slice-of-life
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    Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1990)

    The hero, a nameless Asian-American courier, descends on Hong Kong in search of the recipient of a...

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    Life Is Sweet (1991)

    A tale of everyday survival in Thatcher's Britain.

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    Teen Dreams (1995)

    With little training, three street-smart teenagers in North Philadelphia, Hollywood and Harlem...

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    Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

    A couple of East Village loafers decide to embark on a road trip to Ohio to reteam up with one of...

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    Metropolitan (1990)

    A West Side loner gets a taste of high society when he becomes involved with a group of privileged...

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    Real Life (1979)

    A documentary filmmaker (Albert Brooks) and his crew move in with a typical American family (Charles...

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    Melvin and Howard (1980)

    Nevada milkman Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) helps a bum (Jason Robards) and winds up in Howard...

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    Naked (1993)

    An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London...

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    The New Interns (1964)

    Young doctors (Michael Callan, Dean Jones) mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.

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    The Wild Party (1956)

    An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her...

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    The Wayward Bus (1957)

    John Steineck's novel The Wayward Bus was retranslated into pop-entertainment terms for the screen....

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    Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)

    A teenage rocker (Corey Feldman) and his band respond with volume to their vice principal (Mary...

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    Extreme Measures (1996)

    A homeless man's mysterious death puts an emergency-room physician (Hugh Grant) on the trail of a...

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    Gishiki (1974)

    This well-known film by auteur director Nagisa Oshima offers a humorous and trenchant commentary on...

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    Steaming (1986)

    This is a story of a group of women overcoming several obstacles by helping each other out, even if...

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    The Last Picture Show (1971)

    The lives of high schoolers (Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges), a debutante (Cybill Shepherd) and...

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    Twice in A Lifetime (1985)

    A middle-aged man starts an affair with a younger woman and discovers the pain he causes his wife...

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    Flanagan (1985)

    The never-say-die attitude of James Flanagan (Philip Bosco) a graying New York taxi driver whose...

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    johns (1997)

    A teen hustler (Lukas Haas) works double time to help his cohort (David Arquette) satisfy a birthday...

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    Mag Wheels

    Relive summer with these high-schoolers, beach parties, vans and summertime loves. ~ All Movie Guide

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    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993)

    A groom accidentally shoots his wife-to-be on the altar and hides out with two odd sisters in a...

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    Supercop (1992)

    A Hong Kong policeman (Jackie Chan) and a mainland policewoman (Michelle Yeaoh) meet, team up and...

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    Neapolitan Carousel (1960)

    A family of travelling street musicians make their way through Italy from town to town performing...

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    The Queen's Guards (1962)

    A young British guard looks back on his life and tries to reconcile his feelings regarding his...

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    Laws of Gravity (1992)

    Story about a group of petty criminals living on the fringes of the law in Greenpoint, Brooklyn....

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    I Laureati

    A comedy about a quartet of 30-ish roommates stuck on the threshold of full-fledged adulthood and...

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    Deep River

    Mitsuko, a 32-year-old woman, materially satisfied in life, encounters a former lover in Benares;...

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    The Long Day Closes (1993)

    Autobiographical film based on the director's happiest years of childhood; a time spent amid the...

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    Mac (1993)

    Three Italian-American brothers (John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto) build suburban...

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    The Best House in London (1969)

    In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by...