Movies like Splendor 1989
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Splendor (1989)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady). However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio (Piperno), which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time (the very first scene), he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.
Style:
poignant, sentimental, tragicomedy, period piece, emotional, picaresque
Plot:
projectionist, nostalgia, film history, memory, melancholy, loss, bittersweet, friendship, legacy, mourning, slice of life, character study, inheritance, community, everyday life, urban decay, social commentary, village, striptease, stripper, cinema, flashback, dance, art, menage a trois ...
Place:
italy
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Most similar movies to Splendor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, sentimental and poignant films with plots about nostalgia, bittersweet, memory, loss, slice of life, friendship and mourning mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Splendor: Americana (1981), The Song of the Old Days (1982), Falling (2006), House in Brittany (2012), A Hundred Sundays (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a small town in rural Kansas, a troubled veteran attempts to restore an old merry-go-round ride.
Style:
independent film, existential, sentimental, period piece, allegory
Plot:
loner, small town, war veteran, conflict, vietnam war, nostalgia, countryside, melancholy, loneliness, veteran, memory, character study ...
Time:
year 1981, 70s
Place:
kansas
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The members of an amateur theater group share the losses and sorrows of war with Armenian provincial town's inhabitants.
Style:
poignant, emotional, reflective, period piece, tragic
Plot:
theater, grief, mourning, loss, memory, melancholy, social realism, post war, solidarity, community, social commentary, intimate ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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88%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, atmospheric, realistic, sentimental, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, wedding, small town, sacrifice, working class, parenthood, slice of life, intimate, aging, humanism, bittersweet, everyday life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, memory, estrangement, parents and children, life & death, family relations, latter day saints, female protagonist, nostalgia, aging, intimate ...
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82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Bertha dies, her granddaughter Iris inherits her house and finds herself back in the home where she and her cousin used to play dressing-up in the summer holidays. While she wanders from room to room, she gropes her way through memories and ...
Style:
family saga, melancholic, contemplative, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
memory, family drama, inheritance, family secret, grief, mourning, nostalgia, flashback, house, homecoming, literary, adaptation ...
Time:
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Place:
northern germany
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, reflective
Plot:
friendship, companionship, aging, loneliness, nostalgia, slice of life, community, realism, melancholy, intimacy, humanism, intimate ...
Similarity:
71%
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Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
65%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, poignant
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
poignant, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, philosophical ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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61%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, sentimental, feel good
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, historical drama, melancholic, period piece, sentimental
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
poignant, existential, sentimental, reflective
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tear jerker, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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51%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, depressing, sad, bad ending, psychological ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, poignant, melancholic, anthology
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Greece
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragic ending, emotional, melancholic, poignant, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, emotional
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, introspection, diaspora, migration, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, memory ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star ...
Style:
meta, art house, poignant, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
renaissance, film set, respect, behind the scenes, tribute, loss, tragedy, nostalgia, memory, mourning, grief, film history ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
42%
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