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Squint Your Eyes (2002)
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Squint Your Eyes (2002)
Original name: Zmruż oczy
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town and finds grudging refuge with the slightly slovenly caretaker of an abandoned farm, an ex-teacher.
Style: psychological, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, sexual, sexy
Plot: farm, countryside, teenage girl, twists and turns, family problems, school, friendship, youth, family relations, life is a bitch, on the run, human nature, odd couple, magic realism, bird, traumatic childhood, rural setting, friends, pets, society, idealism, celebrity culture, businessman, rat, greek ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: poland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, youth, friendship, friends, coming of age, parents and children and society mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Squint Your Eyes: Tricks (2007), Defying Gravity (2008), Caterina in the Big City (2003), The Flats (2002), To Find a Man (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tricks (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that setting a chain of events in motion will help him get closer to his father who left his mother. His sister helps him bribe fate with small sacrifices, but things go wrong and then Stefek tries a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: coming of age, brother sister relationship, family relations, parents and children, small town, siblings relations, teaching the ways of the world, single parent, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, magic realism, traumatic childhood ...
Place: poland, europe, eastern europe
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Defying Gravity (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, friendship, family problems, youth, on the run, misfit, social misfits, society, dysfunctional family, dealing with death, mute or deaf, college dropout ...
Time: 21st century
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Caterina in the Big City (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an ambient extremely divided politically.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot: youth, friendship, fish out of water, social differences, teenage life, lifestyle, society, politics, human nature, hopes, city life, school ...
Time: 2000s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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65%
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The Flats (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The Flats tells a cautionary tale of friendship and desire played out among a group of 20-somethings transitioning into adulthood. Main character Harper and his buddies make the most of their freedom prior to an impending court-ordered jail ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Plot: love triangle, youth, love and romance, human nature, unemployment, friendship between men, friendship, coming of age, friends, courtroom drama, siblings relations, friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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To Find a Man (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A boarding-school girl (Pamela Sue Martin) comes home pregnant and asks the boy (Darren O'Connor) next door for help getting an abortion.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage pregnancy, friendship, family relations, family problems, boarding school, battles, couples, friends, youth, society, betrayal, love and romance ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: new york
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The Swimsuit Issue (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A wild bachelor party and an agonizing defeat in floorball awakens Fredrik's passion for male synchronized swimming.
Style: feel good, uplifting, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: friendship, self fulfillment, buddies, ambition, society, life is a bitch, family relations, sport team, youth, physical appearance, athlete and trainer, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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55%
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Hi, Tereska (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Teenager Tereska comes from poor family and has to face difficult world and mean people around her.
Style: disturbing, touching, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, life is a bitch, sexual initiation, teenage life, misfit, youth, society, dull life, down on your luck, working class, unemployment, loneliness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
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46%
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Full Grown Men (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Style: road movie, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: amusement park, friends, family relations, couples, moral dilemma, buddies, introspection, youth, couple relations, on the road, fish out of water, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
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45%
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Viper's Nest (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Gooische Vrouwen (Vipers Nest) is based on a very popular Dutch TV series and can be described as a Dutch variation of Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives. The film tells the story of four girlfriends who live in the bourgeois area ‘t Gooi, ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, sexy, witty ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dishonesty, friendship, lifestyle, couple relations, love and romance, couples, family relations, social relations, unfulfillment, love affair, family problems, happiness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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43%
Kisses for Everyone (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, manga ...
