Best movies like Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
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Plot Summary:
The second half of R. Kelly's unfinished hip hop opera.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing
Best tv shows and movies like Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 (2007):
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Forever Rich (2021)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Richie and his journey to become the greatest rap-artist in the Netherlands. One evening he is violently mugged by a group of teenagers and loses his most prized possession: an expensive watch. When images of the humiliating robbery go viral, Richie's hard-earned reputation is damaged.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, hood, action thriller
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Dinner in America (2020)
Plot Summary:
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tokyo Booty Nights (2004)
Plot Summary:
Yuji and Akiko are newlyweds. Yuji dreams of being a movie star. He lands the lead role in a Pink Eiga soft-core sex film. The director requires him to have sex with the actress. Akiko goes to her high school reunion and is raped by a drunken guy, and then hooks up with her ex-high school love. A dark and comedic look at contemporary relationships and the pitfalls of married life. The story was written by Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Leopard Prize Winner, Masahiro Kobayashi. (Pink Eiga).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Len and Company (2015)
Plot Summary:
A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son and the pop star he's created come looking for answers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Polka King (2017)
Plot Summary:
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, black comedy, cult classic
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One More Time (2015)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and lost in a series of one night stands. When she is evicted from her Brooklyn apartment, she is forced to move into the Hamptons home of her wealthy - and selfish - father Paul Lombard, an over-the-hill, Sinatra-esque crooner angling for a musical comeback.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, humorous, grindhouse, independent film
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Come From Away (2021)
Plot Summary:
7,000 passengers are stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after all flights into the US are grounded on September 11, 2001. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Sex Spirit (2009)
Plot Summary:
A sexy spirit that haunts a bed and breakfast possesses the guests.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, disturbing, hot
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I'm Still Here (2010)
Plot Summary:
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, surreal, melancholic, disturbing, talky, stylized, semi serious, humorous, realistic, cult classic
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Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Plot Summary:
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, talky, semi serious, independent film, mockumentary, witty
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The Bros. (2007)
Plot Summary:
Wannabe "gangsta-rappers" resort to a crime spree in order to come up up with ten thousand dollars in order to finance a studio recording session.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, remake of american film
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Eternity: The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fountain. Yes, we're talking about the 80s! Todd and BJ, two lonely wannabe artists, find one another and create the not-so-dynamic R&B duo "Eternity.".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, independent film
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Soldout (2021)
Plot Summary:
The music label that rapper Drumma'K works with is reminiscent of a dysfunctional family in which everyone pursues only their own interests. The concept of "Sold Out" is a landmark for every artist. This is not just a successful concert, tickets for which are no longer available. This is a goal, meaning and a dream, after the implementation of which a completely different life begins. But to achieve this goal, Drumma'K needs to find his own voice, and not mindlessly copy current trends. What will be the creative path of the rapper and what will he go for the love of the fans?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, disturbing, light, realistic, reflective, thought provoking, sentimental
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Buba (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a small-town con artist joins the local mafia with his manipulative brother, his obsession with balancing his karma gets hilariously brutal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, dark comedy
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Soul Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as a new singer.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, hilarious, entertaining
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The Devil Wears Nada (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca works as an assistant to the highly demanding Julia Crimson and is about to be promoted if she can take care of the last week and find a capable replacement.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, captivating, disturbing, sex comedy
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Comment c'est Loin (2015)
Plot Summary:
After ten years of doing nothing, Orel and Gringe are in their mid 30s and they struggle to finish their first rap album. Their texts are mostly sex jokes and booze stories and reflect the everyday life they have in a small town from France. The problem is that they never really finished a song and when their producers want to meet, they have to face a new challenge : finish their first song in the next 24h. Their old issues, the fear of failure, their alcoholic friends and annoying girlfriends won't help them to do so, or will they ?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Summertime (2020)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Sexy Wives Sindrome (2011)
Plot Summary:
A doctor at a clinic where erotic role-playing is used to save troubled marriages gets turned on by his patients' sizzling fantasies.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, captivating, sexy, sex comedy, hot
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The Wedding Weekend (2006)
Plot Summary:
A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friend's wedding and discover how their lives have progressed -- and in some cases regressed -- since their college heyday.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Sunset in My Hometown (2018)
Plot Summary:
On the day that underground rapper Hak-soo fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the hospital. But he finds out that it was his father's plot to bring him to Byeon-san. To top it all, he is suspected as a phishing scam criminal and locked up in this small, boring suburb.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Bodied (2017)
Plot Summary:
A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, humorous, captivating, lyrical, philosophical
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Know Thy Enemy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nemesis is the hottest rapper in rap's hottest city; Miami, the 305. But he has a little secret...he's not really a rapper. A record label discovers Nate's talent, and offers to make him a star, as a rapper. They create Nemesis, a Hip Hop gangster designed to sell records and spit hate. Fame quickly follows, but at price.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Birthday Sex (2012)
Plot Summary:
After a bad break up with Tyler, Mia tries to celebrate her birthday by inviting her friend Simon as her date. With best friends Kristen and Sara at her side, or so she thought, lies, distrust and sexual desires occur during a night full of drama and birthday sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Last Run (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many women as he can to get over his heart break.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sexy, offbeat, realistic, sex comedy
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School Dance (2014)
Plot Summary:
High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to overcome his battle-ax of a mother, survive Anastacia’s gangsta brother, and pass the crew’s initiation—in this fresh, sexy, and outrageously funny comedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, touching, captivating, independent film, black comedy, realistic
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Krush Groove (1985)
Plot Summary:
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, grim, serious, captivating, realistic, eighties, black cinema, cult film
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The After Party (2018)
Plot Summary:
When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: entertaining, absurd, not serious, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, inspirational, idiotic
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Poena is Koning (2007)
Plot Summary:
Poena is Koning follows the sexual awakening of Poena Pieterse and his high school buddy Vaatjie, who have decided that they have to lose their virginity by the time they finish school. But they've picked the worst moment to embark on their sexual escapade – it's matric exam time and their quest results in major distractions from their studies. The consequences are dire.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, teen sex comedy
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Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
Plot Summary:
Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do committed relationships. This is before he meets Samantha Jamieson, an heiress turned runaway in need of help. When she starts to work as a waitress at his bar, he discovers that she is someone truly special and amazing… someone that could warm his damaged heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, sexy, emotional, sensual, erotic