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Desperados on the Block (2009)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Their paths cross in the elevator of an anonymous student block in Munich: Clara, Motek, and Sin are three strangers in Germany, longing for acceptance and warmth, searching for a spark of the feeling we call "home". DESPERADOS ON THE BLOCK is an award-winning independent feature written & directed by Tomasz E. Rudzik.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, serious, realistic, surprise ending, offbeat
Plot:
love and romance, cause and meaning, youth, student life, society, immigrants, social misfits, looking for love, college life, bittersweet, misfit, communication problem, culture clash, love, male female relationship, second chance, deaf mute, coming of age, train, bicycle, absurd humor, nervous breakdown, a vision, language barrier, sign language ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about love and romance, youth, society, coming of age, love, misfit and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Desperados on the Block: Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013), Late Autumn (2010), Don't Let Me Drown (2009), City of Life (2009), So Young (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 47 min.
Story:
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touching, realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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390
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, atmospheric, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Story:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience:
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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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