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Pathos (2000)
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Original name: കരുണം
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Karunam movie revolves around Chackochan and Chechamma who are an elderly couple living on a plantation in southern India awaiting a visit from their son and his family, who now live in the USA.
Style:
contemplative, heartfelt
Plot:
loneliness, melancholy, longing, isolation, waiting, nostalgia, diaspora, bittersweet, generation gap, domestic drama, everyday life, introspection, abandonment, regret, social realism, minimalism, family relations, son
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Most similar movies to Pathos
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, contemplative, art house and emotional films with plots about bittersweet, nostalgia, loneliness, slice of life, intimate, introspection and minimalism mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Pathos: Out of Season (2023), Heide M. (2001), Time to Die (2007), Anywhere Else (2014), #Lifestories (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her forties. They were in love fifteen years ago, then separated. Time has passed. They each went their ...
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative
Plot:
melancholy, nostalgia, introspection, bittersweet, intimate, loneliness, spa, slice of life, seaside town, personal growth, regret, memory ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
95%
113
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heidi M. is in her late forties and has a small store in the pulsating center of Berlin. She goes out in the evenings with her friend Jacqui, but when she is unexpectedly confronted with romantic love, old wounds are opened.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, longing, introspection, city life, urban, bittersweet, loneliness, desire, self discovery, confrontation, realism ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An impressionistic, black-and-white portrait of the day-to-day of a nonagenarian woman as she experiences the final act of her life. Danuta Szaflarska stars as Aniela, who lives in a massive yet rapidly-deteriorating wooden house, filled with ...
Style:
reflective, black and white, slow cinema, independent film
Plot:
elderly man, character study, mortality, aging, isolation, loneliness, memory, melancholy, nostalgia, greed, bittersweet, retiring ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.
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 ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
LifeStories is a film about 6 short stories taking the audience through the lives of the protagonists. Oscillating between joy, companionship, loneliness, camaraderie, guilt and unadulterated love.
Style:
emotional, anthology, realistic, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, loneliness, love, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, everyday life, companionship, guilt, mature, regret ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This life period of the main character Felix (L. Lutvinsky) coincides with rather complicated period of country history Chernenko dies, Gorbachev succeeds him, then Ligachev criticizes Eltsin, county is reined by deficit, backstairs influence, ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, existential, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social commentary, character study, alienation, escape from reality, loneliness, social realism, identity crisis, absurdism, minimalism, poverty, city life, working class ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vida and Bane are married couple who have been living in Scandinavia for a long time. They have successful careers, enough money for a decent life and a dog, but they do not have children.
Style:
realistic, reflective, emotional, melancholic, comfort
Plot:
couples, relationships, marriage, intimate, childlessness, domestic drama, communication, slice of life, nordic, real life, longing, bittersweet ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ana, Verónica, Marta, and Toro are four lonely people who live an unadventurous and quiet existence in southern Chile. They are with each other without the need of using words, trying to save themselves in a stealthy and extreme way. In order not ...
Style:
slow cinema, melancholic, art house, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
loneliness, alienation, isolation, everyday life, intimate, minimalism, bittersweet, character study, intimacy, coastal town, sexual tension, dog ...
Place:
poetic realism, chile
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into ...
Style:
melancholic, historical drama, art house, period piece, tragic
Plot:
diaspora, imprisonment, character study, political oppression, memory, loneliness, longing, introspection, identity crisis, nostalgia, surveillance, survival ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
armenia
Similarity:
52%
663
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Slovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, heartfelt, emotional, reflective
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, intergenerational friendship, solitude, bonding, introspection, slice of life, urban, fish out of water, isolation, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
51%
500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An octogenarian woman transitions to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly man, aging, character study, loneliness, compassion, bittersweet, identity crisis, memory loss, slice of life, resilience, regret, nostalgia
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A modern adaptation of Cocteau's classic play "The Human Voice": A woman is waiting for her ex-boyfriend's last call.
Style:
emotional, art house, intense, romantic drama, tension ...
Plot:
breakup, loneliness, monologue, heartbreak, telephone call, desperation, female protagonist, melancholy, isolation, waiting, adaptation, longing ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An artist's life who lives in a village of Kurdistan,Iran has been changed because his nephew enters to the village.
Style:
art house, contemplative, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
character study, solitude, loneliness, isolation, family reunited, introspection, slow burn, social realism, nostalgia, getting home, family secret, coming of age ...
