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Breathe (2014)
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Original name: Respire
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
Style:
psychological, touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, depressing, suspense, social, stylized, poignant ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, asthma, teenage love, mother daughter conflict, lesbian, young lovers, female friendship, coming of age, high school, psychological torment, end of friendship, lie, secret life, youth, love affair, teenage life, social relations, obsession, unfulfillment, danger, breakup, teenager, lgbt, betrayal, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, south of france
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Most similar movies to Breathe
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and psychological films with plots about coming of age, youth, teenage girl, teenager, teenage life, friendship and family relations mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Breathe: Water Lilies (2007), Odd Girl Out (2005), After Lucia (2012), Same-Sex Parents (2001), Lost and Delirious (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, lgbt, teenage girl, lesbian interest, lesbian teen, teenage love, sapphic, teenage sexuality, teenager, lesbian love, forbidden love ...
Place:
paris france, indiana, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, high school, teenage love, high school life, school, lifestyle, buddies, family relations, friendship, misfit, love and romance, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, society, high school life, missing girl, rape, teenage life, estrangement, social decay, parents and children, social relations, family problems, high school ...
Time:
near future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
A jealous classmate exposes the fact that Olympe has 2 gay parents. Feeling ostracized and humiliated, Olympe lashes out at her closeted mother. Life unravels so that the truth can set them free.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian sex, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, teenage love, teenage life, youth, sexual relations, lgbt, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls' first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Set in a posh, private boarding school surrounded by luxuriant, green forest, Lost and Delirious moves ...
Style:
touching, sexy, teen, depressing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, sapphic, lesbian teen, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, love, forbidden love, lesbian lover, lesbianism, lesbian sex ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her parents' lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds in her ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian love, teenage girl, lesbian interest, female nudity, coming of age, lesbian, lesbian sex, summer vacation, lgbt, self discovery, teenage love, lesbian relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, captivating, hood ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, teenager, youth, society, poverty, peer pressure, street gang, against the rules, dull life, teenage life, black ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, africa, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the male friends she has she breaks up the friendship, followed by a suicide attempt. Later, Louise ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, tense, sexual ...
Plot:
obsessive love, lesbian relationship, lesbian, female nudity, suicide attempt, obsession, haunted by the past, friendship, love triangle, couples, dangerous attraction, destructive relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, sincere, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, brother sister incest, incest, rape, youth, teenage life, suicide, homosexual, high school life, teenage love, incest rape, social relations ...
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia, australia
Similarity:
100%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Style:
controversial, sad, independent film, crying, disgusting ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
11 year old girl, coming of age, competition, menarche, friendship, hijab, dancer, dancing, child, dancehall girl, pedophilia, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, lesbian relationship, lovers, lesbian teen, lesbianism, love, sex, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, california
Similarity:
75%
329
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Sonja is struggling to deal with her parent separation, and find her feelings for her best friend might not just be a phase.
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, sexy, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, lesbian, friendship, love and romance, family relations, youth, couples, friends, unfulfilled love, lifestyle, best friend, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
454
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two best friends attend the funeral of a Hebrew school classmate who died by suicide and accidentally damage their friendship beyond repair.
Style:
sexy, psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian interest, lgbt, friend, lesbianism, love and romance, love, lesbian relationship, gay love, society, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, distraught from her vain attempt to connect with her estranged mother, resorts to cutting herself. When she develops an online relationship with an older woman, she learns to accept her sexuality and the endless solitude of sprawling ...
Style:
touching, serious, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, losing-it hero, hopes, coming of age, teenage girl, female sexuality, lesbian interest, solitude, introspection, teenage life, family problems, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, closeted lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, abusive father, sexual confusion, skinny dipping, lesbian sex, young lovers, lesbianism, gay love, lovers ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Starting her senior year in high school, Sara doesn't have many friends and is caught between an overbearing mother, and a more understanding father. With uneasiness at school and tension in the household, Sara escapes to smoke in a little ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, psychological, melancholic, touching, sexy ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, coming of age, lesbian interest, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, love and romance, gay love, gays and lesbians, youth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, ecuador
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style:
touching, psychological, independent film, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, rape, bullying, youth, rape victim, school, teenage life, innocence lost, teenager, unsupportive friend, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
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107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, Belgium, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After experiencing a tragedy, Irish brothers Dara and Eoin move to rural France, where they become friends with young Bella, whose beauty and charm bewitches the emotionally unstable Dara.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, youth, family relations, teenage love, love and romance, unfulfillment, couples, friendship, society, problem child, arson ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, ireland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Style:
bleak, serious, art house, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
unemployment, fishing, mother daughter conflict, snitch, realism, loneliness, pride, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, family problems, down on your luck, loser ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, france, europe, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style:
touching, realistic, gloomy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friends, teenage life, life is a bitch, boy girl relationship, youth, family problems, friendship, high school life, social relations, dysfunctional family, school, social decay ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, teen, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage life, youth, teenager, teenage girl, crush, loneliness, high school life, high school, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
california, palo alto california, britain, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle racing on the biker circuit at Rungis. ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, family problems, teenage girl, troubled youth, drug abuse, woman, death in the family, car race, motorcycle race ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anna, a divorced single mother, employs a mysterious young woman called Lise to care for her children.
Style:
tense, melancholic, art house, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, single mother, lesbian, existential loneliness, intimacy, secrets, caretaker, young woman, moral ambiguity, trauma, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, serious, social ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, best friend, civil war, life is a bitch, society, dysfunctional family, youth, parents and children, teenage life, lgbt, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, tbilisi, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.
Style:
serious, realistic, teen, sad, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
bullying, high school, suicide attempt, teen angst, teenage life, teenager, popularity, rumor, social misfits, intrigue, socially awkward, bully ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, teen, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, bullying, found footage, high school, popular girl, female bully, mean girl, high school life, kids in trouble, teenage life, suicide, humiliation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, first sex, love and romance, loss of virginity, teenager in love, female friendship, teen romance, friendship, youth, wooing, teenage love ...
Time:
year 1992, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, tennessee, yale university ...
Similarity:
100%
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