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Mother May I (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
An overprotective mother tries to discourage her son from dating a new woman. Should he listen to her or follow his heart?
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, heartfelt, tense, sinister
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, mother son relationship, overprotective mother, family conflict, dating, personal growth, male protagonist, moral dilemma, women, introspection, coming of age, bittersweet, couples, identity, slice of life, female empowerment, young adult, intimate, desperation, small town, suspicion, angry
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, melancholic and romantic drama films with plots about coming of age, slice of life, intimate, personal growth, bittersweet, identity and small town mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Mother May I: The Right of Jesus (2008), Love You Ram (2023), Scorn (2011), El Hawa Sultan (2024), Eesaraina!? (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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