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Involuntary (2008)
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Involuntary (2008)
Original name: De ofrivilliga
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's almost summer in Sweden and minor indiscretions and misbehavior abound. Leffe likes to show off for his friends and play salacious pranks, especially when he's drinking. Meanwhile, a righteous grade-school teacher doesn't know where to draw the line: she insists her fellow educators need a bit of instruction. Then there are two young teenage girls who like to pose for sexy photos and to party, but one night in a park, one of them is found passed out drunk by a complete stranger.
Style: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, intellectual, heartfelt, offbeat, sexual, sexy
Plot: multiple storylines, teenager, prank, nordic, teenage life, mischievous children, workplace, unsupportive coworkers, male female relationship, photograph, hipster, young adult, bus, group of friends, gay slur, social conflict, youth, social relations, school teacher, anton chekhov, bus driver, lesbian sex, male nudity, mine, toilet ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: europe, eastern europe
Keyword: sweden, norwegian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, humorous and semi serious films with plots about youth, coming of age, teenage life, friendship, friends, teenager and family relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Involuntary: Play (2011), A Thousand Times Stronger (2010), Sex and the USA (2008), The Kirishima Thing (2012), More Sex & the Single Mom (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Play (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving ...
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, transgressive, inspirational ...
Plot: boy, friendship between boys, juvenile delinquency, gang, kids in trouble, coming of age, danger, rivalry, youth, mind game, society, human nature ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe, europe
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A Thousand Times Stronger (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The arrival of a new girl causes a stir in classroom social structure.
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: misfit, lifestyle, social relations, teenage life, self discovery, friends, high school life, school, teenager, harassment, youth, misled ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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Sex and the USA (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Thirteen year old Audrey Shaw is new to Bellweather, California and certain shell never fit in when she meets Krista Rich, the pretty, popular girl she aspires to be "or be with" shes just not sure. In a conservative California town, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual, mockumentary
Audience: teens
Plot: friends, youth, friendship, lifestyle, society, teenage life, coming of age, innocence lost, high school life, teenager, drug, sexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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The Kirishima Thing (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, semi serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot: high school, disappearance, society, friendship, youth, social relations, high school student, rivalry, asian, great ending, teenager, japanese schoolgirl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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More Sex & the Single Mom (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage daughter, Sara's, growing carnal desires with a photographer she meets while planning her high ...
Style: touching, emotional, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: family gatherings, parents and children, looking for love, family relations, love and romance, midlife crisis, lifestyle, youth, couples, teenage life, unfulfillment, thirtysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
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The King of Ping Pong (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rille, an ostracized and bullied teenager, who only excels in the ping pong room, descends into a life-and-death struggle with his younger, more popular brother when the truth about their father surfaces during their spring break.
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fat boy, ping pong, coming of age, youth, family relations, haunted by the past, breakup, teenage life, couples, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, family secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, offbeat
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Time: 21st century
Place: french riviera, france
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Booky's Crush (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Thomsons - parents Thomas and Francie, and children Willa, Arthur, Beatrice (nicknamed Booky) and Jakey - are a loving working class family living in the Depression era in Toronto. Arthur is showing aptitude in drawing, and although his parents ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: youth, family relations, teenage life, teenage love, society, love and romance, family life, parents and children, working class, coming of age, first love, child ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Stella (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 1977. Stella entre en sixième, dans un grand lycée parisien. Stella entre dans le monde... Un nouveau monde, à l'opposé de celui qu'elle connaît. Presque un miracle. Elle, elle vit dans un café, un café d'ouvrier, à la ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, working class, mischievous children, misfit, disorder, power relations, elementary school, teachers and students, school, parents and children, streetwise ...
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Place: france, paris france, europe
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Scratch (2003)
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Duration: 85 min.
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Falkenberg Farewell (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story: It's the last summer in Falkenberg for five childhood friends. David yearns to be a child again and Holger never wants to move away. Jesper constantly returns home without anybody really noticing that he’s been gone. Jörgen finances his ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, friendship, grownups, best friend, small town, childhood friend, relocation, summer, society, nihilism, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, teen ...
Audience: teens
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Place: eastern europe, europe
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25%
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25%
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24%
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24%
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