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Matchbox (2017)
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Original name: മാച്ച് ബോക്സ്
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
MatchBox is a Malayalam movie starring Roshan Mathew and Vishak Nair in prominent roles. The movie is set in the suburbs of Kozhikode.
Style:
romantic, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic, social, independent film, nostalgic
Plot:
unrequited love, longing, first love, everyday life, coming of age, realism, college life, slice of life, bittersweet, young adult, friendship, small town, intimate, teen angst, love
Time:
2010s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, romantic drama, realistic and melancholic films with plots about slice of life, coming of age, bittersweet, friendship, intimate, small town and young adult mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Matchbox: 4 Years (2022), Baby (2023), Love and Happiness (2005), Gully Gang (2022), Romina, VTM (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
4 Years is about Gayathri and Vishal, their college sunrises, canteen sunsets and hostel midnights.
Style:
emotional, romantic comedy, melancholic
Plot:
college life, college campus, college student, young adult, coming of age, first love, nostalgia, slice of life, friendship, intimate, bittersweet, self discovery ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A pair of high school sweethearts face challenges in their relationship when they take different directions in life.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, young love, young adult, high school, first love, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, teen angst, breakup, heartbreak, longing ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
About 19-year-old Minna, this is a funny, tender, and emotional movie about searching for love and yourself. About taking control of your life.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, romantic comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
looking for love, personal growth, coming of age, self discovery, young adult, slice of life, teenage love, young woman, identity, first love, teacher student relationship, longing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A film about a boy who does not know how to love, and the hardships he goes through when he starts falling in love with the encouragement of his friends - Based on true incidents an innocent village love story.
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, realistic, pastoral ...
Plot:
village life, friendship, slice of life, personal growth, young love, self discovery, youth, small town, first love, coming of age, heartwarming, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Romina begins to fall in love with Valentin, a tourist on holiday in Costinești with plans to become a musician. Romina helps Valentin to become an artist and, without realizing, he is starting to look a lot like someone from Romina's past.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, realistic, art house
Plot:
love interest, summer, musician, coming of age, coastal town, struggling artist, nostalgia, longing, first love, identity, tourist, self discovery ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
76%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A youngster who is still figuring out what his passion is gets into an engineering college where he clashes with a disciplinarian faculty.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, heartfelt ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
college life, slice of life, college, self discovery, coming of age, youth, personal growth, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, lifestyle, everyday life, college student ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A carefree engineering student, Arjun’s life takes an unexpected turn when Keerthy enters his world.Just as it appears their romance is beginning to blossom, Keerthy moves out of the town, leaving Arjun in great despair. Determined to find his ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, sentimental, rom com
Plot:
young love, coming of age, heartbreak, lost love, college life, longing, small town, self discovery, determination, personal growth, nostalgia, slice of life ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
This coming-of-age drama follows Saba, the happy-go-lucky protagonist, through the years leading up to his adulthood and highlighting events of friendship and romance along the way.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
grownups, coming of age, youth, relationships, adolescence, personal growth, friendship, heartbreak, self discovery, male protagonist, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Vinod, a young guy who is nursing a broken heart after a failed first love is helped by his friends to recover from to despair, only for Vinod to fall head over heels in love with another girl. The movie showcases, Vinod's romantic ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sentimental, realistic, romantic comedy
Plot:
relationships, first love, heartbreak, coming of age, new love, young adult, youth, personal growth, friendship, male protagonist, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Akhil, when failed in EAMCET exam, is forced into long-term coaching after heartbreak teaches him the difference between true and shallow love. At the center, he meets Khatyayani and falls for her, only to be rejected for a strange reason. ...
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, lighthearted, emotional
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
personal growth, coming of age, first love, young adult, unrequited love, self discovery, heartbreak, slice of life, friendship, empathy, redemption, bittersweet
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three friends return from abroad and every one of them comes upon at something from his past. Finally they go to their hometown to save the house of one of their childhood friends from being demolished.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, psychological
Plot:
friendship, getting home, homecoming, small town, nostalgia, memory, ordinary people, reconciliation, bittersweet, regret, slice of life, introspection ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Roy, a village boy who's a failure at studies, joins Christy's tuition. They become good friends, but later when Christy gets a job abroad, Roy's life changes
Style:
emotional, realistic, reflective, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, village life, coming of age, nostalgia, relationships, personal growth, longing, aspiration, bittersweet, education, separation ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Sharanya, an ordinary small-town girl from Pallakad, who moves to Thrissur for higher studies, finds herself changing as she meets Deepu.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, college life, female protagonist, satire, teenager, lifestyle, teenage life, friendship, self discovery, everyday life, slice of life, personal growth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Zhou Can moved to school in a small town from a big city, a place he didn't like, and kept thinking about going back to where he had lived. His grades are very excellent, so he doesn't have to worry about study in the new school. In terms ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic, romantic drama
Plot:
couples, friendship, young love, campus, high school life, romantic relationship, love story, relationships, male female relationship, love, love interest, couple relations ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
self discovery, character study, old age, loneliness, companionship, mature, aging, second chance, intimate, midlife crisis, bittersweet, everyday life ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Story:
Comedy - Brendan Bradley, Russell Garofalo, Elizabeth Wood
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, romantic drama ...
