Movies like David and Lisa 1998
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David and Lisa (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It was adapted as a stage play in 1967, and was remade as a television movie in 1998 starring Lukas Haas, Sidney Poitier and Brittany Murphy.
Style:
psychological, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
split personality, teenage love, friendship, youth, misfit, mental institution, family relations, love and romance, mental illness, love affair, teenage life, young lovers, looking for love, doctors and patients, social relations, hopes, unfulfillment, unlikely couple, power relations, young love, mental health, romance
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about love and romance, couples, family relations, youth, society, unfulfillment and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like David and Lisa: Sweet Hostage (1975), The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999), Falling Like This (2001), Don't Let Me Drown (2009), A Dangerous Woman (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
Style:
realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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39%
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Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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