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Pop Aye (2017)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Thailand, Singapore
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand in search of the farm where they grew up together.
Style:
independent film, road movie, emotional, melancholic, contemplative, offbeat, existential, absurd, pastoral, art house
Plot:
elephant, road trip, journey, friendship, human animal relationship, memory, self discovery, loss, nostalgia, bittersweet, character study, escape, midlife crisis, village life, identity, odd couple, intimate, minimalism, social commentary, travel, society, asian, woman, architect, family relations ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, road movie, emotional and realistic films with plots about bittersweet, road trip, friendship, nostalgia, slice of life, self discovery and journey mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Pop Aye: Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022), Hudson (2019), From A to B (2014), Day by Day (2022), Hi, Are You Alone? (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kolya and Vasylii learn that their father, who left them when they were children, is dying in Luxembourg, far away from them. One of them wants to go and find his father, while the other one does everything he can to prevent the first from leaving ...
Style:
emotional, road movie, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
brotherhood, search for father, sibling rivalry, reconciliation, journey, european, bittersweet, confrontation, identity, self discovery, regret, family secret ...
Place:
eastern europe
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95%
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three estranged childhood friends (Omar, Ramy, Jay), travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost friend. If what happens en route doesn't make them crazy, it might just bring them closer.
Style:
road movie, emotional, comedy drama, melancholic, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
road trip, journey, friendship, male friendship, loss, travel, grief, bittersweet, personal growth, nostalgia, memory, bromance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, lebanon
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Five people embark on a motorhome road trip through Europe to fulfill an elderly man's last wish. "Day by Day" is a life-affirming comedy with a lot of humor and some seriousness. Friendships develop, love arises and life-changing ...
Style:
road movie, life affirming, emotional, uplifting, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, last wish, journey, self discovery, friendship, personal growth, heartwarming, bonding, second chance, compassion, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they ...
Style:
road movie, captivating, humorous, light, feel good ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, travel, youth, society, lifestyle, coming of age, female friendship, life philosophy, beautiful scenery, human nature, escapades ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, captivating, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, journey, friendship, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, marriage crisis, introspection, travel, marital crisis, crisis ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama - An unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger forever changes the life of four travelers visiting the hometown of a James Dean-like celebrity actor. - Colin Alexander, Jeff Angel, David Grant Briggs
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
self discovery, road trip, hotshot hero, inventions and discoveries, secret, spirituality, movie star, character study, small town, mysterious stranger, bittersweet, personal growth ...
Time:
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Place:
indiana
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77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Two close friends from Sudbury, Ontario take a road trip to Toronto that will change the nature of their relationship.
Style:
road movie, indie film, emotional, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
toronto ontario canada, ontario canada, canada
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75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dying Doctor, who plans to check out on his own terms, takes a reluctant detour when he inadvertently winds up on the lam with an 'anything-but-normal' 22-year-old girl.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, road movie, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, on the run, introspection, on the road, life is a bitch, orphan, road trip, self discovery, aspiring writer, odd couple, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, winnipeg, vancouver
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
journey, road trip, dementia, aging, elderly couple, marriage, memory, tenderness, bittersweet, nostalgia, long term relationship, companionship ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Returning home to working class Warwick, Rhode Island, Peter Latang encounters childhood friend Donald Treebeck for what starts as a simple favor and turns into a long van ride into two friends past.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, cult classic, independent film
Plot:
friendship, small town, nostalgia, character study, memory, loss, grief, bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, road trip, coming of age ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, rhode island
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple of jovial life-long drunkards run into a shy architecture undergrad, whose way of seeing things will be transformed as the trio wanders from pub to pub in search of a buried treasure.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, road movie, melancholic, existential
Plot:
character study, midlife crisis, male bonding, intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, intergenerational friendship, friendship between men, friendship
Place:
italy
Similarity:
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227
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off on an impulsive odyssey through America's heartland to find something he'd lost long before her death.
Style:
road movie, psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, widower, ashes, travel, grieving widower, grieving, mourning, grief, loss, loss of father, life, satire ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
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58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follow two estranged best friends on an epic, life-changing adventure in Thailand as they're reminded that there's no problem that friendship and a few rounds in a Muay Thai boxing ring can't fix.
Style:
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Plot:
self discovery, travel, friendship, male friendship, meaning of life, relationship problems, cause and meaning, friends, relationships, family problems, introspection, personal growth ...
Place:
thailand, southeast asia
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Old friends reunite to accompany a friend on a road trip to rehab.
Style:
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Plot:
road trip, friendship, rehabilitation, addiction, female friendship, on the road, journey, conflict, confrontation, bittersweet, intimate, personal growth ...
Place:
san francisco, san diego california
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Country: France, Belgium, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reporter who's soon to receive the Journalist of the Year Award hits a young hare on his way home. He gets out of the car to see if it's ok, but the hare runs off deeper into the forest, taking him on adventure of self-discovery.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, offbeat, road movie ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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56%
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he had saved money for the car he had promised her. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical, emotional ...
Plot:
personal growth, father daughter relationship, self discovery, coming of age, loss, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, family reunited, female protagonist, satire, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
poland, ireland
Similarity:
54%
59
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
france, london, belgium
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only ...
Style:
road movie, scenic, emotional, melancholic, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, village life, nostalgia, journey, landscape, escape, everyday life, solitude, loss, perseverance, character study, working class ...
Time:
70s
Place:
provence, france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a ...
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road movie, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Dear Galileo is created by the director who was behind the runaway success of “Seasons Change”. It’s the story of two friends, Tai and Toey. One wants to runs away from school and the other is running away from love. They decide to travel and ...
Style:
intercultural, melancholic, comedy drama, independent film
Plot:
friendship, travel, illegal immigration, self discovery, college student, coming of age, young adult, personal growth, identity, heartbreak, escape, bittersweet ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Switzerland, Albania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A former war photographer tries to ward off his personal ghosts by taking pictures of trees only. He lives alone among olive trees in southern Italy. One day he decides to cross the sea. Once in Albania, he goes near the location where he had made ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, emotional, art house, poetic ...
Plot:
trauma, photography, loneliness, guilt, isolation, loss, memory, character study, longing, escape, separation, redemption ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
So begins an entertaining road story where we witness two brothers with different cultural backgrounds, who don't even know each other, have similarities, differences and even their fights.
Style:
road movie, entertaining, captivating, humorous, comedy drama ...
Plot:
brothers, travel, family reunited, journey, road accident, brother brother relationship, family relations, road trip, culture clash, cultural difference, sibling rivalry, character study ...
Place:
turkey, germany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, surreal, reflective, existential, absurd ...
Plot:
self discovery, midlife crisis, character study, identity, bittersweet, intimate, alternate history, toys, flying, alternate reality, robbery, party ...
Time:
90s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
japan, london, tokyo, rio de janeiro, berlin germany ...
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47%
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