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Troubled Water (2008)
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Troubled Water (2008)
Original name: DeUsynlige
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A man convicted in his teens for killing a child is released on parole. He finds work as a church organist and develops a rewarding relationship with a priest and her young son. However, his caring for the boy catches the attention of his old victim's mother, bringing to the surface her bad memories and unanswered questions. This draws them both into troubled waters, having to learn when to hold on and when to let go.
Style: sincere, disturbing, contemplative, serious, realistic, sad, controversial, independent film, mind twisting, social ...
Plot: starting over, redemption, haunted by the past, love and romance, fall in love, single mother, loss of son, child murder, nordic, music, house, hipster, troubled, loss of child, drowning, single, pianist, society, clergy, reconciliation, unfulfillment, water, past, priest, church ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: europe, oslo norway
Keyword: norwegian, norway

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and touching films with plots about hopes, haunted by the past, family relations, love and romance, redemption, society and unfulfillment mostly in Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Troubled Water: I Used to Be Darker (2013), I Travel Alone (2011), Restless City (2011), Stanley's Gig (2000), The Mountain (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I Used to Be Darker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for ...
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Place: usa, maryland, baltimore
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I Travel Alone (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
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Restless City (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Tells the story of an African immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle and falling in love is his greatest risk.
Style: contemplative, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: immigrant, society, city life, fall in love, music, social misfits, love, african, couples, rivalry, hustler, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
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Stanley's Gig (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, independent film
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The Mountain (2011)
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Duration: 73 min.
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Plot: mountain, lesbian relationship, lesbian, hopes, introspection, couples, family problems, haunted by the past, couple relations, dealing with death, gender, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scandinavia
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Broken Bridges (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, independent film
Plot: starting over, artists and showbiz, homecoming, parents and children, music, unfulfillment, musician's life, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time: year 2006
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, touching, contemplative, gloomy
Plot: family relations, fall in love, love and romance, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, parents and children, mountain, cheating wife, brother brother conflict, unfaithful husband, snow ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Portugal
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin Mary. Now comes this rich land owner with her sublime ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Music
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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