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Caracas (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A well-known Neapolitan writer returns to his hometown after a long absence and encounters an old friend known as Caracas. Caracas, once a neo-fascist skinhead, is now converting to Islam.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, melancholic, art house, political drama
Plot:
homecoming, muslim, integration, character study, life, changing lives, lifestyle change, back in hometown, introspection, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, neo fascism, friendship, islam, getting home, extremism, intimate, reconciliation, memory, urban decay, loss of faith, writers, psychological drama, dialogue driven ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
Place:
italy, southern italy, naples italy
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Most similar movies to Caracas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, psychological, captivating and art house films with plots about character study, intimate, moral ambiguity, memory, psychological drama, identity crisis and relationships mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Caracas: Vermilion (2018), Disfluency (2021), Go Home (2015), So Close (2009), Kaiyoppu (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Darcy, a composer, sees colors when she plays musical notes. When she notices her usually subtle colors changing, she realizes a profound change is upon her. Over a summer month, Darcy creates a time of music and reflection that help her make a ...
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 ...
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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:
female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
80%
353
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium, Lebanon
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Nada is going home. Or at least she wants to. When she comes back to Lebanon, she realizes she's a foreigner in her own country. But there's still a place she calls home: an abandoned house in ruins, haunted by the presence of her ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
female protagonist, identity, memory, homecoming, self discovery, introspection, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, trauma, haunted house, family secret ...
Place:
lebanon
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Strangers in a waiting room become the characters in Claire's recounting of her troubled life and the secrets of a turbulant marriage.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, talking about love, marriage, love story, married couple, love interest, couple relations, spoken inner thoughts, philosophical conversation, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship ...
Similarity:
57%
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714
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A amateur writer who seems to have nothing to live for, finds himself as the only hope of three people.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
writer's block, writers, creative block, writer's life, lifestyle, problem, social problems, relationships, character study, book publishing, self discovery, humanism ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An unexpected letter forces siblings Bernhard and Lydia to confront each other and to deal with their family history.
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
family relations, prostitute, family history, brother sister relationship, guilt, trauma, family secret, family problems, parents and children, family drama, shame, self discovery ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
A variety of characters reflect on the same moments in time from very different perspectives. Some are tenuous, some are whimsical, some are deadly.
Style:
thought provoking, existential, psychological, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
memory, multiple perspectives, character study, moral ambiguity, everyday life, intimate, slice of life, urban, minimalism, murder, wine, perception
Place:
cannes, iceland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A prison drama where an old mobster and a prison guard must find a way to coexist so that imprisonment can become less so, and perhaps reveal the paradox that is behind the very concept of captivity.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison guard, confined, prison, prison life, lgbt, white trash, jailed, social misfits, society, life is a bitch, jail, prison sentence ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
male nudity, pregnant wife, magic realism, identity, problem, life is a bitch, family problems, relationship problems, identity crisis, getting home, sorcery, diaspora ...
Place:
brussels
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, character study, lifestyle change, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, intimate, city life, minimalism, slice of life, sibling relationship ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
49%
468
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Tai-hung, in his 50s, lives happily with his wife. Informed of the death of his high school friend, Tai-hung’s secret past resurfaces. The feature debut from promising new Hong Kong talent Jun Li.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
transgender, grief, lgbt, transgender woman, character study, identity, gender issues, problem, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Narcissus (from Greek Narkissos) shares the root nark-, with narcosis and narcotic. All these words have the same origin in the verb narkaō – to intoxicate through a strong smell. I was particularly interested to find out why a handsome and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
cellist, introspection, greek mythology, vanity, self discovery, lifestyle, social problems, relationship vs career, obsession, self destructing, myth, character study ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns ...
