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All Alone (2018)
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Original name: Sam samcat
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Divorced father Marko is hardly ever alone: he is surrounded on all sides by family, friends, co-workers and neighborhood fixers. Yet he is driven to the brink by limited contact with the one person he loves more than anyone – his daughter, who lives with her mother. When he starts the legal proceedings to get more time with his child, he enters the Kafkaesque world of a social-services system in meltdown. His fierce, paternal love for his child is both the source of his misery and his greatest joy.
Style:
heartbreaking, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
Plot:
bureaucracy, family conflict, child custody, divorced father, custody battle, loneliness, single parent, social services, character study, domestic drama, obsession, isolation, alienation, courtroom, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, neighborhood, grief, working class, moral ambiguity, slow burn, urban, small town
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
bosnia herzegovina
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Most similar movies to All Alone
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, tense and intense films with plots about character study, intimate, slow burn, isolation, urban, loneliness and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like All Alone: Here (2003), Patchwork (2021), Debt (2018), Twenty (2009), The Staffroom (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A panoramic view over society across ten unfortunate characters whose stories sometimes intertwine.
Style:
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Plot:
character study, slice of life, social commentary, empathy, urban, city life, working class, loneliness, bittersweet, intimate, alienation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
turkey
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological
Plot:
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Place:
iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Anamarija starts her job as a counsellor at a new school. Together with her, the viewers begin to appreciate what kind of people the staffroom teachers are, they witness the petty conflicts and also uncover the power games that go on behind the ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
school, counselor, character study, social commentary, bureaucracy, social realism, slow burn, intimate, teacher student relationship, slice of life, bittersweet, isolation ...
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the unforgiving shadows of sympathy, Ganesh Gangadharan, a paraplegic designer, wrestles with his inner demons, striving for a semblance of normalcy.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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79
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Patrick feels absolutely lonely when he decides to search for his supposable genitor after the suicide of his mother. He doesn’t have a plan, a goal or hopes. He just wants to meet the phantom that he thinks is the reason for his mother’s death.
Style:
existential, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
grief, loneliness, isolation, identity crisis, character study, search for father, alienation, minimalism, intimate, regret, male protagonist, urban ...
Similarity:
39%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, melancholic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fear of death, obsession, female protagonist, compassion, character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, redemption, domestic drama, manipulation, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
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119
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, psychological
Plot:
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446
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
Plot:
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cliff Raines is an up-and-coming actor who struggles with living a lonely life in Los Angeles. In his time between roles, he finds comfort in alcohol and his new found relationship with a young woman with similar baggage to his.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, intense, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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377
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Duration: 112 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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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 107 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: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, intense, realistic, controversial ...
Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three short stories about women & men relationship.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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