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The Movie of My Life (2017)
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Original name: O Filme da Minha Vida
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.
Style:
psychological, captivating, reflective, emotional, melancholic, art house, period piece, intercultural, historical drama, beautiful ...
Plot:
search for father, teacher, father son relationship, coming of age, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, school teacher, lifestyle, personal growth, self discovery, family drama, small town, identity, memory, getting home, poetry, bittersweet, literary, friendship, education, adaptation, mourning, youth, mature
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, melancholic, captivating and emotional films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, identity, coming of age, family drama, family relations and relationships mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Movie of My Life: The First Man (2011), Chasing Wonders (2020), December (2008), Murmur of the Hearts (2015), Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood, youth, family relations, society, social issues, identity, memory, adaptation, reminiscence, literary, autobiography, homecoming ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
africa, algeria, north africa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man explores the nature of father-son relationships and the pathway toward understanding and forgiveness.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grownups, coming of age, winery, adolescence vs adulthood, vineyard, family relations, wine, family drama, forgiveness, self discovery, bittersweet ...
Place:
spain, australia
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462
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, family problems, hopes, estrangement, christmas, intimate, soul searching, identity crisis, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
89%
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:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, existential, bleak ...
Plot:
death, mourning, terminal illness, father son relationship, mortality, grief, family relations, illness, teacher, father and son, loss of father, school teacher ...
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67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
social problems, relationships, problem, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, marital problem, introspection, male protagonist ...
Place:
washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
secret, art student, grief, coming of age, loss, summer, female protagonist, relationships, life is a bitch, self discovery, beauty, intimate ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
56%
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:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Yuko Morimiya is a high school student and she lives with her stepfather Morimiya. Morimiya is her third father. Her mother, Rika, is a free spirited person and has remarried several times. She disappeared from Yuko's life at a certain point. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, tear jerker
Plot:
relationships, stepfather, family drama, family secret, female protagonist, family relations, parents and children, family problems, daughter, lifestyle, kids and family, family life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
55%
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:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his son and his daughter away. But to which destination when he has not managed to build the castle of ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
father son relationship, father daughter relationship, dead mother, mourning, grief, family drama, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family life, family problems ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This darkly grotesque drama unfolds on multiple paths. The tangible one, now cruel, now crazy, along which the nomadic actor "Dad Mour", his wife "Mum" and two sons try to return home, but also the imaginary one, even more, ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adaptation, father son relationship, relationships, family relations, lifestyle, family life, mortality, aging, dark humor, loneliness, character study, love ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
50%
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:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sofia, recently separated, takes her daughters to a small coastal town. Each one in their own universe, live the interlude as a challenge to free themselves and face their fears.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
separation, relationships, mother and daughter, mother daughter relationship, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, social problems, relationship problems, breakup, life is a bitch, family life ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, confronting the past, life is a bitch, elderly man, relationship problems, troubled past, slice of life, friendship, healing ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her ...
Style:
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Plot:
female protagonist, friendship, death of father, alcoholic father, family drama, self discovery, road trip, changing lives, travel, father daughter estrangement, lifestyle, personal growth ...
Place:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot:
circus, self discovery, clown, introspection, follow your dream, identity crisis, family relations, on the road, parents and children, escapades, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, life is a bitch, confronting the past, troubled past, family problems, father and son, father, family relations, tragic past, relationships, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
À travers les yeux de Julie, 'Histoire de famille' relate le chemin parcouru d'une famille québécoise durant la Révolution tranquille des années 1960.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, emotional ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, family drama, family life, lifestyle, eccentric family, satire, relationships, family relations, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, identity, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
Style:
psychological, poignant, emotional, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, under the surface, life is a bitch, friends, countryside, writer's life, coming of age, literature, nostalgia, introspection ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, coping, terminal illness, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, youth, loss, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, reflective, thought provoking ...
Plot:
relationships, life story, mortality, memory, multiple perspectives, lifestyle, character study, family problems, mysterious character, family relations, truth, interview ...
Time:
1950s, 2000s, 60s, 90s, 80s ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
elderly man, pilgrimage, character study, self discovery, walking, journey, grief, changing lives, lifestyle, lifestyle change, life, bittersweet ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, reflective, pastoral, poetic, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, father son relationship, coming of age, small town, youth, adolescence, lifestyle change, teenage boy, village, small village, village life, villager ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Carl is expected someday to take over his parents’ agribusiness in a rural backwater in Denmark. But, as an adopted child, he also longs to learn more about his South Korean heritage. A film about otherness and finding your own place in life.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, social, psychological, intercultural ...
Plot:
racism, adopted son, self discovery, coming of age, immigration, identity, social problems, problem, social issues, foster parent, grownups, relationship problems ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
martial law, dictatorship, activism, political repression, family drama, kids and family, social issues, family life, life is a bitch, social problems, relationships, family relations ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When rebellious 16-year-old Grace takes off, her exasperated mum and dad enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
teenage rebellion, family drama, road trip, coming of age, parent child relationship, family relations, family problems, relationships, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Abhiram aka Abhi is a successful entrepreneur who calls himself ‘self-made’ and doesn’t believe anyone but himself is the reason for his success. But when he’s forced to look back on life, what does he realise?
Style:
reflective, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, personal growth, entrepreneur, self discovery, love and romance, life is a bitch, love story, problem, life, moral dilemma, ego, memory ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
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