Plot:
voyeurism, small town, friendship, lifestyle, stalking, social misfits, love and romance, misfit, dishonesty, looking for love, twentysomething life, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Kahi de ne prem chhe is a story of a small town bubbly girl anjali, who fell in love with Aaditya an absolute opposite character. As anjali does every effort to make aaditya believe in love but fails all the time.
Style:
romantic comedy, lighthearted, heartfelt, feel good, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, opposites attract, small town, young love, young adult, wooing, unrequited love, intimate, community, slice of life, culture clash, everyday life ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Rahul and Trina love each other. But does love always imply compatibility?
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, dramatic, realistic
Plot:
love story, uncertainty, young couple, young adult, commitment, everyday life, intimate, personal growth, dating, intimacy, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Love is Elsewhere is a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Vincent Chiu.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, romantic, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, love, relationship problems, love interest, in love, problem, love affair, couple relations, love story, love and romance, fall in love, romantic relationship ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Hailing from a traditional goldsmith family, Sanju falls in love with Athira. A series of unfortunate events lead to his unpredictable changes.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
family honor, male protagonist, small town, friendship, slice of life, identity crisis, coming of age, young adult, domestic drama, everyday life, heartbreak, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Pooja Mathew, a spirited young girl, wants to have a love marriage in her life. Thus, she stops at nothing to impress Giri, who saved her once from a group of unruly men.
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, feel good, light hearted, humorous ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love story, first love, young woman, coming of age, slice of life, small town life, teenage crush, friendship, female empowerment, heartbreak, unrequited love ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
We follow how four ordinary little girls learn about life, love and all that sort of things.
Style:
realistic, reflective, emotional, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
grownups, friendship, coming of age, adolescence, teenager, female friendship, youth, personal growth, slice of life, self discovery, everyday life, intimate ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1993, timid and shy Zhou Xiao Zhi meets her table partner. Sitting in the classroom’s infamous back row is troublemaker Lin Yi. They go through junior high, high school, and college years together. Lin Yi said to Zhou Xiaozhi: ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
affection, memory, first love, coming of age, nostalgia, high school romance, love and romance, love interest, male female relationship, in love, love affair, romantic relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi singer. MARIACHI GRINGO is a musical tour-de-force exploring the reality of "following your dreams" across cultural, personal, social and geographical ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot:
travel, friendship, hopes, small town, trip, self discovery, finding yourself, couples, musician, society, coming of age, culture clash ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, austin texas, latin america, kansas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a quick-witted yet co-dependent college girl helps her best friend land a boyfriend, she's left on the outside looking in and is forced to deal with the realities of adulthood for the first time.
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, female friendship, college life, friendship, grownups, personal growth, adulthood, love and romance, relationships, girlfriend, love triangle ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, melancholic, soap opera
Plot:
social realism, everyday life, urban, young lovers, working class, social commentary, bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, empathy, storytelling, nanny ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
From the album of the same name by Claudio Baglioni the film tells the love story of two teenagers during the legendary seventies. A story so overwhelming as to compel the world to retreat, to step aside. Andrea and Giulia come from two different ...
Style:
romantic drama, sincere, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
teen romance, teenager, lovers apart, young love, coming of age, first love, love and romance, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, teenage love, love affair ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Beijing is the place where dreams come true or at least that’s what a group of young and ambitious people from different parts are hoping for. Romance could be in their future but also heartbreak as well, leading them to question just where they ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, romantic, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, breakup, urban, city life, ex lover, love affair, couples, couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, ex boyfriend, ex girlfriend ...
Place:
beijing china, china
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Love Matteru dives headfirst into the vibrant complexities of modern romance, tackling the exhilarating challenges of seeking genuine connections in a world flooded with superficial interactions and instant gratification. The film follows dynamic ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, heartfelt, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
slow burn, intimate, young adult, bittersweet, wooing, urban, slice of life, social media, couples, thoughtful, healing, mature ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trajković family are bridge builders. Being forced to move every once in a while, the bridges are everything but pleasant thing for 17 year old Budimir, who is unable to make any permanent love relationship. In their last attempt to settle down in ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, heartfelt, period piece
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual intercourse, coming of age, first love, adolescence, young love, sexual awakening, bittersweet, male protagonist, longing, female nudity, slice of life, sexual frustration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
38%
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