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The Last Step (2012)
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Original name: پله آخر
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Actress Leila bursts into laughter on camera during the filming of a dramatic scene. Her improper behavior is a reaction to the recent death of her husband Koshrow, who accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. And it is Koshrow who serves as the film’s somewhat unreliable narrator, appearing in the movie even after his death. The couple’s complicated yet loving relationship unfolds as a delicately ironic detective story inside the elusive and, at the same time, obsessively arranged space- time of memory. Nevertheless, it reveals Koshrow’s secret life crisis and delves deep into the past, to an ancient house in the mountains.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, melancholic, art house, metafiction, ironic, surreal, existential, psychological thriller
Plot:
death, memory, grief, character study, obsession, flashback, marriage, mourning, intimate, family secret, nostalgia, haunting, domestic drama, celebrity, dead, unreliable narrator, persian, film within a film, flashbacks, family secrets, romance
Place:
persia, iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, psychological and existential films with plots about memory, intimate, grief, loss, character study, haunting and isolation mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Last Step: The Quiet Roar (2014), Love Me Do (2003), Moon Hotel Kabul (2018), Patchwork (2021), The River's End (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, psychological, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, taxi driver, loneliness, slice of life, introspection, intimate, nightlife, existential crisis, minimalism, slow burn, everyday life ...
Place:
tehran, middle east, iran
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
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81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, melancholic, psychological, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. When she strikes up a hesitant friendship with a young girl, she is inexorably forced to confront a painful past and to answer a burning question: Is ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
motherhood, domestic drama, character study, identity, female protagonist, gender roles, intimate, realism, family secret, trauma, friendship, intimacy ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, psychological, melancholic, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, memory, loss, longing, nostalgia, dream, identity, isolation, haunting, coming of age, journey ...
Place:
iran, tehran, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, atmospheric, art house, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, nightmare, photography, trauma, mental illness, haunting, isolation, ruins, obsession, memory, intimate ...
Place:
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Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
iran, persia, tehran
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
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Duration: 124 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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