Beverly? Anything is possible when you are B.A.P.'s. They revive Blakemore's interest for life, and he teaches them to be "Black American Princesses" in return.
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, rom com, humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, biting, suspense, black cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
female bonding, ambition, fish out of water, inheritance, african american, impersonation, female protagonist, class differences, terminal illness, culture clash, rags to riches, friendship, black, millionaire, burglar, restaurant, irreverence, hip hop, women, black cast, urban, airplane, lawyer, death, cancer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa, california, georgia, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and black comedy films with plots about culture clash, disorder, gangster, african american, dialogue, catastrophe and adaptation mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like B*A*P*S: Class Act (1992), Phat Girlz (2006), Hair Show (2004), The Breaks (1999), Bringing Down the House (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only ...
Style:
hood, feel good, funny, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, africa, nigeria, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Peaches, a hair stylist from Baltimore, and her estranged sister, Angela, the owner of an upscale salon in Beverly Hills, get reacquainted when Peaches decides to attend a celebration for Angela in LA. The reunion is bittersweet and worsens when ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
beauty salon, female protagonist, follow your dream, ambition, family business, friendship, working class, rivalry, contests and competitions, relationship vs career, love and romance, culture clash ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, dark comedy
Plot:
urban, hip hop, hip hop culture, black man, discrimination, interracial, family relations, youth, buddies, misfit, gang, odd couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Straight-laced lawyer, Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) meets and falls in love with online chat friend "Lawyer-Girl", Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), only to discover she's a convicted bank robber. Charlene escapes from jail and comes ...
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funny, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
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Plot:
lawyer, friendship, divorce, comedy of errors, workaholic, odd couple, dialogue, farce, couple relations, looking for love, interracial romance, prison ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, ...
Style:
parody, humorous, black comedy, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hip hop, weed, stupidity, satire, airline, aviation, black, society, urban, music, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
You thought you'd heard it all in the barbershop, but you haven't heard anything yet - the women get their own chance to shampoo, shine, and speak their minds in Beauty Shop.
Style:
humorous, teen, melancholic, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
beauty salon, women, small business, hairdresser, adaptation, vengeance, single parent, workplace situations, black, ambition, urban, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s
Place:
usa, africa, georgia, chicago, atlanta georgia ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hood, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
marijuana, uncle nephew relationship, father son relationship, hip hop, african american, black, weed, revenge, voice over narration, cousin cousin relationship, dogcatcher, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, y2k
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, surprise ending, light ...
Plot:
wealth, greed, millionaire, uncle nephew relationship, eccentric family, disorder, private detective, family relations, last will and testament, farce, deception, cousin cousin relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to ...
Style:
black comedy, rom com, hood, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
urban, african american, black, hip hop, black romance, ambition, nightclub, friendship, sabotage, intern, breakup, real estate ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, melancholic, not serious, talky, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, hospital, justice, unlikely criminals, switching roles, fish out of water, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, dishonesty, misfit, crime gone awry ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
north america, miami
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves ...
Style:
political, light, lighthearted, happy, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
satire, assassin, blonde, scandal, celebrity, conspiracy, press conference, fish out of water, naivete, coup d'etat, media, self discovery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, oregon, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million
Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, hood, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lottery ticket, life turned upside down, black, disorder, lottery, buddies, nothing goes right, society, change of luck, urban ghetto life, violent content, urban ...
Time:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, funny, not serious, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, missouri, los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Style:
humorous, light, black comedy, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school reunion, women, high school, friendship, bullying, stereotypes, switching roles, female friendship, love and romance, self discovery, stupidity, adolescence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1997, year 1987
Place:
california, arizona, usa, los angeles, beverly hills ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, usa president, president, satire, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, black, hip hop, state affairs, ambition, republican ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., chicago, nashville tennessee, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, dysfunctional family, dentist, teenage girl, mistaken identity, redemption, debt, father daughter relationship, loan shark, african american, lawyer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
basketball, rise to the top, ambition, chaos and mayhem, social differences, family gatherings, fame, neighbor, contract, parents and children, sport team, black ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, black comedy ...
Plot:
culture clash, friendship, cons and scams, contests and competitions, rise to the top, on the run, disorder, love triangle, village, buddies, ambition, dishonesty ...
Place:
ireland, usa, europe, los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctor, mistaken identity, hospital, african american, fish out of water, hidden identity, nothing goes right, doctors and patients, disorder, gangster, storm, helicopter ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, intense, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, justice, redemption, comedy of errors, starting over, going straight, urban, partner, cons and scams, disorder, righting the wronged, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Seven comedians bring down the house in the second line up of comic stylings from Producer Cecil Chambers series "Cut'N It Up". In this set the city of Dallas is on display as Rodney Perry, Juan Villereal, Joey Wells, Rayzor, Mark ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, witty, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
comedian, hip hop, satire, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, culture clash, interracial relations, social differences, society, city life, joke, theater ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
All his life, African-American Renato has been raised in an Italian-American family. Completely unaware that he is Black, his life is upended when his birth parents materialize, causing Renato to examine what he true heritage is.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, comedy drama ...
Plot:
culture clash, interracial relations, dark humor, family relations, lifestyle, friends, society, male nudity, african american, african american protagonist, identity crisis, identity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After Elle Woods, the eternally perky, fashionably adventurous, famously blonde Harvard Law grad gets fired by her law firm because of her opposition to animal testing, she takes her fight to Washington. As an aide for Congresswoman Victoria Rudd, ...
Style:
rom com, satirical, teen, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
fashion, lawyer, blonde, fish out of water, wedding, courtroom, female protagonist, culture clash, cheerleader, women, legal, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., boston, usa, los angeles, harvard university
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, clever, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
culture clash, fish out of water, stupidity, justice, misfit, self discovery, parents and children, african american, racial slur, court, landlord tenant relationship, hip hop ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, boston
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in ...
Style:
independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
chicano, family relations, community, restaurant, money, immigrant, disorder, mistaken identity, cons and scams, down on your luck, rich and poor, social differences ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
usa, mexico, los angeles, california, latin america
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
With the rent due and his car booted, Sean (Dr. Dre) has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg), suggests that Sean get a job busting suds down at the local car wash.
Style:
absurd, humorous, black comedy, hood, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, weed, gang, nothing goes right, partner, stoner, kidnapping, urban, rescue, odd couple, workplace situations, down on your luck ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
43%
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