Movies like Silence Like Glass
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Silence Like Glass (1989)
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Original name: Zwei Frauen
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot:
friendship, forbidden love, friends, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, society, working class, terminal illness, clinic, artists and showbiz, hopes, unfulfillment, dancer's life, ballet, death, cancer, dream, silence, strength, target, companionship, chemotherapy, bald
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about unfulfillment, couples, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes, love and romance and friendship mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Silence Like Glass: Six Weeks (1982), A Time for Dancing (2002), Always Outnumbered (1998), Octavia (1982), Duet for One (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another woman and her favorite pupil leave the country. Unable to bear all this loss, Stephanie attempts ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
disability, tragic hero, life is a bitch, family problems, musician's life, crumbling marriage, couples, family in crisis, life turned upside down, multiple sclerosis, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
405
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, emotional, psychological, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, emotional, touching, offbeat
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
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sincere, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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serious, touching, sincere, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Over the course of a year, in a small town scarred and beaten down by industrialization, Tonda and Monika, friends since childhood, come to experience what life might be like if they could be with one another – which they seemingly can't. Or ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After obtaining his medical degree from Madras Medical College, Dr. Abraham Verghese decides to re-locate to Johnson City, Tennessee. He eventually gets married to Rajani, who is an accomplished dancer, and has a boy, Steven. Since Abraham ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them.
Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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