Movies like A Boy Called Hate
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A Boy Called Hate (1995)
329
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a run-in with the law, an angry maladjusted young man starts calling himself "Hate". One night he saves a girl from a lusty Assistant District Attorney. He falsely accuses them of robbery, so they go on the run and make things worse.
Style:
independent film, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
woman urinating, hate, woman peeing, murder, on the road, suburbs, diner, on the run, youth, sexual abuse, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, fugitives, chases and races, self discovery, teenage life, vengeance, society, family problems, juvenile delinquency, domestic disturbance, lovers on the run, kids in trouble, gangster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to A Boy Called Hate
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and gloomy films with plots about youth, society, teenage life, life is a bitch, friendship, family relations and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like A Boy Called Hate: Gasoline (2001), Strays (1997), Boyz n the Hood (1991), The Child I Never Was (2002), Hurricane Streets (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
411
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora are young and in love. They operate a gas station peacefully, until Eleonora's mother appears and voices her disapproval of their romance.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, road movie ...
Plot:
gas station, on the run, lovers on the run, lesbian romance, lesbian, fugitives, love and romance, lesbian relationship, youth, social misfits, society, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rick (Diesel) is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather (Lanza), a neighbour. Rick takes the opportunity to escape his boring life style with her, but soon ...
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
urban, male nudity, drug dealer, hunting, gang, redemption, couples, urban ghetto, family relations, friends, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, bleak, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, pedophile, murder, brutality, sexual predator, serial killer, sex with a priest, altar boy, youth, pedophilia, psychopath, serial child killer ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1976, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Marcus is a kid on Manhattan's mean streets. He's turning 15, his father is dead, his mother is in prison for smuggling undocumented aliens. His grandmother is raising him. He has four close buddies who have a basement clubhouse; they ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, gang, friendship, boy, dysfunctional family, children, violence, teenager, runaway, little boy, worship, theft ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 70s
Place:
new york, new mexico, lower east side manhattan new york city, alaska, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenager finds a gun loaded with three bullets and shoots at the guard of a supermarket when he discovers it stealing a comic. In his escape along the road he meets a girl who has tried to commit suicide without success and both decide to take a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
loser, on the run, murder, false accusation, strong violent content, criminal heroes, dishonesty, youth, life is a bitch, fugitives, lovers on the run, chases and races ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell a dead-man's stash of drugs. The corpse's cousin smells a rat. Jessica, who is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, independent film, crying ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, eviction, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, drug dealing, vengeance ...
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who develops a crush on him. He is then introduced to a whole gang led by a young hustler. The racer-to-be ...
Style:
talky, serious, realistic, slang, feel good ...
Plot:
gay interest, male prostitution, closeted homosexual, gay, gay friend, bare chested male, gay crush, friendship, scam, best friend, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
Style:
emotional, serious, melancholic, absurd, crying ...
Plot:
architect, gay interest, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, social differences, family problems, parents and children, society, human nature, youth, life is a bitch, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2005
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
23%
809
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her classmates. This all changes when a pen-pal school project connects her with convict Howard. Anita ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, independent film, realistic
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, prison, sexual abuse, murder, murderous pair, teenage girl, anti heroine, parole officer, age difference, outdoor sex, small town ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
21%
722
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dreaded pimp and a relentless police detective out to arrest all of them.
