Movies like Goodbye Solo 2008
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Goodbye Solo (2008)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style:
touching, uplifting, independent film, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, road movie, depressing, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicidal, friendship, depression, immigrant, taxi driver, loneliness, mentor, character study, elderly, suicide, society, regret, taxi, mental disorder, driver, journey, deep south, interracial relations, multiculturalism, friends, american dream, changing lives, social differences, danger, blacks and whites ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
north carolina, africa, usa, california
Keyword:
mexican, dreams, movie theatre
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, sincere, touching and serious films with plots about friendship, society, friends, husband wife relationship, family relations, hopes and interracial relations mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Goodbye Solo: Gran Torino (2008), Reign Over Me (2007), About Alex (2014), The Sunset Limited (2011), The Happiest Place on Earth (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Style:
touching, depressing, sincere, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, inspirational, atmospheric, surreal, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, suicide attempt, depression, relationships, suicide, friends, group of friends, life philosophy, writer's block, anxiety, introspection, college graduate ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york state, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the play of the same name by Pulitzer Prize Winner Cormac McCarthy, this searing two-character drama mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A daycare teacher's dreams of a home and family of her own are threatened by the loss of her husband's newspaper job and his subsequent disappearance.
Style:
neorealism, neo noir, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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oregon, alaska, portland oregon, usa
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35%
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly against his slacker nephew Stanley who lives behind the shop. Without telling his uncle, Stanley ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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