Movies like Hedgehog 2017
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Hedgehog (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic, comedy drama, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, comedian, coping, psychological trauma, social problems, self doubt, problem, introspection, uncertainty, female comedian, stand up comedian, coming of age, slice of life, character study, intimate, healing, creative block, identity, bittersweet, stand up comedy, grief, father, woman, urban ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Hedgehog
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, emotional and realistic films with plots about intimate, self discovery, slice of life, identity, coming of age, female protagonist and bittersweet mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Hedgehog: All at Once (2016), Comedy Queen (2022), We Burn Like This (2021), A Country Called Home (2015), Disfluency (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A young up and coming artist in New York city has his life and dreams forever altered when the tragic events of 9/11 take the lives of his two best friends and he accepts guardianship of the couple's two young daughters. Now eleven years later, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family drama, changing lives, social problems, problem, lifestyle change, child custody, foster home, foster parent, family problems, loss of family, foster child, terrorist attack ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After her mother’s death and father’s ensuing depression, 13-year-old Sasha decides to look on the bright side of life and become a stand-up comedian.
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, thrilling, heartfelt ...
Plot:
teenage girl, adolescence, father daughter relationship, grief, stand up comedy, optimism, coming of age, 13 year old, follow your dream, problem, ambition, teenage protagonist ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style:
realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, problem, holocaust, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism, life is a bitch, female protagonist, nazi, racial discrimination, tragic past ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, friendship, death of father, alcoholic father, family drama, self discovery, road trip, changing lives, travel, father daughter estrangement, lifestyle, personal growth ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
69%
172
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic, queer cinema
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
self discovery, grief, coming of age, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, estrangement, adolescence, relationships, introspection, female protagonist, teenager, relationship problems, teenage life ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just before Anne is moving from Amsterdam to live with her great love Sara in Montreal, her publisher criticizes the manuscript for her first novel. What exactly is the story she's trying to tell? Does she even have something to say at all? ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, existential ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, relationships, female protagonist, female nudity, lgbt, lesbian love, self discovery, lifestyle, social problems, career, university ...
Place:
amsterdam, montreal
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hoping to leave behind the trauma of her mother's death, a young woman moves to New York City, where she becomes close to her similarly haunted roommate -- until a disturbing revelation changes everything.
Style:
psychological, emotional, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female friendship, grief, trauma, friends, changing lives, hidden truth, bereavement, neighbor neighbor relationship, relationship problems, women, tragic past, troubled past ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A Female DJ finds love in a new city, and shares her music in honor of her late mother.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dj, female protagonist, love story, relationships, musician's life, love affair, family problems, social problems, music, musician, family relations, changing lives ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Basketball is the backdrop against which this coming of age lesbian Indie flick is set. A touching story of young ladies irresistibly drawn together against their will.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, basketball, self discovery, friendship, meaning of life, lgbt, best friend, female protagonist, coming of age, youth, lgbtq, young love ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An adult woman puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
female protagonist, adoption, foster home, relationships, family relations, social problems, patriarch, family life, foster parent, social issues, lifestyle, patriarchy ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A whole year went by before musician Juliane Hansen was able to put her running shoes back on — a year after her partner, Johann König, took his own life. Although her friend Rieke offers all the support she can, Juliane feels lonely and ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, slow cinema ...
Plot:
grief, healing, mourning, recovery, suicide, loss, bereavement, loneliness, running, loss of partner, guilt, cello ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An abused, former orphan living in San Francisco returns to New York to reconnect with the love of his life and understand how his past has shaped his future. It's a semi-autobiographical work based on the book of the same name originally ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, independent film, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
character study, trauma, foster home, male protagonist, lost love, introspection, identity, literary, memory, urban, intimate, self discovery ...
Place:
new york, san francisco
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Journey through the human experience as the pandemic tests what we are made of both as individuals and as a culture.
