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The Violin Teacher (2015)
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The Violin Teacher (2015)
Original name: Tudo Que Aprendemos Juntos
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The movie tells the story of Laerte (Lázaro Ramos), a talented violinist who after failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school at Heliopolis. His path is full of difficulties, but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the teacher and the students open the door into a new world
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, touching, suspense, political
Plot: music teacher, teacher, teenager, police, death, chase, police chase, political persecution, homeless, poverty, classical music, motorcycle, debt, telephone call, piano, violin, riot, entity, concert, credit card, audition, drug, credit card fraud, phone ringing, favela ...
Keyword: brazilian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic and serious films with plots about teenager, musician, friendship, youth, music, teacher and family relations mostly in Drama, Music and Crime genres. Some movies like The Violin Teacher: The Chorus (2004), Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Boychoir (2014), Diamond Island (2016), Young Adult Matters (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Chorus (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, children, boss, boarding school life, musician, friendship, orphan, school ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place: france, new york, switzerland, europe
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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: music, high school, classical music, school, composer, teacher, teaching, honest, musician, sign language, unlikely friendships, inspiration ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s, 80s, 90s
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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100%
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Boychoir (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who ...
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, touching
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: boy, music, music school, choir, boarding school, boys' choir, teachers and students, dedicated educator, orphan, classical music, troubled teen, death of mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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Diamond Island (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Cambodia, France, Germany, Qatar, Thailand
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an ultra-modern paradise for the rich and a symbol of tomorrow’s Cambodia. He befriends his fellow workers and finds his elder brother, the ...
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: 18 year old, brother brother relationship, friendship, teenager, construction worker, long lost brother, poverty, coming of age, sick mother, parents and children, youth, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, europe
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Young Adult Matters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, teenage life, social misfits, society, relationship problems, female homosexuality, poverty ...
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Music of the Heart (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Style: touching, sentimental, uplifting, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot: teacher, dedicated educator, music teacher, female protagonist, school, music, violinist, biopic, happy ending, education, school teacher, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s, 80s
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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The Public (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: life is a bitch, psychopath, violence, librarian, life & death, hospital, brutality, society, danger, homeless, homelessness, library ...
Place: cincinnati ohio, ohio
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33%
Secret Superstar (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Insia Malik is a talented 15-year-old school girl from Baroda whose spirit is ripped because her mother is in a troubled and violent marriage. Of course she still dares to pursue her dream of becoming a singer and she also valiantly attempts to free ...
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: teenage girl, father daughter relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, teenager, husband wife conflict, family secret, follow your dream, longing, unsupportive parent, coming of age, women ...
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Boy's Choir (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A young teen's father dies, and he is sent to an orphanage. He's teased because he stutters almost runs away, until a beautiful, androgynous boy, Yasuo (Sora Toma), convinces him to join the choir.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: choir, music teacher, boys' school, singer, friendship, boys' choir, orphan, friendship between boys, gay, musician, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time: 70s
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Cowgirl's Song (2022)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An aspiring but adrift teen singer goes to live with her grandmother, once a country music legend, but has fallen on hard times after the death of her husband five years earlier. Together, they overcome adversity and find redemption through their ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: musician, country music, teenager, family relations, family problems, kids and family, teenage girl, teenage life, grandmother, lifestyle, female singer, relationships ...
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Beyond Silence (1996)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf ...
Style: touching, realistic, sad, spiritual, crying ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: coming of age, father daughter relationship, sign language, deaf mute, deaf, brother sister relationship, aunt niece relationship, love, bicycle, audition, deafness, music ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: berlin germany, germany, italy
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32%
We Are Little Zombies (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
Style: captivating, sincere
Plot: musician's life, teenage life, music band, group of friends, teenager, friendship, youth, friends, musician, team, lifestyle, rock music ...
Place: japan
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Four Minutes (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: women's prison, pianist, classical music, prison, lgbt, prodigy, lesbian, female friendship, musician's life, hopes, teachers and students, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: germany
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32%
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London Town (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.
Style: psychological, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot: teenage protagonist, rock band, songwriter, riot, mother son relationship, family relations, parents and children, punk rock, friends, youth, society, wanderlust ...
Time: 70s
Place: london, england
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I'm No Longer Here (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, tense, political ...
Plot: subculture, gang, cartel, deportation, teenager, immigrant, alienation, gang war, war on drugs, homeless, party, loneliness ...
Place: new york
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The Audition (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Anna teaches violin at a music school, her husband is an instrument-maker. They have a 10-year-old son, Jonas. At school, Anna champions young Alexander, in whom she alone sees great talent. She devotes much energy and attention preparing him for ...
