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Ripple (2025)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
In New York City, four strangers navigate life's challenges while their separate paths unexpectedly intertwine in ways that change them forever.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, sincere
Plot:
grief, urban, loss, city life, loss of loved one, relationships, loneliness, healing, bittersweet, mature, isolation, coincidence, second chance, social realism, slice of life, trauma, intimate, serendipity, fate, slow burn
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, emotional and captivating films and TV series with plots about intimate, slice of life, bittersweet, urban, healing, grief and relationships mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ripple: When You Least Expect It (2022), Truckers (2013), First and Last (2021), Sakura no Oyakodon (2017), Moving On (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
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Explore the healing journey of five strangers, each dealing with the loss of a loved one, whose lives intersect in a group therapy session.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 300 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
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Country: Japan
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81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 20 min.
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Place:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
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121
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Country: Portugal
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Chinese adaptation of the original Japanese drama.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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emotional, heartfelt, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
estonia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
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