Movies like Distant
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Distant (2002)
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Original name: Uzak
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little to alleviate their detachment.
Style:
sincere, art house, stylized, lyrical, philosophical, psychological, touching, slow cinema, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
unemployment, loneliness, photograph, midlife crisis, isolation, telephone call, photography, art, complex characters, family relations, culture clash, love and romance, introspection, existentialism, solitude, society, looking for love, down on your luck, human nature, male female relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, winter, muslim, depression, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, turkey, istanbul turkey, balkan, maghreb, paris france, berlin germany ...
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Most similar movies to Distant
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, contemplative, gloomy and psychological films with plots about family relations, existentialism, loneliness, solitude, society, melancholy and depression mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Distant: Oslo, August 31st (2011), The Turin Horse (2011), Winter Sleep (2014), The Sacrifice (1986), Three Monkeys (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On the 30th August, he is given a day’s leave to attend a job interview in the city centre.
Style:
depressing, touching, gloomy, sad, melancholic ...
Plot:
suicide, drug addict, suicide attempt, depression, addiction, emptiness, hopes, drug addiction, character study, complex characters, old friend, job interview ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, scandinavia, europe, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signals the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
Style:
slow cinema, thought provoking, bleak, black and white, serious ...
Plot:
horse, poverty, survival, destiny, nihilism, desperation, philosopher, everyday life, family relations, human nature, isolation, dying ...
Time:
19th century, distant future, turn of the century, year 2011, 90s ...
Place:
turin italy, europe, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 196 min.
Story:
Aydin, a retired actor, owns a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal and his sister Necla, who is coping with her recent divorce. During the winter, snow covers the ground and boredom brings the return of old memories, pushing ...
Style:
philosophical, art house, cerebral, independent film, meditative ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, winter, hotel, divorce, storytelling, art, haunted by the past, social differences, couple relations, estrangement, guest, workplace ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
middle east, cappadocia turkey, maghreb, turkey
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:
cerebral, atmospheric, philosophical, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
insanity, existentialism, spirituality, religion, female nudity, distopia, art, dialogue, philosophy, god, post apocalypse, mental disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
soviet union, ussr, europe, russia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, art house, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, family secret, injustice, family life, hidden identity, innocence lost, workplace, boss and employee, life is a bitch, hidden truth, minimalism, politics ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey, maghreb, balkan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, political, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
working class, unemployment, seaport, friendship, society, redemption, small town, working conditions, job seeking, self esteem, life is a bitch, breaking point ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iberian peninsula, europe, galicia, switzerland, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is ...
Style:
atmospheric, art house, slow cinema, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
murder, police investigation, forensic, brutality, forensics, character study, road trip, isolation, everyday life, law enforcement, introspection, existentialism ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia, maghreb, turkey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own. (TIFF)
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
loneliness, rape, haunted by the past, social misfits, disorder, confined, introspection, misfit, isolation, women, abandoned baby, resistance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, middle east
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, erotic, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, sexual relations, crazy love, rape, winter, rough sex ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
turkey, middle east, sarajevo, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
This is a movie within a movie, about a director, Muzaffer, who goes back to his hometown to make a film using a cast of local people (based on the director Ceylan's first feature, Kasaba). While Muzaffer is around, his mother complains about ...
Style:
contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, alienation, lonely, art, family relations, human nature, innocence lost, artists and showbiz, parents and children, urban setting, turtle, minimalism ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.
Style:
aesthetic, slow cinema, black and white, art house, independent film
Plot:
art, minimalism, muslim, alienation, small town, spring, children, town, turk, rural setting, student, school ...
Place:
turkey, middle east
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style:
surreal, black comedy, philosophical, art house, satirical ...
Plot:
surrealism, dark humor, multiple storylines, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, swedish, nordic, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
russia, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On a dark, rainy night, an historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors ...
Style:
contemplative, surreal, sincere, atmospheric, slow cinema ...
Plot:
longing, tourist, introspection, human nature, dull life, solitude, theater, loneliness, minimalism, underground, asian, life & death ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
taipei, taiwan, japan, east asia, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style:
emotional, touching, meditative, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, midlife crisis, family life, everyday life, jealousy, parents and children, marriage, suffering, gardening, insomnia, character study ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, paris france, ireland ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, humorous, touching, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, bittersweet, depression, small town, grief, melancholy, loner, train, new in town, loss, solitude ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, canada ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Style:
sincere, depressing, sexy, emotional, dark comedy ...
Plot:
weatherman, midlife crisis, family drama, dysfunctional family, hopes, relationship vs career, family problems, father son relationship, solitude, character study, father, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very ...
Style:
disturbing, talky, philosophical, black comedy, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
existentialism, sexual abuse, nihilism, humiliation, voyeurism, alienation, drifter, character study, sex scene, rape, cruelty, rapist ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, depressing, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
religion, existentialism, suicide, priest, winter, faith, midlife crisis, darkness, philosophy, spirituality, great ending, art ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Sweden, Qatar
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer returns to his native village in rural Turkey, where he becomes overwhelmed by his father's debts.
Style:
captivating, erotic, psychological, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
writers, childhood, debt, family conflict, family relations, father son relationship, homecoming, countryside, family crisis, gambler, gambling debt, snow ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, bosnia herzegovina, maghreb, turkey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous ...
Style:
independent film, road movie, black and white, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
minimalism, immigrant, road trip, on the road, hipster, immigration, slacker, dialogue, existentialism, coming of age, melancholy, culture clash ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, new york, ohio, manhattan new york city, cleveland ohio ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. Being alone was normal since his mother died young and his father was always away with his jazz band. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed they lack feeling. Used to being ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
solitude, couples, emotionless, hopes, fall in love, alone, musician, marriage proposal, lost love, love and romance, jazz, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
muslim, islam, society, faith, koran, politics, family relations, solitary, fall in love, new job, religions or cults, heaven ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
independent film, sentimental, clever, touching, comedy drama ...
Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, photograph, photography, smoking, dark humor, photographer, melancholy, friendship, redemption, summer, philosophy ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Japan, South Korea, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three disaffected youths live in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
youth, unemployment, society, life is a bitch, family relations, teenage life, unemployed, buddies, lifestyle, music band, friends, love triangle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a ...
Style:
philosophical, touching, cerebral, romantic, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, survival, suicide attempt, love story, society, castaway, wilderness, redemption, suicide, self discovery, discovery ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, korea ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Failing to make it on his own, 27-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
Style:
touching, emotional, stylized, sincere, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, dysfunctional family, coma, little boy, single parent, homecoming, alienation, introspection, writers, family problems, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, indiana, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, France, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a ...
Style:
contemplative, surreal, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
retirement, train, skinny dipping, surrealism, train conductor, social relations, lifestyle, elderly, self discovery, unemployment, aging, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, and wonders when he'll discover sex. ...
Style:
serious, touching, atmospheric, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
unemployment, forbidden love, social differences, society, life is a bitch, love and romance, family relations, couples, parents and children, pregnancy, judaism, loss of job ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel, latin america, argentina
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Momma's Man an adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house. An odd premise, but executed with skill and tenderness.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, mumblecore, sincere ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, family problems, introspection, love and romance, family relations, family life, eccentric family, unfulfillment, parents and children, pregnancy, relationship problems, living together ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
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