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Metronom (2022)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bucharest, 1972. Ana, 17, dreams of love and freedom. One night, while partying with her friends, they decide to send a letter to Metronom, the musical program which Radio Free Europe broadcasts clandestinely in Romania. It is then that the Securitate, Ceausescu’s secret police, arrives…
Style:
melancholic, tense, romantic, art house, historical drama, suspenseful, tragic, moody, period drama, political drama ...
Plot:
teen romance, cold war, loss of innocence, secret police, coming of age, political repression, surveillance, authoritarianism, forbidden love, intimate, escape, friendship, emigration, identity, youth culture, slow burn, teenager, dancing, party, letter, female protagonist, high school, teenage sexuality, arrest, 17 year old ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
romania, bucharest, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Metronom
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, emotional and psychological films with plots about coming of age, intimate, friendship, small town, teenager, escape and identity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Metronom: Unruly (2022), Happy Dining Table (2007), One Step Behind the Seraphim (2017), Prodigal (2011), Nowhere (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The year is 1933, and society has certain expectations of how young women should behave. 17-year-old Maren is wild and unruly and is in turn sent to the women's institution at Sprogø to become more compliant. The stay at Sprogø has the ...
Style:
psychological, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, teenager, relationships, teenage life, social issues, social problems, sorority, teenage girl, coming of age, friendship, confined, isolation ...
Time:
1930s
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective
Plot:
family drama, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, adolescence, coming of age, slice of life, high school, teen romance, mental health, high school life, resilience, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A group of freshmen in an orthodox college are introduced in a world of cons, pleasure and money, but they soon discover that's not the way one's life should be lead.
Style:
sexy, contemplative, romantic, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, friendship, coming of age, gay lead character, lovers, female nudity, gay couple, young lovers, atheism, confession, love affair, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Levi Layton is tired of his small town life and his workaholic father, but finds his way out when he receives a large inheritance. Eighteen years old and armed with $100,000, the life he wants is just a midnight escape away.
Style:
melancholic, tense, independent film
Plot:
escape, small town, teenager, father son relationship, coming of age, self discovery, loss of innocence, family conflict, friendship, inheritance, young adult, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A film about people who are leaving Serbia for economic reasons.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
emigration, coming of age, friendship, love triangle, youth, uncertainty, identity, social realism, slice of life, intimacy, bittersweet, graduation ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teenager struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered world in this emotional and bittersweet coming-of-age drama about those who are left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, reflective, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, female protagonist, grief, sibling rivalry, loss, family drama, adolescence, self discovery, healing, mourning, identity, character study ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Radoslaw Piwowarski.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, melancholic, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
anti semitism, exile, emigration, youth, political persecution, moral dilemma, identity crisis, political oppression, cold war, escape, family conflict, nationalism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in 1983, behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe in Budapest, the film follows Frank, the charismatic singer of a banned punk band that carries the voice of their generation against a totalitarian regime. Taken to the police psychiatric ...
Style:
dark, tense, historical drama, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
totalitarian regime, political repression, authoritarianism, anti establishment, punk, police station, resistance, political persecution, oppression, iron curtain, imprisonment, mental institution ...
Time:
80s
Place:
budapest, eastern europe
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dani, Yumi, Ovidiu, Ada and Cristi are youths addicted to one another, yet intent on escaping the pressure of their interconnectedness and frustrating realities by performing mind trips into different levels of existence and parallel worlds.
Style:
psychological, existential, surreal, psychedelic, melancholic ...
Plot:
trip, youth, friendship, escape, escapism, alternate reality, alienation, parallel world, self discovery, intimate, symbolism, identity crisis ...
Place:
eastern europe, romania
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
Similarity:
50%
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in Rotterdam. One evening, when she is assaulted after meeting a local, Natalia asks Ita, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
migrant worker, female protagonist, immigration, urban, small village, survival, moral ambiguity, exploitation, assault, social realism, class struggle, friendship ...
