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Monte Carlo (2001)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young traveler picks up and elderly woman on his way from Holland to Monte Carlo.
Style:
contemplative, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
journey, compassion, chauffeur, kindness, personal growth, self discovery, class differences, road trip, odyssey, transportation, independence, nostalgia, coming of age, optimism, slice of life, character study, young
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, contemplative, reflective and emotional films with plots about slice of life, self discovery, bittersweet, coming of age, nostalgia, character study and road trip mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Monte Carlo: Nora (2020), Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu (2024), Familiar Touch (2024), Somewhere in Indiana (2004), Narudi Brathuku Natana (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nora is 30 years old; she lives with her Argentinian grandfather Nicolás and regularly takes care of her friend Meri's children. She writes the horoscope for the town newspaper, although her dream is to be a travel writer. When her grandfather ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, road movie
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, personal growth, female protagonist, grief, identity, character study, coming of age, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia, small town life ...
Place:
basque country
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95%
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 ...
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89%
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:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A shy, introverted young girl takes a summer job at a seaside resort in Wales, where she finds the staff, the owners and patrons unlike anyone she has ever met before.
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, independent film, melancholic, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, intimate, hotel, personal growth, summer job, summer, self discovery, seaside, socially awkward, shyness, slice of life, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
wales, tokyo, ireland
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama - An unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger forever changes the life of four travelers visiting the hometown of a James Dean-like celebrity actor. - Colin Alexander, Jeff Angel, David Grant Briggs
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
self discovery, road trip, hotshot hero, inventions and discoveries, secret, spirituality, movie star, character study, small town, mysterious stranger, bittersweet, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sathya, a self-centered aspiring actor who lacks talent, believes he is meant to be famous. After facing rejection, he sets off on a journey through Kerala to learn about emotions and life. Stranded in the village of Kadamakkudy, he meets a ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, realistic, heartfelt, art house ...
Plot:
life lesson, empathy, personal growth, aspiring actor, self discovery, transformation, character study, rejection, village life, slice of life, intimate, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
Two Telugu-speaking friends with opposing views towards life work at a construction site in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. When one of them dies of a heart attack, the other takes it upon himself to take the body to his friend’s village for last rites. What ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, philosophical
Plot:
friendship, journey, grief, loss, transformation, self discovery, road trip, life & death, mourning, compassion, character study, slice of life ...
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61%
747
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marseille describes an interlude in the life of young Berlin photographer Sophie. Wanting a change, Sophie does an apartment swap, so she can go photograph the city of Marseille, and most of all get away from Berlin.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, art house, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
photography, city life, introspection, self discovery, realism, slice of life, character study, intimate, solitude, identity, loneliness, seaside ...
Place:
marseille, berlin germany
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
As Finn slips back into a groove of mindless parties, sunburn, and hangovers, he let's his life take a mind-numbing vacation. But when he's confronted with death first hand, he takes a new outlook on life, remembering his endless dreams ...
Style:
mumblecore, independent film, existential, melancholic, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, slice of life, personal growth, character study, mortality, young adult, realism, aimlessness, nostalgia, found footage, regret ...
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54%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
This is a story of four friends & school buddies. Out of them, only Ashim is an earning person, he is a doctor. Earlier, they started a Bangla Band, where Hari was the lead singer, but they were heavily thrashed by the public in a stage show in ...
Style:
comedy drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
travel, road trip, friendship, journey, character study, youth, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, nostalgia, fate, small town life ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.
Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
train travel, journey, self discovery, multiple storylines, chance meeting, train, lifestyle, fate of humanity, everyday life, female bonding, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
"Alicia, Go Yonder" is the story of Alicia, a nineteen-year-old who sets out on a solitary journey to the end of the world only to come face to face with the immensity of the universe.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
personal growth, young woman, coming of age, female protagonist, self discovery, character study, young adult, solitude, odyssey, minimalism, spiritual journey, intimate ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.
Style:
serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
motorcycle, road trip, journey, loss, mourning, grief, travel and leisure, cross country trip, highway travel, spiritual journey, traveler, travel ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
45%
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:
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45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, female friendship, coming of age, personal growth, character study, society, couples, small town, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hanka is a young woman who suddenly abandons her stable life for no obvious reason, and undertakes a trip without any clear destination, meeting strangers on her way. At the same time, her boyfriend desperately tries to find her.
Style:
melancholic, existential
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, female protagonist, identity crisis, missing person, loneliness, escape, uncertainty, character study, alienation, coming of age, female empowerment ...
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, road movie, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, life, personal growth, coming of age, travelogue, wanderlust, intimate, minimalism, escape, road trip, journey ...
Place:
india
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, reflective ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, youth culture, coming of age, social commentary, community, nostalgia, slice of life, city life, intimate, love and romance, bittersweet, class differences ...
Time:
60s
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
At his mother's request, a university student returns to his home on the island of Sumba, where questions about his late father come to light.
Style:
contemplative, poetic, emotional, art house, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Story:
After separating from his wife due to an emotional affair, a homeward bound musician goes on a road trip, but after bumping into his high school sweetheart, his feelings become even more off balance.
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, reflective, melancholic, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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33%
290
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Young Danny has left his home town in the middle of nowhere (="Nirgendwo") behind and moved to Berlin to study business. The twentysomething enjoys big city life and independence. When his father dies unexpectedly, however, Danny has to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
33%
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Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, art house, atmospheric
Plot:
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Place:
poetic realism, the philippines
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots and deep affection for one another.
Style:
independent film, emotional, heartfelt, contemplative, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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