Movies like Bandits 1997

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Bandits (1997)
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Bandits (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.
Style: surreal, light, talky, semi serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, offbeat, inspirational, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: prison, music, redemption, family drama, music business, unlikely friendships, music band, confined, partner, friends, prison life, disorder, criminal heroes, escape, rock, destiny, strong female character, chase, heroine, female fight, hostage, on the run, prison escape, concert, misfit ...
Place: germany, bolivia, berlin germany
Keyword: partners, american, german

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and serious films with plots about music, artists and showbiz, friends, music band, musician's life, rock and ambition mostly in Music, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Bandits: Killer Diller (2004), Four Minutes (2006), Roadkill (1989), Habana Blues (2005), Georgia (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Killer Diller (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: blues, ambition, prodigy, musician's life, partner, misfit, criminal heroes, prison life, fish out of water, autism, piano, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, missouri
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Four Minutes (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: women's prison, pianist, classical music, prison, lgbt, prodigy, lesbian, female friendship, musician's life, hopes, teachers and students, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: germany
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Roadkill (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ramona works in a concert agency and is sent after the rock band 'Children of Paradise' who have disappeared. Since she can't drive, she has to take the train and bus and eventually hitchhike. On her way through the Canadian back ...
Style: black and white, independent film, road movie, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: punk, road trip, rock band, filmmaker, female protagonist, violence, travel, misfit, buddies, obsessive quest, chases and races, music band ...
Time: 18th century
Place: canada
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Habana Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle, follow your dream, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, rock and roll, couples, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
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Georgia (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: music, addiction, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, sisters, musician's life, sister sister relationship, redemption, eccentricity, life is a bitch, female singer, sister sister conflict ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle, usa, oregon
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23%
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Style: psychotronic, retro, thinking, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock and roll, rock, feminist, satire, coming of age, rock music, girl gang, feminism, counterculture, strong female character ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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Garage Days (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young garage band in Sydney, is trying to make it big in Australia.
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: rock music, music, loneliness, friends, lifestyle, rock and roll, rock, musician's life, music band, love and romance, punk, punk rock ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Electric Apricot (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, semi serious ...
Plot: partner, music band, performer's life, lifestyle, music, friends, disorder, filmmaking, on the road, rock, artists and showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 21st century
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22%
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Brothers of the Head (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: twins, perversion, punk rock, family relations, music band, siamese twins, human nature, love and romance, friends, showbiz, siblings relations, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, 70s
Place: england, usa, los angeles, europe, london
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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder, whose debut album was a huge hit saw ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: rock star, musician's life, homecoming, on the road, rock, friendship, small town, music band, ego clash, artists and showbiz, entertainment industry, rock and roll ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
Style: road movie, humorous, funny, satirical, light ...
Plot: music, road trip, rock and roll, music business, music band, career, family relations, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, dream, dancing, rock band ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: usa, mexico, russia, finland, new orleans ...
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22%
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Plot: the beatles, rock, music, rock and roll, gangster, friends, showbiz, heist, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Detroit Metal City (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, anime, slapstick comedy ...
Plot: music, rock, ambition, follow your dream, rock music, friends, disorder, hopes, love and romance, musician's life, hidden identity, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Play It Loud! (2003)
Genre: Music, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: lifestyle, music band, musician's life, artists and showbiz, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unfaithful boyfriend, financial problem, musician, german history, punk rock, gay couple, music ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: munich germany, germany, hamburg germany
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21%
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Bus Palladium (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Lucas, Manu, Philippe, Jacob et Mario s'aiment depuis l'enfance. Ils ont du talent et de l'espoir. Ils rêvent de musique et de gloire. Leur groupe de rock, Lust, connaît un succès grandissant, mais les aspirations de chacun rendent ...
Style: humorous, captivating, atmospheric, light, sexy ...
