Movies like Leaving No Trace

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Leaving No Trace (2000)
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Leaving No Trace (2000)
Original name: Sin dejar huella
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
Style: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: friendship, life is a bitch, self discovery, on the road, society, drug dealing, partner, travel, escape, hitchhiker, beach, journey, seaside, friends, family relations, buddies, drug dealer, mother daughter relationship, woman, mexican border, driving, u.s. mexico border, breast feeding, art dealer, cross country ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, touching and humorous films with plots about friends, friendship, society, self discovery, hopes, life is a bitch and on the road mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Leaving No Trace: Me and Will (1999), Just a Dream (2002), Good Day, Ramon (2013), Breaking the Rules (1992), Spring Forward (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Me and Will (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two women with a passion for motorcycles meet while going through rehab. When they discover they've both longed to ride Captain America's red, white, and blue chopper from Easy Rider, they escape the rehab clinic and hit the highway in ...
Style: road movie, independent film, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: motorcycle, biker, bike, drug addiction, addiction, road trip, escape, profanity, friends, drug abuse, clinic, on the road ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Just a Dream (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid and a friend of his, a movie lover.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: kids
Plot: youth, coming of age, desert, filmmaking, friendship, friends, obsession, interracial relations, family life, family relations, social relations, society ...
Time: 60s
Place: nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Good Day, Ramon (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until ...
Style: touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, motivational ...
Plot: friendship, immigrant, hopes, society, fish out of water, beggar, life is a bitch, unemployed, migration, old age, friends, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Breaking the Rules (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Style: feel good, sad, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: cancer, youth, friendship, partner, best friend, friends, life is a bitch, buddies, tragic hero, unfulfillment, hopes, self discovery ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Spring Forward (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen into a relationship approaching father and son. Paul is ...
Style: realistic, talky, touching, independent film, existential ...
Plot: working class, friendship, gay subtext, partner, odd couple, love and romance, society, hopes, boss and employee, buddies, human nature, starting over ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Another Planet (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young women unsure of her cultural heritage, arrives in rural Quebec, Canada.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot: farm, coming of age, immigrant, family relations, family problems, starting over, youth, single parent, self discovery, life is a bitch, innocence lost, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Bombón: El Perro (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.Life is no bed of roses for 52-year-old Juan "Coco" Villegas. He, who has been a gas station attendant ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: dog, unemployment, on the road, love and romance, dog training, bittersweet, countryside, friends, self discovery, friendship, labor, road trip ...
Place: argentina, patagonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Lotto Land (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: This film tells two interwoven stories of two single-parent families in a poor, racially-mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn. The first story is about a young black man (with aspirations of getting away from his friends who are involved in drugs) who ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: lottery, friends, urban ghetto, sport team, couples, family relations, youth, love and romance, coming of age, self discovery, life is a bitch, drug dealing ...
Time: future
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Mother Earth (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 62 min.
Story: TIERRA MADRE is based on the true story of Aidee Gonzalez, a woman determined to raise her children with her female partner in the Mexican border town of Tecate. Aidee works hard as an exotic dancer providing for her family. One day her girlfriend ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: lesbian, family relations, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, society, gays and lesbians, friendship, couples, friends, gay parent, lesbian couple, love triangle, extramarital affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Northless (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Andres reaches the Mexican border to cross into the United Sates. There between each attempt, he discovers that Tijuana is a troubled city. As he waits there, Andres is not only confronted with his feelings and what he left behind, but also with ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot: immigrant, follow your dream, friendship, human spirit, social decay, society, hopes, bittersweet, u.s. mexico border, migration, border, exile ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Intimate Stories (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three people and a baby set off on separate journeys, along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories intertwine amidst the breathtaking deserted Patagonic route.
Style: road movie, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot: on the road, road trip, self discovery, friendship, friends, rise to the top, redemption, hopes, human nature, family relations, small town life, parents and children ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: argentina, latin america, patagonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Foreverland (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A sufferer of cystic fibrosis travels to a legendary shrine that reputedly has the power to heal his condition.
Style: realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: healing power, miraculous event, hopes, self discovery, last wish, on the road, bittersweet, terminal illness, life is a bitch, road trip, church, shrine ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, canada, washington state, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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God Is on Air (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two Spanish pan-handlers soon find themselves in over their heads when they stumble upon an opportunity to redeem themselves and perhaps the entire planet. The world appears to suffer from rampant poverty, violence and spiritual desperation and the ...
Style: cynical, clever, suspense, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: sect, murder, social decay, friendship, society, dishonesty, rising to stardom, criminal heroes, cons and scams, buddies, life is a bitch, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Live-In Maid (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Buenos Aires is in a deep recession. As the money runs out, the relationship between an employer and her live-in maid changes dramatically.
