Most Similar Movies to Shadows (1958)
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Day Night Day Night (2006), Generation Um... (2012), Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971), Faces (1968), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Man Push Cart (2005), The Savage Eye (1960) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Day Night Day Night (2006)
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision -- she has made it already. We don't know whom she represents, what she believes in - we only know she believes it absolutely.
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Generation Um... (2012)
Three adults during a single day in New York City, one filled with sex, drugs, and indecision.
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Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971)
A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
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Faces (1968)
A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
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Man Push Cart (2005)
A night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan.
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The Savage Eye (1960)
This drama takes the form of a story told using documentary material as an intrinsic part of the narrative. In this journey through the dark side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows Judith - a newly divorced woman looking for a fresh start - through the streets of Los Angeles as she encounters the strange denizens of the city, ranging from trendsetters to religiou...Read all
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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009)
After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns punctuated by an original score, the two lovers seem destined to be together.
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Naked Acts (1996)
Aspiring actress Cicely has lost 57 pounds and landed her first movie role. The director didn't tell her about a nude scene. Reluctant to do it, she embarks on a personal journey that unveils secrets once hid under her excessive weight.
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The Exiles (1961)
In a Native American neighborhood in Los Angeles, Homer (Homer Nish) lives with his pregnant wife, Yvonne (Yvonne Williams), in a crowded apartment. While Homer goes drinking with his friend Tommy (Tom Reynolds), Yvonne is left at a movie by herself. As the men get progressively drunker, Yvonne realizes her husband is not coming home. Meanwhile, Homer and Tommy wander through the nighttime city, looking for fights, playing poker and discussing their problems as Native Americans.
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How I Got Lost (2009)
Two friends deal with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented but with seemingly nothing to lose, his tailspin is balanced only by his professional drive to succeed as a trader on Wall Street. His best friend Jake, broken-hearted and writing sports instead of ...Read all
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The Little Fugitive (1953)
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
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Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
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Sound and Fury (1987)
Bruno is 14. When his grandmother dies, he returns to live in Bagnolet with his mother who is so rarely there that he never sees her. He has the mind of a 7-year-old, and finds himself in a class who all share the same learning problems.
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Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.
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Killer of Sheep (1977)
Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
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Manito (2002)
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict s...Read all
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The Cool World (1964)
A look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
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