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Tang (2022)
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Original name: TANG タング
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, dramatic, emotional, melancholic, indie film, nostalgic
Plot:
robot, love, husband wife relationship, friend, game, relationships, marooned, robot human relationship, sentient robot, abandoned by wife, family drama, artificial intelligence, loneliness, single father, parenting, healing, second chance, redemption, compassion, empathy, bittersweet, absent parent, character study, lost child, introspection ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Tang
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, captivating and realistic films with plots about intimate, slice of life, bittersweet, healing, relationships, family drama and loneliness mostly in Drama, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Tang: Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 (2019), Lighting Up the Stars (2022), King of Atlantis (2019), My Name Is Sarah (2007), Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Bhaskara, a conservative villager, hates the idea of his son relocating to Russia for a job. However, when his son brings a robot to care for him, he develops an unlikely bond with the machine.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, satirical, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
androids, robot, father son relationship, slice of life, family relations, family drama, heartwarming, changing lives, family life, robot human relationship, lifestyle change, satire ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, friendship, girl, redemption, funeral director, second chance, death, healing, changing lives, lifestyle change, adult child friendship, empathy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a young woman disrupts their carefully constructed world and leads Samuel to question the kind of man that he would like to be.
Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, family drama, caregiver, empathy, unconditional love, compassion, parent child relationship, identity, intimate, personal growth, character study ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Sarah is depressed and lonely after her best friend dies. She follows a handsome man, Charlie, into a church where he attends AA meetings. Sarah lets him believe she is an alcoholic too, but when she falls for him, she must come clean and admit that ...
Style:
emotional, entertaining, romantic, light, captivating ...
Plot:
unrequited love, female protagonist, loneliness, character study, love interest, love and romance, in love, love story, romantic relationship, male female relationship, romancing partners, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A recent accident has left Satoru Iwamoto, an elementary school student, temporarily wheelchair-ridden. In addition, the recent loss of his mother has thrown Satoru into a reclusive state, locking himself from the outside world. However, in an ...
Style:
emotional, light, captivating, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
robot, technology, disability, boy, humanoid robot, teenager, child protagonist, grief, loneliness, father son relationship, hi-tech, disabled child ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term ...
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, dramatic, melancholic
Plot:
memory loss, car, coma, couple relations, love, love affair, couples, young girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, relationships, rain ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four siblings are shocked to learn their adopted brother is actually a visiting alien and his time on earth is soon coming to an end. Will they be able to cope with his departure and also save the family yakiniku restaurant?
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
alien, family drama, alien on earth, alien disguised as human, alien life-form, relationships, family relations, family life, kids and family, human alien, alien contact, eccentric family ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sasha manages a firm that installs tombstones at the local cemetery. His many customers have all experienced personal tragedies, but he is full of cynicism. One day, Sasha's 14-year-old daughter appears to bring him back into her life.
Style:
exciting, captivating, humorous, dramatic, entertaining ...
Plot:
cemetery, father daughter relationship, teenage daughter, cynic, dark humor, death, happy ending, sadness, family drama, life & death, coworker relationship, customer ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past. At the end of the day ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, redemption, personal growth, identity, estrangement, parenting, intimate, honesty, reconciliation, character study, humanism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a distant land, Balu and Stephy struggle to balance work, parenting their spirited son with ADHD, and holding their relationship together. When a worn-out stranger enters their lives, a fleeting connection sparks unexpected change in just one day.
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, tense
Plot:
adhd, family drama, relationships, parenting, empathy, marriage, parent child relationship, intimate, stress, slice of life, healing, exhaustion ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
grief, family drama, family relations, healing, reconciliation, mourning, mother son relationship, bereavement, memory, funeral, personal growth, bittersweet ...
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A newly reunited father and son grapple with new beginnings after tragedy, but can they manage to fill the void left by a beloved wife and mother?
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
grief, loss, father son relationship, family drama, healing, mourning, second chance, house, recovery, intimate, parenting, coping ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
couples, character study, secrets, realism, husband wife relationship, marital problem, satire, lifestyle, secret, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic man and a female Marine become emotionally entangled as they struggle to escape from their personal prisons.
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
agoraphobia, coping, phobia, overcoming, relationships, lifestyle, ex soldier, life, character study, abandonment, mental illness, loneliness ...
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality.
Style:
anthology, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
character study, introspection, identity, intimate, slice of life, relationships, modern life, gender roles, social realism, bittersweet, domestic drama, motherhood ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
father son relationship, friendship, caper, friends, single father, money, cons and scams, satire, father and son, escapades, humour, single parent ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
37%
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, emotional, poignant, independent film ...
Plot:
personal growth, actress, character study, mother and son, lifestyle change, changing lives, family relations, career change, relationships, life, aging, intimate ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The chance meeting of two people at the darkest moments of their lives leads to a bright new beginning : Arthur (around 50) and Claire (around 30) pull each other from the abyss – by trying to save the other they see the worth of their own life.
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, life affirming, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
connection, terminal illness, humanity, intimate, soul searching, empathy, bittersweet, second chance, healing, loneliness, redemption, companion ...
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil, Uruguay, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world.
Style:
satirical, emotional, captivating, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
family drama, motherhood, parenthood, parents and children, husband wife relationship, family relations, grownups, satire, family life, father son relationship, lifestyle, slice of life ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.
Style:
captivating, funny, exciting, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, getting home, hometown, homecoming, love, son, family drama, sick father, comeback, father son reunion, father son relationship, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An aspiring twentysomething writer hesitantly accompanies her equally reluctant younger sister on vacation with their deliriously happy parents, in Luis De Filippis’ resonant, cliché-free debut feature.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
male nudity, transsexual, lgbt, transgender, family drama, transgender woman, sisters, little sister, parent child relationship, sister, vacation, parents and children ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sixteen-year-old, bipolar, runaway named Jay breaks into the house of a retired former cop named Bill, just as Bill reaches rock bottom due to his own issues. These two move from distrust to understanding and come to realize that even though they ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film
Plot:
mental illness, character study, bipolar disorder, retired cop, runaway teen, self discovery, loneliness, healing, redemption, coming of age, bonding, empathy ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Friends and Strangers follows two middle class wanderers in a dryly comic exploration of inner Sydney.
Style:
light, captivating, entertaining, funny, existential ...
Plot:
male female relationship, love affair, relationships, couple relations, friends, camping, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, boredom, character study, alienation, slice of life ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
slice of life, ordinary people, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems, multiple storylines, train travel, marital problem, satire, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family problems ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
LifeStories is a film about 6 short stories taking the audience through the lives of the protagonists. Oscillating between joy, companionship, loneliness, camaraderie, guilt and unadulterated love.
Style:
emotional, anthology, realistic, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, loneliness, love, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, everyday life, companionship, guilt, mature, regret ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four married couples find out their marriage is invalid because it was officiated by a fraudulent priest and have to decide what to do next.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, atmospheric, ironic, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, wedding, sex, remarry, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, marriage, relationships, marital crisis, double wedding, love affair, couples ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Haruo returns to his hometown for his mother’s second marriage, where he happens to meet his first love Miyuki for the first time in eight years. Miyuki is back in town with her daughter Chiharu, after leaving a failed marriage.
Style:
psychological, emotional, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
homecoming, secret, hometown, family drama, getting home, family problems, ex girlfriend, relationship problems, ex lover, satire, father daughter relationship, problem ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
30%
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