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Cut Loose (2008)
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Cut Loose (2008)
Original name: Los
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A journalist is about to settle with his girlfriend when his life and views get shaken up by the young and beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia. At work his ideals are more and more confronted with the harsh reality of modern urban society, while his flamboyant grandfather fights his last personal battle - a battle for his right to die.
Style: thought provoking, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, multicultural
Plot: racism, life is a bitch, journalism, self discovery, society, media, introspection, misfit, interracial relations, impossible love, innocence lost, mercy killing, idealism, hopes, unfulfillment, immigrant, urban, love, euthanasia, immigrants
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: europe, belgium
Keyword: dutch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sincere films with plots about society, hopes, life is a bitch, misfit, immigrant, unfulfillment and racism mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like Cut Loose: Self Made (2014), The Marchers (2013), Manpower (2014), Crossroads (2006), World Traveler (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Self Made (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, surreal, clever ...
Plot: couples, self discovery, society, disorder, mistaken identity, memory loss, introspection, impossible love, love and romance, artists and showbiz, military life, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestinian authority, middle east
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The Marchers (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, thought provoking, biting
Plot: racism, human spirit, fighting the system, discrimination, cross country, life is a bitch, hopes, society, misfit, immigrant, politics, working class ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: france, lyon
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Manpower (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An intelligent social issues drama, Manpower sketches a portrait of four men in crisis. Moving between scathing realism and subtle irony, the film raises questions of belonging and uprooting, exile and emigration, home and family. Meir Cohen is a ...
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, biting, serious ...
Plot: social decay, moral dilemma, introspection, society, life is a bitch, interracial relations, discrimination, realism, immigrant, hopes, crumbling marriage, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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Crossroads (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Style: realistic, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: introspection, clergy, religions or cults, idealism, hopes, society, fall in love, self discovery, priest, friendship, love, countryside ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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27%
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World Traveler (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Style: touching, realistic, captivating, road movie, humorous ...
Plot: midlife crisis, self discovery, obsessive quest, introspection, starting over, society, human nature, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, family life, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2001
Place: new york, usa
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Time Of My Life (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on a true story, 'Tot altijd' introduces us to a band of friends in the eighties, who spend their days enjoying their youth and turbulent (love) life. Years later, Thomas, a recent medicine graduate and Mario's closest friend, ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: friendship, family life, friends, buddies, terminal illness, family relations, life is a bitch, bittersweet, rivalry, fighting illness, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, ghent, belgium, europe
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24%
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Hold Back (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Paris, today. Dorcy, a young black Christian, wants to marry Sabrina, a young North African. It what would be a simple matter if it weren't for the fact that Sabrina has 40 brothers and that this easygoing wedding has crystallized a taboo ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: interracial relations, family relations, forbidden love, family problems, impossible love, family in crisis, society, love and romance, immigrant, religions or cults, unfulfillment, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, africa, france
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24%
Another Planet (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young women unsure of her cultural heritage, arrives in rural Quebec, Canada.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot: farm, coming of age, immigrant, family relations, family problems, starting over, youth, single parent, self discovery, life is a bitch, innocence lost, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Heart of Dixie (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set at a Southern college during the 1950s, three co-eds (Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen and Phoebe Cates) re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.
Style: independent film, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fraternity, sorority, coming of age, interracial relations, racism, college, injustice, society, love and romance, journalism, hopes, youth ...
Time: year 1989, 50s, 1950s
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa
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Good Day, Ramon (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until ...
Style: touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, motivational ...
Plot: friendship, immigrant, hopes, society, fish out of water, beggar, life is a bitch, unemployed, migration, old age, friends, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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Personal Belongings (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere
Plot: love affair, impossible love, immigrant, couples, introspection, fall in love, hopes, society, couple relations, love and romance, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america
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Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A female talk show host in Cairo, Egypt, stirs up a political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, tense, islamic ...
Plot: journalism, politics, injustice, hopes, introspection, dentist, media, rebelliousness, state affairs, idealism, couple relations, political corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, egypt, middle east
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Macondo (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A drama centered on an 11-year-old Chechnyan refugee living in Vienna whose life is thrown into disarray when a friend of his deceased father materializes.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, gloomy
Plot: coming of age, youth, interracial relations, immigrant, society, life is a bitch, misfit, boy, father, migration, refugee, exile ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria
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Letter to the King (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In Letter to the King we meet a group of refugees, all with their own agendas, on an excursion to Oslo. A young man about to be deported visits his former employers to collect his off-the-books salary, a martial arts expert is looking for work, a ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, anthology ...
Plot: refugee, immigrant, love, revenge, social misfits, society, redemption, misfit, hopes, life is a bitch, dishonesty, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kurdistan
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Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them.
Style: experimental, realistic, semi serious, aesthetic, slow cinema ...
Plot: don quixote, destructive relationship, gang, friendship, tragic love, prison life, society, idealism, hopes, life is a bitch, escape, lovers reunited ...
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Love Belongs to Everyone (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl ...
Style: touching, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
Story: Farid, a young 26-year-old Frenchman, must travel to Algeria to save his father's house. While discovering this country in which he had never before set foot, he succumbs to the charms of a host of astonishing characters whose humour and ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, road movie
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Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: africa, algeria
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This film follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Style: uplifting, touching, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
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Time: 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
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Plot: journalism, murder, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, social decay, teenage life, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, idealism ...
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Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A tale of an occidental merchant, Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.
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Kill the Poor (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, cynical, biting, offbeat ...
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Place: new york, usa, france, europe
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Letters from Alou (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A group of Africans clandestinely reaches the coast of southern Spain. Among them is Alou, a 28 years old Senegalese. As all his belongings are stolen while in Almería, he has no choice but to engage in street vending. His only pleasure are the ...
Style: social, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: migration, immigrant, racism, culture clash, discrimination, optimism, hopes, misfit, society, starting over, fish out of water, interracial relations ...
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Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: thought provoking, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous
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Three Dollars (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Nightjohn (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Charles Burnett directs this movie about John, a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
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Place: america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: emotional, thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching
Plot: uncover truth, haunted by the past, interracial relations, society, family relations, life is a bitch, testimony, religions or cults, atrocity, racism, refugee, civil war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, middle east, lebanon
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The Resurrection of a Bastard (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A criminal from Amsterdam barely surviving a liquidation. An old Frisian farmer bent on revenge. An illegal immigrant with uncertain prospects. Eventually, they meet under an ancient oak tree. Beyond the last town.
Style: stylized, tense, rough, serious, anthology ...
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The Miracle of the Cards (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: "The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, serious
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