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Meth Head (2013)
792
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead end job, with a lover who is more successful than he and a family that doesn't get him at all. So when a night of partying leads to a new family of friends and fun, Kyle sees an opportunity for escape from reality. But Kyle's new friendship with Maia and Dusty and the trio's love of crystal meth eventually cost Kyle his job, his companion, his home and his family. Kyle's escape becomes his trap, the party is an illusion and the crystal is slowly killing him, physically and psychologically. When he finally bottoms out and is no longer the young man his father once boasted about with pride, Kyle must choose: life or meth.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, bleak
Plot:
addiction, friendship, life is a bitch, couples, society, mistaken identity, drug abuse, gay, lgbt, male nudity, male rape, gay subtext, friends, custody, drug addiction, drug, pharmaceuticals, crimes, drugs
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 30s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about life is a bitch, society, addiction, drug abuse, friendship, friends and couples mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Meth Head: Most High (2004), Love in the Time of Civil War (2014), The Other Family (2011), Silence Like Glass (1989), If Nothing Else Works Out (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, downfall, rehabilitation, addiction, couples, family problems, under the surface, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lauded Quebec filmmaker Rodrigue Jean (Lost Song) takes a fearless, unflinching look at the reality of addiction in this tough-minded docudrama set in the bleak milieu of hustlers and junkies in Montreal.
Style:
realistic, touching, disturbing, bleak, serious
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, male pubic hair, male prostitute, gay sex, drug addict, prostitute, life is a bitch, misfit, drug abuse, junkie ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jean Paul and Chema have been together ten years. They have successful careers, a comfortable home and many friends. But that's all turned turned upside down when close friend Ivana rescues Hendrix from his broken home and asks them to care for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, queer cinema
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay adoption, gay parent, youth, drug addiction, adoption, drug addict, child trafficking, family relations, overdose, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, touching, emotional
Plot:
friendship, couples, friends, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, dancer's life, society, hopes, unfulfillment, love and romance, terminal illness, clinic ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, danger, drug abuse, social decay, prostitute, society, drug dealing, unemployment, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
aids, hiv, drug abuse, drug addict, going straight, lifestyle, friendship, addiction, life is a bitch, society, hopes, rehabilitation ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A middle-aged, unemployed heroin-addict, Checkie, loiters on the Tbilisi street outside his son’s school, where he himself was once a promising student. His wife, meanwhile, struggles to pay the tuition and understand her husband’s lack of ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug, street life, moral dilemma, friendship, betrayal, drug abuse, realism, down on your luck, society, dishonesty, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, tbilisi
Similarity:
24%
205
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A mother in Queens, New York, is so angered when she discovers that her son is a drug addict that she becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional
Plot:
undercover, family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, human spirit, drug dealing, law enforcement, hopes, society, family problems, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, rough, informative ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, addiction, family relations, human nature, society, family problems, family in crisis, women of color, feminist, child abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, africa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Paul's homosexual affair at Bible College with a new student named Alex sets tongues wagging, mostly with un-Christian reactions. The dean, himself a closet case, threatens to expel Paul, and the football jocks have their eye on Alex. The ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, couples, gender, college, lgbt, incest, gays and lesbians, love and romance, youth, teenage love, friendship, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, dog, starting over, rehabilitation, drug abuse, addiction, prison life, society, hopes, human nature, disability, pets ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in small-town rural Georgia, a man returns to his hometown to face the deep-rooted racial tensions of a deep southern town that ages, but never changes.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
interracial relations, homecoming, friendship, disability, family relations, society, hopes, countryside, life is a bitch, love, true love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
Similarity:
23%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junky, war veteran Baylis. The couple finds comfort in each other, yet they are already far too deep in a wild downward spiral.
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, love affair, misfit, love and romance, couples, society, life is a bitch, surrender, against the odds, looking for love, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
23%
177
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Everybody has a little murder in their heart... somewhere.
Style:
sexual, independent film, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
female nudity, rape, blind woman, blindness, sexual awakening, disability, family relations, friends, hopes, misfit, confined, youth ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicated when her husband has a car accident and befriends a Czech mechanic, bringing the man into their dysfunctional home.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sincere, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
downfall, dysfunctional family, family problems, working class, life is a bitch, society, destructive relationship, couple relations, custody, crumbling marriage, couples, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
black lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt, human nature, society, lifestyle, friendship, love and romance, artists and showbiz, estrangement ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city, africa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, drug abuse, family life, unemployment, siblings relations, addiction, against the odds, society, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, journey, self discovery, on the run, obsessive quest, on the road, society, couples, politics, redemption, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
afghanistan, switzerland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, touching, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, society, businesswoman, introspection, love, gay, loss of friend, couple relations, workaholic, character change, friends, lifestyle change ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Yazi Tura (Toss Up) is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the "Cevher the Ghost", a young ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, art house, bleak
Plot:
soldier, military, haunted by the past, homecoming, living with parents, friendship, misfit, life is a bitch, danger, friends, disability, ex military ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dorina is a transsexual woman. She’s got herself a flourishing career, albeit in an illegal cosmetic surgery business. She is a mother figure to Hero, her eight year old nephew, and a devoted wife to Uno. Between her job and her family, Dorina ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
lgbt, against the rules, moral dilemma, couples, transvestism, life is a bitch, rebellion, couple relations, physical appearance, gays and lesbians, male nudity, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
downfall, haunted by the past, going straight, society, family problems, addiction, down on your luck, dysfunctional family, hopes, re-education, drug abuse, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, harlem, usa
Similarity:
21%
552
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After living on the tough streets of LA for a while, India hopes that every gay basher will meet his destiny. In this case Destiny is a black, 6 foot, high heel wearing, gun toting, drag queen with an attitude and a soft place in her heart for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, talky, sexual ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, social misfits, best friend, social relations, misfit, society, love and romance, lgbtq, gay bashing, gay straight relations, naked man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, redemption, destiny, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, family life, parents and children, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism. Along with a fellow alcoholic (James Garner) he forms a support ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
addiction, recovery, rehabilitation, coping, alcoholics anonymous, support group, family problems, self discovery, human spirit, hopes, against the odds, friendship ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1929
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sorority gal Charlotte's innocence is lost after she is raped during a frat party. Confused, terrified and shunned by her peers, she finds solace and the courage to confront her attacker after she is befriended by the leader of a campus ...
Style:
sexual, independent film, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
rape, rape victim, fraternity, female nudity, nudity, college, friendship, wild party, feminism, life is a bitch, betrayal, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
20%
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