Movies like Little Vera

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Little Vera (1988)
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Little Vera (1988)
Original name: Маленькая Вера
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A story about a young woman, Vera, who is somebody, living the life of a troubled teenager in the time right before the end of the Soviet Union. She lives in a very small Russian apartment with her mother and father, however being this close to each other makes the living get rough. Their daily life is plagued with massive amounts of alcohol (mainly vodka) and when she tries to escape her home life, she meets up with a boyfriend, Sergei who then moves into her already small apartment after sleeping with her. Every day little Vera has to go through hell just to get by, which even involves her going against her own morals after her father has done something extremely wrong.
Style: serious, rough, suspense, disturbing, cynical, realistic, independent film
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: youth, parents and children, family life, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, society, eccentric family, perestroika, coming of age, temper, school, dysfunctional family, erotica, first love, teenage girl, drug addiction, female protagonist, sensuality, alcoholism, pregnancy, family relations, fall in love, sex, young woman ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, moscow russia, ussr, russia
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Most similar movies to Little Vera

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about family relations, youth, coming of age, love and romance, teenage life, parents and children and couples mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Little Vera: Intergirl (1989), 36 fillette (1988), Everybody Dies But Me (2008), Raising Victor Vargas (2002), That Night (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Intergirl (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, Sweden
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.
Style: realistic, cynical, serious, touching, art house ...
Plot: prostitute, loveless marriage, couples, society, materialism, marriage for money, family relations, foreigner, culture clash, money, love and romance, starting over ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, soviet union, ussr, russia
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36 fillette (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers ...
Style: sensual, erotic, controversial, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, virgin, lolita, older man younger woman relationship, beach, sensuality, erotica, minimalism, hardcore, young love, nymphet, family relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, south of france, europe, paris france
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Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: family problems, life is a bitch, youth, social relations, teenage life, high school life, society, friendship, dysfunctional family, boy girl relationship, family relations, friends ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, ...
Style: touching, emotional, stylized, harsh, cynical ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, couples, coming of age, friendship, dysfunctional family, relationships, teenage love, love story, loneliness, family relations, youth, love and romance ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, dominican republic, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city
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That Night (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: teenage pregnancy, coming of age, bowling, summer, bullying, teenager, pain, rock and roll, teenage girl, father, love, self discovery ...
Time: year 1961, year 1992, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york
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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
Plot: european, first love, teenager, family relations, parents and children, teenage love, teenage life, society, love and romance, coming of age, innocence lost, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: eastern europe
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29%
Normal Adolescent Behavior (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with each other, swapping partners every week. But this is all thrown into turmoil when she meets Sean, a new student in school who has a crush on ...
Style: serious, bleak, sincere, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: sex, teenager, high school, coming of age, teenage love, humiliation, high school life, innocence lost, friendship, teenage sexuality, best friend, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
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Cry Me a Sad River (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Qi Ming is a handsome boy and he is also a top student at school, but Yi Yao is a so-called bitch on everyone’s lips. Qi and Yi grew up together and they have been maintaining a good relationship. However, everything is interrupted and changed by ...
Style: suspense, psychological, touching, thought provoking, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: bullying, high school, first love, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, youth, suicide attempt, childhood friend, aids, mother daughter relationship, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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28%
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How to Deal (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her ...
Style: romantic, sweet, semi serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, teenage love, teenage pregnancy, wedding, true love, coming of age, pregnancy, bullying, love and romance, youth, family problems ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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Sugar (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay teenager, gay, innocence lost, lgbt, friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, fall in love, teenage life, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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Beautiful Fall (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ninni is sixteen and she lives in a beautiful mansion in the swedish countryside with her family.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, freeze frame
Audience: teens
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, teenage love, love and romance, fall in love, countryside, teenage life, parents and children, estate, bittersweet, youth, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
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Endless Love (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work, David burns down the house and is sent away. This ...
