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Winter in the Blood (2013)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot Indian, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife has left him, taking with her his prize rifle. He sets out to find her, but what he's really searching for is his own uncertain identity and a glimpse of salvation.
Style:
serious, contemplative, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, offbeat, gloomy, independent film, neo western
Plot:
native american, self discovery, introspection, obsessive quest, on the road, hung over, indians, tribe, native, american indian, indigenous people, dealing with death, indigenous, twilight, native americans
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, montana
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about self discovery, family relations, introspection, hopes, haunted by the past, society and friendship mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Winter in the Blood: The Last Rites of Joe May (2011), Barking Water (2009), Shouting Secrets (2011), All the Light in the Sky (2012), Black Cloud (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and forced to confront the harsh reality of his legacy: everyone he knew had assumed he was dead, and life had gone on around him without missing a beat. ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
redemption, family relations, aging, father son relationship, self discovery, con artists, bittersweet, friends, elderly, single parent, pneumonia, domestic violence ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, illinois, chicago
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Frankie is dying. Irene hasn't forgiven him. And they are racing against time to find their way home. Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. He must go home one last time. And, like so many times before, Irene is extending herself ...
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Plot:
rehabilitation, love and romance, one last chance, hospital, hopes, road trip, memories, memory, self discovery, indigenous people, tribe, native ...
Time:
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Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
native american, getting home, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, family relations, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, native, indigenous people, family drama, estranged brother, sibling rivalry ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis, artists and showbiz, introspection, actor's life, unfulfillment, aspiring actress, beach house, nude women, global warming, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Black Cloud, is an inspirational story about a young Navajo, Native American boxer, who overcomes personal challenges as he comes to terms with his heritage, while fighting his way for a spot on the US Olympic boxing team.
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, touching, colorful ...
Plot:
native american, boxer, boxing, racism, against the odds, ambition, native, rivalry, hopes, society, self discovery, human spirit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability,the world's possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, homecoming, introspection, parents and children, family relations, estrangement, redemption, hopes, road not taken, bittersweet, unfulfillment, dying father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two isolated families meet for a summertime celebration. Food is abundant and the future seems bright, but Ningiuq, a wise old woman, sees her world as fragile and moves through it with a pervasive sense of dread. Ningiuq and her grandson Maniq are ...
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, native, human spirit, family relations, friendship, elderly, youth, hopes, escapades, island ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Davy is a 28-year-old writer on a road trip to promote his unpublished collection of short stories. A random phone call in Davy's motel room from a mysterious, sexy woman named Nicole leads to a series of phone sex sessions that surprisingly ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, self discovery, journey, introspection, mysterious character, on the road, lifestyle, family relations, long distance relationship, love and romance, lgbt, phone sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, self discovery, love and romance, couple relations, on the road, pregnancy, gypsy, family relations, travel, european, nudity, folklore ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
europe, romania
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, female friendship, coming of age, personal growth, character study, society, couples, small town, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to ...
Style:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, dishonesty, haunted by the past, clergy, life is a bitch, family relations, priest, native, american indian, winter, strong female lead ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Spain
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, theater, introspection, cinema, society, social relations, loss of job, fired from the job, social problems, filmmaking, dialogue, existentialism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, uruguay
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
HOW I GOT LOST is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Andrew and Jake, two friends dealing with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, parents and children, hopes, best friend, on the road, buddies, starting over, introspection, estrangement, nothing to lose, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, new york, pennsylvania, usa, ohio
Similarity:
22%
209
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three young people drive to Mexico to scatter their friend's ashes, they are forced to confront their own sense of family, identity and future.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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482
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, atmospheric, non-linear, contemplative, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
city life, immigrant, self discovery, friendship, restaurant, diner, family relations, social misfits, workplace romance, workplace, lonely, unfulfilled love ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A reflection on love and pleasure experienced by three women, set in France, New York, and Shanghai.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
on the run, friendship, obsessive quest, looking for love, haunted by the past, on the road, life is a bitch, city life, self discovery, female friendship, sexuality, sensuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, shanghai, new york, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, usa, memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sister Rachel Taylor of Boise, Idaho is an eager young missionary of the LDS Church who has been sent on an 18-month long mission to Austria. Rachel finds herself having a hard time adjusting to her new cultural surroundings in the foreign country. ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, religions or cults, church, society, clergy, hopes, missionary, friendship, love, latter day saints, book of mormon, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, usa, europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
This off-beat drama about man's search for meaning amidst the ache of despair chronicles Finn, an introspective English teacher entering a mid-life crisis impelled by a recent tragedy, as he sets afoot selling encyclopedias to the town locals.
Style:
serious, contemplative, atmospheric, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, hopes, haunted by the past, estrangement, single parent, small town life, profanity, cause and meaning, family business, midlife crisis, dealing with death ...
Time:
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Place:
new hampshire
Similarity:
20%
578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, captivating, touching, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, human spirit, wartime life, life is a bitch, hopes, elderly, family problems, haunted by the past, kurd, dealing with death, mountain, lost
Time:
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Place:
iraq, middle east
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20%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the peace and quiet she longed for is disrupted by the noisy construction of neighboring housing developments. Before long, Colleen discovers that she ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, psychological, black and white ...
Plot:
actor's life, introspection, direction and purpose, artists and showbiz, aging, unfulfillment, love affair, ambition, society, art, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with love and personal loss against the backdrop of a land torn by civil war in this drama from filmmaker Ozcan Alper. Sumru (Gaye Gursel) is a Turkish woman who studies ethnic music at a college in Istanbul and frequently makes ...
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
journey, on the road, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, tragic love, life is a bitch, missing person, ethnic conflict, self discovery, society, wartime life, black market ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, kurdistan, turkey
Similarity:
20%
665
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
aging, introspection, jazz, flashback sequence, memory, death of wife, friendship, elderly, dealing with death, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
introspection, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, fall in love, society, hopes, self discovery, priest, friendship, love, countryside ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
20%
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