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Meiyazhagan (2024)
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Original name: மெய்யழகன்
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Twenty-two years after losing his home, Arulmozhi Varman returns to his native Thanjavur to attend his cousin's wedding. Amidst the celebrations, Arul is reintroduced to an upbeat man whom he cannot recall. With the help of the unknown man, Arul reconnects with his past.
Style:
emotional, poignant, reflective, atmospheric, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
memory, homecoming, nostalgia, introspection, identity, empathy, healing, bittersweet, reminiscence, intimate, friendship, minimalism, community, threat, tamil, reunion, family
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, reflective and poignant films with plots about intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, coming of age and family drama mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Meiyazhagan: Apur Panchali (2013), Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu (2024), Olappeeppi (2016), Amour d'enfance (2001), Taxi Love (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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poignant, reflective, emotional, melancholic
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Country: India
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Duration: 121 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joža was wounded in combat during the events of the Croatian War of Independance and now works as a taxi driver in Zagreb, encountering various clients, all of which help him to cope with his past, and reveal to him what it truly means to be human.
Style:
emotional, reflective, poignant, melancholic, anthology
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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poignant, melancholic, reflective, atmospheric, existential
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
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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 ...
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romantic drama, melancholic, emotional, reflective, period piece
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Genre: Drama
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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.
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
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Audience:
adult
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
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