Movies like The Sun Also Rises
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The Sun Also Rises (2007)
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Original name: 太阳照常升起
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
Style:
realistic, serious, unusual plot structure, exciting, contemplative
Plot:
village life, mental illness, unlikely couple, violence spree, couple relations, village, single parent, contests and competitions, single mother, multiple storylines, suspense, mother son relationship, chinese, magic realism, age-gap relationship, pregnancy, university, false accusation, desert, college, revolution, couples, infidelity, crimes of passion, college life ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 70s, year 1976, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
china, asia, shanghai
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Most similar movies to The Sun Also Rises
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and contemplative films with plots about village, couples, social relations, love and romance, family relations, village life and couple relations mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Sun Also Rises: All God's Children Can Dance (2008), The Home Song Stories (2007), Zhou Yu's Train (2002), Hanezu (2011), The Creatures (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
couple relations, sexual relations, introspection, single parent, family relations, couples, parents and children, mother son relationship, sexual content, existentialism, nude, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Singapore
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, inter cultural ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
interracial marriage, mother's boyfriend, childhood, cultural difference, lifestyle, human nature, single parent, love and romance, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
australia, asia, china, melbourne australia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, atmospheric, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, love triangle, longing, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, fall in love, train travel, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, chinese ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on a Japanese novel written by Masako Bando, the story revolves around Kayoko who lives with one man (Tetsuya) but is in love with another (Takumi).
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
social differences, village life, society, human nature, social relations, village, love, male female relationship, pregnant woman, sculptor, pregnancy, mountain ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a road accident, a writer, Edgar, and his wife, Mylène, take up residence on an island off the coast of France to recuperate. Edgar soon recovers from his injuries and begins writing his next novel, seeking inspiration from the local people. ...
Style:
art house, surreal, serious, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
chess, fetish, surrealism, pregnancy, village, game, island, couple relations, fish out of water, village life, couples, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sensitive exploration of the tragic irony of the psychiatrist suffering with mental illness.
Style:
art house, depressing, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal ...
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, art, hallucination, mental breakdown, suicide attempt, misfit, existentialism, psychopath, attempted rape, hospital, childhood trauma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's adoption, telling Yun the child died at birth. Ten ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
estrangement, small town, haunted by the past, unlikely couple, family relations, couples, parents and children, social misfits, society, life is a bitch, pregnancy, secret ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
delivery, youth, friendship, family relations, hospital, self discovery, society, life is a bitch, friends, teenage life, social misfits, misfit ...
Time:
70s
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Via the New York Times: "To all outward appearances, Edna Cormick (Martha Henry) is the perfect housewife.... She's married to a man who'll stand up in public and say, "This is my wife," so that there'll be no confusion ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
feminist, infidelity, mental illness, murder, hospital, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment, feminism, family relations, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
lifestyle, family life, childhood, society, life is a bitch, youth, parents and children, revolution, father son relationship, generation gap, drawing, earthquake ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, contemplative
Plot:
mountain, father son relationship, postman, chinese, on the road, hiking, parent child relationship, dealing with death, buddies, aging, elderly, golden years ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
canada, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
This film takes place in a remote area, a desert region situated somewhere between the Mongolia and Chinese border. The town has become nearly void of all inhabitants except for Hangai, who works obsessively to plant trees in the desert area. ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
immigrants, culture clash, parents and children, friendship, single parent, isolation, village, village life, desert, border, social relations, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mongolia, china, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
factory, working class, introspection, society, workplace, revolution, politics, social differences, architecture, working conditions, childhood memory, fired from the job ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 50s, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn't invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a hooker he is forced to think about his future. Can he ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
pickpocket, chinese, cult, coming of age, alienation, low lives, estrangement, introspection, love and romance, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The son of a wealthy man, Junior has everything he could possibly want. But the emptiness of his extravagant lifestyle and the hypocrisy of the town's so-called leading citizens weigh heavily on him, and he reaches out to the village outcasts.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, sexual
Plot:
couples, family relations, social relations, village, village life, small town life, small town, friendship, couple relations, single parent, cemetery, abortion ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot:
infidelity, murder, love affair, couple relations, couples, life is a bitch, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, who done it, alcohol abuse, debt, father figure ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Drawing on remarkable true stories, Peter Chan delivers a moving drama about child abduction in China. Huang Bo stars as a father whose young son disappears in the streets of a big city. He sets out on a search across China, stopping at nothing to ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, tense
Plot:
kidnapping, uncover truth, life turned upside down, couples, adoption, missing child, parents and children, couple relations, family problems, village, family in crisis, chinese ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, love affair, life turned upside down, love triangle, obsession, crumbling marriage, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, sweden, greece, germany, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama centered on the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot:
massage parlor, chinese, massage, love and romance, disability, misfit, love, flirting, blind man, matchmaking, sex worker, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
boy genius, genius, boy, single mother, friendship, child prodigy, suicide, death of brother, mother son relationship, small town, fear, child abuse ...
