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Ixcanul (2015)
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Ixcanul (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Guatemala, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film, gloomy
Audience: teen drama
Plot: poverty, teenage life, youth, love and romance, unfulfilled love, arranged marriage, coming of age, volcano, mother daughter relationship, feminist, native, wedding planning, indigenous people, feminism, farmer, minimalism, farm, landscape, radical, pregnancy, snake, sex scene, teenage girl, pregnant woman, pig ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: africa, latin america, guatemala
Keyword: brick, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and touching films with plots about youth, teenage life, coming of age, teenage girl, love and romance, family relations and teenager mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Ixcanul: In Mom's Head (2007), In Between Days (2006), Milk (2008), Virgin (2003), Being 14 (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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In Mom's Head (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, youth, life is a bitch, love and romance, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, secret, intergenerational friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
In Between Days (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A Korean immigrant falls in love with her best friend while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country.
Style: emotional, realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, society, unfulfilled love, youth, unfulfillment, women of color, love, couples, refugee ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Milk (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A high school graduate, Yusuf could not pass the university entrance exam. Writing poetry is his greatest passion and some of his poems are being printed in various obscure literary journals. But neither these poems, nor the rapidly falling price of ...
Style: realistic, art house, psychological, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, introspection, teenage love, leaving home, unfulfillment, family relations, hopes, small town, farm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Virgin (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, teenage life, parents and children, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Being 14 (2015)
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, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, friends, high school life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Jess + Moss (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, farm, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, society, smoking, teenager, childhood, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Lesser Blessed (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Larry, a 16-year-old Tlicho Indian, lives in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. He loves heavy metal music and has a crush on his classmate, the high school's hottie, Juliet Hope. Larry's past holds a variety of terrors—his father ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, stylized
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, teenage love, love and romance, youth, teenage life, small town, native, coming of age, native american, indigenous people, heavy metal, snow ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
All Cats Are Grey (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This Belgian drama is about the special bond between father and daughter. Paul is a 46 year old PI. Dorothy is almost 16 and has an identity crisis when she finds out her father isn't her biological father. Her mother won't tell her ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Plot: private detective, unknown father, obsession, teenage life, youth, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, paternity revealed, fatherhood, nightclub, coming of age, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, belgium, brussels
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Due East (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar (Bryant) who has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: single parent, teenage pregnancy, small town, coming of age, teenage life, destructive relationship, couples, family relations, parents and children, lifestyle, love and romance, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenage pregnancy, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, mother and daughter, babies and infants, adoption, pregnancy, baby, parents and children, youth, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Bag of Flour (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Morocco
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, rebelliousness, discrimination, teenage love, society, youth, love and romance, political unrest, feminism, orphan, little girl ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, year 1984
Place: morocco, africa, middle east, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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17 Girls (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Inspired by events that took place in Massachusetts, Delphine and Muriel Coulin's provocative debut focuses on a group of bored teenage girls who all make an irrevocable pact. When Camille (Louise Grinberg) accidentally becomes pregnant, she ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, clever, controversial ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: innocence lost, youth, teenage life, solidarity, rebelliousness, rebellion, best friend, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, pregnant teenager, small town, group of friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Miss Sweden (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Moa is in her early 20s, works at a factory and lives by herself in a cottage in the forest. She is a vegan and follows her friends and demonstrations, mostly to fit in. But at home, by herself, she listens to pop music and use make-up.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, sexual
Plot: vegetarian, small town, family relations, youth, teenage life, friendship, relationships, teenager, coming of age, feminism, aging, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, art house ...
Plot: forbidden love, against the rules, rebelliousness, love and romance, teenage life, dull life, adolescence vs adulthood, deadend life, pregnancy, miscarriage, women's issues, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dear Prudence (2010)
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
Plot: coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, family problems, teenage girl, troubled youth, drug abuse, woman, death in the family, motorcycle race, car race ...
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Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Wajma, an Afghan Love Story (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship—they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Lebanon, Pa. (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, culture clash, society, love and romance, pregnancy, coming of age, hopes, youth, wooing, small town, road not taken, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Sonja (2006)
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
Plot: coming of age, lesbian, friendship, love and romance, family relations, youth, friends, couples, unfulfilled love, lifestyle, best friend, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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It Felt Like Love (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, touching, sexy, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, teenage girl, first sex, youth, obsession, self discovery, best friend, friendship, wooing, hot guys, teenager, sexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
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Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
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All Good Children (2010)
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, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, obsession, teenage love, family relations, youth, love and romance, unfulfillment, couples, society, friendship, cat, childhood trauma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Forbidden Fruit (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, sincere
Plot: coming of age, teenage girl, friendship between girls, best friend, teenage life, conservatism, conservative morals, religion, lifestyle, youth, fish out of water, culture clash ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: helsinki finland, europe, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Gracie's Choice (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, custody battle, coming of age, youth, custody, adoption, responsibility, parents and children, family values, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
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Audience: teens, teen drama
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Buddha Mountain (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ding Bo (Chen Po Lin) and his friends Nan Feng (Fan Bingbing) and Fei Zao aka Fatso (Fei Long) are a trio of 20-something outsiders who have no intention of sitting exams and getting into universities. When they need a new home, they answer an ad ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: teenage life, rebelliousness, teenage love, best friend, rebellion, youth, love and romance, coming of age, friends, urban, dealing with death
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52%
Absent Father (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: teenage runaway, life turned upside down, teenage life, love and romance, youth, family relations, religions or cults, pregnancy, miraculous event, on the run, disorder, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston
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51%
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Girlhood (2014)
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, captivating, touching, serious, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, friendship, society, teenager, youth, innocence lost, peer pressure, poverty, street gang, against the rules, dull life, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: paris france, africa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Worlds Apart (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jehovah's witness, separation from family, forbidden love, religions or cults, coming of age, introspection, self discovery, teenage life, love and romance, moral dilemma, religion, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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S#x Acts (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Gili is a teenager who decides to change schools. She is determined to improve her lame social status. Over the course of a few weeks she hooks up with several different boys, all from her new school. Their encounters get more and more sexual, each ...
Style: realistic, sexual, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, sex scene, sexual promiscuity, sexual relations, male masturbation, casual sex, sexual abuse, school, surveillance, nudity ...
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Alpine Fire (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher, and the younger Franzi, deaf, and although he works like a man, child-like. Belli teaches him. In his work, he can become frustrated, so when he throws ...
Style: offbeat, erotic, serious, realistic, surreal ...
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, forbidden love, brother sister sex, sex with brother, sex with sister, incestuous sex, deaf, youth, siblings relations, female nudity, sex scene ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: swiss alps, switzerland, germany, europe
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51%
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