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Allen Sunshine (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former music industry mogul grieving the death of his wife at an isolated lake-side home finds subtle redemption in the youthful spirit of friendship cultivated with two young boys.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, reflective, ambiguous ending
Plot:
grief, loss, solitude, mourning, character study, loneliness, friendship, isolation, healing, redemption, introspection, nature, music industry, wilderness, guilt, reconciliation, retreat, slow burn, minimalism, forgiveness, fame, provincial, celebrity
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Most similar movies to Allen Sunshine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, psychological and art house films with plots about character study, grief, intimate, loss, friendship, mourning and isolation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Allen Sunshine: Running (2022), The Portuguese House (2025), The Assam Garden (1985), Violent (2014), I'm Beginning To See the Light (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A whole year went by before musician Juliane Hansen was able to put her running shoes back on — a year after her partner, Johann König, took his own life. Although her friend Rieke offers all the support she can, Juliane feels lonely and ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, slow cinema ...
Plot:
grief, healing, mourning, recovery, suicide, loss, bereavement, loneliness, running, loss of partner, guilt, cello ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he impersonates another man as a gardener at a Portuguese country house, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, psychological, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
grief, loss, character study, loneliness, identity, intimate, country house, memory, minimalism, friendship, impostor, gardener ...
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85%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her family.
Style:
intercultural, reflective, melancholic, atmospheric, tension ...
Plot:
friendship, character study, grief, empathy, memory, healing, gardening, loneliness, mourning, social class, isolation, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
elderly man, pilgrimage, character study, self discovery, walking, journey, grief, changing lives, lifestyle, lifestyle change, life, bittersweet ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
Similarity:
66%
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%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Slovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, heartfelt, emotional, reflective
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, intergenerational friendship, solitude, bonding, introspection, slice of life, urban, fish out of water, isolation, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Coincidence and the aftermath of violence. A man's middle-school daughter has been murdered. His wife is already deceased. He tells a counselor he wants to live in anonymity, working with his hands. He moves away and gets a job in a factory. ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
small town, forgiveness, murder, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, friendship, loss of daughter, widower, loss, mourning, loneliness, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
grief, guilt, mother-in-law, family problems, loss, mourning, character study, bereavement, loss of daughter, mother in law, countryside, loss of wife ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
63%
432
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.
Style:
religious drama, emotional, existential, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, crisis of faith, christianity, spirituality, mourning, grief, compassion, character study, doubt, moral dilemma, soul searching ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Yasuko (Eriko Hatsune) was a child, her mother left their home. She grew up not knowing what an ordinary family is. Satoshi's (Kengo Kora) mother was the girlfriend of Yasuko's late father. One day, Satoshi appears in front of ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
absent mother, orphan, family secret, mother daughter relationship, character study, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, love and romance, forbidden love, love interest, unrequited love ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a woman's mental confrontation and drifting between dream and reality after experiencing loss.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing, poignant ...
Plot:
relationships, grief, loss, guilt, friendship, life is a bitch, tragic event, changing lives, loss of brother, family relations, healing, small town ...
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four Women, Four Dreams, Four Realities
Style:
realistic, independent film, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, grief, friendship, loss, intimate, relationships, introspection, identity crisis, slice of life, party, mourning, slow burn ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
tsunami, grief, loss, society, small town life, life is a bitch, troubled past, tragic past, healing, mourning, trauma, community ...
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48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Isabelle Brodeur embarks on a journey to Vietnam, her adopted daughter’s birthplace. Throughout this stunningly beautiful journey, Isabelle discovers her daughter’s country through the eyes of the woman who brought her into this word.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, intercultural, melancholic ...
Plot:
grief, loss of child, mixed race child, adoption, mother daughter relationship, healing, cross cultural relations, culture, father daughter relationship, changing lives, family relations, culture shock ...
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
45%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this evocative story told ingeniously with minimal dialogue, men and women from various backgrounds and places each deal with the loss of a loved one.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
grief, loss, loneliness, solitude, mourning, minimal dialogue, empathy, bereavement, memory, healing, intimate, soul searching ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Estonia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young fanatic bird-watcher spends a summer on an islet in the Nortern-Sea with his assistant. Rough nature, hidden feelings.
Style:
atmospheric, reflective, melancholic, art house, independent film ...
Plot:
nature, island, summer, obsession, solitude, sea, isolation, introspection, loneliness, wildlife, man versus nature, character study ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jean Pierre Lefebrvre directed this Canadian drama, the final film in a trilogy that began in 1967 with Don't Let It Kill You and continued in 1977 with The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died. All three feature Abel Gagne (Marcel Sabourin), a ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Plot:
pilot, airplane, father son relationship, aviation, second chance, friendship, debt, trauma, guilt, grief, estranged father, character study ...
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Love is everything with a young man journey's from the north to south of Chile to fulfill a promise.
Style:
road movie, meditative, poetic, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, loss, mourning, grief, love, journey, solitude, self discovery, memory, landscape, pilgrimage, character study ...
Place:
chile, patagonia
Similarity:
39%
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133
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four people, isolated in their different ways are trapped in the desert and changed forever. Against impossible odds, can they find meaning - life, laughter and love before it is too late?
Style:
psychological, existential, emotional, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
isolation, desert, thirst, survival, loneliness, transformation, australian outback, character study, heat wave, friendship, introspection, intimate ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
australia
Similarity:
37%
319
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A tight knit group of young high school athletes have a terrible crash after winning the state championship -- a catastrophe that will shape all their lives. But as adults, some 15 years later, they come together again for a reunion that will open ...
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, realistic, psychological
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, black, car crash, friendship, trauma, tragedy, secrets, regret, grief, healing, reconciliation, redemption ...
Similarity:
37%
396
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants' self and conscience.
Style:
reflective, psychological, intense, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
wilderness, competition, self discovery, character study, personal growth, journey, conscience, teamwork, nature, moral dilemma, coming of age, realism ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
Two Telugu-speaking friends with opposing views towards life work at a construction site in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. When one of them dies of a heart attack, the other takes it upon himself to take the body to his friend’s village for last rites. What ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, philosophical
Plot:
friendship, journey, grief, loss, transformation, self discovery, road trip, life & death, mourning, compassion, character study, slice of life ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Oona, a recent graduate in anthropology, has returned to her dead mother’s seaside cottage in southern England to prepare it for sale. Her arrival disturbs Mani, a wary vagrant who has been squatting on the property.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
loneliness, homelessness, homeless, empathy, loss, grief, life is a bitch, male female relationship, relationship problems, character study, introspection, intimate ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Erin and Charlie escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship.
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, emotional, indie film, melancholic ...
Plot:
character study, desert, isolation, personal growth, self discovery, slow burn, intimate, confession, minimalism, healing, symbolism, reconciliation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Story:
When a retired police inspector, who suffers from agoraphobia, receives an eviction notice, he befriends a homeless boy and together they come up with a plan to get rid of his phobia.
Style:
heartfelt, psychological, emotional, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
mental health, isolation, agoraphobia, friendship, healing, recovery, bonding, redemption, loneliness, homelessness, personal growth, character study ...
Similarity:
35%
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