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Two Pictures (2018)
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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:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic, independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, thought provoking
Plot:
dreaming, nurse, problem, bonding, heroism, redemption, empathy, character study, self destructing, second chance, working class, blue collar, slice of life, intimate, mature, grief, loss, social realism, rain, urban, black magic, psychedelia, self destruction, rainy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, psychological, melancholic and realistic films with plots about intimate, redemption, slice of life, character study, urban, empathy and social realism mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Two Pictures: The Listener (2022), The Ribbon (2024), Broken People (2023), Pendulum Swings (2011), Broke (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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294
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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129
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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