Style:
psychedelic, captivating, thrilling, emotional, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, introspection, self discovery, social isolation, social problems, culture, relationship problems, mental disorder, society, lifestyle, problem, loneliness ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, confronting the past, life is a bitch, elderly man, relationship problems, troubled past, slice of life, friendship, healing ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
High school senior Saimon is headed for college, and his buddy Tada Takashi will take over his family's factory. Takashi is fed up with being surrounded by guys and heads off with Saimon on a journey to find the love of his life. Takashi goes ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, road movie, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, high school, self discovery, male bonding, friendship, identity, youth, graduation, relationship problems, love affair, social problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman sabotages her own wedding in order to reclaim her identity and obliterates her life in the process.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, desert, wedding, mute, left for dead, runaway bride, woman, self discovery, identity, life, fiancee, sabotage ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two strangers - Ruth, a burn unit nurse and Conrad, a shipyard worker - cross paths over a strange weekend in Seattle.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
dreaming, nurse, problem, bonding, character study, redemption, empathy, heroism, intimate, blue collar, slice of life, second chance ...
Similarity:
47%
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887
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a new state finds solace in her relationship with an 8 year old physically disabled girl named Justine who she takes care of.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
single mother, disability, friendship, lifestyle change, changing lives, friends, physical disability, self discovery, single parent, unlikely couple, female protagonist, woman in a wheelchair ...
Similarity:
47%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her senior year of college.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
photography, coming of age, relationships, student life, self discovery, college life, female protagonist, personal growth, young adult, realism, campus, slice of life ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A poignant drama set in 1970s Australia about a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in the world around him – while a new immigrant endeavours to find her place in a foreign land.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
father, immigration, connection, immigrant, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, bereavement, social problems, single father, identity, humanism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
46%
90
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Martina gets pregnant from her selfish boyfriend. Without knowing exactly what to do, she travels to Berlin to find her own father, the one she never met.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, self discovery, female protagonist, identity, pregnant woman, lifestyle change, changing lives, unplanned pregnancy, introspection, life is a bitch, motherhood, journey ...
Place:
mexico city, berlin germany
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Laura has just arrived in Madrid to study at University. One night, she accidentally meets David, who has cerebral palsy. The relationship with the boy and his mother will give Laura the push she needs to overcome her complexes and insecurities and ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
cerebral palsy, self discovery, coming of age, transformation, personal growth, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, social problems, romantic relationship, love affair, love interest ...
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Diego is hosting a farewell party in his house before he leaves on a trip that no one knows about.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, house party, introspection, intimate, relationships, bittersweet, friendship, regret, single, identity, character study, slice of life ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
secret, art student, grief, coming of age, loss, summer, female protagonist, relationships, life is a bitch, self discovery, beauty, intimate ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
23-year-old Franky is a nurse who lives with her large family in an East London borough. Obsessed with a thirst for revenge and a need to assign guilt for a traumatic event that happened 15 years before, she is unable to build any meaningful ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
lesbian, female protagonist, revenge, gay interest, fire, catastrophe, lesbian love, trauma, healing, coming of age, bittersweet, traumatic memory ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
feminism, social relations, social problems, introspection, self discovery, lifestyle, women, society, swimming pool, social change, female empowerment, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cairo egypt
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julia, a 22-year-old mother of two, falls in love with Óscar, a troubled boy with whom she embarks on a love affair. The more time they spend together, the more Julia asks herself if Óscar is the person she really needs by her side, prompting her ...
Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
young mother, personal growth, social problems, family problems, motherhood, female protagonist, self discovery, kids and family, family life, family relations, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Unable to accept being dumped by her colleague, Takako quits her job and moves into the used bookstore owned by her uncle, Satoru, in Jinbocho. Despite her initial lack of interest in novels, Takako is slowly drawn into the world of books as she ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
bookstore, workplace, dumped, personal growth, slice of life, changing lives, relationships, lifestyle change, library, relationship problems, life, librarian ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
33%
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