Movies Like Chinese Coffee
If you liked Chinese Coffee (2000), a drama movie directed by Al Pacino, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Othello (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaThe evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
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25th Hour (2002)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaOn the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
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Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaAt a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain…
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Valley of the Dolls (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaLured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."
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Hardball (2001)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAn aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaNew York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with…
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The Tender Bar (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaJR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined…
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The Young One (1960)
★ 7/10Also dramaA jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaTom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his…
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Adoration (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaLil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four…
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Whiplash (2014)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaUnder the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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Midnight Cowboy (1969)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaJoe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to…
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The Bikeriders (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAfter a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his…
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Heavenly Creatures (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaPrecocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and…
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The Brutalist (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaWhen an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are…
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The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaWhen a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
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The Corruptor (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaDanny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…
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The Football Factory (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaThe Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males…
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Under Fire (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThree U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
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The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaMatthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is…