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7 Letters (2015)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore's most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K. Rajagopal, Royston Tan, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Kelvin Tong.
Style:
anthology, psychological, captivating, thrilling, poignant, reflective, melancholic, art house
Plot:
family relations, life, culture, multiple storylines, lifestyle, national identity, memory, nostalgia, realism, city life, identity, slice of life, social commentary, intimate, community, loss, social realism, bittersweet, love, migration, identity crisis, teenage love, first love, neighbor, racial issues ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
singapore
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, captivating, psychological and reflective films with plots about bittersweet, slice of life, intimate, relationships, family relations, nostalgia and identity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like 7 Letters: Die Tomorrow (2017), Bungo: Stories of Desire (2012), The Love Europe Project (2019), Taxi Love (2025), Kasada Thapara (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Die Tomorrow entails six short segments about the impermanence of life, all inspired by deaths reported in Thai daily newspapers.
Style:
anthology, realistic, sad, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
death, newspaper, mortality, social problems, near death experience, life, ordinary people, slice of life, realism, intimate, social realism, urban ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Style:
anthology, psychological, captivating, thrilling, art house ...
Plot:
omnibus, male female relationship, relationships, lifestyle, multiple storylines, unrequited love, confession, sexual desire, realism, bittersweet, obsession, urban ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Love Europe Project is a collection of 9 short films by various directors from different European countries.
Style:
anthology, light, captivating, social, independent film ...
Plot:
everyday life, society, european, lifestyle, life, humanism, realism, slice of life, multiculturalism, identity, social issues, integration ...
Place:
europe
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joža was wounded in combat during the events of the Croatian War of Independance and now works as a taxi driver in Zagreb, encountering various clients, all of which help him to cope with his past, and reveal to him what it truly means to be human.
Style:
emotional, reflective, poignant, melancholic, anthology
Plot:
taxi driver, loneliness, humanity, war veteran, wounded soldier, empathy, intimate, slice of life, character study, passenger, healing, identity ...
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of a few individuals get impacted, both in good and bad ways, by the actions of others who are hardly connected to them.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, anthology, reflective ...
Plot:
relationships, lifestyle, social problems, multiple storylines, male female relationship, social issues, character study, social commentary, realism, empathy, karma, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, anthology ...
Plot:
psychology, family relations, winter, meteor shower, social problems, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, social issues, snow, stargazing, intimate, slice of life ...
Similarity:
63%
129
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Vignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Style:
anthology, psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
loss, problem, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, terror, terrorism, grief, aftermath, relationships, post traumatic stress, social commentary, city life ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fuke visits his uncle Idriz and aunt Sabira to fix a broken boiler. He soon finds out there's a lot more that needs to be repaired. Idriz and Sabira aren't ready to accept the loss of their only son in the Balkan war, seven years earlier. ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, art house, tear jerker
Plot:
balkan war, family drama, grief, loss, mourning, intimate, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, healing, reconciliation, getting home ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing, poignant ...
Plot:
memory, memories, relationships, flashback sequence, introspection, lifestyle, past, self discovery, bittersweet, longing, loss, love story ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, estrangement, father, family relations, search for father, family drama, father son reunion, absent father, relationships, estranged father, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Hsu Zi Qi is a young woman who lives alone in the city. Lee is the autistic son of Zi Qi's landlady, who tries to free himself from his protective mother. Feng is a shy young builder, who struggles with the constant breakdowns of his car.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
slice of life, city life, loneliness, male female relationship, relationships, social problems, problem, family relations, family problems, multiple storylines, urban setting, lifestyle ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers ...
Style:
anthology, multicultural, intercultural, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, diaspora, memory, identity, city life, mother and daughter, nostalgia, intimate, family drama, slice of life, bittersweet, social realism ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, middle east, ottoman empire, greece
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Germany, Finland, China, USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, contemplative, experimental, art house ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, life, life & death, fate, memory, symbolism, mortality, experimental narrative, college, forest, minimalism, ritual ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. ...
