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John From (2015)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara. From Portugal to the South Pacific, the pleasures of this routine will take a turn when the young girl visits the art show of a new neighbor in the local community.
Style:
surreal, psychological, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
friendship, photographer, teenage girl, summer vacation, female protagonist, friendship between girls, neighbor neighbor relationship, teenage crush, youth, love, love and romance, summer, neighbor, sexuality, innocence, art, coming of age, dog, teenager, airplane, beach, fog, elevator, supermarket, surrealism ...
Place:
portugal
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Most similar movies to John From
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative and captivating films with plots about youth, teenager, friendship, coming of age, teenage girl, love and love and romance mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like John From: Summertime (2016), Chicken (2015), Libertad (2021), Face 2 Face (2016), Invisible (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.
Style:
unusual plot structure, sincere, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay couple, gay interest, summer vacation, gay, couples, love, friendship, summer, love and romance, friends, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, italy, new york
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561
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
RICHARD, 15 with learning difficulties, longs to put down roots but his restless and destructive brother, POLLY, needs to keep moving. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, and the electricity supply to their caravan is cut, their ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, first love, learning disability, teenager, farm, caravan, friendship, love, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time:
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Similarity:
87%
894
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Vidal family is spending a summer on Catalonia’s gorgeous Costa Brava with their Alzheimer-affected grandmother Ángela. Overprotected and shy, 14 year-old Nora goes through a difficult time after her parents’ separation, but what looked ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
teenage girl, summer, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, friends, adolescence, unlikely friendships, grownups, female protagonist, girlfriend, teenage life, summer vacation ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
bullying, found footage, childhood friend, coming of age, friendship, love, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couples, teenage life, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
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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, tense, contemplative, touching, unusual plot structure
Plot:
teenager, 17 year old, teenage protagonist, female protagonist, teen angst, pregnancy, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, friends, love, homeless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prostitution, teenage prostitution, teenage girl, teenager, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, following someone, father son relationship, family relations, danger, friendship, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tijuana mexico
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
Story:
Rose Lee is just a typical high school student trying to figure things out. Her dream is to join the boy's wrestling team, but no one is making it easy for her. Along the way, she'll discover that her most difficult opponent may be herself.
Style:
tense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, teenage girl, friendship, girl, transsexuality, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, sexism, loneliness, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
84%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, thought provoking ...
Plot:
teenage girl, pregnancy and birth, tragic love, religion, teenage protagonist, cultural difference, 17 year old, teenage boy, teenager, female protagonist, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Greece, France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, erotic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, partying, hedonism, summer, coming of age, female protagonist, clubbing, loss of virginity, problem, grownups, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Place:
crete
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
L’estate di Martino is a modern day fairy tale that softens the shades and darkness surrounding the mysteries tied to tragic events that happened in the summer of 1980: the Ustica tragedy on June 27th, and the bomb attack at the station of Bologna ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, sentimental, disturbing, contemplative ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
surfing, infidelity, teenager, u.s. military, cheating girlfriend, couples, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, love, youth, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people--a girl and two guys--become so close that they form a sort-of threesome. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot ...
Style:
sexual, disturbing, slasher, controversial, spooky ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
beach, rape, friendship, love, coming of age, teenage sexuality, teenage love, friends, female nudity, teenager, sexual attraction, lesbian subtext ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
long island
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. The leader is Kyle – he talks about girls non-stop, Jarred can’t stop cheating on his girlfriend and then there’s Jake, a quiet and shy ...
Style:
sexy, light, humorous, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship between boys, sex, teenage boy, friendship, teenage girl, youth, love and romance, society, friends, couple relations, couples ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, farm, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, society, smoking, childhood, teenager, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
La Migra is a 'Romeo and Juliet' story set in the border crossing town of Imperial Beach, California - US Border Patrol Agent Diego Chavez (Michael Copon) works closely with his Uncle Manny Chavez (Marco Rodríguez) the Port Director for ...
Style:
captivating, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure, light ...
