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Zoology (2016)
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Original name: Зоология
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Natasha is a lonely, middle-aged admin employee at the zoo who still lives at home with her mother. One day her life is turned upside down when she discovers she has grown a tail…
Style:
social, absurd, suspense
Plot:
zoo, older woman younger man, magic realism, life turned upside down, doctor, social misfits, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, small town, love story, pariah, dancing, monkey, lion, bare breasts, photograph, flowers, woman, panther, hairdresser, seaside, picnic, photography, beach, mouse ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, surreal, art house and offbeat films with plots about magic realism, family relations, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, small town, woman and friendship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Zoology: Under the Glacier (1989), Mermaid (2007), Toto the Hero (1991), Clara Sola (2021), Tuesday (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A hapless guy from the city visits an isolated Icelandic seaside settlement. He gradually realizes that the seals are not what they seem, and that two of the inhabitants are magicians, vieing for the favour of a mysterious woman. Liberated from a ...
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glacier, magic realism, isolation, secrets, metaphysics, folklore, macabre, supernatural, loneliness, haunting, pastor, winter ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
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Style:
psychological, modern fairy tale, captivating, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, black sea, ussr
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86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he ...
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coming of age, hide and seek, death of sister, neighbor neighbor relationship, child, youth, children, jazz, train, male nudity, parachutist, police officer ...
Time:
year 1991, future, 90s, near future
Place:
france, europe, germany, dover england, spain ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Costa Rica, Belgium, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.
Style:
spiritual, existential
Plot:
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Place:
costa rica
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, allegory, contemplative ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, motherhood, magic realism, female protagonist, family relations, relationships, social problems, woman, life is a bitch, supernatural, talking animal, family drama ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Vincent has an extraordinary ability: his strength and reflexes increase tenfold when in contact with water. To make full use of this gift, he settles in a region with many lakes and rivers, and that is isolated enough to allow him to live a ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, emotional, humorous, serious ...
Plot:
fall in love, water, swimming pool, police, love affair, supernatural ability, hidden identity, supernatural, river, social relations, disorder, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, atlantic ocean, quebec
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Nelly has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods where her mother used to play and where she built the fort Nelly has ...
Style:
talky, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
forest, friendship, death of grandmother, female protagonist, magic realism, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, pyramid, female bonding, lake, father daughter relationship, little girl ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, philosophical, cerebral, black comedy ...
Plot:
absurdism, dark humor, power relations, society, odd couple, teaching the ways of the world, partner, misfit, on the road, existentialism, surrealism, humanity ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A gravity-defying boy raised in seclusion matures into an extraordinary man -- and an international celebrity -- who longs for human connection.
Style:
light, absurd, humorous, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
magic realism, hopes, levitation, lifestyle change, imaginary, grownups, adaptation, magic, parents and children, irresponsible, lifestyle, couples ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
La naïve et complexée Leah signe par erreur un pacte avec le diable Abargadon. Mais elle est sur les listes du Paradis, aussi l'Archange Gabriel intervientil pour causer la perte du démon. Mais Leah commence à trouver Abargadon séduisant ...
Style:
romantic comedy, dark comedy, lighthearted, absurd, existential ...
Plot:
pact with the devil, devil, female protagonist, supernatural, angel, supernatural romance, redemption, love story, transformation, moral dilemma, magic realism, charm ...
Place:
paris france
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house of a couple of Icelanders, a sea lion and a ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, homecoming, starting over, self discovery, uninvited guest, disorder, hopes, bittersweet, widow, neighbor, death of husband, seaport ...
Time:
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Place:
france, iceland
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
October, 2008. Young nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family, until an email from her mother announces, “Your brother is home.” On returning to her childhood home in Asheville, NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
metamorphosis, escape, isolation, loneliness, character study, transformation, escapism, poet, storm, mental illness, magic realism, family conflict ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, humorous, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
angel, road trip, happy ending, fish out of water, love, death, god, dog, reporter, on the road, dancing, small town ...
Place:
iowa, chicago, illinois, usa, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
bullying, women, fashion, dressmaker, small town, murder mystery, mother daughter relationship, revenge, memory, illegitimate daughter, accidental death, seamstress ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, touching, sentimental, art house, offbeat ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
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52%
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Once assuming people ignored her because they weren't interested, Lili begins to suspect that she might be literally invisible.
Style:
melancholic, realistic, surreal, tragicomedy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cerebral, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, fairy tale
Plot:
sleeping beauty, princess, king, kingdom, legend, castle, fairy, magic, royal family, father son relationship, magical, fictional kingdom ...
Time:
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593
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
dark humor, friendship, moral dilemma, friends, life turned upside down, disorder, murder, police, cover up, escapades, buddies, photograph ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing
Plot:
body transformation, family relations, magic realism, gender roles, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, parents and children, transformation, family life, parent child relationship, human becomes animal, kids and family ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hatice has a problem: she desperately needs a man. Because her younger sister Fatma is pregnant and must marry immediately. However, that is only allowed when Hatice is under the hood, as the old Anatolian tradition, to which the father Ismail ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, psychological
Plot:
family relations, female protagonist, false identity, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, migration, black, party, identity, sex scene, daughter ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, hamburg germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man.
Style:
surreal, sex comedy, avant garde, art house, dark ...
Plot:
chess, surrealism, manipulation, deception, seduction, femme fatale, memory, a vision, psychological manipulation, betrayal, obsession, symbolism ...
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Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's ...
Style:
touching, retro, humorous, teen, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
america, france, paris france
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Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, touching, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
adult child friendship, mother daughter relationship, little girl, relationship problems, mother child relationship, parents and children, family problems, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, mother and daughter ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hungary, West Germany, Cuba
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Separated identical twins ride an Orient Express unaware of each other: a feminist anarchist and a hedonistic courtesan, living under the powder-keg Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Separate families adopted the impoverished orphans. At the dawn of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
electricity, anarchy, impossible love, zoo, cinema, sexism, childbirth, new year's eve, magic realism, woman, christmas, anarchist ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, hungary, budapest, hamburg germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, captivating, semi serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sol, a 17-year-old teenager, moves with her mother to the Gonzalo's home, the actual mother's boyfriend. In this town, where from the beginning Sol only finds hostility, she must face bullying from her schoolmates and Gonzalo's ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
teenager, supernatural, owner dog relationship, life is a bitch, human dog relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, magic, magical creature, small town life, social problems, adolescence ...
Time:
2020s
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520
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Bonnie, a nine-year-old single child, is part of a family of three living in the Netherlands. They have a love of elephants, passed on by Bonnie's grandfather's grandfather who worked on a game reserve in Africa, and Bonnie feels that she ...
Style:
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