Movies like Here 2003

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Here (2003)
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Here (2003)
Original name: Tu
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A panoramic view over society across ten unfortunate characters whose stories sometimes intertwine.
Style: poignant, melancholic, sociological
Plot: slice of life, character study, urban, city life, empathy, social commentary, loneliness, alienation, working class, bittersweet, intimate, serendipity, moral ambiguity
Place: bosnia herzegovina

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, poignant and art house films with plots about slice of life, intimate, character study, bittersweet, loneliness, urban and isolation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Here: All Alone (2018), Taxi Love (2025), Spirit of Dust (2014), Crime of the Decade (1984), Island City (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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All Alone (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Divorced father Marko is hardly ever alone: he is surrounded on all sides by family, friends, co-workers and neighborhood fixers. Yet he is driven to the brink by limited contact with the one person he loves more than anyone – his daughter, who ...
Style: realistic, heartbreaking, intense, melancholic, tense
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Time: 2010s
Place: bosnia herzegovina
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Taxi Love (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
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Story: Joža was wounded in combat during the events of the Croatian War of Independance and now works as a taxi driver in Zagreb, encountering various clients, all of which help him to cope with his past, and reveal to him what it truly means to be human.
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Spirit of Dust (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
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Crime of the Decade (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
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Style: melancholic, emotional
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Time: 80s
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Island City (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Winner of FEDORA award for the Best Debut Director, Venice Film Festival 2015, Island City is a collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai, India. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office ‘Fun Committee ...
Style: satirical, anthology, ironic, existential, art house ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
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Place: soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
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Duration: 85 min.
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Duration: 112 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cliff Raines is an up-and-coming actor who struggles with living a lonely life in Los Angeles. In his time between roles, he finds comfort in alcohol and his new found relationship with a young woman with similar baggage to his.
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Nautilus (1990)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
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Duration: 104 min.
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Eden (2016)
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Country: Ireland
Duration: 71 min.
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Heide M. (2001)
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Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
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Place: berlin germany
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Duration: 110 min.
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52%
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 6.7
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44%
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