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Triangle (1970)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Todd Pearson Is A Teacher That Takes A "Hands-On" Approach With His Students And Colleagues!
Style:
emotional, tension, psychological, period piece
Plot:
teacher, greek mythology, student, school, education, mentor, responsibility, male protagonist, moral dilemma, colleague, ethics, realism, novelist, homoeroticism, peplum, relationships, power, discipline, personal growth, community, slice of life, class conflict, social commentary, intimate, small town ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, melancholic and captivating films with plots about coming of age, slice of life, intimate, small town, personal growth, identity and friendship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Triangle: The Key Is in the Door (1978), Jibam (2017), The Red and the Blue (2012), One for All (2020), Mother May I (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian notions about friendship with her students and leaves her door open to them. One of her protégés ...
Style:
realistic, period piece
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, school, female protagonist, high school, relationships, teenager, loneliness, infidelity, family conflict, responsibility, teacher student relationship, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
95%
94
Genre: Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tells a story about a special child, Ashraf or Jibam, who is a little dull of his mind, but has a hidden privileges.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
innocence, child protagonist, compassion, empathy, acceptance, family drama, underdog, mental disorder, relationships, slice of life, intimate, family values ...
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66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of a teacher and his students, set in an Italian high school.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, reflective, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, teacher student relationship, high school life, teachers and students, high school teacher, student, teacher, education, school, middle school, school teacher ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A substitute teacher takes on a job as a year 6 class teacher in a village he does not know. He has to help a student adjust back into school, although none of his classmates want him there.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
bullying, school, teacher, children, education, substitute teacher, adult child friendship, school teacher, high school teacher, schoolboy, high school life, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
An overprotective mother tries to discourage her son from dating a new woman. Should he listen to her or follow his heart?
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, mother son relationship, overprotective mother, family conflict, dating, male protagonist, personal growth, moral dilemma, women, coming of age, bittersweet, introspection ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
"El Derecho de Jesús" is a character driven drama in which Jesús, a Mexican-American college student tries to overcome contemporary family issues and unstable love relationships. His past and present eventually collide forcing him to ...
Style:
reflective, realistic, emotional, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, character study, family conflict, identity, personal growth, college student, coming of age, self discovery, realism, young adult, moral dilemma, domestic drama ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Igor and Alexandra are 30 -years old lovers.She is a theater production designer.He is an actor.She works hard,he drinks.They cannot leave and cannot get on.This story is about eternal problem of choice and talent to listen to ones heart .About a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, choice, character study, meaning of life, family problems, relationship problems, middle age romance, marital problem, lifestyle, middle aged, love affair ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, melancholic, tension
Plot:
mental illness, bipolar disorder, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, family drama, moving, responsibility, domestic drama, maturity, intimate, bittersweet, small town ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Follows three characters from diverse backgrounds in their mid twenties. How consequences arise because of their flaws and what struggles they go through?
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, melancholic
Plot:
young adult, coming of age, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, slice of life, identity crisis, intimate, realism, regret, friendship, urban ...
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Group of friends go to a playground around the corner, to play Cricket, on a typical Sunday. However, that special day has unexpected events in store for them.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, tension, suspense
Plot:
cricket, friendship, bonding, grownups, slice of life, coming of age, nostalgia, youth culture, realism, teenager, neighborhood, intimate ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, reflective, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
search for father, teacher, father son relationship, coming of age, lifestyle, relationships, life is a bitch, family relations, school teacher, personal growth, family drama, identity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
38%
275
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A coming of age film about a group of high school seniors forced to spend a Saturday at school completing an exam they either missed taking or failed. By the end of the day, they find their own values, betrayals and love within themselves and their ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
classmate, adolescence, self discovery, coming of age, friendship, high school, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage protagonist, relationships ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three naughty kids hailing from poor families feel earning money is more important than studying. Time makes them realize the importance of education in life.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, dramatic, learning
Plot:
education, poverty, school, life lesson, youth, coming of age, children, childhood, working class, social issues, grownups, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following his mother`s death, wise son Sebastian attempts to organise dad Nestor to cope with basic household chores. Sebastian shows Nestor how to light the oven. Later Nestor can't fix a broken lamp, but his son soon sorts it out. Nestor ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, uplifting
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, parenting, responsibility, reconciliation, male protagonist, personal growth, coming of age, grief, bittersweet, slice of life, ambition ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who feels he doesn't fit in, decides to embark on an intimate journey. Three weeks for three impediments: deafness, mutism and blindness. Three weeks not to escape, but to find reality.
