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Catalina (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Colombian girl, who studies law in France, arrives to Sarajevo in order to write a study about the War Crimes Tribunal. Unexpectedly she finds herself in the center of the intimate tragedy of her new friend, a native woman.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, bleak, serious, emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, reflective, intercultural ...
Plot:
female protagonist, relationship problems, problem, war crime, grief, loss, friendship, female friendship, memory, mature, bosnian war, european, healing, urban, social justice, identity, ethical dilemma, slow burn, girl, investigation, exile, courtroom, female nudity, tragedy, female full frontal nudity ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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Most similar movies to Catalina
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, melancholic, emotional and captivating films with plots about intimate, memory, grief, loss, identity, female protagonist and slow burn mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Catalina: Beyond Words (2017), Provenance (2017), Imagine I'm Beautiful (2014), Tracey (2018), Vermilion (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Netherlands, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his father, who is his only tie left with his homeland.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family reunited, father, emigrant, immigration, refugee, relationships, problem, father son reunion, father and son, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Place:
berlin germany, poland, germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A classical musician travels to the South of France to escape his demons and wait for his new love, a younger woman named Sophia. Trying to come to peace with his new life in these slow, peaceful surroundings, his seemingly chance meeting with ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, reflective ...
Plot:
classical music, love story, changing lives, male female relationship, problem, relationships, couple relations, love and romance, love interest, love, relationship problems, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hoping to leave behind the trauma of her mother's death, a young woman moves to New York City, where she becomes close to her similarly haunted roommate -- until a disturbing revelation changes everything.
Style:
psychological, emotional, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female friendship, grief, trauma, friends, changing lives, hidden truth, bereavement, neighbor neighbor relationship, relationship problems, women, tragic past, troubled past ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
61%
468
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Tai-hung, in his 50s, lives happily with his wife. Informed of the death of his high school friend, Tai-hung’s secret past resurfaces. The feature debut from promising new Hong Kong talent Jun Li.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
transgender, grief, lgbt, transgender woman, character study, identity, gender issues, problem, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Darcy, a composer, sees colors when she plays musical notes. When she notices her usually subtle colors changing, she realizes a profound change is upon her. Over a summer month, Darcy creates a time of music and reflection that help her make a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, composer, music, life, changing lives, lifestyle change, musician, self discovery, character study, relationships, midlife crisis, intimate ...
Similarity:
54%
321
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
investigation, missing daughter, mother love, female nudity, missing person, mother daughter relationship, reality versus fantasy, missing girl, private investigation, mysterious disappearance, missing child, obsession ...
Similarity:
54%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, motherhood, family drama, poverty, family problems, family relations, social problems, relationship problems, kids and family, problem ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three stories based in three countries in Europe. Three languages with three sets of peoples, all intertwine to the same tragedy.
Style:
anthology, dramatic, poignant, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
tragedy, grief, loss, european, fate, slow burn, humanity, relationships, loss of innocence, social realism, moral dilemma, language
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he impersonates another man as a gardener at a Portuguese country house, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, psychological, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
grief, loss, character study, loneliness, identity, intimate, country house, memory, minimalism, friendship, impostor, gardener ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Silvia, a single mother and a lawyer, is implicated in a corruption scandal. But in addition to trouble at work, she is also facing a more crippling problem: her mother’s cancer has returned. While she is forced to face up to her mother’s ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
single mother, cancer, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, corruption, lawyer, family drama, fighting illness, family relations, illness, life is a bitch, problem ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Liliana decides to return to Uruguay she will have to face up to a new dilemma, perhaps the last great dilemma of her life: To choose between supporting a collective case for female prisoners, raped during the time of the dictatorship, or to ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, getting home, family relations, female protagonist, dictatorship, relationships, mother son reunion, homecoming, parents and children, relationship problems, kids and family, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
uruguay, south america
Similarity:
48%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
male nudity, pregnant wife, magic realism, identity, problem, life is a bitch, family problems, relationship problems, identity crisis, getting home, sorcery, diaspora ...
Place:
brussels
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five friends get together for a holiday dinner two years after the friend that linked them all passed away. They discover he has left behind his journal, which challenges all their relationships over the course of one evening.
Style:
psychological, christmas special, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, friendship, grief, christmas dinner, problem, xmas, friends, christmas spirit, reunited friends, christmas season, dinner, group of friends ...
Similarity:
44%
173
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 ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son’s death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
surfing, shark attack, single mother, grief, loss, social problems, animal attack, dangerous animal, shark, secret, mother and son, family problems ...
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
41%
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
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
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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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A Female DJ finds love in a new city, and shares her music in honor of her late mother.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dj, female protagonist, love story, relationships, musician's life, love affair, family problems, social problems, music, musician, family relations, changing lives ...
Similarity:
40%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with ...
Style:
aesthetic, melancholic, emotional, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
disappearance, grief, loss, coming of age, family drama, loss of brother, dysfunctional family, twin brother, family problems, lifestyle, mysterious disappearance, memory ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Similarity:
40%
656
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Astrid is the wife of an acclaimed lawyer. Silenced for 25 years, her family balance suddenly collapses when her children initiate their search for justice.
Style:
psychological, bleak, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
justice, trauma, female protagonist, family secret, silence, woman, family drama, secrets, lawyer, female lawyer, advocate, relationship problems ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A mother deals with the violent murder of her daughter.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, grief, hopes, death of daughter, country house, family relations, teenage life, family problems, mother daughter relationship, mourning, loss, bereavement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Story:
A young woman named Izumi (Keiko Kitagawa) suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi (Masaki Okada), who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death causes Izumi to lose her memory from the time of the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
memory loss, motorcycle accident, tragedy, loss of loved one, grief, amnesia, loss of spouse, problem, relationships, male female relationship, memory lapse, memory ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Exploring the issue of stolen children in Spain, the plot tracks Vera’s search for her biological son, given in adoption, thereby coming across Cora and her adoptive son Egoz.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, captivating, thrilling, social ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, adoption, adoptive mother, dysfunctional family, family life, foster home, life is a bitch, mother son relationship, social problems, adopted son, social issues ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
36%
162
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her before he died that he finally founded peace there thanks to a certain Daïsuké. Following his ...
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, serious, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, humanity, grief, mourning, loss, self discovery, woman, japanese man, small village, village, brother, death of brother ...
Place:
japan, france
Similarity:
36%
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:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four Women, Four Dreams, Four Realities
Style:
realistic, independent film, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, grief, friendship, loss, intimate, relationships, introspection, identity crisis, slice of life, party, mourning, slow burn ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The film is about a young woman (Gayle James) running away from her past and moves in with a woman (Leigh Rose) who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and she believes is her grand-daughter.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
small town, small town life, connection, loss, memory loss, bittersweet, character study, healing, identity, love, female protagonist, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
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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33%
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