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Falling Like This (2001)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan Wilson. Writer/Director Dani Minnick has crafted a compassionate examination of the ragged edge of suburban life as characterized by Boyd, a charming, vulnerable and inveterate juvenile delinquent whose love nearly derails the life of a middle-class teenage girl. The understated themes of adolescent rebellion, adult responsibility and the redemptive power of love are woven elegantly into this dream-like film.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, sexual, sexy, cinema verite
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, juvenile delinquent, teenage life, unlikely couple, friendship, youth, love and romance, fall in love, couples, love affair, young lovers, juvenile delinquency, on the run, teen angst, friends, best friend, high school, contests and competitions, coming of age, innocence lost, love, escape, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, car theft ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about love and romance, youth, teenage love, teenage life, fall in love, couples and coming of age mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Falling Like This: Year of the Nail (2007), Too Young to Marry (2007), Normal Adolescent Behavior (2007), Young Hearts (2020), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
sex, high school, erotica, coming of age, teenage love, humiliation, high school life, innocence lost, teenager, teenage sexuality, friendship, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, rhode island
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, cute, romantic, romantic drama, happy ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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75%
568
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young boy from a working-class family and a bored young girl from a rich family are falling in love. Soon, she's pregnant and the teenagers have to escape from their disapproving parents.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, teenage love, on the run, forbidden love, social differences, couples, lifestyle, youth, young lovers, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, love affair ...
Time:
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hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, sentimental, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, usa, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, romantic, sexy, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage love, love, opposites attract, young love, forbidden love, friendship, young lovers, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, youth, first love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, poverty, wealth, social differences, forbidden love, against the odds, young lovers, youth, society, fall in love, parents and children, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 131 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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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Spain, France, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
969
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, cynical, stylized, harsh, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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100%
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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67%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: France, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, realistic, serious, touching, freeze frame
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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emotional, romantic, touching, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
taiwan
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 121 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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19%
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