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Unknown Pleasures (2002)
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Unknown Pleasures (2002)
Original name: 任逍遥
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Japan, South Korea, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three disaffected youths live in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's Republic of China, one detached from reality through the screen of media and the internet.
Style: atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, neo noir, gloomy
Plot: youth, unemployment, family relations, life is a bitch, teenage life, society, unemployed, love triangle, friends, parents and children, music band, lifestyle, buddies, teenager, heist, outsider, alienation, coming of age, bank, down on your luck, contests and competitions, small town, social relations, small town life, hospital ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: china, asia
Keyword: chinese, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, sincere, serious and touching films with plots about youth, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, society, coming of age and friends mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Unknown Pleasures: The World (2004), Man in the Chair (2007), The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), Still Life (2006), My Father Is a Cleaning Lady (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The World (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Japan, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: “The World” is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital, designed around scaled representations of the world’s famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The site is seen ...
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Plot: self discovery, fall in love, social relations, society, amusement park, wedding, couples, bittersweet, immigrant, prostitute, artists and showbiz, misfit ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
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Man in the Chair (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
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Time: year 2007
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The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands, France, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she has won in a contest organized by a soft-drinks company. The prize is a beautiful new car. All Delia has to do now is appear in front of the camera in a ...
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Plot: youth, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, family life, family relations, moral dilemma, parents and children, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, small town, makeover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, romania
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Still Life (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
Style: touching, contemplative, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: homecoming, demolished city, haunted by the past, social decay, disaster, estrangement, family problems, injustice, society, life is a bitch, introspection, eviction ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: china, asia
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My Father Is a Cleaning Lady (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
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Plot: teenage life, parents and children, family relations, youth, family life, introspection, teenage love, buddies, social relations, kids and family, nursing, humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
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Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Red Light Revolution (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A luckless Beijinger opens an adult shop to make ends meet, sparking a sexual revolution in his conservative neighborhood.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: society, rebellion, fighting the system, family relations, against the rules, workplace, life is a bitch, parents and children, workplace situations, farce, store, silly humor ...
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Virgin (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teen drama
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Four good friends, all seventeen-year old, lose their innocence during their last summer together. Flanders 1996. Rik, Tim, Roel and Bart aimlessly wile away the summer days in a small village where nothing exciting ever happens. When Rik becomes ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, emotional
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Place: belgium, europe
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Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 96 min.
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