Style:
existential, meditative, psychological, experimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
intimate, blindness, deafness, self discovery, personal growth, existential crisis, identity crisis, loneliness, minimal dialogue, alienation, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When four friends reunite for a night of fun in their hometown, a crisis forces them to confront the consequences of their lifestyles.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tension, independent film, reflective ...
Plot:
coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, confrontation, crisis, mature, hometown, loyalty, social issues, small town, loss, social realism ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On this particular Friday morning the students of Eastbrook High are arriving at school to complete their final exams before the Christmas Holiday. But what began as a December snowfall quickly becomes a threatening winter storm, and school is ...
Style:
teen, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school, friendship, survival, christmas, high school, coming of age, snow, friends, problem, blizzard, student, young adult ...
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233
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his identity, who finds success as a javelin thrower on the track team.
Style:
reflective, emotional, inspirational, period piece, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
high school, autobiography, coming of age, track and field, self discovery, perseverance, resilience, personal growth, teen angst, family drama, identity crisis, family relations ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Kamali is a happy-go-lucky girl from a small town. She is a weak student who is hardly interested in studies when she falls in love with a studious boy in Chennai who aspires to make it to IIT Madras. She decides to take her studies seriously and ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, inspirational, uplifting ...
Plot:
education, women's rights, village life, village, female empowerment, problem, countryside, female protagonist, personal growth, aspiration, perseverance, determination ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
social problems, relationships, problem, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, marital problem, introspection, male protagonist ...
Place:
washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
2 Sisters are forced to get along when their parents get mixed up in the Civil War, and leave them in charge.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, emotional, historical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, civil war, family drama, sisterhood, sister sister relationship, family relations, sister, relationships, sisters, wartime, life, siblings ...
Similarity:
31%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her senior year of college.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
photography, coming of age, relationships, student life, self discovery, college life, female protagonist, personal growth, young adult, realism, campus, slice of life ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard splits. Henry takes in Callie, and helps her through the pregnancy. They fall in love ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, tension, period piece, independent film
Plot:
moral dilemma, pregnancy, family drama, love triangle, diner, marriage, intimate, bittersweet, conflict, second chance, sacrifice, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia, France, Singapore, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
Style:
reflective, tension, emotional, teen, smart ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, arranged marriage, female empowerment, tradition, female protagonist, high school life, gender roles, cultural conflict, traditional versus modern, moral dilemma, resistance, self discovery ...
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rajakumaran, a talented teacher and also a trainer for other teaching staff. His way of communication and the method he adopts while teaching, makes him everybody's favorite. The story takes a turn when two women from two different generations ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sentimental, comedy drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
teaching, teacher, family drama, education, school, heartwarming, high school life, personal growth, generation gap, coach, mentor, conflict ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, motivational
Plot:
responsibility, self discovery, family drama, personal growth, sacrifice, redemption, male protagonist, midlife crisis, second chance, parenting, resilience, intimate ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A college professor takes her students hostage to force the passage of a bill that bans semi-automatic weapons.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, controversial, intense ...
Plot:
hostage, school, hostage situation, blackmail, school teacher, teacher, fighting the system, gun control, child hostage, blackmailer, teachers and students, weapons ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Der 17-Jährige Gymnasiast Oliver Rother bringt seine Gedanken, Gefühle und Erlebnisse gern in Hip-Hop-Texten zum Ausdruck. Als ihm seine Lehrerin Selma Vollrath eine Sechs für eine Deutscharbeit über "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" ...
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, twisted
Plot:
teenager, school, youth, high school, student, anger, power, alienation, mental health, fear, suspicion, psychiatry ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When we are young, we sometimes feel that the world is stacked against us. This is the case for 16 year-old Steeve Simard (Lévi Doré), who is entering his last year at Gaston-Miron High School in St-Lambert. A cynical intellectual with a critical ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, gay, teen angst, high school, youth, loneliness, self discovery, coming of age, social problems, teenage protagonist, teenage life ...
Place:
quebec
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