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Olessia (2019)
113
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Film with a soundtrack featuring G. Venugopal and Chitra
Style:
bleak, emotional, melancholic, dramatic
Plot:
loneliness, depression, motherhood, isolation, family drama, mental health, struggle, neglect, teenager, faith, healing, redemption, loss, coming of age, divine intervention, resilience, hopes, trauma, religion, moral dilemma, identity, friendship, getting home, gift, psychological drama
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and psychological films with plots about redemption, coming of age, identity, loss, resilience, friendship and isolation mostly in Drama, Musical and Action genres. Some movies like Olessia: Rhino (2022), Minmini (2024), Pottel (2024), Hope Bridge (2015), Brandy Diaries (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Damián, an 11-year-old boy who is separated from his violent family, is taken to live in a children's home by state intervention. Accompanied by Leandro, a social worker with a personal story similar to his, Damián will have to accept that ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological
Plot:
social issues, domestic violence, coming of age, childhood, trauma, foster home, children's home, healing, intimate, social worker, empathy, resilience ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Praveenah arrives at a boarding school in Ooty, she discovers that her classmate Sabari is haunted by the crushing weight of survivor's guilt. Years later, their paths converge again on a thrilling Himalayan biking adventure, where ...
Style:
emotional, intense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
guilt, redemption, regret, coming of age, empathy, loss, reconciliation, resilience, moral dilemma, friendship, memory, isolation ...
Place:
himalaya
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An underprivileged villager and a victim of caste-driven politics in his village, forced to run away with his daughter Saraswati, but returns after undergoing a spiritual reincarnation, which in turn changes how the village receives him.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, melancholic, art house
Plot:
social injustice, village life, redemption, small town, social commentary, poverty, reincarnation, father daughter relationship, oppression, class struggle, family drama, getting home ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a high school boy learns that his father committed suicide, he begins a journey to find hope and reconciliation in the midst of his grief.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, poignant ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hopes, suicide, bereavement, father son relationship, faith, depression, grief, family relations, relationships, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, loss of father ...
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Srinu, a civil aspirant, struggles with failure in love and ends up with an addiction to alcohol. Will he fight his inner demons to cure his addiction?
Style:
realistic, emotional, bleak, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
alcoholism, addiction, mishap, self destructing, character study, redemption, regret, heartbreak, young adult, personal growth, desperation, loss ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
72%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An emotional story of two brothers; the biography of Dr. Amarjit Singh, an Indian American immigrant who walked through The First Kashmir War as a child, forced from his home with his severely disabled brother and a family in fear for their lives.
Style:
historical drama, poignant, emotional, dramatic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
biopic, immigration, brothers, brotherhood, resilience, survival, perseverance, family drama, cleaning, sacrifice, loss, refugee ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
kashmir, india, usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
family drama, second chance, redemption, guilt, trauma, family secret, healing, uncle niece relationship, bittersweet, moral dilemma, intimate, forgiveness ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Megh is a married person, who works as manager of a tea estate in North Sikkim. In a certain crisis he became jobless and struggles to make ends problems of his life because there are not many options for livelihood around in the hills. He fights to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, scenic, melancholic
Plot:
struggle, resilience, empathy, poverty, hopes, unemployment, perseverance, family bonds, slice of life, sacrifice, parenting, recovery ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
65%
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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:
disability, paraplegic, resilience, introspection, character study, healing, isolation, identity, redemption, empathy, grief, loss ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
A troubled young man battles his inner demons as he seeks redemption and a second chance in his life.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, second chance, self discovery, personal growth, soul searching, regret, coming of age, trauma, moral dilemma, loss, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Abhay, shattered by betrayal and loneliness, prepares to end his life beneath the night sky. But the sudden laughter of a mysterious woman pierces his darkness.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
betrayal, loss, loneliness, trust, hopes, soul searching, grief, redemption, existential crisis, mental health, forgiveness, chance meeting ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen suicide, high school, grief, depression, mental health, mourning, loss, teen angst, coming of age, family conflict, trauma, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Mishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her. After her mother remarried, Kiko was abused mentally and physically by her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother. She didn't belong to this ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
domestic abuse, abuse, trauma, domestic violence, neglect, bullying, dysfunctional family, social problems, life is a bitch, traumatic past, violence, family problems ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a ...
