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Brandy Diaries (2021)
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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:
emotional, realistic, psychological, bleak, melancholic, intense, tragic
Plot:
addiction, alcoholism, self destructing, mishap, redemption, regret, character study, heartbreak, personal growth, isolation, desperation, loss, young adult, youth, determination, coming of age, social issues, hopes, urban, family conflict, slow burn, friendship, therapy, telugu, self destruction
Time:
contemporary
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, melancholic and intense films with plots about urban, isolation, coming of age, character study, hopes, redemption and slow burn mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Brandy Diaries: Promises (2010), Sriranga Neethulu (2024), Linked (2017), Drinker Sai (2024), Forever Tomorrow (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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