Movies like Zurich
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Zurich (2015)
587
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Zurich is a musical roadmovie about Nina, who discovers after the death of her great love, truckdriver Boris, he led a double life. Struggling with her feelings she comes to an almost unforgivable deed, and flees. She submerges into the truckers scene – not capable to express herself, except by singing.
Style:
road movie, melancholic, sincere
Plot:
double life, grief, mourning, female protagonist, journey, road trip, loss, loneliness, escape, betrayal, self discovery, secret life, character study, subculture, identity, revenge, obsession, cross country, european, truck driver, forgiveness, impostor, female nudity, death, on the road ...
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Most similar movies to Zurich
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, psychological, road movie and emotional films with plots about character study, grief, intimate, self discovery, female protagonist, loss and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Zurich: Nora (2020), Daughters (2014), Silver Haze (2023), A Thousand Miles Behind (2019), He Hated Pigeons (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
473
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, art house, road movie
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, personal growth, female protagonist, grief, identity, character study, coming of age, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia, small town life ...
Place:
basque country
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147
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Agnes, a teacher from the Hessian provinces, has come to Berlin to identify a dead girl who might be Lydia, her runaway daughter. It turns out not to be Lydia, but Agnes stays in the city anyway. Still frantically looking, she comes a young stray ...
Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.
Style:
serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, meditative, poetic, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, loss, mourning, grief, love, journey, solitude, self discovery, memory, landscape, pilgrimage, character study ...
Place:
chile, patagonia
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59
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, emotional, romantic drama, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, slow cinema ...
Plot:
grief, healing, mourning, recovery, suicide, loss, bereavement, loneliness, running, loss of partner, guilt, cello ...
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For Ella, the death of her alcoholic father leaves her with nothing but debt and the bitter memory of a complicated past. Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she has sacrificed her life, opportunities, and love to care for a man she resents, but ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
road trip, death of father, family drama, grief, loss, self discovery, coming of age, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, grownups, couple relations ...
Place:
south africa
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55%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sensual, melancholic, art house, retro ...
Plot:
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Place:
italy
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, social, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenager, night, journey, mourning, grief, loss, male female relationship, sister sister relationship, family relations, wandering, death of sister, death ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hanka is a young woman who suddenly abandons her stable life for no obvious reason, and undertakes a trip without any clear destination, meeting strangers on her way. At the same time, her boyfriend desperately tries to find her.
Style:
melancholic, existential
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Hungary, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, empathy, character study, self discovery, loss, grief, coming of age, bittersweet, intimate, loneliness, mourning, identity ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, semi autobiographical
Plot:
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Time:
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47%
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Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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377
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
meditative, contemplative, slow cinema, melancholic, poignant ...
Plot:
death, minimalism, dying, solitude, mourning, grief, couples, character study, isolation, loss, companionship, intimate ...
Place:
paraguay
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40%
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Country: Brazil, Netherlands, USA, Colombia, Austria, Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, reflective, realistic ...
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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