Plot:
border patrol, friendship, smuggling, old friend, friend, drug, crush, love, couples, husband wife relationship, escapades, love and romance ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, lie, family relations, teenager, mother daughter relationship, middle class, family drama, love and romance, couples, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
82%
65
Genre: Drama
Country: India, France, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Growing up tale of a young boy in the context of changing labour patterns and exploitation in Goa
Style:
psychological, contemplative, sexy, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage boy, teenage love, teenage girl, grandmother grandson relationship, immigrant, couples, fall in love, love and romance, friends, couple relations, countryside, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
81%
483
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Summer is a carefree teenage girl whose world is turned upside down when her mother abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person. At first resistant to the faith, she begins to reevaluate her identity after becoming attracted to a ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
desire, woman, religious conversion, coming of age, daughter, mother, teenager, youth, faith, family relations, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Four creative and sexually confused high school seniors are forced to deal with their sense of isolation while attending a booze-soaked party in New York City.
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, party, friendship, american dream, high school friends, rebellious teenager, nightlife, teenager, friends, youth, dream, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
17-year-old Claire spends her vacation in South Africa with her family, when a tragic accident takes the lives of her parents and younger brother. By a stroke of luck, Claire survives, but finds herself alone, far from home in a country where ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
teenage girl, loss of family, female protagonist, death of mother, teenage runaway, teenager, life is a bitch, teenage life, love, danger, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
79%
821
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, light, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
love, friendship, summer, lifestyle, mentor, on the road, teenager, life philosophy, fraud, outdoor sex, female nudity, coming of age ...
Similarity:
79%
143
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to avoid her mother’s tragic fate, and take care of herself. With Youth Protection nipping at her heels, she lies about her name and age, to get a job as a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, orphan, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, cleaning lady, life is a bitch, coming of age, determination, resilience, society, new life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
secret, art student, grief, coming of age, loss, summer, female protagonist, relationships, life is a bitch, self discovery, beauty, intimate ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cambodia, France, Germany, Switzerland, 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, psychological, suspenseful, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
18 year old, brother brother relationship, teenager, friendship, construction worker, poverty, long lost brother, coming of age, sick mother, friends, escapades, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, europe
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three young people—Haris, a gay painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player and their friend Sia, an activist who refuses to conform to dominant norms of femininity—struggle to find space and happiness in a conservative Indian city.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, psychological, light, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, painter, activist, friendship, friend, group of friends, friends, youth, escapades, male full rear nudity, gay subtext ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of his son. Mathieu, who lives next door, also keeps getting job interviews only to polish his art of failure. Their situation is increasingly precarious, but both are trying to bounce ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot:
job seeking, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, love interest, unemployment, relationships, love story, money problems, male female relationship, social problems, loss of job, love affair ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A privileged woman and an orphan boy meet and somehow become friends.
Style:
sincere, psychological, unusual plot structure, feel good, light
Plot:
orphan, disguise, train, search for mother, boy, friendship, friends, youth, atmosphere, neighbor neighbor relationship, butterfly, ice cream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, rome italy
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A teenage boy stoner lives with his single mother.
Style:
avant garde, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
teenager, youth, mother, surrealism, drug, lifestyle, suburbs, counterculture, family relations, friends, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sasha, a French woman of thirty, dies suddenly in Berlin. Her Fiancé, Lawrence, and her sister Zoé, must come to terms as the consequences of this shock set in.
Style:
psychological, touching, disturbing, sad, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, loss of lover, death, meaning of life, love and romance, couples, love, female nudity, beach, sex scene, nudity, concert ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
paris france, new york, berlin germany
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
School girl Miyuri Obara is bullied mercilessly but finds relief in an unexpected friendship with Tsumugi. Yet even as Miyuri's life turns around there's a lingering suggestion that something is not quite right.
Style:
psychological, teen, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
bullying, girl, school, loneliness, outcast, friendship, female friendship, japanese school, friendship between girls, relationships, social problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
78%
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