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Elephants (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a fiery young couple attempts to rekindle their relationship after three years apart, the highs and lows of their passion leave the pair wondering if nostalgia is enough to keep them together.
Style:
erotic, melancholic, contemplative
Plot:
relationships, slice of life, character study, personal growth, breakup, nostalgia, reconciliation, identity crisis, ex convict, passion, mature, young couple, city life, bittersweet, slow burn, domestic drama, prison, girlfriend, memories, second chance, couples, reunion
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to Elephants
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, romantic drama, realistic and captivating films with plots about bittersweet, slice of life, personal growth, intimate, nostalgia, urban and second chance mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Elephants: Passion (2008), Seaside Lover (2023), Echo Park (2014), Twelve Nights (2000), Ten Years of Loving You (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Style:
tension, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, intimate, realism, character study, confrontation, jealousy, domestic drama, slice of life, secrets, bittersweet, mature ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As men and women around the age of 30 struggle to reach their dreams, they also go through trial and error in love. This work, which depicts the encounter and parting of such a man and woman.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
seaside, love, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love interest, midlife crisis, middle aged woman, love affair, middle aged man, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
534
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate to jar herself from the rich tedium of picture-perfect Beverly Hills, Sophie moves across town to another world: Echo Park. She quickly strikes up an unexpected connection with Alex, a handsome neighbor and British expat who is reluctantly ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
interracial romance, love triangle, life, relationships, love story, romantic relationship, love affair, couples, love interest, couple relations, male female relationship, relationship problems ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This movie goes through 12 significant nights (not consecutive nights) in a relationship between two characters. The movie offers some insight into the repetion involved in relationship cycles from interest through various tensions to eventual ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, breakup, couples, love, love affair, love story, couple relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, fall in love, in love ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, Wen Heng, who was fostered in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, was taken back to Wen's northern house for the first time. There she met Yanxi. Their life is entangled together, life path taking them separate ways ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
couples, longing, separation, lovers reunited, lovers apart, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love story, fall in love, in love ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When Eugene’s ex-GF Katelyn lands in LA to disband their business, the two of them must negotiate between past tensions and future possibilities, in this raw bittersweet rom-com that walks the line between fiction and reality.
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, satirical, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, romantic relationship, love story, male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, couples, love affair, love and romance, satire, breakup, intimate ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
57%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Decades post-high school, Ram and Jaanu meet at their school's reunion and explore their past thoughts consisting of affection, care, depth and grieve all over the period of one evening.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
relationships, childhood love, nostalgia, male female relationship, problem, high school reunion, relationship problems, bittersweet, longing, lost love, memory, reflection ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over a fleeting week and a half, twenty-somethings Michael and Laura find counterparts within each other and form a deep, intense connection that is tested by their inevitable separation.
Style:
melancholic, controversial, emotional, reflective, contemplative ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
introspection, male female relationship, soul mate, couple relations, young adult, up and down relationship, self discovery, couples, lifestyle change, lifestyle, breakup, friendship ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night of the 2016 Presidential election, Cass, an L.A. club promoter, takes a thrilling and emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. She challenges him to revisit his broken dreams - while he pushes her to discover hers.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, contemplative, romantic drama ...
Plot:
african american, self discovery, male female relationship, urban, relationships, changing lives, love interest, couple relations, stormy night, seduction, love affair, introspection ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For years, Doug Collins has been wading through a routine unsatisfying job and an increasingly miserable relationship. After his girlfriend moves out, Doug pushes himself to live a more fulfilling life starting with a trek to the summit of Mt. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, breakup, starting over, follow your dream, unfulfillment, couples, buddies, hopes, self discovery, personal growth, character study, mountain ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tanzania, usa, new york
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Unlucky in love, strangled at work, and tormented at home, Joel Slater is desperately searching for a way to juggle his life. But sometimes, the secret to happiness begins with letting go.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
introspection, starting over, love and romance, love triangle, therapy, secret, depression, industry, dream, personal growth, everyday life, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Julie Wagner has everything today's young woman thinks she wants: a successful husband who adores her, a baby on the way, a close circle of family and friends, and a career as a photographer that is about to take off. So why is she alone in ...
