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Uprise (2008)
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Original name: A Zona
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this evocative story told ingeniously with minimal dialogue, men and women from various backgrounds and places each deal with the loss of a loved one.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, poignant, contemplative, art house, realistic, experimental, intercultural, comfort
Plot:
grief, loss, loneliness, solitude, minimal dialogue, mourning, bereavement, empathy, memory, healing, bittersweet, intimate, soul searching, intimacy, slice of life, loss of partner, urban, reconciliation, ritual
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Most similar movies to Uprise
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, art house and contemplative films with plots about intimate, grief, loss, healing, mourning, memory and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Uprise: 13 Summers Underwater (2017), #Lifestories (2024), Another Forever (2016), Running (2022), Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, UK, Brazil
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Parallel stories connected through an intimacy with death. The living and the dead communicate through visions, memories and reality.
Style:
surreal, emotional, melancholic, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
grief, loss, memories, intimate, afterlife, a vision, mourning, supernatural, ghost, haunting, existentialism, spirituality ...
Time:
2010s
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
LifeStories is a film about 6 short stories taking the audience through the lives of the protagonists. Oscillating between joy, companionship, loneliness, camaraderie, guilt and unadulterated love.
Style:
emotional, anthology, realistic, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, loneliness, love, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, everyday life, companionship, guilt, mature, regret ...
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Netherlands, USA, Colombia, Austria, Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
You know the moment when your sorrow is so profound that you can't help but imagine yourself somewhere far away... this is the story of someone who did more than just imagine.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, life affirming, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
grief, heartbreak, mourning, loss, love, travel, female protagonist, healing, soul searching, loss of partner, memory, recovery ...
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A whole year went by before musician Juliane Hansen was able to put her running shoes back on — a year after her partner, Johann König, took his own life. Although her friend Rieke offers all the support she can, Juliane feels lonely and ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, slow cinema ...
Plot:
grief, healing, mourning, recovery, suicide, loss, bereavement, loneliness, running, loss of partner, guilt, cello ...
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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:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One morning Joel finds his wife's dog Elvis half dead. This forces him out of home, something he has avoided for a long time. After forgetting his keys inside, he'll spend the day desperately trying to get back into his flat, his shelter.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, realistic, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mourning, realism, dog, nothing goes right, human nature, society, social misfits, disorder, misfit, pets, dealing with death, loss ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a woman's mental confrontation and drifting between dream and reality after experiencing loss.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
28%
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 ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Cem finds himself at the brink of losing the love of his life, Alara, he embarks on an expedition to the Blue Cave, Alara's most beloved archeological site, to feel close to her again.
Style:
romantic drama, poignant, emotional, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
cave, love, longing, relationships, journey, grief, promise, loss, bittersweet, intimate, faithfulness, introspection ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
grief, grandfather, funeral, getting home, family conflict, family drama, loss, intimate, character study, small town, mourning, confrontation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
"Grief Share" centers around a diverse group of individuals who are brought together by their mutual desire to heal. Each member of the class has experienced a profound loss and each individual's story parallels the parables of Jesus.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sincere, reflective, spiritual ...
Plot:
grief, faith healing, loss, healing, bereavement, support group, hopes, empathy, mourning, faith based, religious, community ...
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24%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
grief, loss of spouse, healing, mourning, bereavement, bittersweet, personal growth, loneliness, memory, second chance, slice of life, domestic drama ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, mourning, family drama, social problems, kids and family, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, loss of child ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
slow cinema, contemplative, art film, art house, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
intercultural, reflective, melancholic, atmospheric, tension ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, social, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A man who lost his wife and daughter in the Holocaust and a girl who lost her parents meet. Knowing each other′s emptiness, they become like father and daughter. It is the beginning of a sad love that the world cannot accept.
Style:
poignant, sad, touching, compassionate, sincere ...
Plot:
healing, loneliness, impossible love, power of love, gynecologist, healing power, trauma, loss, grief, survivor, holocaust, post war ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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:
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Place:
bosnia herzegovina, bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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emotional, poignant, melancholic, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, independent film, aesthetic, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, uplifting, independent film
Plot:
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105
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an individual teen prostitute as seen from the lens of her Buddhist neighbor.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, independent film, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, prostitution, character study, poverty, loss, empathy, social realism, loneliness, urban, slice of life, street life, ethical dilemma ...
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ane and Thomas are in the middle of a divorce - when Ane suddenly suffers a stroke. They decide to stay together until Ane gets back on her feet, but as she struggles to return to life, love manifests where they least expected it.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
divorce, stroke, marriage, illness, mature, house, reconciliation, resilience, support, hospital, second chance, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, psychological, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
art film, experimental, avant garde, art house, emotional ...
Plot:
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