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Bubblegum (2017)
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Original name: Дъвка за балончета
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different adventure. Childlike, they had a pact to get married. The two of them meet 25 years later.
Style:
romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, reflective, period piece, wistful
Plot:
midlife crisis, memory, second chance, bittersweet, character study, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, romantic drama, emotional and reflective films with plots about bittersweet, nostalgia, regret, intimate, reunion, memory and second chance mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Bubblegum: Me & You, Us, Forever (2008), Return to Ithaca (2014), Two Worlds, One Wish (2025), Autumn (1974), Nabbie's Love (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 47 year old Christian man on the other side of an unwanted divorce thinks back on his first love from high school and wants to see her again.
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, sentimental, melancholic, christian film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
cuba
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sentimental, poignant, heartfelt ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In their youth they loved each other, but then parted. Ilya got married, Alexandra married, but the family life did not work out for both of them. Having met again, they understand that they still love each other, and spend seven happy days together ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
character study, bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, regret, realism, longing, midlife crisis, isolation, minimalism, couples, infidelity ...
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a small community on a small island in Okinawa, Japan. Especially it focusses on the story of a grandma named Nabbie, but although it's her story told in the film's centre there are some young people, the ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, tropical, wistful
Plot:
family drama, island, slice of life, memory, bittersweet, nostalgia, small town life, peace, getting home, intimate, family secret, homecoming ...
Place:
okinawa japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
train travel, relationships, nostalgia, ex husband, travel, marriage, memory, bittersweet, intimate, realism, personal growth, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata, mumbai india
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Carmen, a well-known writer on her fifties, has returned a year ago to a farmhouse in the small town where she was born, in Bajo Aragón (Teruel, Spain). Her vital crisis is complicated when Eduardo, a film producer with whom she had a love affair ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric
Plot:
female protagonist, midlife crisis, nostalgia, homecoming, regret, getting home, memory, farmhouse, small town, remote village, intimate, screenwriter ...
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73%
331
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A bookseller from Seoul travels with a young woman to Fukuoka in Japan to meet a former friend from university. While their reunion is haunted by the conflicts of the past, his travel companion floats through the plot as if moving through a dream.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
reconciliation, love triangle, memory, nostalgia, lifestyle, love affair, confronting the past, love story, middle aged, middle aged man, relationships, relationship problems ...
Place:
japan, seoul, south korea
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Pueng, daughter of a military Colonel, has planned to spend her married life with Mann, a young Lieutenant with a promising future. On the day Martial Law was announced, she received a wedding invitation from a high school friend back in her ...
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
wedding, memory, nostalgia, second chance, love triangle, young love, bittersweet, coming of age, small town, friendship, flashback, regret ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, emotional, reflective, period piece
Plot:
exile, longing, nostalgia, coming of age, bittersweet, flashback, political repression, immigration, intimate, reminiscence, loss of innocence, father son relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
uruguay, spain
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her forties. They were in love fifteen years ago, then separated. Time has passed. They each went their ...
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two former lovers find themselves struggling for shared closure as one of them prepares to stage a play about the unspeakable tragedy that tore them apart decades ago.
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
family tragedy, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, secret, confronting the past, tragic past, bittersweet, secrets, forgiveness, flashback, lost love ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Manuela and Olmo meet in a future as they had promised fifteen years earlier as teenagers, when they lived their first love. Based on this romantic situation, La Reconquista is in fact a film on a quest for time; or about the awareness of time: of ...
Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological ...
Plot:
relationships, love, love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love affair, love interest, love and romance, couples, lovers reunited, couple relations, memory ...
Time:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, reflective, melancholic, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, period piece, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Story:
Aftermath the last final decision that affect every people's life around them. What is gonna happen to our beloved childhood friend?
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Style:
melancholic, poignant, existential, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
introspection, literary, character study, monologue, bittersweet, family drama, regret, nostalgia, midlife crisis, unrequited love, jealousy, dark humor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
west end london
Similarity:
50%
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Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, bleak, existential, grim, period piece
Plot:
frustration, regret, midlife crisis, alcoholism, middle aged, guilt, slice of life, shame, realism, crisis, self destructing, friendship ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Place:
china
Similarity:
49%
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, captivating, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationships, parent child relationship, self discovery, grief, couple relations, father son relationship, male female relationship, relationship vs career, career change, chef, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, psychological, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
intimate, breakup, longing, bittersweet, introspection, regret, character study, identity, midlife crisis, realism, young love, infidelity ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
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Country: France, Spain
Duration: 448 min.
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Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, reflective, poignant, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
intimate, introspection, commitment, long term relationship, bittersweet, personal growth, everyday life, regret, second chance, coming of age, young adult, slice of life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, indie film, reflective ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Polish Psychological Drama
Style:
reflective, existential, philosophical, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, mortality, character study, memory, mountain, friendship, fear of death, male friendship, crisis of faith, nostalgia, isolation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Story:
A year has passed since Mitsuo filed divorce papers to end his marriage with Yuka, but they still live together. Mitsuo is now thinking about remarrying Yuka. On December 30, Mitsuo and Yuka go camping. Mitsuo works hard to prepare everything, while ...
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, melancholic, rom com
Plot:
marriage, divorce, couples, reconciliation, holiday, mature, second chance, slice of life, cohabitation, bittersweet, friendship, camping ...
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Bertha dies, her granddaughter Iris inherits her house and finds herself back in the home where she and her cousin used to play dressing-up in the summer holidays. While she wanders from room to room, she gropes her way through memories and ...
Style:
family saga, melancholic, contemplative, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
memory, family drama, inheritance, family secret, grief, mourning, nostalgia, flashback, house, homecoming, literary, adaptation ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
northern germany
Similarity:
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