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Stranger Than Paradise
1984 • Drama • Comedy
New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, and W…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Stranger Than Paradise
1983
30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 In…
Why matched: semantic similarity
Down by Law
1986 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Permanent Vacation
1981 • Drama
In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches fo…
Why matched: genres Drama
New Rose Hotel
1999 • Drama • Mystery • Science Fiction
A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Paris, Texas
1984 • Drama
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappe…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 • Drama
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations…
Why matched: genres Drama
Downtown '81
2001 • Music • Drama • Comedy
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
Blue in the Face
1995 • Comedy
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for…
Why matched: genres Comedy
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and i…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Wild at Heart
1990 • Thriller • Romance • Crime
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lov…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Romance
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021 • Documentary
An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in…
Why matched: genres Documentary