Style:
anthology, thrilling, psychological, captivating, life affirming ...
Plot:
love story, multiple storylines, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, love interest, intimate, urban, survival, friendship, bittersweet ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
Style:
anthology, psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, multiple storylines, lifestyle, parents and children, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family life, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, storytelling, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Aydın is a policeman recently appointed to a new post in Istanbul. While trying to get used to life in the big city, Aydın stumbles upon Mehtap, a young woman who works at a candy shop in Beyoğlu, and he falls for her. But there is no way that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
unrequited love, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, multiple storylines, relationship problems, love interest, longing, bittersweet, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Not Louis Malle's classic but the latest from director Sylvia Chang who, after years of absence from the helm, digs deep into her Taiwanese roots to tell a story about growing up, and letting go. Isabella Leong plays an uncertain painter, Mei, ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
family reunited, relationships, painting, brother sister relationship, female artist, sibling relationship, brother and sister, rebellion, lifestyle, brother sister reunion, family relations, self discovery ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sequel to omnibus "Zagreb Stories" tells about love and families in present-day Zagreb.
Style:
anthology, realistic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
family drama, relationships, everyday life, slice of life, urban, intimate, love story, city life, marriage, bittersweet, friendship, neighborhood ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Several families in the farmland of Northern California navigate universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, reflective ...
Plot:
immigration, village life, family drama, class conflict, social problems, family relations, eccentric family, family problems, lifestyle, life, social issues, countryside ...
Place:
northern california
Similarity:
46%
468
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Tai-hung, in his 50s, lives happily with his wife. Informed of the death of his high school friend, Tai-hung’s secret past resurfaces. The feature debut from promising new Hong Kong talent Jun Li.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
transgender, grief, lgbt, transgender woman, character study, identity, gender issues, problem, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Through the intimate stories of seven young directors, October is the generational attitude towards Serbia today, shown in different perspectives and through different genres - from black comedy to melodrama, poetic portrait to the socially engaged ...
Style:
anthology, thrilling, emotional, reflective, black comedy ...
Plot:
generation, social commentary, youth, anniversary, social problems, social relations, intimate, identity, memory, youth culture, nostalgia, realism ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.
Style:
realistic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
relationships, family relations, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, relationship problems, lifestyle, love story, multiple storylines, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, paris france, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
43%
500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a ...
Style:
poignant, reflective
Plot:
friendship, companionship, aging, loneliness, nostalgia, slice of life, community, realism, melancholy, intimacy, humanism, intimate ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A family seen at two different periods, some 40 years having passed between the two. A dysfunctional family marked by what used to be called an ugly illness, cancer and death. The characters quarrel, hate each other, and refuse to accept in their ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, death, family drama, marital argument, relationship problems, family conflict, social problems, life philosophy, conflict ...
Time:
60s
Place:
morocco, andalusia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mika arrives in Poland to pay a hospital visit to her father, who is suffering from severe brain injury and memory loss. It's the first time they have met in many years, yet her father thinks they still live together and she's a teenager. ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, art film ...
Plot:
memory, father daughter relationship, memory loss, dementia, family relations, relationships, introspection, amnesiac, family life, estrangement, alienation, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Winner of FEDORA award for the Best Debut Director, Venice Film Festival 2015, Island City is a collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai, India. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office ‘Fun Committee ...
Style:
satirical, anthology, ironic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
city life, social commentary, alienation, slice of life, routine, bittersweet, domestic drama, isolation, identity crisis, private vs public, bureaucracy, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.
Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
train travel, journey, self discovery, multiple storylines, chance meeting, train, lifestyle, fate of humanity, everyday life, female bonding, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
36%
48
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A unique anthology of six short vignettes on the subject of love, all of them written, directed and produced by women.
Style:
anthology, independent film, romantic drama, dramatic, art house ...
Plot:
love story, relationships, slice of life, communication, bittersweet, social commentary, city life, identity, heartache, swinger, male nudity, female nudity ...
Time:
post world war two
Similarity:
36%
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