Plot: looking for love, friendship, youth, dancer's life, medical school, pregnancy, cabaret, health, family relations, school, coming of age, prostitute ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, spain
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42%
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Cleopatra (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: fall in love, self discovery, friendship, human nature, on the road, introspection, looking for love, best friend, family business, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
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41%
Two Shots Fired (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story: One early morning, at the beginning of a very hot summer, Mariano, a sixteen-year-old teenager, returns home, jumps into the pool and does some laps with a stopwatch. Then he gets out and mows the lawn, where he accidentally cuts the mower’s power ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, disturbing, humorous, offbeat
Plot: friendship, family relations, teenage life, youth, parents and children, dark humor, boy, siblings relations, friends, urban, house, gun
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, argentina
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As Cool as I Am (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, teenage life, family relations, family problems, youth, crumbling marriage, parents and children, teenage angst, coming of age, teen romance, suburbs, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Plot: friendship, best friend, parents and children, family life, friends, couples, couple relations, children, culture, female friendship, school teacher, school ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france
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I Don't Have Many Friends (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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The Motel (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
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Place: usa, new york
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Four Shades of Brown (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 192 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Comedy - This entry in director Jean-Claude La Marre's Pastor Jones series sees the beleaguered clergyman coping with a gap in the church budget. When he can't make a payment on one of the church's loans, the pastor fears he may have ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere
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Time: future
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36%
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Bruno (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family life, parents and children, family problems, prodigy, society, hopes, eccentric family, friends ...
Time: 90s
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36%
The Girl from Paris (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that she buys an isolated farm from Adrien, an old farmer who ...
Style: realistic, humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious
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Place: paris france, france, europe
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36%
The Amazing Catfish (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
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Place: mexico
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Another Planet (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young women unsure of her cultural heritage, arrives in rural Quebec, Canada.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot: farm, coming of age, immigrant, family relations, family problems, starting over, youth, single parent, self discovery, life is a bitch, innocence lost, society ...
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Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Emma's Shadow (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her mother talking about how tragic it must be to have your ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
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Time: 1930s
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Our Precious Children (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 30 ans, l'âge des responsabilités... Martin s'apprête à partir en vacances avec sa femme Ariane et sa fille Cerise, 4 mois... C'est alors qu'il croise Constance, son ex, son amour de jeunesse, elle-même flanquée de deux ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, sexy ...
Plot: love affair, family relations, crumbling marriage, couple relations, couples, family problems, thirtysomething life, human nature, love and romance, lovers reunited, death in the family, relationship vs career ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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33%
Louder Than Bombs (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Set in a small Polish town, "Louder Than Bombs" tells the coming-of-age story of Marcin, a 21-year-old with a penchant for James Dean and The Smiths. After the death of his father, Marcin must contend with the funeral arrangements while ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: family relations, youth, love and romance, friends, friendship, parents and children, twentysomething life, dealing with death, provincial life, death, sex, rock and roll ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, poland
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33%
An Ordinary Family (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
Style: humorous, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, family relations, estrangement, family problems, family gatherings, gender, society, brother brother relationship, family vacation, brother brother conflict, friendship, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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33%
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Treading Water (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: At first glance, Mica seems a perfectly normal boy. But first glances can often be deceiving... For one, Mica's house is now a museum honouring Guillermo Garibai, the legendary Mexican crooner. Mica spends most of his time there, giving guided ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, youth, love and romance, traumatic childhood, parents and children, high school, family relations, coming of age, misfit, boy, self acceptance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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American Chai (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot: college, culture clash, follow your dream, lifestyle, teenage life, parents and children, youth, society, friendship, misfit, hopes, nothing goes right ...
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32%
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Expecting (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lizzie's best friend, Andie, becomes pregnant and offers to give the baby to her. Lizzie's husband, Peter, reluctantly goes along with being the child's father, and Andie moves into the guest room for the remainder of the pregnancy.
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, indie film ...
Plot: friends, baby, best friend, life turned upside down, family relations, friendship, pregnancy, woman, father, husband, adoption, weakness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
With Friends Like These (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Black Kelly gets back from New York, she discovers that more has changed than just her hair color while she's been away. Frederic found himself a girlfriend and plans to move. Kurt and Blonde Kelly live together with their one-year-old ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: best friend, youth, friendship, friends, homecoming, young adult, nudity, snobbism, social relations, twentysomething life, bittersweet, male full rear nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels, europe
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