Movies like Gypsy 83 (2001)
The best movies like Gypsy 83 (2001) are Times Square (1980), Across the Tracks (1991) and Out of the Blue (1981). If Gypsy 83 hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedDirty Dancing (1987)7.3/10 from 6,752 votes
- NewestDear Zoe (2022)Released 2022
Times Square (1980)
When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAcross the Tracks (1991)
When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. His brother Joe, quite the opposite of Billy, is a good runner and determined to win a track scholarship. He suggests Billy to join his school's track team, which pits the two brothers against each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisOut of the Blue (1981)
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSaturday Night Fever (1977)
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoys on the Side (1995)
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Own Private Idaho (1991)
Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Stone Boy (1984)
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in Montana. In an accident, Eugene is killed by Arnold's gun. Isolated from emotions he cannot comprehend, Arnold now has to come to terms with his grieving family - including his father, mother, hostile uncle, and grandfather - while his family has to come to terms with Arnold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sing (1989)
When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing," he is forced to come to terms with his defiant self-destructive lifestyle and his growing attraction to his co-star.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Georgia (1995)
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tendencies and rampant drug abuse — that keeps her spiraling down the drain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLost Angels (1989)
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fan club gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMystic Pizza (1988)
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrick Up Your Ears (1987)
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast Forward (1985)
Eight young people from Ohio who are dancers, come to New York, to compete in a major talent competition. But when they get there, they learn that they have to wait some time before they take part in it. So they try to do their best to survive in the Big Apple before competition, and get some lessons about the real World.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist Kevin, drama queen Jules, lovesick waiter Kirby, and Wendy, a social worker with a heart of gold--realise the party is over. And as the burdens of maturity close in on the young dreamers, the complexities of adulthood and the daily struggle of growing up put their sacred friendship to the test. But everyone knows life is not a bed of roses. It won't be easy, but when all is said and done, what will it take for St. Elmo's clique to find its place in the real world?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFootloose (1984)
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDirty Dancing (1987)
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Mission (2009)
A single-parent ex-con in the Mission District of San Francisco finds his personal values challenged when he discovers his son is gay.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisToo Young to Die (1990)
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisClaire Dolan (1998)
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReckless (1984)
Teenager Johnny Rourke is reckless. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, he breaks the law and girls' hearts with equal cool. Cheerleader Tracey Prescott is reckless too. She dumps her conventional life and boring boyfriend to follow Johnny wherever his dangerous path leads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia. This made-for-TV movie is the authorized version of the life of Karen Carpenter and was made with the approval of Richard Carpenter and the Carpenter family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Effie Gray (2014)
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDear Zoe (2022)
Tess enlists her biological father – a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks – and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlashbacks of a Fool (2008)
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad to Paloma (2014)
While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Gypsy 83?
The closest matches to Gypsy 83 are Times Square (1980), Across the Tracks (1991) and Out of the Blue (1981). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Gypsy 83?
People who watched Gypsy 83 most often go on to Times Square (1980), Across the Tracks (1991) and Out of the Blue (1981).
What is the highest-rated movie like Gypsy 83?
Dirty Dancing (1987), rated 7.3/10 by 6,752 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Gypsy 83?
Dear Zoe (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Gypsy 83?
Yes: Times Square (1980), Across the Tracks (1991) and Out of the Blue (1981).
How are movies similar to Gypsy 83 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Gypsy 83, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.