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Parched (2015)
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a rural Indian village, four ordinary women begin to throw off the traditions that hold them in servitude in this inspirational drama.
Style:
erotic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, offbeat
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, feminist, coping, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, cultural difference, lifestyle, countryside, social relations, culture clash, villager, life philosophy, marital problem, skinny dipping, sex, lesbian, erotica, indians, fight, cave, motorcycle, fire, teenage girl ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and erotic films with plots about female protagonist, relationship problems, female nudity, woman, family problems, female full frontal nudity and relationships mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like Parched: Sexual Awakenings (2002), Slalom (2020), Fly Away Solo (2015), Sand Storm (2016), Skater Girl (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman wishes to model nude for a men's magazine. The only problem is, her husband (a retired photographer) is against the whole idea.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, erotic
Plot:
female nudity, sex scene, erotica, seduction, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, photographer, marital problem, nude, seductive woman, sex on a sofa, sex in a chair ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
15 year-old Lyz, a high school student in the French Alps, has been accepted to a highly selective ski club whose aim is to train future professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, Fred, ex-champion turned coach, decides to make Lyz ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, semi autobiographical
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, skiing, sexual assault, female protagonist, coach, mountain, competition, athlete and trainer, teenager, coping, statutory rape, snow skiing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: India, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the ...
Style:
offbeat, captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
caste system, religious differences, guilt, father daughter relationship, social differences, class differences, class conflict, couple relations, relationships, social problems, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2015, y2k
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, second wife, second marriage, bedouin, impossible love, family problems, women in society, marriage, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
israel, middle east, indiana, palestine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, inspirational, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skateboarder, longing, skater, girl, teenage life, female protagonist, direction and purpose, social relations, strong female lead, athlete's life, aspiration, coping ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, intense, thought provoking
Plot:
boyfriend, double life, family values, sexual abuse, women, nordic, forced marriage, nudity, female nudity, human rights, gender equality, coming of age ...
Place:
pakistan
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Croatia, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Dina's grandfather has promised her to David, who is returning from the war. But with him comes a comrade-in-arms, the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, mountain village, arranged marriage, culture clash, relationships, in love, love affair, family tradition, love story, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
caucasus
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Isabel and Clara are two childhood friends separated by fate. Isabel is a naive provincial lass who works as an indigenous fabric weaver while Clara is the liberated city girl. Clara has gone wild after her mother runs off with another man. The two ...
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disturbing, captivating, psychological, erotic, tagalog
Plot:
murder, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, family relations, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, culture clash, family problems, women, friendship, life is a bitch, friends ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
social outcast, female protagonist, women, life is a bitch, family problems, couples, relationship problems, mute woman, social problems, male female relationship, atmosphere, women's issues ...
Place:
turkey
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Professor Kansas Bowling presents a shocking exposé about the lives of teenage girls, presented as a series of fictional vignettes and real documentary interviews.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
"O" is a talented photographer in her late twenties with a promising career ahead of her. She is torn, however, between the tasks financial realities are forcing upon her and between her own artistic aims. Encouraged by her boyfriend, ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
sexual pleasure, sex, sex scene, erotica, female nudity, pleasure, female photographer, seduction, photographer, seductress, social problems, attempted seduction ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A conservative Muslim girl falls in love with an agnostic journalist.
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Bulgaria, Austria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A group of German construction workers set out for a foreign construction site in the Bulgarian province. The strange country awakens adventure feelings among the men. At the same time, they are confronted with their prejudices and mistrust. For two ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, art house, social
Plot:
language barrier, fight, poverty, countryside, water shortage, construction worker, construction company, social problems, racial prejudice, culture clash, cultural difference, construction ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
eastern europe, bulgaria
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Florist Ae-ran and forensics investigator Min-ho from the Public Prosecutor's Office both have a family that everyone wants. However, Min-ho can't handle bed time so Ae-ran starts a 'challenge game' in which she seduces and has ...
Style:
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Plot:
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20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
To try to raise money for her choir's trip to China, Anna poses nude for an ageing artist and upon seeing the finished results goes on a journey of self discovery.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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italy
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Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia, asia
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Story:
2 couples and a single guy really, engage in a naughty game of truth or dare.
Style:
erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, satirical
Plot:
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19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, disturbing, captivating, erotic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, disturbing, emotional, serious, cute ...
Plot:
family relations, immigrant, self discovery, family problems, against the rules, society, life is a bitch, conservative, unhappy marriage, reconciliation, parents and children, marital rape ...
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21st century
Place:
germany, turkey, europe, berlin germany, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
18%
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Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
prostitution, female pubic hair, relationship problems, coitus, sexual desire, male female relationship, female protagonist, sexual relations, women, menage a trois, sex scene, sex in an elevator ...
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