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Chiquita (2025)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
On a fateful night amidst the rugged Texan landscape, Charles(60s), a biker recovering from a painful divorce, crashes into a valley and there he encounters a mysterious little girl. What unfolds that night, sets Charles on an unexpected and transformative journey of self discovery. What could be such a powerful experience that changes Charles's perspective on life for good? Dive into the enigmatic tale of this life-altering encounter.
Style:
atmospheric, reflective, psychological, road movie, melancholic, existential, suspenseful, surreal, art house, moody
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, motorcycle, redemption, character study, soul searching, second chance, intimate, slow burn, aging, valley
Place:
texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, existential and atmospheric films with plots about intimate, character study, loneliness, slow burn, minimalism, isolation and self discovery mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Chiquita: Living Lost (2016), Animalium (2017), Arcadia (2024), Fire Lily (2018), Lustre (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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670
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Greece, Bulgaria, USA, UK, Netherlands, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, reflective, crime drama, art house, neo noir ...
Plot:
redemption, spiritual awakening, regret, loneliness, character study, change of heart, brooklyn bridge, streetwise, solitude, bittersweet, nostalgia, urban decay ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jan, an accountant at pre-retirement age, is on holiday at the Baltic Sea with his wife. He doesn’t enjoy her company. He doesn’t enjoy other people’s company either. The resort’s atmosphere makes him sick. One day he meets a mysterious girl ...
Style:
contemplative, existential, reflective, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
aging, beach, solitude, loneliness, holiday, alienation, character study, seaside, bittersweet, intimate, marital discord, minimalism ...
Time:
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Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Maya, a film star, a diva, has reached a personal deadlock in life. She has seen it all done it all but a black hole of emptiness engulfs her entire being. She tries to commit suicide but ends up alive and caught in a strange but beautiful journey, ...
Style:
existential, surreal, philosophical, melancholic, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, life & death, identity crisis, existential crisis, character study, mental illness, alienation, hallucination, surrealism, loneliness, suicide attempt ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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417
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France, Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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