Movies like Nothing Personal

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Nothing Personal (2009)
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Nothing Personal (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, realistic, contemplative, captivating, sexy, offbeat, art house, intelligent, sincere ...
Plot: loneliness, human nature, starting over, introspection, freedom, friendship, camping, on the road, estrangement, travel, relocation, new year, winter, women, mental disorder, cancer, couples, conflict, woman, social injustice, social anxiety disorder, misfit, confined, lone wolves, hopes ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: ireland, germany
Keyword: dutch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and contemplative films with plots about hopes, introspection, society, couples, starting over, estrangement and unfulfillment mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Nothing Personal: Watchtower (2012), How I Got Lost (2009), Islander (2006), Parked (2010), Not Waving But Drowning (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Watchtower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own. (TIFF)
Style: atmospheric, realistic, psychological, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: loneliness, disorder, haunted by the past, rape, woods, misfit, confined, introspection, social misfits, isolation, resistance, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east
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How I Got Lost (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: HOW I GOT LOST is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Andrew and Jake, two friends dealing with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative
Plot: self discovery, friendship, hopes, parents and children, buddies, introspection, best friend, on the road, estrangement, starting over, nothing to lose, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia, new york, ohio
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Islander (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, independent film
Plot: hopes, redemption, island, starting over, family problems, estrangement, social misfits, couple relations, human nature, friendship, ocean, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine, usa
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Parked (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, life affirming ...
Plot: friendship, homeless, society, hopes, life is a bitch, prejudice, musician, hometown, loneliness, self discovery, social injustice, drug addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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Not Waving But Drowning (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American dilemma between what you have known and what you hope to know; the tear between longing for the past and ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: self discovery, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, couples, society, relationships, best friend, friends
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Inside (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Undergroud", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find ...
Style: psychological, realistic, contemplative, serious, art house ...
Plot: cause and meaning, introspection, hopes, writer's life, artists and showbiz, humiliation, loneliness, existentialism, party, advice, alienation, dull life ...
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The Sea (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, non-linear, contemplative, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted by the past, family relations, eccentric family, family problems, resort, childhood memory, grief, death of wife, grieving, boarding house, introspection, nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
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We All Want What's Best for Her (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A middle-age woman recovers from a serious car accident.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot: rehabilitation, starting over, estrangement, introspection, family relations, couples, unfulfillment, hopes, accident, escape, society, friends ...
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Place: spain, europe
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Archipelago (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Patricia (Kate Fahy) and her two children, young adults Edward (Tom Hiddleston) and Cynthia (Lydia Leonard), arrive for a break at a holiday cottage. As rain and wind lash against the windows, Patricia grows exasperated at the absence of her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, family in crisis, parents and children, siblings relations, estrangement, introspection, family gatherings, biopic, siblings, road trip, grief ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Manglehorn (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s ...
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, sentimental, sexy ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
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87%
Winter in the Blood (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot Indian, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife has left him, taking with her his prize rifle. He sets out to find her, but what he's really searching ...
Style: contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, montana
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87%
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Paju (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and married her older sister.
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, realistic, sexy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: haunted by the past, true love, introspection, forbidden love, leaving home, couples, love and romance, hopes, couple relations, starting over, small town, small town life ...
Place: south korea, asia
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On the Edge (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
Style: psychological, touching, talky, sincere, independent film ...
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Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, intellectual
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Duration: 104 min.
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Style: realistic, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative, touching ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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Style: serious, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, fairy tale ...
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Style: contemplative, sincere, captivating, psychological, serious ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
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Style: serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
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Style: realistic, atmospheric, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
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Style: touching, atmospheric, contemplative, serious, psychological ...
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3 Backyards (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: society, estrangement, couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, lifestyle, suburbs, human nature, dull life, multiple storylines, one day, sexual content ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
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Style: atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: self discovery, homecoming, haunted by the past, buddies, parents and children, family relations, hopes, redemption, profanity, friends, estrangement, bittersweet ...
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