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The Elementary School (1991)
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Original name: Obecná škola
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict - but also very just. His weakness is his interest in young women. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Style:
surreal, sincere, atmospheric, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, period drama
Plot:
renaissance, world war two, self discovery, boy, communist, prostitute, pregnancy, elementary school, substitute teacher, unfaithfulness, teacher, education, little boy, love letter, friendship, teacher student relationship, village, youth, politics, friends, teachers and students, family relations, village life, society, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1946, post world war two, 40s
Place:
eastern europe, europe, czech republic, prague, czechoslovakia, central europe, prague czechoslovakia ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, friendship, youth, boy, father son relationship, society and husband wife relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Elementary School: The Other Side of Sunday (1996), Kolya (1996), Empties (2007), Barefoot (2017), Secluded, Near Woods (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Other Side of Sunday, also known in Norwegian as "Søndagsengler", is a movie that criticizes the small, and often tight, church community. We follow the Preacher's Daughter, Maria, on her journey to liberate herself from the ...
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Plot:
coming of age, skinny dipping, church, teenage girl, religion, father daughter relationship, atheism, rebellion, teenager, friendship between girls, female sexuality, female nudity ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
europe, scandinavia, tokyo, japan
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Tunisia, France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, realistic, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
tunisia, middle east, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverák tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka, who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adoption, communism, coming of age, nudity, friendship, musician, cellist, renaissance, lovers, single father, revolution, boy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1996
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, prague, balkan, europe ...
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48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.
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semi serious, humorous, realistic, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
infidelity, dishonesty, hopes, starting over, couple relations, friends, couples, family relations, parents and children, friendship, supermarket, teacher ...
Time:
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Place:
balkan, eastern europe, prague, europe, czech republic
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43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city ...
Style:
suspenseful, sentimental, touching, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, family relations, social outcast, child protagonist, end of war, death, husband wife relationship, countryside, wartime life, brother brother relationship, gambler ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
prague, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.
Plot:
summer, renaissance, family relations, melancholy, drinking, beer, father son relationship, friend, friendship, hopes, illness, hospital ...
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
balkan, czech republic, czechoslovakia, eastern europe
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style:
erotic, atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, stallion, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It is the story of a man who had financial troubles. He was married several times and had to pay for several kids. He wanted to earn some extra money by playing in a cafe. But one drunken guest supposes he is a waiter and pays his bill to him. So ...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
restaurant, high school reunion, neighbor neighbor relationship, sexual fantasy, false identity, sex, manhunt, coworker relationship, women, bare chested male, bookseller, judgment ...
Place:
balkan, prague, central europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are ...
Style:
contemplative, semi serious, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
racism, immigrant, family relations, adoption, terminal illness, parents and children, couple relations, love and romance, society, youth, dealing with death, black market ...
Time:
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Place:
balkan, eastern europe, slovakia, thailand, romania ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11-years-old.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, emotional, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boy, working class, youth, family relations, family life, misfit, cons and scams, social differences, physical appearance, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1942, year 1965, 20th century ...
Place:
canada, montreal, quebec, italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
Style:
surreal, compassionate, lyrical, uplifting, disturbing ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, survival, idealism, couples, nazi occupation, human spirit, self discovery, against humanity, wartime life, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s, 2000s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945
Place:
eastern europe, germany, poland, balkan, czech republic ...
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23%
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Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make ...
Style:
touching, feel good, stylized, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, childhood, coming of age, filmmaking, friendship between boys, youth, bullying, small town, children, school, boy, family relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place:
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23%
Genre: War, Drama, Action, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
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Country: UK, Ireland, France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sad ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, scotland, yorkshire, scottish highlands ...
Similarity:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sad, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, childhood memory, friendship, animal, boy, american football, children, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
year 1977, 70s, year 1996, 90s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin, massachusetts, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research ...
Style:
sentimental, witty, humorous, philosophical, breathtaking ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two ...
Place:
scandinavia, europe, finland, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totaly stupid, fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say. Written by ...
Style:
cult classic, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, coming of age, renaissance, communism, boy, communist, occupation, domineering father, death, neighbor, mission, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
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Place:
czech republic, prague, eastern europe, balkan, europe ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
school, goofy hero, teacher, friends, small town life, high school life, youth, father son relationship, contests and competitions, rivals, high school teacher, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
beer, renaissance, female nudity, nudity, provincial life, drinking, punishment, nude girl, modernism, family relations, small town, pregnancy ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, pre world war one
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, central europe, czech republic
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
boys' school, boarding school, corporal punishment, coming of age, bullying, friends, self discovery, power relations, hardcase students, misfit, lifestyle, dedicated educator ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Havoc is created in a small Southern community when a 12-year-old shows up, causing a couple 13-year-old friends to fall in love with her, thus possibly jeopardizing their friendship.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, coming of age, love triangle, friendship, small town, teenage love, teenage life, fall in love, social relations, society, mute, single mother ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947
Place:
usa, chicago, alabama
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Ramon is on the verge of many adolescent discoveries -- and the confusion that goes along with them. Shy and awkward, he's moved from town to town throughout his childhood and believes that life is about winning and losing. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, friendship, first love, teenage life, idealism, society, snitch, teachers and students, high school, parents and children, clergy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.
Style:
realistic, feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mischievous children, countryside, children, rivalry, friends, friendship, village life, nude boy, betrayal, humiliation, uninhibited rivalry, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie to his care. In Prague they all take up their lodgings at the house At Blue Fish in which they ...
Style:
light hearted, surreal, black and white, satirical, melancholic ...
Plot:
film history, magician, friendship, nostalgia, circus, love triangle, jealousy, community, heartwarming, wanderer, renaissance, filmmaking ...
Time:
pre world war one, turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, eastern europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, troublemaker, storytelling, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, mentally challenged, love and romance, misfit, youth ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, paris france, france, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Carol, a 12 year old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
spanish civil war, forbidden love, tomboy, youth, coming of age, friendship, village, wartime life, human nature, culture clash, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938
Place:
new york, spain, europe, usa, galicia ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A boy who was once a perpetual outcast finds friends in a new boarding school, united with his new peers gets involved in a heated rivalry with a group of students from a neighboring school.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
boys' school, boys' choir, friendship, boy, fight, mischievous children, youth, theatre play, teachers and students, disorder, children, prank ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
19%
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