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The Ballroom (2007)
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Original name: Chega de Saudade
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.
Style:
retro, period piece, wistful
Plot:
loneliness, old age, aging, nostalgia, reminiscence, flirting, desire, memory, community, nightlife, slice of life, bittersweet, character study, intimate, friendship, melancholy, intimacy, realism, regret, social realism, hopes, domestic drama, dancing, betrayal, dancer ...
Time:
future
Place:
brazil
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Most similar movies to The Ballroom
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, romantic drama, emotional and realistic films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, nostalgia, character study, loneliness and regret mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Ballroom: Black and White (2010), Passion (2008), On the Air (1995), The Tomorrow Man (2019), Before Twilight (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a ...
Style:
poignant, reflective
Plot:
friendship, companionship, aging, loneliness, nostalgia, slice of life, community, realism, melancholy, intimacy, humanism, intimate ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Style:
tension, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, intimate, realism, character study, confrontation, jealousy, domestic drama, slice of life, secrets, bittersweet, mature ...
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67%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Alberto is a disc-jockey at a radio station. His life is torn apart by the memories of his ex-wife and his free and careless life in the 60s. Alberto remembers, and his memories don't let him live his present life with Ana, his current ...
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, retro, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
dj, memory, radio, nostalgia, character study, flashback, obsession, regret, longing, past life, reminiscence, midlife crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost ...
Style:
romantic drama, social, romantic comedy, romantic, melancholic
Plot:
loss of child, survivalist, lovers, love, loneliness, second chance, character study, realism, intimate, midlife crisis, everyday life, slice of life ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's Faust.
Style:
comedy drama, life affirming
Plot:
actor, retirement, aging, elderly, theater, dream, memory, bittersweet, nostalgia, faust, retirement home, community ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a couple of chance encounters the nightly meetings with Juli become the most important thing in Juan's life. God willing, fantasy can become reality.
Style:
romantic drama, black and white
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, character study, longing, melancholy, working class, slice of life, realism, intimate, city life, tango, secret relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five old men and a kid are travelling in a train's cabin without purpose. They travel because it's free and they don't have another place to stay. From their conversations we learn the tragedies of their lives. Also the hidden ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, sociological
Plot:
loneliness, aging, character study, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, journey, friendship, isolation, regret, daily life, drifting ...
Time:
90s
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Five women, Anikha, Isha, Gauri, Kullante and Aami, undergo life-changing experiences with regard to love.
Style:
anthology, emotional, poignant, sensitive, realistic ...
Plot:
love, slice of life, character study, bittersweet, everyday life, intimacy, urban, longing, social realism, hopes, desire, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
56%
113
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heidi M. is in her late forties and has a small store in the pulsating center of Berlin. She goes out in the evenings with her friend Jacqui, but when she is unexpectedly confronted with romantic love, old wounds are opened.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, longing, introspection, city life, urban, bittersweet, loneliness, desire, self discovery, confrontation, realism ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A group of musicians, prostitutes, gamblers, and laborers, react to the arrival of a tango pianist at a saloon.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
tango, musician, pianist, prostitution, dancing, passion, character study, club, intimate, male protagonist, desire, seduction ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ukrainian sculptor who is taking wife's death hard acquires the hope to begin a new life after appearance of Iraqi refugee. He desires to fall in love not taking into consideration the rival of young soldier.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, poignant
Plot:
refugee, love triangle, grief, jealousy, unrequited love, bereavement, sculptor, loss, musician, friendship, domestic drama, healing ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, europe
Similarity:
47%
310
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Love, passion, disappointment, pain and sadness shape this love triangle between Aniceto, Francisca and Lucía, played by dancers Hernán Piquín, Natalia Pelayo and Alejandra Baldón.
Style:
romantic, sensual, poetic, stylized, art house ...
Plot:
rooster, dance, tango, love triangle, choreography, passion, sadness, ballet, loss, melancholy, jealousy, heartbreak ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
46%
250
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In their youth they loved each other, but then parted. Ilya got married, Alexandra married, but the family life did not work out for both of them. Having met again, they understand that they still love each other, and spend seven happy days together ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
character study, bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, regret, realism, longing, midlife crisis, isolation, minimalism, couples, infidelity ...
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46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Everyday, Nelia waits outside a store in Timog hoping for Delfin--a man that she lost 40 years ago--to comeback. Unwilling to forget the romance that she spent with him, she recalls their tale set amid the timeless beauty of Quezon City in 1970s. ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
memory, lost love, longing, waiting, unrequited love, female protagonist, reminiscence, bittersweet, character study, intimate, slice of life, small town ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kraskov and Vera have long loved each other. They are unable to part, however, and connect their destinies can not and have already accepted the circumstances of life: he has a family, three children. A chance meeting in Moscow with a young couple, ...
