A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.
Created byLena Waithe
Follow a connection
What to watch after The Chi
A series shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.
After a car accident, Lu Miao gains a new older brother, Jiang Haoyue. A martial arts enthusiast, she becomes his protector, while he stands by her in his own way. As they grow up, Lu Miao’s feelings for Jiang Haoyue evolve from sibling affection to something deeper. When a new student, Shi Che, enters their lives, it stirs jealousy and uncertainty in Jiang Haoyue, leading to a shift in their bond from sibling love to young romance.
Chen Jing, a folk music student, forms a band with her friends to challenge the dominance of Western music after being ridiculed for her lack of knowledge in the genre.
Seventeen-year-old Cheng Miaomiao and sixteen-year-old Cheng Yayao were born in the Lin Qi Oil Field, where their family has worked for three generations. In the late 1990s, the family relocates from the Northwest to the coastal town of Heping, where they must navigate their new environment and face challenges that foster personal growth.
Fluid millennial Sabi Mehboob straddles various identities from bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career.
Caught between two warring clans, the son of a notorious witch responsible for a deadly massacre tries to find his place in the world — and his powers.
A coming-of-age comedy about a Mexican-American teenager balancing college aspirations, societal expectations, and a hectic home life anchored by his single mom and five uncles.
In the summer of 1995, childhood friends Zheng Ren Wei and Lin Jia En took their college entrance exam. Zheng got into a college in Taipei and was ready to start an exciting life in the big city. Lin, unfortunately, failed the test and was stuck in the countryside. Bored out of her mind, Lin decided to go find Zheng and spend her 4th year of high school in Taipei as well.
Film Atlas combines story similarity, series metadata and TMDB relationship signals. Shared networks can support a match; audience safeguards help avoid poor fits. The explanations above come from the engine’s recorded evidence—not invented reviews.
A similarity match is different from a quality rating. Use the map to explore the connections and decide what fits your mood.
