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Lilet Never Happened (2012)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, emotional
Plot:
child prostitute, life is a bitch, social decay, kids in trouble, youth, society, danger, prostitution, social worker, police, children, relationships, call girl, street walker, urban, coming of age, child prostitution, prison, depression, street kid, snow white, mother daughter relationship, child sexual abuse, waitress, shoplifting ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
manila philippines, asia, the philippines
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and disturbing films with plots about youth, society, life is a bitch, coming of age, kids in trouble, social decay and juvenile delinquency mostly in Drama, Horror and Biography genres. Some movies like Lilet Never Happened: Bog of Beasts (2006), The Boys of St. Vincent (1992), Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001), Holly (2006), Maya (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, bleak, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, grandfather granddaughter relationship, sexual torture, coitus, voyeurism, strong sexual content, youth, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, village life, poverty, female pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, bleak, sad, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, child molestation, man boy relationship, catholic priest, childhood, pedophile, lgbt teen, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, catholic orphanage, child molester ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, newfoundland, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
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Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
Similarity:
58%
984
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Israel, Cambodia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, psychological, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
innocence lost, child prostitution, going straight, lifestyle, young heroes, hopes, life is a bitch, society, redemption, social decay, danger, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, asia
Similarity:
57%
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309
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
MAYA is a coming of age story set against an outlawed brutal practice of ritual rape still occurring in some parts of India.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, emotional, sincere, grim ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, sexual abuse, religions or cults, kids in trouble, injustice, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, introspection, society, parents and children, child rape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
54%
795
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Caden Welles is living life as large as any 20-year-old could dream … until his eyes are opened to a world few Americans know still exists: a thriving human-trafficking trade. Spurred by a true purpose, an unlikely new friendship, and the prayers ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, sentimental, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, hopes, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, human spirit, family problems, injustice, prostitute, society, escapades, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
Style:
disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
boy, circus, youth, child prostitution, human trafficking, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, kidnapping, kids in trouble, hopes, dishonesty, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, berlin germany, ukraine, europe, germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
culture clash, rich and poor, social decay, family relations, life is a bitch, society, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
45%
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775
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, precocious child, police, redemption, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story focuses on the life of an 11-year old boy surrounded by criminality and poverty in the suburbs of Naples.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, youth, friends, danger, society, life is a bitch, coming of age, social worker, social decay, urban ghetto life, teaching the ways of the world, street life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, kids in trouble, sexual abuse, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, society, life is a bitch, youth, haunted by the past, drug abuse, addiction, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, danger, drug abuse, social decay, prostitute, society, drug dealing, unemployment, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, gang, dishonesty, society, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, rich and poor, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa, africa
Similarity:
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175
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
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Time:
90s
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Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
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Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, serious, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, life is a bitch, youth, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, little boy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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33%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, touching, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, gang, juvenile delinquency, social decay, drug dealing, life is a bitch, youth, society, police corruption, urban ghetto life, social misfits, down on your luck ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
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Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, gloomy, no music
Plot:
kids in trouble, pregnancy, estrangement, life is a bitch, youth, adoption, village, abortion, struggle, countryside, down on your luck, egg ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
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Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, bleak, islamic ...
Plot:
street kid, youth, life is a bitch, dehumanization, cruelty, poverty, parents and children, family relations, power relations, master and servant, disability, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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114
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, politics, mayor, juvenile delinquency, vigilantism, moral dilemma, social decay, dishonesty, youth, rivalry, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, single parent, disorder, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, youth, parents, children, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sweden 1951. A new society is developing, a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
pregnancy, society, youth, mental illness, teenage life, win over, injustice, power relations, life is a bitch, misfit, confined, mental institution ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
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