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Hijacking of Agata (1993)
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Original name: Uprowadzenie Agaty
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A parliament member's sixteen year old daughter Agatha falls in love and runs away with a convicted young tramp, while her father uses his friends in the government and police to brutally break their happiness.
Style:
realistic, tense, dark, intense, period piece, grim, political thriller, tragic
Plot:
runaway, abuse of power, abduction, corruption, oppression, police brutality, social commentary, love, forbidden love, kidnapping, family conflict, conspiracy, urban, scandal, public humiliation, teen romance, tragic romance, wedding ceremony, coming of age, dog, police, death, father, homeless, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, tense and melancholic films with plots about coming of age, urban, corruption, betrayal, love, revenge and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Hijacking of Agata: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018), What Love Will Make You Do (2015), Kushi (2023), Fever Dream (2023), Birth (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yemen
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A number of obstacles stands in the way of a young couple as only 10 days are left for their wedding, each obstacle is in one way or another caused by the aftermath of the 2015 war in Yemen.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Girl meets boy. Girl's daddy is in prison. Daddy's girl becomes a pawn for revenge.
Style:
captivating, romantic, light, entertaining, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Worlds and families collide when the son of a prominent atheist falls head over heels for the daughter of his father’s nemesis, a revered Hindu leader.
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic drama, emotional, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
A retired football star, notorious and oppressed by the media, cooperates with his daughter in an opportunity to take revenge on the social media portal. The more they dive into the dream of fame and stardom, the greater their involvement.
Style:
tense, dark comedy
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Spain, 1982. Marisa decides to take her daughter to Madrid to find a solution for an unwanted pregnancy. Lucia ends up in Peñagrande, a reformatory for pregnant teenagers. There, she will forge strong friendships with the other girls and discover ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, tense, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
injustice, motherhood, women's rights, unwanted pregnancy, child kidnapping, abuse of power, trauma, social realism, family drama, reformatory, human rights, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, madrid
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56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, witty, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, obsession, revenge, hairdresser, vengeance, humiliation, ex husband ex wife relationship, rags to riches, relationships, love story, sexual frustration ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
poland, paris france, france, warsaw poland, eastern europe ...
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55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Daniel, a teenager from Stockholm, spends the summer in Malmö with his mother and her new husband. Daniel gets a job at McDonald's and falls in love with a girl.
Style:
melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teen romance, summer job, first love, mother son relationship, awkwardness, teen angst, youth culture, slice of life, everyday life, summer vacation, class differences ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
After a top student faces rejection and heartbreak, he cons his way into a finance career. But keeping up the facade proves tricky as the lies build.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, realistic, stylized
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first ...
Style:
biting, existential, art house, poetic, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, breast feeding, existentialism, art, renaissance, factory, friendship, factory worker, anti communist, photographer, obsession, social commentary ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland, california ...
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, tense, period piece, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
economic crisis, social commentary, moral ambiguity, black market, communism, ambition, corruption, greed, smuggling, scheming, police surveillance, nostalgia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Montreal, June 1995. Miron is a young delinquent who parties instead of going to school. His parents, both university professors, force him to move to the countryside in the hope that the remoteness of the city's distractions would allow him to ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, suspenseful, suspense, sincere ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, coming of age, older woman teenage boy sex, love, high school, parenthood, teenage sexuality, sexually frustrated woman, teenager, self discovery, loneliness, elderly woman ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sam, a fresh graduate from Singapore, works as a journalist in Hong Kong to gain wider exposure in life. He chances upon Jane, an intriguing mainland girl who lives a wayward, depraved life on the streets of Hong Kong. Because of her previous ...
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, intercultural, multicultural
Plot:
young lovers, city life, class differences, bittersweet, coming of age, character study, soul searching, loneliness, journalism, street life, identity, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
singapore, hong kong
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story is set in the 1990s and follows the emotional and action-filled journey of Bachhala Malli, a rural hero. The narrative combines intense drama with romance, focusing on the protagonist’s challenges and personal growth in a rustic backdrop.
Style:
period piece, action drama, family saga, realistic, grim
Plot:
family conflict, heartbreak, male protagonist, social realism, personal growth, moral ambiguity, coming of age, revenge
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, melancholic, art house, political drama, tragic
Plot:
poverty, social injustice, social commentary, social realism, street life, addiction, class struggle, abuse of power, oppression, revolution, moral ambiguity, survival ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, neorealism, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
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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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, entertaining, unusual plot structure, sincere, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
Chapel, aka Coach runs a business with a bunch of call boys, but his earnings take a hit when Kalyan, aka CB, enters the market. Parallelly, Kalyan is deeply in love with Sarika. Under what circumstances did Kalyan turn into CB?
Style:
tense, dark, tension, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, underworld, power struggle, prostitution, urban, identity, betrayal, male prostitution, violence, loyalty, sexploitation, anti hero ...
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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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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, heartbreaking, dramatic, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
bangladesh
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36%
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Country: Azerbaijan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, visual, humorous, feel good, twisted ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
chef, cooking, food, daughter, love, teacher, restaurant, sisters, women, dialogue, art, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
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Place:
taiwan, asia, hong kong, taipei, tokyo ...
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, heartfelt, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
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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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student (Dominika Ostalowska) ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, touching
Plot:
lost love, accountant, couples, youth, drug dealing, criminal heroes, love and romance, clergy, teachers and students, student life, instructor, judgment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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