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The Great American Girl Robbery (1979)

A busload containing three cheerleading teams from three different schools who are heading to compete against each other is hijacked by terrorists and the girls are kidnapped.

Directed byJeff Werner

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    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

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    1976 · 86 min · Comedy

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    The frisky cheerleading team at the anarchic Aloha High sets out to foil the plans of their local school board president, after he attempts to shut the school down in order to develop the land into a shopping mall.

    Why it connects

    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • shared theme: cheerleader
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 03

    Double Agent 73

    Genre overlap

    1974 · 73 min · Action · Comedy · Crime

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    A surgically enhanced super-spy is sent to dismantle a heroin ring, snapping photos of every kill with a camera hidden in her breasts - only to discover the man she’s falling for is the target she’s been hunting all along.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
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  3. 04

    Hi, Mom!

    Similar atmosphere

    1970 · 87 min · Comedy · Crime

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    Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  4. 05

    Wild Things 2

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    2004 · 95 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    Two Florida high school vixens hatch a murderous plan to win an inheritance, but they hadn't bargained for an escalating whirlpool of blackmail and sexual games with a sleazy insurance investigator who has his own plans for the money.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    Female Trouble

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    1976 · 98 min · Comedy · Crime

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    Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Vamp

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    1986 · 93 min · Comedy · Horror

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    Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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    The Ritz

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    1976 · 91 min · Comedy · Crime

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    To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, the place turns out to be a gay bathhouse.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

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    1978 · 97 min · Action · Comedy

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    A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    The Desperate Trail

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    1994 · 96 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Western

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    Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who will mistake him for an easy mark. Fiery Sarah O'Rourke rides the same coach, handcuffed to lawman Bill Speakes and headed for the hangman. In a few hours, all should reach their destinations. But the trail they travel takes an unexpected turn: Cooper and O'Rourke are soon off the stage and running for their lives. The law ends and the chase begins in a very alive tale of wanted-dead-or-alive fugitives (Linda Fiorentino and Craig Sheffer) pursued by a marshal (Sam Elliott) who's a law unto himself.

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