Movies like Sisters 2022
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Sisters (2022)
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Original name: Māsas
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Anastasia is 13 and her sister Diana is 11. The two sisters live in a Latvian orphanage. When they find out that an American family is ready to adopt them, Diana cannot wait to move to the States, while Anastasia is less excited about the idea of leaving her home.
Style:
emotional, realistic, dramatic, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
adoption, sisterhood, coming of age, sibling relationship, orphanage, teenager, children, childhood, mother and daughter, adolescence, family drama, house, choice, loss, uncertainty, resilience, identity, homesickness, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, family secret, immigration, moral dilemma, transformation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
latvia, eastern europe, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and dramatic films with plots about family drama, intimate, coming of age, small town, identity, bittersweet and resilience mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Sisters: Achttien (2002), Abandoned Man (2025), A Part of You (2024), Neandertal (2006), I Am (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 91 min.
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Duration: 99 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 105 min.
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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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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62%
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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