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:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Miguel travels to Pontevedra, his hometown, with the request of serching for some locations for a movie. His trip takes him back to the place where he grew up, meeting up with some old friends, but also leads him to the possibility of a new ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, serious, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, love and romance, fall in love, introspection, workplace, self discovery, workplace situations, hopes, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
45%
49
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Italy, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After many years working far from home, Mila is forced to temporarily leave her seaside mansion—and her secret romance—to return to her family in a remote Polish village. But the long-awaited reunion is far from what she imagined. As tensions ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric
Plot:
remote village, mother daughter relationship, family drama, getting home, homecoming, reconciliation, bittersweet, character study, confrontation, mature, isolation, identity crisis ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Shota came to Tokyo to become an actor but has a side hustle in petty crime. On a trip back to his hometown in Wakayama he meets Takara, who is being assaulted by her father just sprung from prison. Soon they pair up and hit the road to escape.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
retirement home, problem, relationships, male female relationship, love story, life is a bitch, actor's life, love interest, actor, couple relations, love affair, escape ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Egypt
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, resistance, identity crisis, personality change, sisters, sister, secret, losing-it hero, sister sister relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change, trauma ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Azerbaijan, Mexico, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The love story of Davud, a young man in search of his ‘true’ family, who completes his life cycle in a single day. When he does find Love, it's in the place he has always lived. But perhaps it is too late.
Style:
art house, thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love, relationship problems, family problems, love story, family relations, relationships, homecoming, getting home, soul searching, loneliness, regret, mortality ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Shashi, an urbane doctor, returns to his native village, a place seemingly mired in a backward way of life, for a short visit. As he becomes closely involved with the villagers, Shashi’s short stay threatens to become permanent.
Style:
art house, melancholic
Plot:
village, social realism, identity crisis, humanism, alienation, homecoming, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, symbolism, ethical dilemma, class conflict, literary ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bullfighting, music, medicine, change, and homoerotic possibilities mix in this study of friendship. Francisco is a bullfighter on his way up, so focused even sex doesn't hold his interest. After a minor road accident, he meets a doctor, ...
Style:
tense, emotional, art house, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
bullfighting, bullfighter, friendship, character study, obsession, passion, machismo, relationships, sexual repression, medicine, doctor, trauma ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
mental institution, cult leader, mental illness, illness, psychiatry, character study, ethical dilemma, doctor, social problems, unconventional method, moral ambiguity, alienation ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the common secretary she pretends to be, but ex-terrorist Lisa ...
Style:
art house, suspense, existential, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, stalking, character study, obsession, guilt, secrets, moral ambiguity, identity, regret, deception, realism, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The film is a comedy drama about a young woman, Laura, who has distanced herself from her family in the country to settle in Copenhagen as an author and live the artistic bohemian life she has always dreamed of. When she, with much reluctance, goes ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, comedy drama, art house
Plot:
wedding, sibling relationship, rural setting, brother sister relationship, wedding planning, family conflict, female protagonist, family drama, family problems, homecoming, wedding preparations and rituals, eccentric family ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
39%
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231
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, art house, tense, moody
Plot:
obsessive love, obsession, character study, mediterranean, romantic obsession, loneliness, grief, female protagonist, jealousy, memory, tragic romance, mourning ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
38%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep ...
Style:
art house, thought provoking, enigmatic, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, runaway, escapades, female protagonist, character study, introspection, regret, trauma, alienation, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A love story between a husband and wife who got lost, and not just because of a betrayal.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
infidelity, domestic drama, marriage, love story, love affair, couple relations, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
36%
837
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese grandmother after their mother's funeral.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
slice of life, character study, family drama, dysfunctional family, changing lives, socially awkward, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, family relations, brothers, social problems, lifestyle change ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Ana throws her life on the Instagram and other social networks, where she posts pictures, videos and short animations, together with witty (and lucid) texts. Ana is going through a strange moment. In addition to going through the family conflicts ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, coming of age, social media, female friendship, friendship, self discovery, instagram, identity crisis, adolescence, character study, teenage love, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
34%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, motherhood, family drama, poverty, family problems, family relations, social problems, relationship problems, kids and family, problem ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
34%
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
34%
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