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List of nightlife movies
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny SoCal, and his friend Douglas has come along for the ride. Barry has his education on his mind; Douglas, the consummate mover-and-shaker, plans to make ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, stylized, independent film
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, ambition, lifestyle, nightlife, disorder, youth, buddies, nightclub, silly humor, misfit, college student, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
southern california, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
This feature takes a look at the graffiti movement and young people who populate the niche culture. Following four such artists as they shape the graffiti community through both their art and their interactions, the film tells the story of how the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, stylized, tense, fast ...
Plot:
graffiti, hip hop, rebelliousness, gang, rebellion, nightlife, fighting the system, youth, on the run, vandalism, city life, society ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
rivalry, nightlife, love affair, contests and competitions, prostitute, nightclub, ambition, beauty pageant, danger, platonic, jazz, warlord ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tongue-in-cheek look at 20-something singles clubbing and partying in L.A. Voice-over narration, charts and graphs, and visits to a research laboratory punctuate the story of a single night when groups of friends go out, drink alcohol, take drugs, ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, witty, mockumentary, feel good ...
Plot:
clubbing, party, nightclub, lifestyle, friends, misfit, looking for sex, nightlife, one night stand, dj, adolescence, weed ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young lawyer gets more than he bargains for while investigating his brother's mysterious death.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Plot:
nightclub, clubbing, rave, amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, investigation, nightlife, life is a bitch, danger, naked man, drug use ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat's name to get into an exclusive party. The name - Jordan - gets him whisked by two burly bodyguards into the office of the host, von Bulow, who won't accept Antoine's ...
Style:
semi serious, gothic, suspenseful, scary, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, party, mysterious character, supernatural, nightlife, femme fatale, sadomasochism, brother sister relationship, rape, immortal, nightclub, female nudity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
traight-to-video filmmaker David Payne writes and directs the docudrama Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders. The movie opens with Nick DeNoia (Peter Nevargic) getting shot in his office. The bulk of the story ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, tense
Plot:
murder, ambition, investigation, male stripper, nightlife, rise and fall, life is a bitch, nightclub, gay, lgbt, feud, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Endetté jusqu'au cou dans une affaire de water bed, Didier Travolta, 40 ans, vit au Havre dans le quartier populaire du Grand Large chez sa maman : Madame Graindorge. Il reçoit une lettre de la mère de son fils Brian, 8 ans, qui vit en ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
nightclub, rise and fall, self discovery, follow your dream, dancer's life, love and romance, starting over, rivalry, society, buddies, contests and competitions, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, normandy
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Chile, Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from "Saturday Night Fever".
Style:
serious, rough, contemplative, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
dictatorship, murder, brutality, lifestyle, desire for fame, showbiz, nightlife, contests and competitions, follow your dream, life is a bitch, dictator, dancing ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and ...
Style:
sexual, sincere, serious, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, homosexuality, gay couple, gay interest, gender, homosexual, lgbt, lgbtq, fall in love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
1930s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1933, year 1952 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, hamburg germany, england ...
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634
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
slut, lifestyle, troubled youth, introspection, materialism, youth, love and romance, nightlife, fall in love, shopping, abortion, slutty attitude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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73
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set in and around the male and female toilets of a Dublin jazz bar. A drama concerning the trials and tribulations of two lowly paid toilet attendants and the people they serve.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, multicultural, biting ...
Plot:
immigrant, workplace, lifestyle, looking for love, working class, social differences, unfulfilled love, friends, social misfits, society, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, czech republic, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Young single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. She ends up working at a shoe store, but meets two strippers from a nearby gentlemen's club who convince her there's fast money to be made ...
Style:
hood, intense, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stripper, hip hop, gangster, urban, prostitute, blaxploitation, black, rape, organized crime, crime gone awry, police investigation, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A suicidal young singer named Reni (Cecilia Bengolea) is about to get kicked out of her band when she meets a male gigolo, Andres (Leonardo Brezicki), at an ATM after he picks her pocket. They begin an affair, and she decides to become a hooker so ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
gay interest, sexual relations, love affair, lifestyle, couples, nightlife, love and romance, musician's life, destructive relationship, aspiring singer, gay hustler, latinx lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
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366
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christian Taylor, a writer on hit TV series Six Feet Under, is being profiled by a British documentary crew when he's sacked, though he doesn't know they've overheard the firing. They follow him to Las Vegas, where he is ostensibly ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, rise to the top, follow your dream, actor's life, showbiz, silly humor, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, starting over, workplace, lifestyle, couples ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, talky, intense ...
