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After the Winter (2021)
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Original name: Poslije zime
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Style:
melancholic, emotional
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, migration, introspection, diaspora, memory, identity, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, exile, personal growth, loss, regret, bonding, maturity, young adult, hopes, minimalism, realism, resilience, female nudity ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
montenegro
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Most similar movies to After the Winter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and reflective films with plots about slice of life, bittersweet, coming of age, intimate, nostalgia, friendship and regret mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like After the Winter: Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu (2024), Close Enough (2016), Mothers Child (2020), Ground (2024), Sriranga Neethulu (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Anand, in the travel back to his home to reunite with his friends , looks back at his life in 8 chapters, trying to find an answer to the question of “What’s happiness / Am I happy?
Style:
poignant, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, introspection, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, road trip, getting home, homecoming, nostalgia, bittersweet, flashback, acceptance ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
After moving away and being out of touch for two years since high school graduation, three girls who were once best friends, reunite over a weekend to discover what made them drift apart and just how much they've changed since they last saw ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
high school friends, female friendship, self discovery, character study, coming of age, weekend getaway, maturity, awkwardness, nostalgia, honesty, bittersweet, identity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A couple mutually decide to give their baby up for adoption to go back to living their separate lives.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, sincere, melancholic
Plot:
adoption, parenthood, intimate, character study, separation, loss, bonding, ethical dilemma, bittersweet, introspection, slice of life, grief ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Group of friends go to a playground around the corner, to play Cricket, on a typical Sunday. However, that special day has unexpected events in store for them.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, tension, suspense
Plot:
cricket, friendship, bonding, grownups, slice of life, coming of age, nostalgia, youth culture, realism, teenager, neighborhood, intimate ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Follows three characters from diverse backgrounds in their mid twenties. How consequences arise because of their flaws and what struggles they go through?
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, melancholic
Plot:
young adult, coming of age, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, slice of life, identity crisis, intimate, realism, regret, friendship, urban ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes ...
Style:
emotional, touching, poignant, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
solitude, personal growth, self discovery, diary, female protagonist, confession, bittersweet, coming of age, resilience, intimate, identity, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, under the surface, life is a bitch, friends, countryside, writer's life, coming of age, literature, nostalgia, introspection ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
71%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two young people learn about love as politics turn their world upside down in this drama from director Ana Diez. After a long and successful career as a soccer player, Xavi retires from the game and moves to Spain, where one day to his surprise he ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, emotional, reflective, period piece
Plot:
exile, longing, nostalgia, coming of age, bittersweet, flashback, political repression, immigration, intimate, reminiscence, loss of innocence, father son relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
uruguay, spain
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Veturimiehet heiluttaa on 4. syyskuuta 1992 ensi-iltansa saanut suomalainen elokuva. Elokuva on kuvattu suurimmaksi osaksi Porissa. Veturimiehet heiluttaa sai ensi-iltansa Ruotsissa 26. maaliskuuta 1993.
Style:
contemplative, emotional, realistic, melancholic, pastoral
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, youth, grownups, male friendship, slice of life, relationships, character study, personal growth, working class, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
68%
225
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story revolves around several boys and girls who grew up together along the canal, after leaving to make their own growth, reunite after many years. After experiencing competition and the pressures of life, they rediscover the hope for a new ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
friendship, grownups, coming of age, hometown, realism, small town, bittersweet, loss, nostalgia, getting home, family drama, hopes ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beijing china
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Diego is hosting a farewell party in his house before he leaves on a trip that no one knows about.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, house party, introspection, intimate, relationships, bittersweet, friendship, regret, single, identity, character study, slice of life ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As children, Leni and Lazar were best friends. When Lazar returns from extensive travels abroad for his father's funeral, Leni yearns to reconnect with her childhood soulmate but still feels the sting of their years of estrangement.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, best friend, hopes, introspection, twentysomething life, road trip, personal growth, coming of age, countryside, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A Mexican teen Lucas in a gray industrial town befriends co-worker Oscar. Oscar leaves, entrusting Lucas with treasures. Through photography, Lucas captures observed light, finding connection and solace.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, art house, independent film, slow cinema
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, working class, loneliness, photography, realism, introspection, intimate, memory, solitude, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico, poetic realism
Similarity:
57%
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:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, coming of age, personal growth, freedom, relocation, identity crisis, isolation, intimate, escape, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2003, Fatma Ayar, a teacher at a private high school, assigned her Literature Club students to write letters to themselves as part of PTT's "Letters from the Past" campaign. These letters, intended to be delivered in 2023, were ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, sentimental, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
high school, mother and daughter, self discovery, family secret, coming of age, memory, personal growth, nostalgia, teacher student relationship, intimate, bittersweet, forgiveness ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
54%
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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 ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, nostalgia, journey, female protagonist, resilience, unrequited love, self discovery, promise, reminiscence, introspection, intimate, bittersweet ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Roy, a village boy who's a failure at studies, joins Christy's tuition. They become good friends, but later when Christy gets a job abroad, Roy's life changes
Style:
emotional, realistic, reflective, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, village life, coming of age, nostalgia, relationships, personal growth, longing, aspiration, bittersweet, education, separation ...
Similarity:
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290
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Young Danny has left his home town in the middle of nowhere (="Nirgendwo") behind and moved to Berlin to study business. The twentysomething enjoys big city life and independence. When his father dies unexpectedly, however, Danny has to ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, sentimental
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, grief, nostalgia, personal growth, coming of age, identity, small town, provincial, bittersweet, slice of life, second chance ...
Place:
bavaria, berlin germany
Similarity:
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134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
photography, coming of age, relationships, student life, self discovery, college life, female protagonist, personal growth, young adult, realism, campus, slice of life ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her forties. They were in love fifteen years ago, then separated. Time has passed. They each went their ...
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative
Plot:
melancholy, nostalgia, introspection, bittersweet, intimate, loneliness, spa, slice of life, seaside town, personal growth, regret, memory ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
46%
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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Declan Holmes is graduating college, a hard enough time as it is, and heading out into the real world. The loss he experiences is like nothing he has ever known before. 'Potential Inertia' is the story of his journey through a very ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, independent film, black and white
Plot:
loss, coming of age, friendship, grief, mourning, personal growth, college graduate, relationships, identity crisis, intimate, bittersweet, mental health ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When four friends reunite for a night of fun in their hometown, a crisis forces them to confront the consequences of their lifestyles.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tension, independent film, reflective ...
Plot:
coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, confrontation, crisis, mature, hometown, loyalty, social issues, small town, loss, social realism ...
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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:
40%
163
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
One year after the death of her mother, Elena, a young French woman of Greek origin, returns to her holiday home on the island of Lesbos. She is accompanied by her friends Nassim and Sekou, two young suburbanites more used to the benches of the city ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
island, greek, mourning, grief, greek island, woman, seaside, women, coastal town, sun, female protagonist, beach ...
Place:
greece
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500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
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