Movies like Blue 2002
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Blue (2002)
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Original name: ブルー
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo. Kayako Kirishima of the third year at a high school feels a sense of isolation in school life and vague admiration and uneasiness in the future. One day she makes friends with Endō who is isolated from her surroundings because she remained in the same class for another year. Kayako is strongly attracted by Endō who shows her a world that she didn't know.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, romantic drama
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
teenage love, teenage life, lesbian, youth, love and romance, fall in love, couples, lgbt, korean war, girl, lgbtq, slow burn, painting, adolescence, friends, small town, first love, memory loss, bisexual, japanese schoolgirl, heartache, japanese teenager, japanese girl, short haired female, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, entertaining
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Similarity:
42%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, sexual, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Country: Spain, France, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
38K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, psychological, romantic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
samurai, hopes, friendship, prostitute, couple relations, looking for love, fall in love, couples, village, unfulfilled love, village life, prostitution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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40%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
568
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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40%
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