Style:
dramatic, serious, sad, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
intersex, woman, lgbtq, identity crisis, adolescence, desire for fame, coming of age, self discovery, identity, doctor, girl, gender bending ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Mother's Prayer, starring Robin Givens (Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys), Johnny Gill (legendary R&B singer), Shirley Murdock (Man of Her Dreams) and Jermaine Crawford (HBO's The Wire), tells the compelling, heartwarming ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
hopes, redemption, estrangement, family life, family relations, self discovery, last wish, family in crisis, family problems, love and romance, family drama, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, melancholic, independent film, educational
Plot:
teacher student relationship, coming of age, self discovery, adolescence, youth, identity, mentor, loss, small town, disappearance, poverty, social issues ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, heartfelt, twisted, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, undocumented immigrant, missing person, friendship, immigration, family drama, young girl, social realism, desperation, arrest, deportation, child protagonist ...
Place:
canada, india
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, serious, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, redemption, empathy, second chance, character study, recovery, moral dilemma, morality, healing, resilience, self destructing, humanity ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
aging, teenager, disease, mortality, family drama, coming of age, parent child relationship, hopes, grief, resilience, loss, intimate ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A city teacher finds alcoholism and lack of faith among the locals in his new rural posting.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, uplifting, melancholic ...
Plot:
punjabi, religion, village life, faith, social issues, hopes, alcoholism, redemption, inspiration, community, culture, humanism ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Lazarus focuses on Thomas Newton, as he remains still on Earth - a 'man' unable to die, his head soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. We follow Newton during the course of a few ...
Style:
psychological, existential, melancholic, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
loneliness, existential crisis, isolation, immortality, character study, relationships, social problems, troubled past, social issues, life is a bitch, lifestyle, desperation ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, USA, Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young pregnant woman arrives in New York City from Russia, and her mind drifts to the past when she was coming of age in a coal mining town in Russia.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, intercultural, realistic, grim ...
Plot:
immigrant, pregnancy, coming of age, flashback, outsider, trauma, loneliness, search for father, character study, dark past, isolation, identity ...
Place:
new york, russia
Similarity:
47%
407
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
faith, roma, murder of a family, woman, female protagonist, child, murder, gypsy, religious faith, belief in god, mother, murder of family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
46%
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 ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A 12-year-old boy survives a plane crash that kills every other passenger on the flight, including his family. As he and others affected by the tragedy try to make sense of what happened, unexpected friendships, romances, and communities are formed.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, heartfelt ...
Plot:
plane crash, friendship, crash, sole survivor, grief, loss, tragedy, family relations, relationships, problem, friends, teenager ...
Similarity:
42%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sarah, a free spirited young girl looking to surgically reassign her gender and Antony, a once exuberant but now a dejected and dispirited young man. What will happen when they meet?
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, transgender, lgbtq, desire for fame, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, coming of age, identity crisis, character study, acceptance ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
The TV series "Your Name Is Varvara" reveals to the viewer what is hidden in the shadows of life, i.e. what human life (according to the latest findings) looks like in the modern world today. Without a classic main character, and with ...
Style:
thought provoking, existential, philosophical, emotional, poignant ...
Plot:
suffering, character study, trauma, identity, healing, intimate, female protagonist, resilience, spirituality, redemption, urban, symbolism ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, emotional, psychological, bleak, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
depression, teen suicide, mental health, teenage angst, isolation, coming of age, alienation, intimate, introspection, self harm, friendship, social realism ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
At his mother's request, a university student returns to his home on the island of Sumba, where questions about his late father come to light.
Style:
contemplative, poetic, emotional, art house, atmospheric ...
Plot:
coming of age, father son relationship, family drama, identity, island, self discovery, character study, getting home, mother son relationship, tradition, memory, loss ...
Place:
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Similarity:
37%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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