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Dormitory (2023)
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Original name: Yurt
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.
Style:
nostalgic
Plot:
coming of age, islam, dormitory, youth, adolescence, self discovery, loss of innocence, father son relationship, introspection, identity crisis, high school life, boarding school, obedience, adaptation, teen angst, peer pressure, slice of life, loneliness, friendship, rebellion, isolation, resistance, middle class, muslim, male masturbation ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, psychological and realistic films with plots about coming of age, friendship, adolescence, slice of life, youth, small town and self discovery mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Dormitory: The Fall of Sparta (2018), 12 Dares (2022), The First Day of Winter (2008), West Coast (2016), Prodigal (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When we are young, we sometimes feel that the world is stacked against us. This is the case for 16 year-old Steeve Simard (Lévi Doré), who is entering his last year at Gaston-Miron High School in St-Lambert. A cynical intellectual with a critical ...
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, gay, teen angst, high school, youth, loneliness, self discovery, coming of age, social problems, teenage protagonist, teenage life ...
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Valerio is a lonely young boy who can't get on with the others of the same age. He just observes without been seen and tries to compare himself to them, especially with two tough guys from his swimming course. One day Valerio sees something ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, contemplative, tension, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, loneliness, bullying, coming of age, isolation, adolescence, introspection, loss of innocence, self discovery, childhood, male protagonist ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Four inseparable teenagers in a small town in Brittany (France). As lifelong fans of the West Coast, they think are real gangstas. Together as a "gang", they are invincible, respected, fearless and nothing can reach them, certainly not the ...
Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, teenager, group of friends, teenage boy, grownups, adolescence, teenage life, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, small town life ...
Place:
france, brittany
Similarity:
63%
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
15-year-old David lives with his family and around another hundred Jacobins in a closed community in Germany. The monotonous life of this early Christian community consists of pray.
Style:
emotional, intense, thought provoking, tense, dark ...
Plot:
religious community, isolation, alienation, coming of age, loss of innocence, teen angst, persecution, identity crisis, mysticism, nude young male, gay, nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Jakob is stuck in the transition between his teenage years and adulthood, still uncertain about what to do with his life, constantly hanging around with his friends and some girls, partying hard but not feeling quite alright. His only way to deal ...
Style:
psychological, existential, independent film, experimental
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teen angst, voyeurism, identity crisis, self discovery, alienation, obsession, character study, intimate, realism, slice of life, youth culture ...
Time:
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106
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
LIMBO is set in a small town in rural Denmark, teenager Sara and young teacher Karen develop a connection. A quiet drama interested as much in the lives of its female protagonists as their surroundings.
Style:
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Plot:
intimate, small town, introspection, empathy, slice of life, adolescence, everyday life, youth, coming of age, female friendship, bittersweet, self discovery ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
One day in the lives of tenth-grade students unfolds in different ways: some quarrel for the first time, some try to donate skin to people who have been burned, and some rethink their attitude toward an annoying neighbor who plays the piano when ...
Style:
emotional, period piece
Plot:
teenager, adolescence, coming of age, realism, compassion, self discovery, empathy, high school life, friendship, slice of life, teen angst, social issues ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over ...
Style:
thrilling, reflective, pastoral, poetic, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, father son relationship, coming of age, small town, youth, adolescence, lifestyle change, teenage boy, village, small village, village life, villager ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alex, Fedja, Timo and Lara are four troubled teens for whom the upcoming Christmas eve isn't a time of peace and joy: Since they all have a history of escalating family conflicts, they'll be spending the holidays not at home, but in a ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
psychotherapy, christmas, youth, psychiatry, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, mental health, coming of age, psychiatric ward, adolescence, mental patient, troubled youth ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
47%
323
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Anne grows up in the isolated Biesbosch area, where spacious fields and power pylons define the landscape. With a group of friends, she spends a sultry summer holiday there trying to make the leap to maturity. But this shared ...
Style:
melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
coming of age, lesbian, small town, adolescence, self discovery, sexual awakening, longing, small town life, identity crisis, teen angst, teen romance, first love ...
Similarity:
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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:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
17-year-old Guido suffers since his early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to the hospital due to a heavy attack, he starts to question his personal and familiar environment and discovers that his parents’ relationship – which ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, melancholic
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illness, coming of age, family drama, family secret, identity crisis, adolescence, escape, intimate, introspection, realism, isolation, alienation ...
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45%
135
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Kyrgyzstan, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in central Asia. His family is being torn apart by his dad's alcoholism, his emotions are being torn ...
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atmospheric, melancholic, bleak
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teenager, adolescence, youth, friendship, grownups, coming of age, post soviet, slice of life, realism, small town, alcoholism, provincial ...
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Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, disappearance, coming of age, friendship, missing person, loss of innocence, summer, youth, loss, guilt, small town, trauma ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, tense, melancholic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, intense, tension
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teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
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Country: India
Story:
Surya is the son of a local don, and studies at the Chengalpet Matriculation School. His mother who is separated from her criminal husband wants him to grow up as a model citizen. Surya who is attached to his mother gives a promise that he will not ...
Style:
emotional, tragic ending, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl deals with the issues brought about by her family's high-priced son.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, adolescence, family drama, tragic past, female protagonist, troubled past, traumatic past, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, loneliness ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted ...
Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, touching, thinking ...
Plot:
rebellion, forbidden love, introspection, self discovery, haunted by the past, hopes, society, youth, love and romance, against the rules, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
37%
16
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mandy White is a cheerleader. Dan LaCoy is a football player. Jason Dobbs is a bully. Eli Barker is an artist. Asia Borg is a foster kid. What they all have in common however, is that they are hurting. Each one deals with their own personal issues ...
Style:
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teen drama
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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