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The Kirishima Thing (2012)
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The Kirishima Thing (2012)
Original name: 桐島、部活やめるってよ
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, touching, semi serious, psychological, captivating, clever, humorous, stylized
Plot: high school, disappearance, friendship, society, youth, social relations, high school student, rivalry, teenager, asian, great ending, japanese schoolgirl, japanese high school, friends, misfit, student life, high school life, teenage life, social differences, social misfits, zombie, basketball, baseball, bus trip, volleyball ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and psychological films with plots about youth, friendship, society, teenage life, high school life, friends and high school mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like The Kirishima Thing: Bright Future (2002), Blue Spring (2001), Sex and the USA (2008), Ricochet River (2001), The Battery (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bright Future (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
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Plot: gang, friendship, rebelliousness, resentment, estrangement, father son relationship, post apocalypse, asian, ghost, hopes, pets, boss and employee ...
Place: japan, asia
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Blue Spring (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
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Sex and the USA (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Thirteen year old Audrey Shaw is new to Bellweather, California and certain shell never fit in when she meets Krista Rich, the pretty, popular girl she aspires to be "or be with" shes just not sure. In a conservative California town, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual, mockumentary
Audience: teens
Plot: friends, youth, friendship, lifestyle, society, teenage life, coming of age, innocence lost, high school life, teenager, drug, sexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Ricochet River (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: hree teenagers looking for adventure find more than they expected in this coming-of-age drama. High school seniors Wade (Jason James Richter) and Lorna (Kate Hudson) have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
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The Battery (2007)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 118 min.
Story: Because of his younger brother’s poor health, Takumi and his family move to a different Japanese town. There, Takumi, an incredibly gifted baseball pitcher, gradually alienates his relatives and friends by putting sports above all else in life.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, baseball, family relations, teenage life, social misfits, youth, misfit, athlete's life, high school life, family life, siblings relations, solitary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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About the Pink Sky (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: High school student Izumi Kawashima, whose daily routine is rating newspaper articles, finds a wallet containing a large sum of cash. Instead of returning the wallet to its owner, Izumi decides to lend a substantial portion of the money to a ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, offbeat ...
Plot: high school, best friend, social relations, youth, high school life, teenage life, friends, moral dilemma, photographer, teenager, journalism, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
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Run! T High School Basketball Club (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team. Instead of welcoming the boy the students there decide to bully and harass the new player leading Yoichi ...
Style: captivating, contemplative, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense
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Welcome to Reality (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: This dramatic series follows a group of troubled Mexican teens in their last year of school, coping with such challenges as drug abuse and sexual identity. In other words, growing up.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: family relations, friends, social relations, high school, society, youth, social issues, teenage life, friendship, teenage girl, teenager, high school life
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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A Thousand Times Stronger (2010)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 85 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, touching, disturbing, serious ...
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Plot: misfit, lifestyle, social relations, teenage life, self discovery, friends, high school life, school, teenager, harassment, youth, misled ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Drucker in the Dug-Out (2011)
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Story: The movie is about Minami Kawashima, a high school girl who becomes the manager of her school's baseball team in place of her hospitalized friend, Yuki Miyata. She tries to lead the team to the National High School Baseball Championship by ...
Style: captivating, sincere, uplifting, psychological
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Toe to Toe (2009)
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Country: USA
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Duration: 124 min.
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Style: contemplative, sentimental, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
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Mamitas (2011)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 109 min.
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