Movies like California 2015
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California (2015)
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Original name: Califórnia
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The year is 1984. Estela is going through the turbulent phase of adolescence. Sex, lovers, friendships; everything seems very complicated. Her uncle Carlos is her hero, and visiting him in California is her biggest dream. But everything collapses when he returns thin, weak and ill. Between crises and discoveries, Estela will face a reality that will forever change her way of seeing the world.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, teenager, life is a bitch, teenage life, family problems, friendship, suspense, teenage girl, social problems, adolescence, family in crisis, character change, school, female nudity, menstruation, kiss, blood, cassette tape, tampon, family, female director
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bruno and Amanda have to face the difficulties of a long distance relationship after meeting in a flight forced into an emergency landing.
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teenager from an abusive household falls in love with a free-spirited runaway that leads him into the fast-lane lifestyle of drugs and addiction which threatens to destroy him.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Story is set in Daegu, South Korea during the 1970's. Lee Jung-Hee is in the 2nd grade of high school. She has a bright personality and is the second daughter of a family who runs a toy factory. She and her friends go through adolescence.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Duration: 174 min.
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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