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Paru Parvathy (2025)
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Genre: Adventure
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Paru Parvathy is a Kannada road movie about a solo traveler named Payal. The film explores themes of self-discovery, relationships, and emotions. It was shot in multiple locations, including Bengaluru, Goa, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
self discovery, road trip, relationships, personal growth, female protagonist, companionship, introspection, female friendship, coming of age, slice of life, bittersweet, unlikely friendships
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, road movie and captivating films with plots about self discovery, coming of age, road trip, friendship, personal growth, slice of life and bittersweet mostly in Adventure, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Paru Parvathy: Idhe Maa Katha (2021), Penny Black (2015), Blue De Ville (1986), Hiking Miracles: GR 20 (2017), Just Jo (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Four strangers from different age groups connect at a Royal Enfield motorcycle meet and start a journey together, making discoveries about life, people and love.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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75%
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
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What’s worse than waking up in a strange low-budget superhero comic? Realizing that your character is the one with no superpowers. She doesn’t know who she is, who to trust, or how she’ll pay her rent. All she knows is she’ll have to figure ...
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Place:
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70%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A road trip from Karachi to Lahore where 5 friends discover themselves and the country amidst getting to their destination.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
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Plot:
travel, road trip, friendship, journey, character study, youth, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, nostalgia, fate, small town life ...
Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Adventure
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Style:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
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Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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55%
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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507
Genre: Adventure
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Duration: 49 min.
TV show
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Place:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 97 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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TV show
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Country: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
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Story:
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Style:
road movie, emotional, comedy drama, melancholic, humorous
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, emotional, reflective, inspirational, realistic
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
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Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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