Place:
romania, belgium, flanders
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Larisa is 16 and lives in a city by the sea. It's a small city, where gossip and news spread fast. It's a city where your image and influence, "manelele", money and power are all that matters. And Larisa… wants it all. And even ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, captivating, serious
Plot:
ambition, group of friends, teenager, teenage girl, party, rape, angst, friendship, friendship between girls, coming of age, female protagonist, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
romania
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An old aristocrat, short of money, who does not accept the new world ruled by the bourgeois class ,epitomized by the industrialist and by the doctor who finally grabs the the aristocrat's castle which soon will be turned into a hospital.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, sinister, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
nude bathing, class conflict, children, death, affair, infidelity, loss of innocence, family tragedy, bourgeoisie, aristocracy, castle, country house ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Pep, a 13-year-old boy, is in love with a girl from his grandparents village, Sara Amat. One summer night Sara disappears without a trace. After a few hours, Pep finds her hiding in his room. Although Pep knows that the entire town is looking for ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, romantic drama, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
double life, escape, coming of age, teenager, young love, first love, grownups, adolescence, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lie, couple relations ...
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49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Harry Munter, a sensitive, kind, appealing man in his twenties, lives with his parents. He's an inventor, a bit of a mystic, maybe a genius, and a good son and grandson. He's offered work in the U.S. But a friend has cancer and the world ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, art house, poetic, independent film
Plot:
coming of age, inventor, friendship, character study, intimate, bittersweet, small town, humanism, loneliness, loss of innocence, nostalgia, mysticism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
48%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Irina wants to go to school, get her degree and escape her dysfunctional family. Liviu, her cousin, is a businessman who lives in a village. He doesn’t believe much in the importance of an education and finds himself at loggerheads with Irina, who ...
Style:
tense, grim, slow cinema
Audience:
adult
Plot:
escape, female protagonist, family conflict, education, female empowerment, character study, domestic violence, coming of age, intimate, patriarchy, sexual awakening, isolation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
family saga, psychological, captivating, thrilling, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ...
Style:
art house, bleak, reflective, melancholic, depressing
Plot:
nude young male, nudity, teenager, mother son relationship, autobiography, coming of age, adolescence, realism, survival, false accusation, trauma, injustice ...
Place:
eastern europe, russia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, atmospheric, melancholic, road movie, moody
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, outsider, small town, longing, restlessness, youth culture, alienation, danger, loneliness, escape, bittersweet ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
45%
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:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Broke and homeless Australian teenagers in love.
Style:
independent film, emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
teenager, street life, homelessness, youth, coming of age, friendship, urban, poverty, realism, social realism, survival, working class ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, melancholic, sensual, suspenseful, political thriller
Plot:
dictatorship, coming of age, poverty, adolescence, youth, political repression, oppression, sexual curiosity, sexual tension, fear, mother son relationship, protective mother ...
Time:
70s
Place:
haiti
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, melancholic, reflective, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, house, boredom, adolescence, teenager, teenage life, relationship problems, life is a bitch, escape, drifting ...
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40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
One of his earlier pieces, Don Coscarelli (of Phantasm Phame) has a knack for seeing the world through the eyes and heart of a young boy. He offers a Peter Pan-esque adventure to men from the boomers to present day, with each generation being ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, reflective, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
grownups, boyhood, nostalgia, coming of age, imagination, innocence, friendship, small town, bittersweet, family drama, personal growth, escape ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
Style:
art house, suspenseful
Plot:
conscience, domestic drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, intimate, realism, witness, murder mystery, apartment building, unsettling ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Adolescent French suburban lower-middle-class nerd Marc Morel was happy being the teacher's pet and school representative in a Latin competition. Until he meets and instantly falls in love with fatherless semi-illiterate shop clerk and ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, young love, coming of age, teen romance, young adult, family conflict, sexual awakening, loss of innocence, teenage sexuality, suburban life, sexual tension ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A single woman has put all her efforts into raising her only son, Sasha. When Sasha grows up to become a teenager, she thinks that she can have some time for herself, so she responds to the courtship of Nikolai Sergeyevich. One summer, Sasha goes to ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, art house, period piece
Plot:
cemetery, letter, tram, coming of age, single mother, mother son relationship, family drama, family bonds, character study, teenage rebellion, intimate, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ines, who wants to change who she is and become someone else in order to cover up her insecurities. When she accompanies her boyfriend Lucas on a business trip to Norway, Ines meets a half-Japanese tourist, Maria, who instantly fascinates her. ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, obsessive love, female protagonist, identity, character study, impostor, double life, deception, identity theft, slow burn, moral ambiguity, danger ...
Place:
japan, osaka japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 13 years old girl is forced to go living with another family for reasons unknown.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
family relations, family drama, female protagonist, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, society, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, custody, teenage girl, little girl ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
36%
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:
35%
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