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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
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Original name: Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, social, sincere, touching, serious
Plot:
solidarity, seaport, unemployment, labor union, working class, moral dilemma, society, family relations, couples, supportive coworker, robbery, poverty, nostalgia, relationships, consciousness, humanity, worker, human, european, couple relations, justice, single mother, wife, surrogate mother, home invasion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
tanzania, marseille, france, europe
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Most similar movies to The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, touching and captivating films with plots about family relations, couples, couple relations, society, working class, love and romance and friendship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Snows of Kilimanjaro: The Town Is Quiet (2000), Marius and Jeannette (1997), Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (2002), Where the Heart Is (1998), The House by the Sea (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.
Style:
contemplative, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, unemployment, working class, family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, assassination, couple relations, parents and children, immigrant, society, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won't be without trouble, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
unemployment, working class, ramadan, humanist, dark past, communism, love, professional, social differences, friendship, factory, single parent ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
france, europe, provence, marseille
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
cheating wife, fall in love, skinny dipping, family relations, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, polyamory ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
marseille, europe, france
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood ...
Plot:
children, skinny dipping, working class, racism, love, pregnant teenager, social injustice, social realism, interracial relations, poverty, adopted son, teenage pregnancy ...
Place:
marseille, france, sarajevo
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community ...
Style:
psychological, touching, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
grief, nostalgia, family relations, soldier, frustration, dealing with the past, military, death, suicide, dead brother, inheritance, working class ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south of france, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ariane is having her birthday party but no one comes. She decides to leave at the seaside and take part with her life that disappointed her.
Style:
humorous, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
beach, dreaming, self discovery, midlife crisis, escapades, hopes, unfulfillment, journey, loneliness, birthday, big city, fishing ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, his spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sales assistant on a trial basis. But, one night, Nicolas is assaulted ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
taxi driver, egoism, poverty, ex husband, childbirth, working class, horny woman, drug, family relations, newborn, humiliation, prison ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france, europe
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Centers on three childhood friends: Muriel, Francois and Rene. Partners in crime (burglaries, to be precise), the three end their "criminal" activities after one of their attempted burglaries fails. They vow never to see each other again ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, humorous
Plot:
kidnapping, best friend, society, dishonesty, culture clash, criminal heroes, against the rules, heist, working class, homecoming, teaching the ways of the world, abduction ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Marie and Simon, a couple with two children, are deeply in love despite constant fights in their paired life. To save their marriage, they come up with a chart of Ten Rules to seek love and peace.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
couples, problem, male female relationship, relationships, satire, marital problem, family relations, crumbling marriage, marital separation, family problems, relationship problems, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Philippe Seigner starts his career in business consulting at the posh Paris seat of McGregor. His first serious task is delicate: An audit at a factory, which is about to be taken over. As he soon realizes, this will mean sacking about 80 employees. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, humorous ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, couple relations, society, life is a bitch, workplace, boss and employee, couples, workplace situations, factory, unemployment, power relations, friendship between men ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Life smiles at Dino Fabrizzi,a cool forty-two-year old Italian. Not only is he the most successful salesman at The Maserati dealership in Nice but he has had a steady (and hot) relationship with Hélène,his girlfriend, who is beginning to ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot:
hidden identity, disorder, society, workplace, dishonesty, couple relations, dealer, meet the parents, culture clash, parents and children, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
31%
341
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two friends with very different personalities decide to write a script for a movie. Their discussions and confrontations are constant, but the story slowly takes shape around a poor family that has a small car repair business. Times are hard and ...