Plot: youth, music band, music, artists and showbiz, rock band, teenage love, friendship, music industry, jealousy, nightclub, singer, blues ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: paris france
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Payday (1973)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him to suit his selfish needs...he even gets his limo driver to ...
Style: light, independent film, contemplative, tense, talky ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, music business, country music, infidelity, mistress, friends, couples, on the road, country, relationship vs career, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, tennessee
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21%
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
Style: lyrical, semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: concert, journalist, revolution, ambition, lifestyle, desire for fame, rebelliousness, artists and showbiz, promotion, music, destiny, musician ...
Time: year 2003
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21%
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Rock Star (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel ...
Style: stylized, melancholic, entertaining, intense, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: music, rock star, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal, rock, audition, success, ambition, rock concert, rock band, relationship problems ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, y2k, 20th century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, seattle
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21%
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Hard Core Logo (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style: mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot: punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, rock music, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver, winnipeg, british columbia, los angeles
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21%
We Are the Best! (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Style: touching, stylized, lyrical, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, punk rock, rebellion, adolescence, children, girl power, teenage life ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, year 2013, 20th century
Place: seattle, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
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21%
The Mambo Kings (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style: sentimental, melancholic, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: music, musician's life, rags to riches, true love, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, love story, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: cuba, new york, america, havana cuba, latin america ...
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20%
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, exciting, sincere ...
Plot: music band, ambition, state affairs, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, against the rules, hopes, musician's life, youth, teenage life, music, friendship ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iran, tehran iran, middle east, london, persia
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20%
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style: humorous, funny, sentimental, colorful, light ...
Plot: rock, radio, music, rock and roll, hippie, boat, rock music, friendship, rebellion, musician, coming of age, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, year 2009, 20th century
Place: london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Prey for Rock & Roll is set in the Los Angeles club scene of the late 1980s and follows the story of Jacki (Gershon) and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot ...
Style: realistic, cynical, captivating, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: lesbian, revenge, rape, concert, female musician, ambition, music band, musician's life, rise and fall, inspiration, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time: 80s, year 2003, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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20%
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Tamla Rose (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three teen girls in a Motown band embark on an emotional ride to hell and back.
Style: touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, feel good
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dream come true, rise and fall, musician's life, follow your dream, ambition, teenage life, desire for fame, best friend, hopes, youth, friendship, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Genre: Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam ...
Style: grindhouse, mockumentary, erotic, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: punk, music, rock and roll, punk rock, rock, dancing, showbiz, subculture, musician, nudity, music business, sociology ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Rock On!! (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Sakshi Shroff, the lonely and neglected wife of busy banking executive, Aditya, decides to give him a surprise on his birthday on July 22nd, but ends surprising him multiple times. While Aditya is thrilled to know that he is going to be a dad, he is ...
Style: realistic, serious, inspirational, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: friendship, music, follow your dream, buddies, hopes, contests and competitions, boyfriend, bittersweet, music band, music business, second chance, chance meeting ...
Time: y2k, year 2008
Place: india, asia, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Body Language (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An hour before the five best Dutch dance crews fly to a contest in New York, the subsidized trip is cancelled. Five dancers from totally different crews don't want to give up their free plane ticket and go anyway. In New York they realize what ...
Style: exciting, serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: dancer's life, youth, follow your dream, contests and competitions, friendship, disorder, lifestyle, music, hopes, hip hop, infidelity, dancing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An aspiring country singer (Dennis Quaid) and his feisty younger sister/manager (Kristy McNichol) struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama ...
Style: southern gothic, independent film, semi serious, realistic, crying
Plot: music, revenge, volunteer, teenager, hillbilly, hicksploitation, disorder, friends, country, against the odds, siblings relations, desire for fame ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: georgia, tennessee, usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
This Movie Is Broken (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: concert, music band, rock, wooing, unfulfillment, music, couples, gay, drinking, unfulfilled love, obsessive quest, love and romance ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: canada
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19%
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