Plot:
pimp, friendship, prostitution, sex club, elevator, thanksgiving, christmas, extortion, fiance fiancee relationship, anger, neighbor, argument ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he’s ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, noir, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, intrigue, rivalry, lifestyle, dishonesty, nightlife, betrayal, friendship, gay club, female detective, police, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sample People is an upbeat dramatic thriller that follows four groups of Sydney-siders as they seek escape routes over one sweltering weekend. 'Len the dreamer' who stutters shyly just wants the gorgeous DJ Lush Puppy. Sem is a funky ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, independent film, multicultural ...
Plot:
nightclub, lifestyle, nightlife, cons and scams, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, betrayal, outdoor sex, drug dealer, rave, drug crime, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, love affair, nightlife, love and romance, human nature, couples, unfulfillment, unsupportive spouse, lifestyle, adultery, jealousy ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they ...
Style:
serious, tense, rough, neo noir, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, society, redemption, lifestyle, nightlife, working class, taxi, urban, black romance, car accident, love ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The tale of a young writer trying to get over the girl that left him behind and survive the intricacies of the capital's nightlife with only the help of his hard partying, wisecracking friends as they drag him from one London nightspot and ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
writers, nightlife, friendship, urban, male female relationship, nightclub, breakup, relationship problems, couple relations, writer's life, satire, partying ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Israel, China, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating journey into darkness with these five award-winning short films from across the globe that delve into heart-pumping escapades varying from the intensely erotic to the ultra-violent to the warm-inside feels. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, anthology
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, male homosexuality, nightlife, sexuality, homosexuality, violence, gay interest, night, couples, one night stand ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Four creative and sexually confused high school seniors are forced to deal with their sense of isolation while attending a booze-soaked party in New York City.
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, party, friendship, american dream, high school friends, rebellious teenager, nightlife, teenager, friends, youth, dream, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A bachelor who decides to propose to his girlfriend with his mother's ring only to have the ring accidentally knocked into the gutter by a boy. He experiences the crazy nightlife in Taipei and meets many interesting individuals throughout his ...
Style:
sex comedy, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
comedy of errors, debauchery, nightlife, clubbing, wedding ring, wedding night, satire, hung over, stormy night, arm wrestling, magic trick, attempted rape ...
Place:
taipei
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Genre: Drama
Country: Morocco
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A Moroccan-Norwegian co-production about the dark side of Casablanca (Casanegra). In a country where good virtues are the norm in public, Casanegra shows the vices: domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse. Meet Karim and Adil and their ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
longing, friendship, lifestyle, misfit, society, gangster, urban ghetto life, hopes, social differences, life is a bitch, youth, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A high-energy romantic comedy that follows three bachelors, speeding through life and scheming on women. When it comes to the opposite sex, it’s about the “chase” and “finish line.” Dog (Chico Benymon, Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
singleness, lifestyle, battle of the sexes, couples, fall in love, looking for love, silly humor, nightlife, buddies, love and romance, sex, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Set in the immediate and random background of today’s London. THE COMEDIAN is a fresh, dramatic and funny debut feature about choices and how not to make them.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
gender, love triangle, love affair, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, nightlife, gay, comedian, flatmate, fired from the job, bisexual man, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs. In the end, it's recognized he's the ...
Style:
anthology, gothic, stylized, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, nightclub, afterlife, ghost, deadly creature, heroic mission, fall in love, rescue, danger, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, nightlife, dysfunctional family, teenage life, lifestyle, mentally unstable, society ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dark psychological drama, Shooting Livien explores the inner psyche of John Livien, a disillusioned New York musician who deals with a childhood trauma by claiming an alter ego. His band on the brink of success, fantasy becomes dangerously blurred ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
musician's life, addiction, drug abuse, music, life is a bitch, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, alcohol abuse, nightlife, identity crisis, lgbt ...
Place:
new york, usa
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