Style:
political drama
Plot:
american football, biker, see through clothes, worker, working class, screenwriter, pregnancy, big business, death of husband, actor, actress, father in law ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
marseille
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Anne-Marie vient de perdre son mari dans un accident de voiture. Elle est enfin libre d'aimer celui qu'elle voit en cachette depuis deux ans. Mais elle n'a pas prévu que sa famille, pétrie de bons sentiments, a décidé de rester à ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, love triangle, love and romance, dealing with death, couple relations, dishonesty, eccentric family, infidelity, family gatherings, mother son relationship, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, mediterranean sea, provence
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Simon, a young German doctor who lives and works in Marseille, goes missing. His appartment is empty. His mother Valérie is desperate. She doesn't understand the reason of his disappearance. Therefore she asks Jens, Simon's former ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gay, gender, missing person, introspection, parents and children, family relations, ex boyfriend, couples, society, male nudity, lgbt, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, french riviera, europe, marseille
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. In Léon Blum high school in Créteil (France), a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class take a national history competition. This will change them.
Style:
realistic, sincere, semi serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
high school, dedicated educator, teenage life, teachers and students, contests and competitions, youth, shoah, school, contest, humanity, teenager, science project ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, brussels, brussels belgium
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, coming of age, pregnancy, small town, friendship, single parent, youth, family problems, teenage life, human nature, employer employee relationship, unwanted pregnancy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
couple relations, tragic love, family relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, parents and children, unfulfillment, fighting illness, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friends, friendship, midlife crisis, love, couple relations, couples, best friend, unfulfillment, buddies, male bonding, male camaraderie, male friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, surreal, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
refugee, poverty, friendship, immigrant, human spirit, bohemian life, working class, migrant, elderly, society, misfit, social misfits ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, year 2009, 70s ...
Place:
france, africa, europe, normandy, paris france ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.
Style:
offbeat, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
children, interracial marriage, food industry, insider trading, household, working conditions, interracial, poverty, homeless, black, interracial relations, working class ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
lyon, france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, melancholic, touching, lyrical ...
Plot:
gay teenager, road trip, gay relationship, gay, gay interest, lgbt, male nudity, family relations, lgbtq, gay club, friendship, unemployment ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
france, marseille, europe, normandy, australia ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Marius" takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
seaport, lovers apart, marriage proposal, obsession, couples, follow your dream, hopes, unfulfillment, couple relations, unfulfilled love, working class, sailor ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, south of france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Élise lives with her 10-year-old son Léo, whose father is deceased. She has a chaotic relationship with Paul her lover. They go from happy moments to intense feuds. Élise introduces him to Léo and in time, they get to know and appreciate each ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
love affair, family relations, parents and children, couples, pregnancy, single parent, breakup, love, friends, character study, single mother, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, disturbing, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, surrogate mother, gay man has sex with a woman, gay couple, immigrant, family relations, lgbt, society, pregnancy, marriage, gay parent, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Style:
captivating, humorous, realistic, touching, tear jerker
Plot:
mountain, political oppression, political prisoner, marriage, large family, wedding, nurse, social worker, family relations, couples, society, friendship ...
Time:
1950s, year 2015, 80s, 70s, 50s
Place:
france, iran, middle east
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops ...
Style:
serious, psychological, sexual, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
teacher, family relations, love triangle, love affair, fall in love, obsession, infidelity, unfulfillment, family problems, social differences, small town, student ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Alex, Antoine, Jeff and Manu. Four friends, four years later. Their relationships, friendship, shared secrets, feelings of guilt and their desire to change and improve.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
friendship, group of friends, friends, couples, best friend, couple relations, buddies, adultery, male female relationship, older man younger woman relationship, divorced woman, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, paris france, france, normandy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
Style:
talky, psychological, realistic, serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, couples, family relations, looking for love, introspection, couple relations, strong female presence, sexual content, parents and children, hopes, dating, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to ...
Style:
touching, sexy, uplifting, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
immigrant, friendship, love story, betrayal, culture clash, brothers, life philosophy, stereotypes, justice, prejudice, social differences, society ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, africa, australia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, holocaust, anti semitism, starting over, survival, human spirit, haunted by the past, love and romance, life is a bitch, couple relations, hopes, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
paris france, france, europe, canada
Similarity:
22%
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