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Summer Survivors (2018)
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Original name: Išgyventi vasarą
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A psychology postgraduate student escorts two patients and their nurse to a seaside psychiatric clinic. Along their journey, they break through each other's barriers, delve into the sources of their various traumas, and discover the lasting imprints left on their fragile souls.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, melancholic, realistic, therapeutic, nostalgic
Plot:
mental illness, bipolar disorder, road trip, psychiatric hospital, sociology, problem, journey, self discovery, suicide attempt, character study, trauma, loneliness, female protagonist, compassion, therapy, recovery, doctor patient relationship, identity, bittersweet, young adult, intimate, summer, coming of age, seaside, slice of life ...
Place:
lithuania
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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, slice of life, self discovery, female protagonist, character study and coming of age mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Summer Survivors: Don't Read This on a Plane (2020), Erasing Eden (2016), Miracle Seller (2009), Soiree (2020), Farewell Ella Bella (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, Romania, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As novelist Jovana Fey attempts to check into the first hotel of her 3-week European book tour, she learns that her publisher has gone bankrupt. Penniless and stranded, she decides to continue the tour regardless.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, semi serious, indie film ...
Plot:
hitchhiking, novelist, bankruptcy, female protagonist, writers, writer's life, female writer, road trip, satire, hitchhiker, problem, self discovery ...
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman sabotages her own wedding in order to reclaim her identity and obliterates her life in the process.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, desert, wedding, mute, left for dead, runaway bride, woman, self discovery, identity, life, fiancee, sabotage ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Sweden, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A recovering alcoholic on a pilgrimage meets two young refugees who are trying to find their father. Their struggles during the trip from Poland to France will forever change their lives.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
alcoholic, alcoholism, search for father, journey, social problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, redemption, recovery, refugee, family drama, personal growth ...
Place:
poland, france, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Shota came to Tokyo to become an actor but has a side hustle in petty crime. On a trip back to his hometown in Wakayama he meets Takara, who is being assaulted by her father just sprung from prison. Soon they pair up and hit the road to escape.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
retirement home, problem, relationships, male female relationship, love story, life is a bitch, actor's life, love interest, actor, couple relations, love affair, escape ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For Ella, the death of her alcoholic father leaves her with nothing but debt and the bitter memory of a complicated past. Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she has sacrificed her life, opportunities, and love to care for a man she resents, but ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
road trip, death of father, family drama, grief, loss, self discovery, coming of age, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, grownups, couple relations ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
25%
198
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, sincere, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, redemption, parents and children, starting over, hopes, family relations, friendship, empathy, realism, character study, isolation, independence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama - An unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger forever changes the life of four travelers visiting the hometown of a James Dean-like celebrity actor. - Colin Alexander, Jeff Angel, David Grant Briggs
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
self discovery, road trip, hotshot hero, inventions and discoveries, secret, spirituality, movie star, character study, small town, mysterious stranger, bittersweet, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
High school senior Saimon is headed for college, and his buddy Tada Takashi will take over his family's factory. Takashi is fed up with being surrounded by guys and heads off with Saimon on a journey to find the love of his life. Takashi goes ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, road movie, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, high school, self discovery, male bonding, friendship, identity, youth, graduation, relationship problems, love affair, social problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Estela and her mother Clota must travel from Junín, where they live, to the town of Costa Bonita, in Necochea, to see some apartments that Estela's father has inherited from her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, road movie ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, relationships, inheritance, town, mother, family relations, women, character study, family drama, motherhood, intimate, slice of life ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Four girls unknowingly experience the happiest days of their lives during an uneventful best-friend trip to Belgrade.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
female friendship, road trip, job, friendship, coping, women, girlfriend, workplace, female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, female best friends ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
belgrade, italy, serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
23%
265
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
self discovery, sexual awakening, problem, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations, love interest, love, relationship problems, love affair, love and romance ...
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hanka is a young woman who suddenly abandons her stable life for no obvious reason, and undertakes a trip without any clear destination, meeting strangers on her way. At the same time, her boyfriend desperately tries to find her.
Style:
melancholic, existential
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, female protagonist, identity crisis, missing person, loneliness, escape, uncertainty, character study, alienation, coming of age, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
23%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nora is 30 years old; she lives with her Argentinian grandfather Nicolás and regularly takes care of her friend Meri's children. She writes the horoscope for the town newspaper, although her dream is to be a travel writer. When her grandfather ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, road movie
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, personal growth, female protagonist, grief, identity, character study, coming of age, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia, small town life ...
Place:
basque country
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he had saved money for the car he had promised her. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical, emotional ...
Plot:
personal growth, father daughter relationship, self discovery, coming of age, loss, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, family reunited, female protagonist, satire, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
poland, ireland
Similarity:
22%
148
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, comedian, problem, psychological trauma, uncertainty, self doubt, social problems, introspection, stand up comedian, coping, female comedian ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally, as if they've been pulled into a war invisible to everyone else. The plot is limited to the most acute, ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
mental health, suicide attempt, mental illness, family crisis, dysfunctional family, teen suicide, race against time, life is a bitch, suicide, family relations, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
22%
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:
mental health, sisters, self discovery, suicide attempt, writers, women, suicide, family drama, sibling relationship, life is a bitch, sister sister relationship, introspection ...
Similarity:
21%
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 ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
21%
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:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Martina gets pregnant from her selfish boyfriend. Without knowing exactly what to do, she travels to Berlin to find her own father, the one she never met.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, self discovery, female protagonist, identity, pregnant woman, lifestyle change, changing lives, unplanned pregnancy, introspection, life is a bitch, motherhood, journey ...
Place:
mexico city, berlin germany
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, investigation, mother daughter relationship, troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, uncover truth, multiple storylines, tragic past, journey, road trip ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
George, an agoraphobic young woman, cannot go more than 522 steps away from her home. One day, a personal tragedy forces her to embark on a journey from Spain to her native Portugal. Along the way, George's whole world begins to widen…
Style:
captivating, touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
road trip, agoraphobia, pet cat, mental illness, cat, friendship, female protagonist, fear, self discovery, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, coping ...
Place:
spain, portugal
Similarity:
20%
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
20%
839
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, France, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jacqueline, a young refugee, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island where she tries to survive, then to cope with her past. While gathering her strength, she begins a friendship with a rootless tour guide and together they find the resilience ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
hopes, friendship, refugee, connection, character study, love story, male female relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships, love interest, couples ...
Place:
greece, liberia
Similarity:
20%
236
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a brutal attack, a 19-year-old girl falls into a self-destructive cycle.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
rape, self destructing, female protagonist, rape victim, trauma, secret, life is a bitch, problem, social problems, violence, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
20%
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