Style: semi serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot: life is a bitch, power relations, friendship, social differences, lifestyle, boss and employee, unfulfillment, friends, down on your luck, economics, employer employee relationship, economist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Diamond Men (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After 30 years on the road, a veteran jewellery salesman is forced to show his young replacement the tricks of the trade. But when the kid introduces him to the ladies of the "Altoona Riding Club," the old dog is introduced to a whole new ...
Style: touching, ironic, cynical, feel good, talky ...
Plot: aging, mentor, character study, self discovery, introspection, workplace situations, heist, partner, mentor protege relationship, prostitute, diamond, gambling ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Camilla (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic elderly woman who plays the violin. When the two embark on a journey together, Camilla reclaims a lost ...
Style: feel good, sincere, touching, sentimental, road movie ...
Plot: on the road, friendship, couples, self discovery, aging, elderly, road trip, violin, senior citizen, girl, kidnapping, best friend ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: georgia, cincinnati ohio, toronto ontario canada
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88%
Redemption Road (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Tennessee-set drama focused on an individual's spiritual redemption.
Style: semi serious, atmospheric, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: blues, friends, self discovery, on the road, musician's life, music, friendship, haunted by the past, journey, blaxploitation, urban, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, texas, usa, alabama, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
If Nothing Else Works Out (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, danger, drug abuse, social decay, society, drug dealing, prostitute, unemployment, lgbt, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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River of Grass (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gun shot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.
Style: road movie, independent film, offbeat, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: lovers on the run, summer, road trip, travel, fugitive, partner, friends, on the run, heist, chases and races, love and romance, friendship ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, everglades, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Under the Starry Sky (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, touching
Plot: on the road, fish out of water, parents and children, starting over, immigrant, family relations, hopes, culture clash, society, friendship, dishonesty, migration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, italy, africa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Becloud (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Alejandro Gerber Bicecci’s “Vaho (Becloud)” tells the story of three childhood friends, Andres, Felipe, and Jose, and their lives in a dusty, run down corner of Mexico City. The boys were inseparable until they witnessed a tragedy that haunts ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, disturbing, gloomy
Plot: haunted by the past, friendship, life is a bitch, society, family relations, parents and children, witnessing a crime, racism, lynching, guilt, friends, shaman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
How Much Further (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way they meet ...
Style: road movie, realistic, touching, scenic, captivating ...
Plot: on the road, countryside, journey, self discovery, strike, hopes, travel, hitchhiking, student, journalist, survival, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ecuador, andes mountains
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: self discovery, introspection, on the road, best friend, social relations, goofy hero, hitchhiking, travel, inspiration, screenwriter, silly humor, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Cleopatra (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: fall in love, self discovery, friendship, human nature, on the road, introspection, looking for love, best friend, family business, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
A Storm in Summer (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly against his slacker nephew Stanley who lives behind the shop. Without telling his uncle, Stanley ...
Style: sincere, touching, uplifting, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: uncle nephew relationship, racism, interracial relations, friendship, society, odd couple, family life, youth, friends, couples, family relations, grudge ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them.
Style: experimental, realistic, semi serious, aesthetic, slow cinema ...
Plot: don quixote, destructive relationship, gang, friendship, tragic love, prison life, society, idealism, hopes, life is a bitch, escape, lovers reunited ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Good Luck (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bernard "Bern" Lemly (Gregory Hines) is fed up with being in a wheelchair and wants more out of life. Meanwhile, former football player Tony "Ole" Olezniak (Vincent D'Onofrio) is stewing after recently losing his sight. The ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: blindness, blind character, partner, hostage, friends, disability, ambition, misfit, human spirit, hopes, buddies, self discovery ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The Swimsuit Issue (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A wild bachelor party and an agonizing defeat in floorball awakens Fredrik's passion for male synchronized swimming.
Style: feel good, uplifting, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: friendship, self fulfillment, buddies, ambition, society, life is a bitch, family relations, sport team, youth, physical appearance, athlete and trainer, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Cut Loose (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A journalist is about to settle with his girlfriend when his life and views get shaken up by the young and beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia. At work his ideals are more and more confronted with the harsh reality of modern urban society, while his ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot: racism, society, life is a bitch, self discovery, media, introspection, journalism, mercy killing, interracial relations, impossible love, idealism, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
World Traveler (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Style: touching, realistic, captivating, road movie, humorous ...
Plot: midlife crisis, self discovery, obsessive quest, introspection, starting over, society, human nature, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, family life, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2001
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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