Style:
contemplative, sensitive, melancholic, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, character study, creative process, identity, personal growth, longing, intimate, domestic drama, photographer, isolation, regret ...
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A journey begins to trace the memory of a first love, transcending the time and borders between Japan and Taiwan over a period of 18 years.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, road movie, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
first love, lost love, male female relationship, problem, love story, relationships, ex boyfriend, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, ex couple relations, couple relations, ex girlfriend, love interest ...
Place:
japan, taiwan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Semih's girlfriend suddenly breaks up with him. In search of answers about their relationship, he must soon confront what he had long ignored.
Style:
emotional, romantic, dramatic, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couples, life, friend, love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, self discovery, heartache, male protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
love triangle, heartbreak, breakup, regret, male female relationship, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, marital problem, family relations, couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.
Style:
tagalog, romantic drama, intercultural, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
long distance relationship, migration, separation, heartbreak, female protagonist, second chance, self discovery, culture shock, bittersweet, longing, personal growth, love triangle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
the philippines, california, new york, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
43%
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:
43%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A sequel to Love Mocktail. Revolves around Aadi after the demise of his wife Nidhi. How does he move on from such a loss?
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
grief, loss of spouse, healing, mourning, bereavement, bittersweet, personal growth, loneliness, memory, second chance, slice of life, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
There are two places Nicky Leandro calls home each reinforcing a particular facet of his personality: the red-blooded New Yorker and the L.A. transplant. Up until now each have done a fine job of compartmentalizing themselves. That is until Lily, an ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
womanizer, restaurant, holiday, male female relationship, relationships, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, old love ...
Place:
california, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After spending most of his life abroad, a peculiar young man returns to his birthplace with high hopes of finding love.
Style:
contemplative, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
getting home, character study, self discovery, personal growth, identity, longing, bittersweet, everyday life, slice of life, intimate, nostalgia, homecoming ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A love story set in Scotland and London that follows a romance between Kira and Ian, two 30-somethings who meet while on the run from themselves.
Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
love, male female relationship, love affair, husband wife relationship, couples, love story, love interest, relationships, relationship problems, love and romance, couple relations, problem ...
Place:
london, scotland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship of Lea and David is falling apart. While a couple is forming, another's becoming undone. Yet, the choice of the two friends ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, independent film, contemplative, art house
Plot:
passion, women, breakup, self discovery, relationships, female friendship, affair, heartbreak, separation, intimate, bittersweet, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Deniz, a reliable, famous architect, and Güneş, a phenomenal editor, who decided to separate six months ago while on their way to a wedding, are swept into a journey that will change their lives with a message that arrives on their phones on the ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
second chance, personal growth, bittersweet, slice of life, reunion
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away ...
Style:
romantic drama, independent film
Plot:
interracial relations, longing, social commentary, second chance, bittersweet, identity crisis, personal growth, love triangle, urban, slice of life, nostalgia, racial discrimination ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, independent film, art house
Plot:
woman, female protagonist, marriage, abandonment, character study, loss, loneliness, metaphor, domestic drama, symbolism, modern life, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Film from Steve Dunning
Style:
melancholic, realistic, contemplative, romantic drama, independent film
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, immigrant, sacrifice, waitress, migration, homesickness, working class, slice of life, bittersweet, entrapment, empathy ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
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.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, realistic, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, loneliness, intimate, slice of life, alcoholism, showbiz, self destructing, identity crisis, bittersweet, urban, personal growth ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Élise lives with her 10-year-old son Léo, whose father is deceased. She has a chaotic relationship with Paul her lover. They go from happy moments to intense feuds. Élise introduces him to Léo and in time, they get to know and appreciate each ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
love affair, family relations, parents and children, couples, pregnancy, single parent, breakup, love, friends, character study, single mother, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
34%
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