Movies like Wendy and Lucy

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Wendy and Lucy (2008)
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Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve Lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic search for her pet.
Style: touching, sad, road movie, psychological, realistic, emotional, meditative, talky, stylized, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dog, depression, owner dog relationship, small town, friendship, solitude, life philosophy, on the road, dysfunctional family, character study, travel, life is a bitch, social problems, down on your luck, financial problem, alienation, hopes, money problems, pets, homeless, poverty, feminist, capitalism, isolation, drifter ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: oregon, alaska, portland oregon, usa, california
Keyword: feminist film, reading, poster, new wave, dreams, retrospective

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Most similar movies to Wendy and Lucy

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and emotional films with plots about friendship, husband wife relationship, hopes, family relations, character study, food and mother daughter relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like Wendy and Lucy: Nomadland (2020), About Alex (2014), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Short Term 12 (2013), Old Joy (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Nomadland (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style: road movie, serious, social, sad, sincere ...
Audience: adult
Plot: van, homeless, traveler, motor home, loss of job, on the road, journey, nomad, road trip, homelessness, snow, loneliness ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 90s, year 2011
Place: nevada, nebraska, arizona
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About Alex (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to console a suicidal member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences ...
Style: independent film, inspirational, atmospheric, surreal, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, suicide attempt, depression, relationships, suicide, friends, group of friends, life philosophy, writer's block, anxiety, introspection, college graduate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york state, new york
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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gain a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they ...
Style: road movie, meditative, atmospheric, grindhouse, disturbing ...
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, road trip, on the road, racing, mechanic, character study, classic car, carsploitation, life philosophy, auto mechanic, hitchhiker, desert ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 70s, 1950s
Place: usa, washington d.c., santa fe new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Short Term 12 (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style: sad, compassionate, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: child abuse, depression, social worker, adolescence, teenager, suicide attempt, self mutilation, troubled teen, foster child, coming of age, mental illness, self harm ...
Time: year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
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Old Joy (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, lyrical, talky, realistic ...
Plot: road trip, friendship, on the road, map, partner, buddies, hopes, couple relations, human nature, self discovery, thirtysomething life, couples ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, los angeles, europe, london, england ...
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Vagabond (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking ...
Style: road movie, art house, disturbing, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: homeless, loneliness, freeze to death, homelessness, feminist, death, wine, rural setting, death of protagonist, cold weather, wanderer, freedom ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: france, south of france, europe, paris france, morocco ...
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22%
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Certain Women (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The lives of four women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, ironic, disturbing, heartfelt ...
Plot: ranch, lesbian interest, loneliness, lesbian, flirting, dysfunctional relationship, feminist, marriage, lgbt, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 1918, year 1966, year 1975, year 1959
Place: montana
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22%
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Goodbye Solo (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style: touching, uplifting, independent film, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: suicidal, friendship, depression, immigrant, taxi driver, loneliness, mentor, character study, elderly, suicide, society, regret ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Nebraska (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style: road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: aging, road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, elderly, on the road, old age, obsessive quest, honest, relationships, tragedy, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: nebraska, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Style: road movie, realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: road trip, character study, dysfunctional family, on the road, drifter, alienation, hitchhiker, working class, piano, self discovery, pianist, bowling ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1970
Place: california, usa, oregon, washington state, northern california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Nobody Knows (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story: In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Style: depressing, touching, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: childhood, poverty, dysfunctional family, boy, young kid, innocence lost, children, child abandonment, brother brother relationship, tragedy, coming of age, family relations ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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21%
The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to ...
Style: realistic, touching, depressing, compassionate, emotional ...
Plot: friendship, coming of age, working class, coma, love and romance, depression, loneliness, society, youth, life is a bitch, couple relations, hopes ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: france, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Detachment (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Paris, Texas (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style: road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert, father son relationship, on the road, road trip, amnesia, relationships, storytelling, parenthood, loneliness, drifter, sibling relationship, reconciliation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: texas, los angeles, america, nebraska, midwest ...
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21%
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Scarecrow (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot: drifter, road trip, on the road, friendship, prison, attempted rape, character study, self discovery, violence, introspection, mental breakdown, car wash ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, california, denver colorado, detroit ...
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About Schmidt (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: 66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys ...
Style: road movie, depressing, dark comedy, sad, melancholic ...
Plot: road trip, on the road, parenthood, wedding, elderly, family life, existentialism, depression, life philosophy, great ending, workplace, philosophy ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: nebraska, colorado, denver colorado, kansas
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20%
For Colored Girls (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, contemplative, serious, emotional ...
Plot: feminism, female protagonist, black, family problems, society, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, hopes, rape, woman, black history, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
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20%
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, dramatic, realistic, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, blindness, mentor, blind character, thanksgiving, tango, human spirit, human nature, loneliness, coming of age, disability, preparatory school ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Rabbit Hole (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style: touching, sad, crying, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: grief, loss of child, death in the family, marriage, estrangement, tragedy, support group, memory, redemption, family problems, death of child, death of son ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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20%
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style: psychological, depressing, surreal, independent film, confusing ...
Plot: depression, existentialism, death, theater, magic realism, schizophrenic, obsession, writers, twists and turns, philosophy, writer's life, loneliness ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, berlin germany, manhattan new york city
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20%
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style: melancholic, touching, emotional, depressing, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, disability, self discovery, mental illness, small town, mentally challenged, responsibility, life philosophy, brothers, coming of age, family drama, family problems ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993, 60s, 70s
Place: iowa, texas, usa
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20%
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Blue Valentine (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style: touching, romantic, psychological, emotional, sad ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: marriage, dysfunctional family, depression, couple relations, lust, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, love story, marital problem, relationships, alienation, strong sexual content ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, pennsylvania, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Rain Man (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style: road movie, sincere, uplifting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: autism, road trip, redemption, disability, runaway, brother brother relationship, mentally challenged, siblings relations, family relations, casino, mental illness, mathematics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place: las vegas, california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, missouri ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Reign Over Me (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Style: touching, depressing, sincere, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: grief, friendship, 9/11, dealing with death, mental illness, friends, tragic event, loss of loved one, loss, alone, mental disorder, buddies ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Central Station (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Style: touching, feel good, emotional, road movie, realistic ...
Plot: childhood, friendship, road trip, teacher, on the road, children, homeless, letter, poverty, youth, adoption, great ending ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Precious (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style: bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Two Days, One Night (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style: depressing, independent film, sincere, serious, compassionate ...
Audience: teens
Plot: depression, unemployment, injustice, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, workplace, loss of job, employer employee relationship, moral dilemma, guilt, poverty ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, ethiopia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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All or Nothing (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, loneliness, depression, poverty, family problems, injustice, parents and children, couples, unwanted pregnancy, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, florida, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
Style: atmospheric, visually appealing, surreal, stylized, serious ...
Plot: survival, road trip, family relations, old west, native american, brutality, character study, modern western, modern west, danger, escapades, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2010, 1840s
Place: oregon, usa, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Life as a House (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: terminal illness, father son relationship, dying, cancer, dysfunctional family, relationships, reconciliation, illness, divorce, fighting illness, redemption, family relations ...
Time: year 2001
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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