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L (2016)
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Original name: L ―エル―
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked by a string of bad relationships, and she takes the fall for a friend who commits murder and ends up in jail.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, intense, realistic, noir, suspense, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, loneliness, psychological trauma, character study, relationships, love affair, love story, love interest, self destructing, mature, alienation, urban, loss, city life, regret, imprisonment, wrongful conviction, domestic abuse, violence, sacrifice, coming of age, psychological drama, self destruction
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, thrilling and melancholic films with plots about relationships, love affair, male female relationship, love story, character study, love and couple relations mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like L: Violent (2014), Whatever Happens (2017), Soiree (2020), Fragile(s) (2007), Manamantha (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Shota came to Tokyo to become an actor but has a side hustle in petty crime. On a trip back to his hometown in Wakayama he meets Takara, who is being assaulted by her father just sprung from prison. Soon they pair up and hit the road to escape.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 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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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A love story between a husband and wife who got lost, and not just because of a betrayal.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
infidelity, domestic drama, marriage, love story, love affair, couple relations, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy
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59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
violence, immigration, male female relationship, love story, relationships, small town life, love affair, couple relations, love interest, tragic love, employer employee relationship, relationship problems ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In an alternate world where hearts are made of objects and suppressing emotions is self-care, a lonely woman rips out her own heart for the man she loves, only to discover that he has run away with it.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
alternate reality, female protagonist, unrequited love, relationships, self sacrifice, sacrifice, loneliness, love story, male female relationship, problem, relationship problems, heartbreak ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rouh is living in Boulak Al Dakrour, a poor neighborhood , when she bankrupt and broke she try to make a living by singing in a nightclubs , she starting to suffer from the people around her that are attracted by her beauty
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, foot fetish, singing, beauty, slum, poverty, love interest, money problems, love, female singer, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cairo egypt
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
desire, social problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, relationship problems, sexual exploration, character study, loneliness, bittersweet, literary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Azerbaijan, Mexico, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
love, relationship problems, family problems, love story, family relations, relationships, homecoming, getting home, soul searching, loneliness, regret, mortality ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The first work from Fernando Franco revolves around Ana, a 30 year old ambulance driver. Though good at her job, Ana has problems relating in her personal life. She doesn't know it, but she suffers from a condition known by psychiatrists as ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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839
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, melancholic ...
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
Style:
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Plot:
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44%
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 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:
42%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, romantic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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