Movies like Cry-Baby
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Cry-Baby. Explore films such as The Night of the Hunter, Grease, and Wild at Heart, around the themes of 1950s, forbidden love, dysfunctional family. Other notable keywords include greaser and teen movie.
#1
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
...
#2
Grease
Synopsis:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Starring:
John Travolta,
Dinah Manoff,
Kelly Ward
#3
Wild at Heart
Synopsis:
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever…
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Crispin Glover,
Harry Dean Stanton
#4
American Graffiti
Synopsis:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Starring:
Charles Martin Smith,
Ron Howard,
Harrison Ford
Plot:
rock 'n' roll,
car,
california,
street racing,
high school,
drag racing,
drive in restaurant,
brunette,
girl,
blonde
...
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#5
Boyz n the Hood
Synopsis:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Starring:
Ice Cube,
Morris Chestnut,
Laurence Fishburne
#6
Baby Driver
Synopsis:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Eiza González,
Ansel Elgort
#7
Almost Famous
Synopsis:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Starring:
Zooey Deschanel,
Billy Crudup,
Jason Lee
#8
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#9
Garden State
Synopsis:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Starring:
Ian Holm,
Natalie Portman,
Peter Sarsgaard
Plot:
funeral,
cat,
home,
actor,
pills,
implied sex,
sex scene,
voyeur,
sitting in a bathtub,
wet clothes
...
#10
The Last Picture Show
Synopsis:
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures. Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhe…
Starring:
Randy Quaid,
Cloris Leachman,
Ellen Burstyn
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#11
The Celebration
Synopsis:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.
Starring:
Ulrich Thomsen,
Henning Moritzen,
Thomas Bo Larsen
Plot:
dogme 95,
speech,
family secret,
haunted by the past,
drunk,
birthday,
suicide,
party,
abuse,
drunkenness
...
#12
Good Bye Lenin!
Synopsis:
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
Starring:
Daniel Brühl,
Florian Lukas,
Katrin Sass
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#13
Easy A
Synopsis:
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents an…
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell,
Patricia Clarkson,
Emma Stone
Plot:
high school,
jealousy,
promiscuity,
female protagonist,
adultery,
internet,
rumor,
party,
religious fanatic,
teen sex comedy
...
#14
A Goofy Movie
Synopsis:
Though Goofy always means well, his amiable cluelessness and klutzy pratfalls regularly embarrass his awkward adolescent son, Max. When Max's lighthearted prank on his high-school principal finally gets his longtime crush, Roxanne, to notice him, he asks her on a date. Max's trouble at school convinces Goofy that he and the boy need to bond over a cross-country fishing trip like the one he took w…
Starring:
Jim Cummings,
Rob Paulsen,
Kevin Lima
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#15
Y Tu Mamá También
Synopsis:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Starring:
Silverio Palacios,
Gael García Bernal,
Diego Luna
#16
The Simpsons Movie
Synopsis:
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Starring:
Yeardley Smith,
Hank Azaria,
Tress MacNeille
Plot:
pig,
lake,
dome,
adult animation,
adult humor,
helicopter,
alaska,
polar bear,
escape,
grand canyon
...
#17
The Goonies
Synopsis:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Starring:
Joe Pantoliano,
Corey Feldman,
Josh Brolin
Plot:
treasure hunt,
group of friends,
treasure map,
teen comedy,
treasure,
map,
pirate,
teen movie,
outlaw,
hiking
...
#18
Natural Born Killers
Synopsis:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Jared Harris
Plot:
media,
satire,
controversy,
mass media,
irony,
traumatic childhood,
media exploitation,
pop culture,
television,
murder
...
#19
Love Actually
Synopsis:
'Love Actually' follows the lives of eight very different couples dealing with their love lives, in various loosely and interrelated tales, all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Bill Nighy,
Liam Neeson
#20
Legend
Synopsis:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achie…
Starring:
Christopher Eccleston,
Paul Bettany,
Aneurin Barnard