Place:
kurdistan, iran
Similarity:
47%
376
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, art house
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, relationships, character study, children, isolation, alienation, summer vacation, family secret, intimate, repression, bittersweet ...
Place:
east germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
Style:
anthology, psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, multiple storylines, lifestyle, parents and children, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family life, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, storytelling, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
46%
467
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, loneliness, scientist, family drama, professor, estrangement, introspection, reconciliation, family relations, parenting, empathy, aging ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Oona, a recent graduate in anthropology, has returned to her dead mother’s seaside cottage in southern England to prepare it for sale. Her arrival disturbs Mani, a wary vagrant who has been squatting on the property.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
loneliness, homelessness, homeless, empathy, loss, grief, life is a bitch, male female relationship, relationship problems, character study, introspection, intimate ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a reclusive taxi driver in Tehran in the days leading up to an earthquake. He has chosen to distance himself from society and to be passive so as not to be hurt. Finally one of his passengers gives him enough motivation ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, psychological, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, taxi driver, loneliness, slice of life, introspection, intimate, nightlife, existential crisis, minimalism, slow burn, everyday life ...
Place:
tehran, middle east, iran
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Anand, in the travel back to his home to reunite with his friends , looks back at his life in 8 chapters, trying to find an answer to the question of “What’s happiness / Am I happy?
Style:
poignant, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, introspection, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, road trip, getting home, homecoming, nostalgia, bittersweet, flashback, acceptance ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Making his living from gardening and farming in the land he inherited from his father, Hasan tries to get rid of the power pole that is going to be installed in the midst of his land. His impending voyage to Mecca for pilgrimage leads to soul ...
Style:
captivating, reflective, contemplative, dramatic, sincere ...
Plot:
pilgrimage, muslim, agriculture, gardening, spiritual journey, introspection, religious faith, father son relationship, family relations, belief in god, fight for justice, fight the power ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, ...
Style:
sad, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
mother and daughter, family relations, family drama, bonding, love, motherhood, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, life is a bitch, family problems, overprotective mother, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harkening back to the apartment movies of the 1970s, "Footnotes" is the story of neighbors and near total strangers, Will and Apurna. When they begin spending lock-down together in the wake of the 2020 pandemic, what starts as a platonic ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, isolation, quarantine, intimate, character study, neighbor, relationships, social relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Riichi Takamiya drives the midnight bus between Tokyo and snow-swept Niigata, where he lives. Just as the relationship with his younger girlfriend is about to bloom, his emotionally desperate ex-wife suddenly reappears.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
divorced man, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, family drama, midlife crisis, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, family life, kids and family, family problems ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, character study, lifestyle change, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, intimate, city life, minimalism, slice of life, sibling relationship ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A Mexican teen Lucas in a gray industrial town befriends co-worker Oscar. Oscar leaves, entrusting Lucas with treasures. Through photography, Lucas captures observed light, finding connection and solace.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, art house, independent film, slow cinema
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, working class, loneliness, photography, realism, introspection, intimate, memory, solitude, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico, poetic realism
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four women, who have their own different sorrows, embark on a road trip. They look back at their past and restart their lives... Jinko (Aoi Miyazaki) and Motoko (Sakura Ando) have been friends since their university days. One day, they hear a rumor ...
Style:
road movie, contemplative, melancholic, poetic, existential ...
Plot:
road trip, beach, female friendship, character study, slice of life, introspection, grief, loss, ocean, minimalism, nostalgia, personal growth ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A recently separated ladies' magazine reporter, a young couple who are in love, an unfaithful but jealous crane driver, a longing father and his unknowing daughter, the home coming fisherman's son who seeks reconciliation with his parents, ...
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, bittersweet, regret, melancholy, empathy, parent child relationship, reconciliation, domestic drama, longing, intimate, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of a maid who leaves her husband and baby for Singapore. Darezhan Omirbayev's ABOUT LOVE (38 ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, art house, independent film
Plot:
unrequited love, isolation, loneliness, couples, love story, tragic love, love and romance, love affair, unfulfilled love, life is a bitch, couple relations, relationships ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
Place:
singapore, thailand, kazakhstan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
At the heart of the plot - the erroneous message about the death of Varvara Antonovna gathers around her son, daughter-in-law and grandson. They feel a sense of deep guilt, so carelessly treating a loved one for a number of years
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
guilt, family relations, family drama, mother son relationship, regret, telephone call, realism, introspection, family reunited, forgiveness, ethical dilemma, social commentary ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
37%
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