Movies like The Olive Tree

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The Olive Tree (2016)
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The Olive Tree (2016)
Original name: El olivo
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat. His sons—Alma’s father and uncle—are impatient with him, but Alma understands her grandfather. She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. (A sadly common reality in Castellón at present.) Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard, so that her grandfather may have peace in his final days.
Style: road movie, sincere, touching, humorous, semi serious, silent, silent film
Plot: farming, travel, friendship, uncle niece relationship, plan, anxiety, dementia, love interest, money, restaurant, lie, bankruptcy, mute, prank, farmer, farm, teenager, women, capitalism, parenthood, truck, female nudity, death, divorce, internet ...
Time: 2010s
Place: spain, germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and sincere films with plots about friendship, family relations, friends, on the road, parents and children, mother daughter relationship and hospital mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Olive Tree: Happy 140 (2015), Crossing Borders (2006), 2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014), Hi, Are You Alone? (1995), Intimate Stories (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Happy 140 (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Crossing Borders (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live ...
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2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Madrid, 1974. Six years have passed since Martin and his family have returned to Spain from Switzerland. A visit to their adopted country will bring complications.
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Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: switzerland
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Hi, Are You Alone? (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
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Intimate Stories (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
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The Tunnel (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The thirteen survivors of a catastrophe by a tunnel's collapse tries to balance their experience trapped along 15 days inside it with their day-by-day outside it.
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Country: Belgium
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Tour de Force (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Belgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their closest friends. They all looks forward to the ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: contemplative, realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
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One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
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Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: road movie, serious, sincere, touching, spiritual ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: touching, semi serious, captivating, sincere, scenic ...
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The Amazing Catfish (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 139 min.
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Style: sincere, sentimental, emotional, touching, captivating ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating
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Thunder Road (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
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Style: humorous, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
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The Perfect Stranger (2011)
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Duration: 92 min.
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