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Beginnings (2025)
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Original name: Begyndelser
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ane and Thomas are in the middle of a divorce - when Ane suddenly suffers a stroke. They decide to stay together until Ane gets back on her feet, but as she struggles to return to life, love manifests where they least expected it.
Style:
emotional, realistic, romantic drama, heartfelt, melancholic
Plot:
divorce, illness, marriage, stroke, hospital, house, mature, parenting, healing, middle aged, rehabilitation, second chance, introspection, support, reconciliation, resilience, bittersweet, intimate, children, sacrifice, secrets, grief, loss, everyday life, slice of life ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, melancholic and romantic drama films with plots about intimate, slice of life, bittersweet, urban, loss, grief and mature mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Beginnings: Reach the Sky (2019), Upstream (2024), The Best Divorce Special (2014), Scorn (2011), Emily (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young married couple struggles to stay together after the husband suffers a crisis of faith.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, independent film, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
marriage, love, relationships, crisis of faith, intimate, communication, faith, identity, everyday life, loss, reconciliation, slice of life ...
Time:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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