Movies like White Soup
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White Soup (2003)
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Original name: Zurek
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The grandmother becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the man who fathered her daughter's child.The naive daughter is of little help with her mother with the search, which turns into a dangerous journey, filled with unexpected events. The mother is forced to face and overcome her own dark secrets and deepest fears, and her struggles provide her daughter with a new sense of hope and understanding of her own life.
Style:
sincere, humorous, captivating
Plot:
search for father, soldier, poverty, provincial life, mother, oath, christmas, winter, border, railway, baptism, baby, village life, bus, daughter, grave, attempted rape, teenage mother, missing father, false memory
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, captivating, sincere and semi serious films with plots about family relations, friendship, society, disorder, parents and children, village and poverty mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like White Soup: Silent Night (2017), The Roommates Party (2015), I'd Like to Be Alone Now (2019), The First Beautiful Thing (2010), Fatherhood (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
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An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le Grand Partage" creates some trouble among the residents of a Paris upscale apartment block.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After losing his wife and three kids, all Kyle wants is to mourn in peace. Unfortunately, his family insists on helping him.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything ...
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mother son relationship, family relations, femme fatale, mother, parents and children, homecoming, family life, small town, terminal illness, traumatic childhood, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, sincere, captivating, anamorphic, inspirational ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
Plot:
military, soldier, army investigation, law enforcement, military life, military base, woman in danger, rape, blackmail, attempted rape, search for father, mental patient ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman strives to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, thought provoking, light
Plot:
dream, follow your dream, rise to the top, bigger dreams, actress, father daughter relationship, misfit, friends, support, couple relations, hunting
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72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Uruguay, Brazil, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
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Plot:
dishonesty, escapades, disorder, farce, village life, cons and scams, bicycle, poverty, anarchist, pilgrim, suspense, social relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope ...
Style:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Story:
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entertaining, captivating, sincere
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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