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Romería (2025)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. She navigates a sea of new aunts, uncles, and cousins, uncertain whether she will be embraced or met with resistance. Stirring long-buried emotions, reviving tenderness, and uncovering unspoken wounds tied to the past, Marina pieces together the fragmented and often contradictory memories of the parents she barely remembers.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, family secret, coming of age, homecoming, male nudity, heroin, surrealism, diary, secret, female pubic hair, public nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, female nudity, skinny dipping, scholarship, pubic hair, running naked, female full frontal nudity, family secrets
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, reflective, emotional and romantic drama films with plots about female nudity, family drama, coming of age, male nudity, bittersweet, family secret and female full frontal nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Romería: The Map That Leads to You (2025), Unconditional Love (1995), The Son of a Thousand Men (2025), Return of the Storks (2007), The Tears of Saint Peter (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, intercultural
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female nudity, chance meeting, coming of age, male nudity, self discovery, soul searching, personal growth, introspection, young adult, chemistry, bittersweet, slow burn ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative
Plot:
small village, magic realism, loneliness, family secret, soul searching, bittersweet, healing, symbolism, male nudity, public nudity, gay interest, gay ...
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89%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Slovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
female protagonist, immigration, ethical dilemma, identity, grandmother granddaughter relationship, coming of age, moral ambiguity, small town life, nostalgia, social realism, survival, community ...
Place:
slovakia, eastern europe, ukraine
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77%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote ...
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, tense, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, male nudity, deception, con artists, gender disguise, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, power struggle, resurrection, church, social commentary, cross dressing ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
71%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Mother Lissy, father Gerd, son Tom and daughter Ellen: the members of the Lunies family are estranged. But confronted with death, they finally meet each other again.
Style:
poignant, reflective, dark comedy, tragicomedy
Plot:
family drama, mortality, terminal illness, grief, family reunited, regret, reconciliation, mourning, acceptance, humanism, intimacy, retirement home ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
male nudity, masturbation, female nudity, funeral, infidelity, illegitimate child, family drama, architecture, midlife crisis, estranged father, family reunited, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
alps
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64%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, Spain, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the tragic loss of their 4-year-old son, Javier and Amanda struggle to make sense of their lives together.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, bleak, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loss, grief, family tragedy, family drama, accidental death, mourning, parenthood, marriage, bereavement, couples, intimate, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Maria and Herbert Schubert have been married for 35 years. They want to celebrate their anniversary with their children at their weekend home. The harmony within the family turns out to be an illusion. Maria isn't the only one planning to leave ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
dysfunctional family, relationships, marriage crisis, midlife crisis, family drama, family secret, family reunited, separation, infidelity, regret, intimate, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.
Style:
heartfelt, reflective, realistic, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, grief, infidelity, intimate, domestic drama, family secret, healing, mourning, betrayal, loss of spouse, forgiveness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, tropical, wistful
Plot:
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Place:
okinawa japan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, female pubic hair, female nudity, nudity, painter, death of wife, suicide, death, photograph, drawing, loss of wife, painting ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1918, year 1914
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
15-year-old Solange lives in a little town in the French Alps. When her parents get divorced, she discovers her femininity and has her first sexual experiences.
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Min-soo and Jae-hyeok is in a good father-and-son relationship. But one day, Min-soo brings Jae-hyeok's young stepmother, Da-hee. Jae-hyeok leaves home to wander around, ran into Da-hee's friend, Na-yeon, and had a little talk. Na-yeon ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, contemplative
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
Style:
romantic drama, independent film, art house, reflective, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
asexual, bare chested male, sign language, dance, character study, minimalism, female protagonist, male protagonist, performance art, lgbtq, identity, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
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Duration: 89 min.
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Story:
Hunky local surgeon Alex is every girl's dream on a tiny New Zealand Island. The exception - but not for long - is newcomer Jessica, an aimless professional pianist, who keeps bumping into him while searching for her biological parents using ...
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, feel good
Plot:
family secret, island, family drama, second chance, coming of age, mentor protege relationship, bare chested male, fatherhood, competition, loyalty, father son relationship, female nudity ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
sisters, grownups, family drama, family conflict, family love, sibling relationship, coming of age, sister, family relations, kids and family, relationships, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
45%
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Country: France, Iraq
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
male nudity, female nudity, impotent husband, kurd, naked breasts, male pubic hair, bare chested male, che guevara, bare breasts, wounded, nudity, cutting down a tree ...
Place:
kurdistan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
light, touching, melancholic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
female scientist, nobel prize, strong female character, science, female protagonist, european history, women, radioactivity, woman, female nudity, ambitious, job ...
Time:
90s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, poland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
sex, sex scene, nudity, lust, sexual relations, erotica, porn, female masturbation, hopes, waitress, strong sexual content, hot and sexy ...
Time:
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Place:
mediterranean sea, spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, valencia spain ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sensitive, poignant, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
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41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, USA, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
ATHANASIA A young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by her stepfather, she shatters the very myths designed to protect her. She uncovers an unlikely relationship between those who raised her, a ...
Style:
emotional, contemplative, intercultural, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
family secret, self discovery, female protagonist, identity, family drama, revelation, mother daughter relationship, inheritance, family conflict, getting home, greek island, father daughter reunion ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two-guys-one-girl thing in a squatted house in Geneva.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
geneva switzerland, switzerland
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, Latvia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, intense, non-linear
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
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Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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40%
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