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We Started Together (2022)
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We Started Together (2022)
Original name: Együtt kezdtük
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A coming of age story, in flashback, of a group of high school students graduating in 2011. Each will take a different path from here on.
Style: emotional, realistic, melancholic
Audience: teen drama
Plot: youth, grownups, high school, coming of age, friendship, self discovery, nostalgia, flashback, graduation, bittersweet, memory, classmate, identity, teenage angst, slice of life, first love, family relations, peer pressure, intimate, small town, urban, school, group, farewell, jumping ...
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and romantic drama films with plots about coming of age, bittersweet, slice of life, small town, friendship, intimate and identity mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like We Started Together: Baby (2023), Christy (2023), Therapy Dogs (2022), Saba Nayagan (2023), Our Generation (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Baby (2023)
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Duration: 175 min.
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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
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Therapy Dogs (2022)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
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Duration: 155 min.
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Style: emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, sentimental
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Our Generation (2025)
Genre: Romance
Country: China
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Story: Lin Qile and Jiang Qiaoxi reconnect in high school after a childhood friendship and a lingering misunderstanding. As they navigate youth's ups and downs alongside their classmates, they grow through shared experiences and step into new horizons.
Style: emotional, reflective, melancholic
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, youth, high school life, coming of age, grownups, self discovery, small town, family bonds, classmate, personal growth, young adult, first love ...
Time: 90s
Place: china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 120 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
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Duration: 111 min.
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Duration: 115 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl embarks on a journey of life where she deals with understanding herself, the changing world, bullying, academic pressure and her transcending journey of first love.
Style: realistic, emotional, art house, melancholic, tragic ending ...
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Drops in Your Hand (2014)
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 118 min.
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Duration: 75 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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