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Lights in the Dusk (2006)
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Original name: Laitakaupungin valot
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, sincere, psychological, atmospheric, dark comedy, touching, neo noir, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
down on your luck, existentialism, loneliness, femme fatale, night watchman, cons and scams, misfit, gem, regret, homeless, mental disorder, loser, homelessness, organized crime, heist, unrequited love, prison, robbery, teacher, friendship, desperation, wrongful arrest, love of one's life, unsociability, helsinki, finland ...
Time:
90s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, finland, scotland, argentina
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Most similar movies to Lights in the Dusk
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and gloomy films with plots about society, life is a bitch, murder, misfit, dishonesty, loneliness and betrayal mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Lights in the Dusk: 3-Iron (2004), Satanás - Profile of a Killer (2007), L'Argent (1983), The Thief (1997), Gorbachev (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, lyrical, contemplative, surreal, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
golf, motorcycle, relationships, melancholy, drifter, mission, abusive husband, love triangle, jealousy, existentialism, love story, love ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia, seoul ...
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Country: Colombia, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Duration: 96 min.
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In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where ...
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bleak, realistic, sincere, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
coming of age, death, betrayal, soldier, family relations, cons and scams, parents and children, hospital, drinking, orphanage, thief, passion ...
Time:
50s, post world war two, year 1997, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, black sea, siberia, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.
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tense, captivating, realistic, crime drama, psychological ...
Plot:
gambling, obsession, gambler, downfall, fall in love, society, love and romance, character study, rivalry, couples, realism, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Place:
naples italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined in this acclaimed drama from Finland. Ali (Jorma Tommila) is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, serious, gloomy
Plot:
haunted by the past, down on your luck, family problems, starting over, going straight, society, parent child relationship, fatherhood, violence, jail, ex convict, male female relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, finland
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the son's bicycle. The film tries to describe the relationship between the dominant Jari, who calls ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
young couple, young lovers, murder, murder of family, juvenile delinquent, escape, teenager, bare breasts, burglary, capture, school bully, car chase ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark, finland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Iris (Kati Outinen) has a soul-deadening job as a quality-control worker watching boxes of matches go by on an assembly line all day. At night, she eats silently with her dour mother (Elina Salo) and stepfather (Esko Nikkari). One weekend, wearing ...
Style:
serious, art house, disturbing, atmospheric, harsh ...
Plot:
working class, vengeance, visceral, loneliness, murder, mother daughter relationship, unwanted pregnancy, character study, redemption, pregnancy, parent child relationship, suicide attempt ...
Time:
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Place:
finland, helsinki finland
Similarity:
27%
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Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
flashback, drunkenness, betrayal, women, dishonesty, haunted by the past, alcohol abuse, cons and scams, widow, diamond, suicide, police ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
Style:
realistic, serious, neo noir, intercultural, bleak ...
Plot:
guilty conscience, guilt, murder, police, morality, loneliness, life is a bitch, law enforcement, down on your luck, crime and punishment, friend, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
helsinki finland, europe, finland
Similarity:
26%
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Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
austria, germany, vienna, lebanon, europe ...
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25%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Z (Pape Sidy Niang), a Seattle bicycle cop, tries to make sense of the world while patrolling the city streets but can't focus on his job because he's so preoccupied with suspicions that his girlfriend is cheating on him. Director Robinson ...
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
opposites attract, couples, society, law enforcement, infidelity, social differences, immigrant, city life, self discovery, misfit, urban, police officer ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, erotic, psychological, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot:
horse, heist, con men, love triangle, crime gone awry, betrayal, corruption, pumpkin, romantic triangle, friendship, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, psychological, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After an unpleasant run-in with a group of bikers, a young convenience store robber (Marc) gets approached by the same bikers to help out with a picnic. After the picnic, seeing he has guts, the bikers propose him for membership. As the story ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
biker, gang, friendship, motorcycle gang, robbery, murder, vengeance, dishonesty, society, rivalry, betrayal, biker gang ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
finland, europe, helsinki finland, eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
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Country: Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, cynical, rough, philosophical ...
Plot:
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Place:
europe, italy
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20%
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Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
The aging Eszter clarify outstanding relationship.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, postmodern, experimental, controversial, non-linear ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, serious, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, indonesia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, isolation, parents and children, misfit, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
russia, siberia
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19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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