Style: erotic, intense, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, mental illness, obsession, forbidden love, young lovers, arson, teen angst, mental institution, first love, teenage girl, sex scene, obsessive love ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: chicago, new york
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27%
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Liar's Moon (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Matt Dillion In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, teenage love, teenager, coming of age, love, infidelity, social differences, parents and children, computers and web, small town life, small town, teenage life ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: texas, louisiana, usa
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style: touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, teenage life, youth, first love, couples, teenage love, high school, family relations, love, classmate, drinking problem ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, key west florida
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27%
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Crutch (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: coming of age, gay, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay, teenage life, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
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To Our Loves (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She's 16, and men ...
Style: erotic, art house, anthology, retro, sensual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: female nudity, infidelity, dysfunctional family, coming of age, bare breasts, extramarital affair, promiscuous daughter, nudity, sexual promiscuity, man hits a woman, looking for sex, loveless marriage ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: france, europe, paris france
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Engel & Joe (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.
Style: psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental, talky ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: drug addict, youth, punk, kids in trouble, pregnancy, love affair, fall in love, life is a bitch, street kid, grownups, couples, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
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Stella (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the ...
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, captivating, sad ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: single parent, working class, pregnancy, society, breakup, moral dilemma, love and romance, starting over, youth, family life, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
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Tart (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, dysfunctional family, coming of age, rich girl, friends, girls' school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, teenage life, teenage crush, high school life, teenage love ...
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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The Truth About Jane (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, school, high school life, youth, lesbian sex, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, gay teacher, mother daughter relationship, friendship, high school, loss of virginity ...
Time: 90s, year 1989, year 1993
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Loverboy (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 15-year-old Caro is one of the inconspicuous students in her school. One day she get noted by a handsome, wealthy Turkish guy who is 5 years older than her. Since they start seeing each other she turns into a totally different person
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: forced prostitution, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, male objectification, teacher, teenager, school, mother daughter relationship, rape, police, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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26%
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Somersault (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, sexy, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: coming of age, teenager, mother daughter relationship, self discovery, teenage life, unfaithfulness, runaway, love and romance, youth, dysfunctional family, visceral, solitude ...
Time: year 2004
Place: australia, new south wales
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Wildflower (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive stepfather. The three soon become friends and hope to get Alice an education and help her escape from ...
Style: romantic, touching, realistic, serious, inspirational
Plot: deaf, dysfunctional family, friendship, mentally challenged, rescue, youth, deafness, great depression, child abuse, happy ending, disability, family relations ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938
Place: georgia
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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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Desert Bloom (1986)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: coming of age, desert, dysfunctional family, youth, bittersweet, single parent, introspection, crumbling marriage, depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, bad father ...
Time: 1950s, year 1986, 50s
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
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Square Dance (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An awkward 13-year-old (Winona Ryder) leaves her cranky grandfather (Jason Robards) in rural Texas, to live with her mother (Jane Alexander) in Fort Worth.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: coming of age, women, estranged family member, young love, 13 year old, intellectual disability, disabled child, social misfits, society, single parent, misfit, youth ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: texas, usa
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Don't Let Me Drown (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
Style: realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: coming of age, immigrant, family relations, youth, society, parents and children, teenager, post september 11 2001, love, opposites attract, african american, young love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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The Disenchanted (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A worldly French teen (Judith Godrèche) is determined to escape from her current situation for a better life.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, sexual ...
Plot: strong female lead, couples, family relations, love and romance, human nature, coming of age, destructive relationship, lifestyle, youth, innocence lost, love triangle, love affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france
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Dust in the Wind (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, so do they. They fail to ...
Style: aesthetic, teen, slow cinema, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: asian, coal mine, mining town, family relations, apprentice, urban, tragic love, down on your luck, delivery, love affair, parents and children, working class ...
Time: year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place: taiwan, china, asia
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25%
Some Things That Stay (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sexual
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: youth, family relations, love affair, teenage love, family problems, lifestyle, society, love and romance, teenage life, life turned upside down, family life, farm ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
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