Style:
period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
longing, black ops, unfulfilled love, marriage, infidelity, intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, regret, pretense, affection, family life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, black sea, ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A sequel to Love Mocktail. Revolves around Aadi after the demise of his wife Nidhi. How does he move on from such a loss?
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
grief, loss of spouse, healing, mourning, bereavement, bittersweet, personal growth, loneliness, memory, second chance, slice of life, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, independent film, art house
Plot:
woman, female protagonist, marriage, abandonment, character study, loss, loneliness, metaphor, domestic drama, symbolism, modern life, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
While waiting for her first child, young teacher Masha Pavlova suddenly decides that her husband does not understand her, and therefore does not respect her interests. Having ceased to understand each other, the couple divorced. Nikolai, who once ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, loneliness, divorce, marriage, domestic drama, intimate, slice of life, regret, family drama, unrequited love, gender roles, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mahmoud is man in his late 50s, who owns a photocopying store. When he comes across a topic about dinosaurs, he becomes obsessed with searching for the causes of its extinction, which leads him to rediscover love, friendship, paternity and the real ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, existential, realistic ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, aging, elderly man, slice of life, money problems, social issues, life, problem, meaning of life, social problems, friendship ...
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
"Love is sweet when it's new, it's sweeter when it's true".The movie mainly focuses on Sabu and Kevin, the two bystanders in the hospital. Sabu waits for his wife"s recovery, and Kevin, for his mother's surgery. ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, touching, feel good, independent film
Plot:
hospital, love story, relationships, compassion, marriage, friendship, life lesson, bonding, bittersweet, slice of life, empathy, second chance ...
Similarity:
41%
272
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Pueng, daughter of a military Colonel, has planned to spend her married life with Mann, a young Lieutenant with a promising future. On the day Martial Law was announced, she received a wedding invitation from a high school friend back in her ...
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
wedding, memory, nostalgia, second chance, love triangle, young love, bittersweet, coming of age, small town, friendship, flashback, regret ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A strong controversial adult drama about troubles facing young married and non-married couples. The old friends are invited at Khaled's and Perry's daughter birthday. Moushira is married to Ali, Amr to Farah , and Sameh is having an affair ...
Style:
islamic
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, husband wife relationship, adultery, psychotherapy, character study, couples, domestic drama, troubled marriage, introspection, urban, slice of life ...
Place:
cairo egypt, alexandria egypt
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, under the surface, life is a bitch, friends, countryside, writer's life, coming of age, literature, nostalgia, introspection ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Again the film centres on a decidedly ordinary young woman – here, thirtysomething single Simone – caught up in an extraordinary situation: finding she’s pregnant after an anonymous (and evidently rare) one-night stand, she visits the hospital ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
domestic drama, unplanned pregnancy, character study, jealousy, mature, terminal illness, bittersweet, intimate, loneliness, slice of life, moral dilemma, social class ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An old man lives out the final years of his half-century marriage by living and remembering.
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
memory, marriage, long term relationship, reminiscence, love story, mature, domestic drama, bittersweet, intimate, regret, family history, beach ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Suddenly learning she is terminally ill, Se-yeon asks her husband, Jin-bong the absurd task of helping her find her first love, and he unwillingly joins her search. Along their journey, Se-yeon and Jin-bong are reminded of the most glittering, ...
Style:
entertaining, life affirming, romantic drama, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, first love, marriage, terminal illness, bittersweet, nostalgia, couple relations, couples, escapades, love, family relations, relationships ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
self discovery, character study, old age, loneliness, companionship, mature, aging, second chance, intimate, midlife crisis, bittersweet, everyday life ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Follows the lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood. Kim Man-Suk delivers milk on a motorbike at dawn. He curses a lot, but actually has a warm heart. One day when he goes up a slope, he meets Ms. Song - a lonely woman who works hards ...
Style:
romantic drama, sincere, captivating, heartfelt, reflective ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, neighborhood, loneliness, aging, elderly couple, kindness, good deed, old man, elderly woman, elderly man, love story ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At the end of their college years, Miller finds that he and his college buddies are growing apart as they choose different paths into the future. They are regulars at Murphy's, a popular watering hole of choice where Miller and Jim meet with ...
Plot:
friendship, high school friend, college life, coming of age, male bonding, young adult, nostalgia, bittersweet, slice of life, regret, intimate, loss of innocence ...
Place:
reno nevada
Similarity:
35%
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