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Jesús López (2021)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jesús López, a young racing driver, dies accidentally leaving his town in astonishment. His cousin Abel, a drifting teenager, gradually feels tempted to take his place in life.
Style:
suspense, tragic
Plot:
identity crisis, auto racing, teenager, motor sport, grief, loss, small town, imitation, transformation, mourning, bereavement, drifting, village, friendship, obsession, youth, self discovery, coming of age, tribute, role playing, moral dilemma, guilt, ex girlfriend, machismo, peer pressure ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and suspense films with plots about coming of age, small town, grief, loss, psychological drama, teenager and friendship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Jesús López: Time Sweep (2016), Pitong Dalagita (2006), The Maiden (2022), Dark Dreamers (2020), Shocking Blue (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Still reeling from the loss of his wife, a grieving man goes to great lengths to see her again. But their reunion comes at a stunning cost.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, twist ending, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss of loved one, loss, mourning, time travel, tragic love, moral dilemma, obsession, guilt, desperation, accident ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When six girls and a guy all teenagers are found with their wrists slit on a high school playground, it's left to their guidance counselor to try to make sense of the mystery behind the apparent suicide pact. Told in nonlinear fashion, the ...
Style:
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Plot:
teenager, friendship, love, self discovery, school, lesbian, teen suicide, high school, counselor, multiple perspectives, trauma, grief ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A perfect summer day ends in tragedy, weaving a cosmic connection between three suburban teenagers.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, tragic ending, dramatic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, disappearance, coming of age, friendship, missing person, loss of innocence, summer, youth, loss, guilt, small town, trauma ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
17-year-old Rebekka is feeling hollow and empty after her brother Dennis died by suicide two years ago. Dennis' friend Vincent is the only one who can help her through this difficult time. But Vincent is an outsider, accepted by nobody, ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, bleak, tense, atmospheric
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mental health, grief, self discovery, isolation, character study, youth, guilt, mourning, coming of age, teenage angst, intimate, dysfunctional family ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
William, Jack and Chris have been friends for as long as they can remember - until that day in April when Jack ends up under the wheels of a tractor, his body crushed, William at the wheel. Suddenly nothing is left of the boys' friendship. ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, tension, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Plot:
friendship, guilt, trauma, accident, grief, regret, loss, coming of age, adolescence, loss of innocence, male friendship, secrets ...
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Story:
Ross is trying to come to terms with the suicide of one of his classmates, as he finds his life falling down around him. Suddenly he finds himself involved in a new friendship with the new girl in school, Róisín. She helps to lead him in the right ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, lgbt cinema, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, school, friendship, teenager, youth, homosexuality, coming of age, love and romance, friends, lesbian, lgbt, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland
Similarity:
85%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
One year after the tragic death of his best friend, an eighteen-year-old machinist struggles with the split of his parents and the violent way of life surrounding him.
Style:
emotional, tension, intense, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, grief, teenager, trauma, loss, mourning, family drama, family conflict, young adult, confrontation, friendship, anger ...
Place:
oklahoma city, oklahoma
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Four inseparable teenagers in a small town in Brittany (France). As lifelong fans of the West Coast, they think are real gangstas. Together as a "gang", they are invincible, respected, fearless and nothing can reach them, certainly not the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, heartfelt
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, teenager, group of friends, teenage boy, grownups, adolescence, teenage life, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, small town life ...
Place:
france, brittany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen suicide, high school, grief, depression, mental health, mourning, loss, teen angst, coming of age, family conflict, trauma, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Levi Layton is tired of his small town life and his workaholic father, but finds his way out when he receives a large inheritance. Eighteen years old and armed with $100,000, the life he wants is just a midnight escape away.
Style:
melancholic, tense, independent film
Plot:
escape, small town, teenager, father son relationship, coming of age, self discovery, loss of innocence, family conflict, friendship, inheritance, young adult, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world and helped define an entire generation. This gripping drama chronicles the reactions of an Arkansas college town to the tragedy and focuses on Jimmy J., a ...
Style:
southern gothic, period drama
Plot:
grief, tragedy, mourning, mental breakdown, self destructing, loss of innocence, car crash, teenage angst, obsession, youth culture, isolation, fan culture ...
Time:
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Place:
arkansas
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, intense, melancholic, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, guilt, plane crash, grief, revenge, air traffic controller, death, loss of family, mourning, airport, obsession, police officer ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tension, ambiguous ending, suspense, southern gothic
Plot:
trauma, small town, character study, coming of age, teen angst, mental health, loss, grief, moral ambiguity, violence, teen violence, family conflict ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth gang, coming of age, peer pressure, moral dilemma, adolescence, rite of passage, friendship, small town, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, teen angst, high school life ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 100 min.
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Ivan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in Ivan’s unshakeable ...
Style:
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death, guilt, loneliness, grief, regret, loss, memory, mourning, hotel, obsession, suicide, mature ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Upon the loss of his mother, an Egyptian teenager leaves his home of Cairo to live with his father in Toronto. Parachuted into the underground queer nightlife in Toronto, he confronts his mother's death, much to his father's disapproval, ...
Style:
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Place:
toronto ontario canada, cairo egypt
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man returns to the place he once lived a passionate love affair with a woman who is now dead. So powerful are the emotions that seize him that he imagines she is still alive, and begins to live as if this were the case...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An American student living a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art faces the unexpected death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
scotland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 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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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, convent school, self discovery, second chance, nostalgia, teacher student relationship, regret, redemption, reconciliation, forgiveness, academy ...
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends attempt to successfully complete a list of tasks assigned to them as the "Shovel List" by their dead friend.
Style:
emotional, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the death of her closest two friends, young Daphne Lessing suffers a loss of faith, then a lapse in memory. Confronted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and a pregnancy she neither planned nor is able to explain, Daphne is forced into a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, bleak, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, schizophrenia, amnesia, memory loss, moral dilemma, motherhood, mental illness, problem, pregnancy, amnesiac, unwanted pregnancy, memory ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This family drama deals with a case of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy, a fabricated illness. Stephanie is an apparently happy single mother of two daughters, Therese and Agnes, although the latter suffers from chronic health problems. When ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A drama based around a boxing school owner and his son.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This is the story of three sensitive teens who are forced to deal with violence at home, violence at school. It is a story of friendship, of love and hate, where the adolescents world is revealed as cruel and beautiful, a world where the desire to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, coming of age, buddies, youth, family relations, violence, bullying, graphic violence, trauma ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, palestine
Similarity:
51%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ela, 15, has a love affair, which results in her being sent to a re-education center.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, teenager, coming of age, young love, forbidden romance, resilience, loss of innocence, teen angst, hopes, empathy, character study, rebellion ...
Similarity:
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211
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jack, 19, Lisa, 17, and Mathis, 10, abruptly become orphans. Each sibling reacts differently to the family tragedy: Lisa spreads her wings. Jack, having just become of age is appointed as his brother’s guardian by court decision. A new life ...
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