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4 Years (2022)
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Original name: 4 വർഷങ്ങൾ
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
4 Years is about Gayathri and Vishal, their college sunrises, canteen sunsets and hostel midnights.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, romantic comedy, nostalgic
Plot:
college student, college campus, college life, coming of age, young adult, friendship, first love, nostalgia, slice of life, self discovery, bittersweet, intimate, longing, peer pressure, college
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, romantic drama and captivating films with plots about coming of age, bittersweet, slice of life, young adult, friendship, intimate and self discovery mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like 4 Years: Baby (2023), Matchbox (2017), Chembarathipoo (2017), Little Hearts (2025), Love Syndrome (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
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romantic drama, emotional, sentimental, realistic, romantic comedy
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Akhil, when failed in EAMCET exam, is forced into long-term coaching after heartbreak teaches him the difference between true and shallow love. At the center, he meets Khatyayani and falls for her, only to be rejected for a strange reason. ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
personal growth, coming of age, first love, young adult, unrequited love, self discovery, heartbreak, slice of life, friendship, empathy, redemption, bittersweet
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Genre: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A young man cannot forget his first love even though she's left him to study abroad and then comes back a married woman. An office woman has a crush on a good looking guy whom everyone suspects is gay. A university senior believes that love is ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
Arun and Darshana are first-year engineering students and they fall in love soon after their college begins. And just as how things work generally in teenage, the road ahead isn't too easy for them. Life offers many twists and turns that they ...
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Time:
2020s
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72%
Genre: Romance
Country: Thailand
Story:
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romantic drama, light, romantic, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Genre: Romance
Country: China
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Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A carefree engineering student, Arjun’s life takes an unexpected turn when Keerthy enters his world.Just as it appears their romance is beginning to blossom, Keerthy moves out of the town, leaving Arjun in great despair. Determined to find his ...
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Time:
2020s
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62%
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
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Style:
heartfelt, reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
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59%
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
kolkata
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Country: India
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Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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