Plot: marital infidelity, cuckold, violinist, woman, musician, parents, violin, unfaithful wife, female protagonist, father son relationship, infidelity, teacher ...
Place: germany
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Together (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is "adopted" by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reach - ...
Style: touching, sentimental, stylized, uplifting, atmospheric ...
Plot: father son relationship, youth, music, coming of age, prodigy, rise to the top, musician's life, teenage life, hopes, teachers and students, humanity, family relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: china, beijing china, asia
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Paris Is Us (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Dreams and reality collide as a young woman navigates a tumultuous relationship amid rising social tensions, protests and tragedies in Paris.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: teenager, fear, couples, police, conflict, economic crisis, riot, terrorism, struggle, terrorist attack, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france
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Take the Lead (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom ...
Style: inspirational, sexy, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: dancing, teacher, dance, dancer, dancer's life, dedicated educator, teenager, music, high school, respect, teachers and students, prejudice ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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31%
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Invisible (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ely is 17 years old. After school, she works few hours at a pet shop. When Ely learns that she is pregnant, her inner world explodes even though she tries to go on with her daily routine as if nothing was different. She is afraid and upset, and she ...
Style: psychological, unusual plot structure, touching, tense, contemplative
Plot: teenager, female protagonist, teenage protagonist, teen angst, pregnancy, 17 year old, couples, friends, love and romance, life is a bitch, love, poverty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Lower City (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Best friends Deco (Lázaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador de Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna (Alice Braga), and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, ...
Style: neo noir, serious, captivating, rough, sexy ...
Plot: stripper, love triangle, prostitution, prostitute, friends, escort, jealousy, fall in love, power relations, rich and poor, sex, male female relationship ...
Time: year 2005
Place: brazil
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso ...
Style: tense, neo noir, lyrical, stylized, talky ...
Plot: piano, male nudity, going straight, violence, father son relationship, storytelling, dysfunctional family, pianist, hopes, follow your dream, teachers and students, gang war ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, china
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31%
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Cops (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young and eager police recruit Chris shoots a mentally ill man on duty. He is celebrated a hero, but soon after, traumatic symptoms begin to surface. In a desperate attempt not to be exposed by his tough superior Konstantin, he resorts to excessive ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological
Plot: police, police officer, cop, shooter, special agent, police detective, life is a bitch, violence, mental disorder, gunfight, swat team, policeman uniform
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Saraband (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), where we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still ...
Style: psychological, emotional, meditative, sincere, touching ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, parenthood, character study, introspection, love and romance, parents and children, human nature, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, hopes ...
Time: year 2003
Place: eastern europe, munich germany, helsinki finland, florence, hamburg germany ...
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Four Hours (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Unhinged gangster Capone (Paul Bibb) walks into a bar with accomplice Tung (Peter Peralta,) with the plan of stealing the contents of the safe. The situation gets complicated when they have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe. For Capone ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot: heist, chase, society, rivalry, robbery, hacking, youth, escapades, violence, hostage situation, heist gone wrong, burglar ...
Time: year 2011
Place: london
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The Book of Love (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After tragedy strikes Henry and Penny, he befriends a tenacious young girl and discovers she is constructing a raft to sail across the Atlantic to find her lost father. Together, along with some unlikely friends, they set forth to construct the ...
Style: touching, contemplative, captivating, psychological, teen
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: car accident, architect, death, accident, quitting job, husband wife relationship, friendship, teenager, homeless, help, love, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Cat and the Moon (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in the city, he befriends a group of kids who show him what New York has to offer.
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: 18 year old, friendship, teenage boy, underage drinking, love triangle, african american, drug dealer, teenager, loss of father, black american, male camaraderie, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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Nothing in Return (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: shoplifting, friendship, juvenile delinquency, divorced parents, friendship between boys, coming of age, teenage life, voyeurism, adolescence, youth, teenage boy, police chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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30%
Two Sons of Francisco (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: rags to riches, musician's life, obsession, success, death, rise to the top, parents and children, society, lifestyle, music, car accident, peasant ...
Place: brazil, latin america
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30%
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Night Song (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Hannah and Daniel are in their 40's , both musicians. She is french and he is quebecer living in Montreal. They live by their music, reviving Synagogal french music composed between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th., genuine ...
Plot: music band, hospital, musician, singing, birthday, concert, piano, violin, female singer, piano playing, blowing out candles on a birthday cake, playing violin ...
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