Movies like Blue 2002

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Blue (2002)
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Blue (2002)
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, bisexual, japanese schoolgirl, heartache, japanese teenager, japanese girl, short haired female, romance
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and emotional films with plots about love and romance, couples, fall in love, youth, love, teenage life and love affair mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Blue: The Summer of Sangaile (2015), Falling Like This (2001), Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009), Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2010), Go (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Summer of Sangaile (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her parents' lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds in her ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian love, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian, lgbt, self discovery, teenage love, summer vacation, lesbian relationship, youth, love affair, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lithuania
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Falling Like This (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan Wilson. Writer/Director Dani Minnick has crafted a compassionate examination of the ragged edge of suburban life as characterized by Boyd, a charming, ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage love, juvenile delinquent, unlikely couple, teenage life, on the run, love and romance, youth, young lovers, juvenile delinquency, fall in love, couples, friendship ...
Time: 80s
Place: california
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Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts. Haru is a college student ignored by her boyfriend yet believes she is ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: lesbian, love affair, unlikely couple, fall in love, friendship, looking for love, self discovery, couples, love and romance, gender, friends, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
Style: contemplative, sentimental, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, memory loss, teenage love, love triangle, self discovery, fall in love, social relations, youth, society, couples, amnesia, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, usa, asia
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44%
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Go (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Isao Yukisada spins this gritty coming-of-age tale about Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean who struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him. The film begins with Sugihara studying at a Korean junior high school ...
Style: serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, sweet ...
Plot: racism, boxing, coming of age, teenage love, youth, society, fish out of water, parents and children, high school life, lgbtq, traumatic childhood, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Drifting Flowers (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot: gender, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian, feminism, fall in love, love affair, couples, gays and lesbians, love and romance, teenage life, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, taiwan
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44%
Blue Gate Crossing (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.
Style: realistic, feel good, sentimental, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, love triangle, first love, coming of age, lesbian, friendship, best friend, lgbtq, teenage life, partner, gay, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan
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43%
Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 1: High School (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a popular manga series of the same name, this Japanese romantic comedy follows the lives of two high school students, Kotoko, a bubbly girl who’s hopeless in school, and Naoki, her smart and handsome senior. Although Kotoko gathers up the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, light, humorous, touching ...
Plot: unrequited love, first love, opposites attract, love and romance, school, unfulfilled love, teenage love, unlikely couple, fall in love, high school, teenage life, grownups ...
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43%
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The Empty Hours (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The second film from Aarón Fernández is a Spain-Mexico-France co-production already screened as part of Films in Progress at the 60th edition of the Festival. On the desolate coast of Veracruz, young Sebastián, 17, has to run his uncle's ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot: coming of age, love and romance, teenage love, youth, teenage life, older woman younger man relationship, seduction, motel, seaside, couples, sex, older woman younger man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Narratage (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in a ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, captivating, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: teacher student relationship, teacher, japanese woman, university student, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, couples, love affair, youth, love, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: High school student Jung-Won (Cha Ye-Ryeon]) works at an amusement park, dressed up as Dragon cartoon character. Then one day, a guy, standing among his friends, twists her dragon mask around, causing her to fall flat on her back. Shortly ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, romantic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friend, friends, love affair, fall in love, love triangle, music band, artists and showbiz, love and romance, one last chance, tragic love, couples, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
My First Time (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Zachary is 20 years old. Dark and independent, he collects amorous conquests and school failure. Sarah is 18 years old. First class, fragile, she fills her emotional gaps with perfect control of his life. Nothing should close and yet, the year of ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, opposites attract, fall in love, high school hunk, couples, loss of virginity, virginity, virgin, first love, high school, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Honey & Clover (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Style: realistic, touching, sweet, captivating, manga ...
Plot: love triangle, self discovery, couples, coming of age, lifestyle, youth, college, love, friendship, asian, superhero, introvert ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Dream Prince (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 14-year old Em likes to hang around in her old play house. One day a boy, Jakob, sets fire to it, and Em catches a brief glimpse of him before he disappears. They meet again a few days later. For the first time in her life, Em falls in love. Plot by ...
Style: teen, serious, realistic, touching
Audience: teens
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Last Quarter (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently committed suicide, her stepfamily bothers her, her boyfriend has been cheating on her and her best ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot: betrayal, teenage life, couples, friendship, introspection, best friend, human nature, orphan, dishonesty, buddies, reincarnation, amnesia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Theatre: A Love Story (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Nagata works as a writer and director for theater company Oroka. His work has not received positive responses and ticket sales has not increased. Making things worse, his relationship with the theatrical troupe is not good. Nagata feels lonely. One ...
