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Caps (2017)
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Original name: Capace
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Radu, 45, rich and single, manages his business with a strong, unwavering hand and no scruples. His competition is now leading a charge against him on the stock market, which prompts Radu to remember a childhood game of beer bottle caps, a game that required risk-taking, effort and skill. A heart attack and the news that he might need a heart transplant determines him to head to a remote place, where the Danube river meets the sea, a place of simple people and age-old customs.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, existential
Plot:
heart attack, businessman, transplant, midlife crisis, corporation, introspection, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, anti hero, escape, stock market, memory, competition, isolation, nostalgia, remote village, redemption, seaside, small community, class conflict, family history, meaning of life, heart transplant, debut, corporate
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, atmospheric, existential and art house films with plots about isolation, memory, introspection, nostalgia, redemption, intimate and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Caps: Boxes (2007), The Low Land (2025), El Censor (1995), Marita (2017), Anywhere Else (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, ...
Style:
poignant, art house, melancholic, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, female protagonist, memory, family drama, loss, reflection, regret, ghost, family secret, grief, aging, introspection ...
Place:
brittany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, coming of age, personal growth, freedom, relocation, identity crisis, isolation, intimate, escape, bittersweet, slice of life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, bleak, grim, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, greek island, guilt, moral ambiguity, redemption, literary, remote island, moral dilemma, religion, survival, isolation, widow ...
Time:
20th century
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54
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nature, trauma, mental health, grief, tragic past, traumatic past, introspection, troubled past, confronting the past, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, captivating, dramatic, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
infidelity, desperation, relationships, prostitute, secret, job, life, business, melancholy, writer's block, loneliness, downfall ...
Place:
japan
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57%
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Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, bleak, art house, political drama
Plot:
introspection, existential crisis, political repression, character study, social commentary, identity crisis, isolation, alienation, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, class conflict, reflection ...
Time:
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Place:
tunisia
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54%
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Country: Germany, Slovenia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, contemplative, atmospheric, existential, art house ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, romantic, art house, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
teen romance, loss of innocence, authoritarianism, political repression, secret police, surveillance, cold war, coming of age, intimate, forbidden love, slow burn, youth culture ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, existential, art house, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
mexico city, poetic realism
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Country: Romania
Duration: 145 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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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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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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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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Place:
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353
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
female protagonist, identity, memory, homecoming, self discovery, introspection, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, trauma, haunted house, family secret ...
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Italy, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric
Plot:
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Place:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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51
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, existential, surreal, psychedelic, melancholic ...
Plot:
trip, youth, friendship, escape, escapism, alternate reality, alienation, parallel world, self discovery, intimate, symbolism, identity crisis ...
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, melancholic, controversial, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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