Movies like Drifters 2003

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Drifters (2003)
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Drifters (2003)
Original name: 二弟
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The young adult life of Hong Yunsheng, nicknamed Little Brother, is seen as somewhat of a failure by those that know him. A Chinese national, he stowed away on a boat to the United States, where he worked as a dishwasher in the restaurant of a family from his hometown back in Fujian province. After two years in the States and after fathering an illegitimate child there named Fusheng, the child's mother Xuhui who is the restaurateur's daughter, he was deported back to China. Since, he has been floundering in life, which has caused a rift between himself and his older brother, who, with his wife, operate a street front diner and can't have children of their own. Little Brother relies on his new girlfriend, a woman he barely knows named Wu Ruifang who is a performer in a touring opera troupe, for emotional support. Despite Little Brother being the local poster boy for not stowing away, his friend named Monkey tried to do the same, but died on the voyage over due to exposure to toxic ..
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, crying
Plot: family relations, deportation, immigrant, restaurant, love affair, eccentric family, politics, parents and children, love and romance, society, family problems, working class, family in crisis, estrangement, single parent, friendship, husband wife relationship, refugee, village, ship, misfit, hospital, village life, doctors and patients, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: china, shanghai, shanghai china
Keyword: chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, crying and sincere films with plots about family relations, parents and children, cigarette smoking, food, husband wife relationship, boy and mother daughter relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Drifters: Seventeen Years (1999), The Keys to the House (2004), Liam (2000), Ladybird Ladybird (1994), Child's Pose (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Seventeen Years (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, China, Italy, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Is a simple family drama that evolves into a moving study of immutable family ties and is also a scathing indictment of the political and penal system in China.
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The Keys to the House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Audience: teens
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Time: year 2004
Place: germany, italy, europe, berlin germany, milan italy
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Liam (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, sincere, depressing ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
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Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, art film ...
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Place: romania, eastern europe, europe
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, emotional ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: bleak, road movie, inspirational, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: refugee, immigrant, politics, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, hopes, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time: year 2002, year 2001
Place: middle east, afghanistan, iran, pakistan, turkey ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: boy, mysterious character, birthday, parents and children, family problems, eccentric family, isolation, religions or cults, youth, commune, promise, fighting the system ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Magnifico (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min.
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Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, prodigy, single parent, dealing with death, society, youth, disability, rich and poor ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: touching, emotional, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, working class, society, single parent, family problems, unfulfillment, poverty, boy, loss of daughter, hopes, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: realistic, touching, serious, emotional, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: san diego california, miami, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
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Time: year 2002, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 99 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
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77%
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76%
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76%
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75%
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74%
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74%
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74%
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