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Baggage (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective, contemplative, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, personal growth, self discovery, relationships, life is a bitch, relationship problems, confronting the past, troubled past, elderly man, friendship, healing, everyday life, slice of life, intimate, midlife crisis, redemption, coming of age, bittersweet, wedding, first love, ensemble, reunion
Time:
contemporary
Place:
california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, captivating, psychological and emotional films with plots about bittersweet, slice of life, self discovery, friendship, intimate, relationships and coming of age mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Baggage: The Road to Galena (2022), One Last Thing (2018), A Country Called Home (2015), The Rite of Spring (2022), Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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87%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
texas
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
74%
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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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sofia, recently separated, takes her daughters to a small coastal town. Each one in their own universe, live the interlude as a challenge to free themselves and face their fears.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
separation, relationships, mother and daughter, mother daughter relationship, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, social problems, relationship problems, breakup, life is a bitch, family life ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
bookstore, workplace, dumped, personal growth, slice of life, changing lives, relationships, lifestyle change, library, relationship problems, life, librarian ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 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:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
wedding, getting home, wedding planning, father daughter relationship, small town, female friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, friends, relationships, friendship, girlfriend, women ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
michigan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
elderly man, pilgrimage, character study, self discovery, walking, journey, grief, changing lives, lifestyle, lifestyle change, life, bittersweet ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
54%
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: China
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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331
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, reflective, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
relationships, intimate, healing, loneliness, female protagonist, love story, ex couple relations, male female relationship, troubled past, love affair, couple relations, new neighbor ...
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134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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france
Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, composer, music, life, changing lives, lifestyle change, musician, self discovery, character study, relationships, midlife crisis, intimate ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
first love, coming of age, island life, ocean, love story, couple relations, romantic relationship, relationships, love interest, love and romance, relationship problems, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
After Lin Yu Jing's parents' divorce, she and her dad moved to a new city where she becomes seat mates with notoriously "ill-tempered" Shen Juan at their new school. She thought it would be difficult to integrate into a new ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, friendship, healing, self discovery, personal growth, high school life, young adult, teenage love, teenage life, teenage protagonist, teenager ...
Similarity:
43%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere, reflective ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
secret, art student, grief, coming of age, loss, summer, female protagonist, relationships, life is a bitch, self discovery, beauty, intimate ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
retro, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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