Style: romantic, touching, talky, psychological, romantic drama
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Farewell Song (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A female duo band "Haruleo" hires a handsome roadie Shima. Contrary to their success, adding a male leads them to the love-triangle. They set out on their final tour after deciding the break-up.
Style: romantic, melancholic, touching, psychological, sexy ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, singer, lesbian relationship, lesbianism, lesbian interest, love and romance, society, lgbt, love affair, fall in love, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Heavenly Forest (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The story begins with Makoto Segawa, a freshman at Meikei University. On the day of his university entrance ceremony, Makoto meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru. Makoto has a complex which causes him to shy away from contact with other ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Coming Home (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job due to his boss. He decides to return to his hometown for the first time in 10 years. The town is located in the countryside. There, Mitsuomi Kozuka meets Yamato Kumai. Yamato Kumai is the stepson of old man Kumai. The ...
Style: melancholic, unusual plot structure, sincere, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay love, gay lead character, lgbt, gay couple, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, friends, couple relations, escapades, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Growing up in West Sumatra in the 1920s, Hamid and Zainab comes from families from very different social classes. Hamid is poor, while Zainab is wealthy. Hamid receives a scholarship from Zainab’s father and Hamid’s mother works for Zainab’s ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, indonesian
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, social differences, rich and poor, love and romance, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, religions or cults, islam, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: indonesia
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Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Eight people try to end their loneliness by searching for that one person to love, who can make their life complete.
Style: touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: friends, love affair, fall in love, wooing, couples, couple relations, looking for love, love and romance, urban, loneliness
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Sea Is Watching (2002)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel. O-Shin is a young brothel worker who one night helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot: samurai, friendship, prostitute, couple relations, hopes, looking for love, couples, fall in love, village life, village, unfulfilled love, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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2 Young (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young boy from a working-class family and a bored young girl from a rich family are falling in love. Soon, she's pregnant and the teenagers have to escape from their disapproving parents.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: teenage pregnancy, teenage love, on the run, forbidden love, social differences, couples, young lovers, lifestyle, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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One in a Hundred Thousand (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rino Sakuragi (Yuna Taira) is a high school student. She is good friends with Ren Kiritani (Alan Shirahama) who attends the same high school. They have been close since their middle school days. Rino holds special feelings for Ren Kiritani, but she ...
Style: emotional, talky, melancholic, psychological, romantic
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, slim, youth, lovers, couples, young lovers, teenager, love, couple relations, fall in love, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Keith (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that ...
Style: sad, romantic, psychological, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, terminal illness, cancer, love, youth, opposites attract, first love, teenager, love story, teen romance, teenage love, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Buddha Mountain (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ding Bo (Chen Po Lin) and his friends Nan Feng (Fan Bingbing) and Fei Zao aka Fatso (Fei Long) are a trio of 20-something outsiders who have no intention of sitting exams and getting into universities. When they need a new home, they answer an ad ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: teenage life, rebelliousness, teenage love, best friend, rebellion, youth, love and romance, coming of age, friends, urban, dealing with death
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Treading Water (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, eccentric family, culture clash, fish out of water, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, couples, society, addiction, family life, family relations ...
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Maggie and Annie (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Annie has it all in life. A wonderful husband and a darling little girl. All is going well until she goes to a softball practice and meets Maggie. Maggie -- cute, athletic, and openly gay -- touches feeling deep down inside Annie that she has no ...
Style: realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching, independent film
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, introspection, love affair, fall in love, love and romance, hopes, family life, couples, sport team, lesbian mother, lesbian relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Ava's Impossible Things (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When her mother makes a shocking request, sheltered Ava struggles with reality, escaping into a dream world where she summons up old friends and long forgotten desires.
Style: melancholic, psychological, romantic, touching, sexy ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, lgbt, dream, love and romance, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, lesbian couple, youth, lesbian relationship, couples, lesbianism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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41%
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Tru Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: TRU, 37, is a serial bed-hopping lesbian who cannot commit to a relationship or a job for long...that is, until she meets ALICE, 60, a beautiful widow, who has come to town at the last minute to visit her daughter, SUZANNE, 35, a too-busy corporate ...
Style: touching, realistic, captivating, sexy, sexual ...
Plot: lgbtq, lesbian, lgbt, love and romance, moral dilemma, interracial relations, couples, lesbian love, city life, gender, death in the family, age-gap relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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