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Silver Forest (2011)
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Original name: Silberwald
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Silver Forest is a brutally realistic coming-of-age story, set in a small Swiss town in a bleak winter landscape. A group of boys struggle with their mounting anger with the mundane world, resulting in a string of escalating acts of violence. Deep in the forest they finally find a release for their aggression by joining a Nazi gang - only to discover the boundaries where harmless play turns into murder.
Style:
tense, brutal, bleak, dark, intense, grim, psychological, atmospheric, existential
Plot:
violence, loss of innocence, adolescence, coming of age, forest, murder, anger, alienation, small town, realism, identity crisis, peer pressure, escalation, winter, gang, bullying, nazism, isolation, juvenile delinquency, extremism, cautionary tale, friendship, ritual, provincial life, neo nazism ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, intense, dark and bleak films with plots about coming of age, isolation, violence, moral ambiguity, friendship, alienation and realism mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Silver Forest: 12 Dares (2022), Valley (2014), Hurt (2016), 13 (2014), A Tame Song for a Brave People (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
urban decay, street life, urban, desolation, isolation, identity, alienation, loner, survival, anti hero, power struggle, coming of age ...
Place:
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Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, thought provoking, tense, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Similarity:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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