Place:
new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Meticulous in every way: the non-professional actors with incredible skills, the beautiful camerawork, the timing and dosing of the tragic storyline about a fourteen-year-old Chinese girl from the countryside. A grown-up feature film debut by a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, no music
Plot:
kids in trouble, estrangement, youth, life is a bitch, pregnancy, adoption, village, abortion, down on your luck, countryside, very little dialogue, egg ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Shirley has left the big city to live in a small seaside town and look after her elderly grandmother. She drives a tractor on a local coconut plantation, loves rock music and wants to be a tattoo artist. She feels trapped in the tiny coastal ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
couples, couple relations, social relations, realism, village life, village, care, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, dealing with death, nude, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, Spain, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, visually appealing
Plot:
village, self discovery, social relations, village life, mountain village, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, human nature, filmmaker, suspense, small village, small town ...
Place:
spain, europe, basque country
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One morning, the rector of a small French village comes across a young man, lying unclothed and unconscious on a deserted beach. Intrigued, the rector has the young man carried back to his home. When he awakes the stranger calmly identifies himself ...
Style:
touching, stylized, sentimental, serious, offbeat
Plot:
angel, fish out of water, down on your luck, supernatural romance, village life, miraculous event, homecoming, social relations, disorder, hopes, misfit, love and romance ...
Place:
france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor (Ashmore) schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun (Sevigny) makes a personal sacrifice for the benefit of a South African village; in rural China, a black ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
porn industry, aids, circumcision, plague, public health, social worker, society, life is a bitch, terminal illness, culture clash, pregnancy, black market ...
Place:
canada, africa, china, south africa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to ...
Style:
semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, humorous, cerebral ...
Plot:
world war two, military, resistance, anti war, wartime life, village, rebelliousness, rebellion, confined, captivity, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 439 min.
Story:
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of ...
Style:
art house, experimental, philosophical, mind blowing, bleak ...
Plot:
animal abuse, poverty, suicide, farm, countryside, multiple perspectives, loneliness, mental illness, mental disorder, changing lives, alienation, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
hungary, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Blind Mountain follows a young woman, Bai Xuemei, in the early 1990s who recently graduated from college and attempts to find work to help pay for her brother's education. In the process, she is drugged, kidnapped and sold as a bride to a ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, serious, touching, controversial ...
Plot:
kidnapping, village, woman in danger, life is a bitch, confined, social relations, slavery, injustice, isolation, sexual abuse, dishonesty, escape ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man stands in front of a mirror. The night belongs to him. Every evening, he appraises his appearance, attired in a new shirt, leaves his apartment and waits in a poorly lit alleyway for his johns. One night he meets a female prostitute of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
society, gays and lesbians, gender, love and romance, social misfits, prostitute, unlikely couple, fall in love, sexual relations, love triangle, one night stand, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
491
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
ghost, human nature, elderly, dealing with death, hopes, single parent, love and romance, golden years, unfulfillment, family problems, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, europe, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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