Style:
erotic, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
making love, sex scene, lesbian sex, juvenile delinquency, rape, female nudity, attempted rape, interracial sex, rough sex, lgbt, black, sex crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is convicted of murder and sent to prison. A female ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
prison, escape, on the run, murder, kids in trouble, youth, chases and races, drug dealing, love and romance, law enforcement, lovers on the run, society ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Irish lad (Matt Keeslar) who fled from his oppressive, widowed father (Albert Finney) falls for a girl (Victoria Smurfit) from an affluent family.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, male nudity, death, teenager, skinny dipping, strained relationship, police officer, father son relationship, family relations, ira, politics, rural area ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
ireland, europe, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
21%
4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, sexual, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, beach party, friends, private school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage crush, best friend, teenage life, teenage love, high school life, schoolgirl ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
21%
337
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Peter, a frustrated suburban teenager, prefers to hang out by the railroad tracks with his friends and get rid of boredom. When the young men throw the switch one day just for fun, a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions occurs. A train derails ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspense, bleak
Plot:
prison, train, going straight, teenage life, redemption, confined, kids in trouble, hopes, youth, false accusation, society, prison life ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Spider, a young gang leader, gets in over his head when he robs a notorious gangster. On the run, he's taken in by a sheltered young woman and her reclusive uncle, a legendary mobster gunned down by the same gangster now pursuing Spider.
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
gangster, on the run, criminal's revenge, fall in love, danger, youth, rivalry, vengeance, crime gone awry, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, chases and races ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, murder, accidental death, adaptation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation, courtroom drama, investigation, parents and children, teenage life, lawyer, family problems ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Similarity:
21%
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779
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into Farifield County, Connecticut looking to seduce wealthy and lonely housewives.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, crumbling marriage, couple relations, breakup, fall in love, dysfunctional family, couples, single parent, criminal heroes, cons and scams, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, connecticut
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, tense, rough, grim ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
redemption, child abuse, children, coming of age, boy, dysfunctional family, working class, juvenile detention, youth, corporal punishment, childhood, poverty ...
Time:
year 1999, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Niagra, Niagra" begins quietly in a drugstore in Poughkeepsie, where Marcie, the film's disarming heroine, likes to shoplift. She literally crashes into Seth, a quiet outsider, also on a shoplifting spree. Marcie invites Seth to ...
Style:
melancholic, road movie, intense, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, love story, pharmacy, pharmacist, love and romance, couples, couple relations, disability, social misfits, lovers on the run, male female relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, new york state, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jack is now out of jail and he meets Nick, his adolescent son. Their relationship will be complicated, because Jack has a problem with alcohol. But his love for Nick will help him to get over the past and reach his dreams.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
father son relationship, boy, adaptation, complex characters, starting over, prison, going straight, family relations, estrangement, prisoner, society, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s, 70s
Place:
seattle, usa, alaska, washington state, california
Similarity:
20%
890
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man and a woman running from their pasts are trapped on a collision course with the future. Frank T. Wells, a newly-released ex-con looking for a few acres of freedom on the rodeo circuit. Scarlett Stuart, a wild beautiful woman on the run from a ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brother sister incest, prison, cowboy, rodeo, on the run, bank, renegade, misfit, chases and races, fall in love, going straight, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
montana
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A multi-cultural celebration of young people triumphing in the face of adversity, societal pressures and difficult familial situations.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, society, youth, life is a bitch, hopes, against the odds, rich and poor, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
Similarity:
20%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big ...
Style:
emotional, neo noir, intense, talky, rough ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, character study, police corruption, false accusation, mafia, injustice, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, criminal ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, hood, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers.
Style:
hood, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, bank robbery, disco, robbery, ghetto, gangster, coming of age, juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, delinquent, criminal gang, youth gang ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedding of his brother. In the two days he recounts his neighborhood in a section of Sevilla.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
wedding, juvenile delinquent, friendship, self discovery, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, rebellious youth, buddies, youth, society, family relations, kids in trouble ...
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A look inside a tragedy through the eyes of a survivor. Based on actual events, April Showers is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of school violence
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, teenage life, society, life is a bitch, high school, youth, social relations, bullying, violent content, serial killer, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Deena Marten wants the same freedom every teenager craves. But when she can't have her way, her rebellious temperament erupts in violence. Her parents, Stephanie and Todd, fear her new boyfriend, Garret, 17, is the cause. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abuse, recovery, victim, women, substance abuse, trouble, family relations, alcohol abuse, dysfunctional family, rebellious youth, anger management, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
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