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Soul Kicking (2006)
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Original name: Η Ψυχή Στο Στόμα
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Takis is trapped. Takis tries to escape. Takis wants money. He's got a family, a baby, a home... Takis is being cheated. He loves her and he suffers... Takis can't take it at work. He's besieged by savages. But his boss tops them all... Takis has one friend and relatives. Woe is him!... Takis has run out of time. Yet, in his mind, a heavy black cloud has settled, turning everything dark... Takis is silent. He lies down and fills with rage. He fills with rage and sinks deeper...
Style:
dark, melancholic, intense, psychological, tragic
Plot:
betrayal, anger, desperation, male protagonist, working class, family crisis, revenge, isolation, alienation, oppression, claustrophobia, small town, realism, slow burn, obsession, dream, anarchist, employment, infidelity, moral ambiguity, minimalism, character study, survival, vulgar language, swearing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
athens greece, athens
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, dark, tense and tragic films with plots about moral ambiguity, isolation, slow burn, revenge, character study, claustrophobia and psychological drama mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Soul Kicking: Lines (2016), Sons (2006), Werewolf (2016), Njaan Ippo Entha Cheyya? (2023), H (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Trouble starts when Lars, a 25-year-old with few prospects for the future, discovers that an older man is fooling around with the teenage boys in his suburb. A terrible rage is triggered in Lars, and he embarks on a crusade to stop the abuser. But ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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776
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 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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Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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175
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, intense, tense, bleak, minimal cast ...
Plot:
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121
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, tension, intense, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
oklahoma city, oklahoma
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
intense, emotional, psychological, tense, existential ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
66%
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, tense, intense, tragic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
64%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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700
Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 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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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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