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Bonsai (2011)
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Bonsai (2011)
Original name: Bonsái
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina, Portugal, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young writer recounts an earlier romance in hopes of attracting his new love interest.
Style: touching, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot: writers, couples, couple relations, writer's life, bittersweet, unfulfillment, student, love, neighbor, poem, love story, female pubic hair, unemployment, artists and showbiz, nudity, female nudity, male nudity, suicide, bicycle, male pubic hair, language learning, nude, novel, toilet, pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: chile, latin america

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, female nudity, family relations and female full frontal nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Bonsai: This Is My Body (2001), Labour of Love (2014), You Can't Write a Letter (2013), Waiting for the Tenor (1998), Bad Girl (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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This Is My Body (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial director’s film. He learns that the role had previously been offered to a young man who committed suicide after an on-set affair – and events ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot: love affair, couple relations, artists and showbiz, parents and children, family relations, family business, gay, suicide, lgbt, sociology, dancer, jealousy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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95%
Labour of Love (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Set in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiralling recession.
Style: realistic, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative, touching ...
Plot: love and romance, couple relations, introspection, working class, society, couples, solitude, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, bittersweet, love, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, kolkata
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85%
You Can't Write a Letter (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Julien and Nina sign a pact with the universe: they must enjoy life, whatever the cost. Will that decision lead them to happiness, or to their disappearance?
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, offbeat
Plot: terminal illness, optimism, life is a bitch, hopes, couple relations, couples, sister sister relationship, love, death, unfulfillment, flashback, train ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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84%
Waiting for the Tenor (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The author Thomas meets his childhood friend Hoffman on an autumn night in 1997. They decide to let a dream come true: to make a film of a play by Thomas, Veranda for a Tenor, with Hoffman in the lead role. The story takes us back to the summer of ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, meta
Plot: friendship, friendship between men, filmmaking, alcohol abuse, terminal illness, couples, artists and showbiz, writer's life, couple relations, introspection, bittersweet, alcoholism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1950s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Bad Girl (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: parents and children, family problems, couples, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, cancer, rock, strong female presence, female nudity, bullfighting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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75%
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Freddy Hotel (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.
Style: serious, atmospheric, touching, realistic, bleak
Plot: couple relations, losing-it hero, unfulfillment, writer's life, dull life, cause and meaning, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse, hotel, disintegration, drugs/alcohol
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Personal Belongings (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere
Plot: love affair, impossible love, immigrant, couples, introspection, fall in love, hopes, society, couple relations, love and romance, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Chorus (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A separated couple meet again after 10 years when the body of their missing son is found. Amid the guilt of losing a loved one, they hesitantly move toward affirmation of life, acceptance of death, and even the possibility of reconciliation.
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
Plot: female nudity, couple relations, couples, dealing with death, choir, husband wife relationship, police, funeral, sex scene, letter, pedophile, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Cet amour-là (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, serious, sincere ...
Plot: destiny, wartime life, soldier, lifestyle, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, couple relations, family relations, couples, culture clash, love affair ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Scorn (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Scorn takes a look into the trials and tribulations of a group of people dealing with relationships, love, pain and friendship during the course of one year.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: family problems, introspection, couples, human nature, destructive relationship, couple relations, bittersweet, unfulfillment, love, abuse, urban, black ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Letter (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot: fall in love, couple relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, moral dilemma, couples, love triangle, unfulfilled love, singer, car accident, concert, nun ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: portugal, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Marathon (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Drama by Biju Viswanath, Marathon was adapted from Harteis's memoir of the same name. Explores the relation ship between two poets Richard Harteis and William Meredith former US poet laureate and winner of every major American award for poetry ...
Style: emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: love and romance, gender, lifestyle, contests and competitions, hopes, artists and showbiz, writer's life, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, tragic love, love, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Garden of Earthly Delights (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When a terminally-ill art historian meets an engineer, it is love and lust at first sight. But their love is threatened by her looming illness. With her remaining days on earth numbered, she chooses to fan the flames of her obsession by taking her ...
Style: serious, realistic, sexy, contemplative, talky ...
Plot: redemption, couples, terminal illness, human spirit, destructive relationship, vengeance, art history, painter, artist, underground, inventions and discoveries, supernatural romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, italy, england, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Candles on Bay Street (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: DeeDee returns to her hometown with her 11 year old son, Trooper, 13 years after she ran off with her boyfriend. Her childhood best friend, Sam, is now married and he and his wife, Lydia, are the town's veterinarians. Lydia is a little wary ...
Style: sentimental, serious, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: veterinarian, adoption, single parent, homecoming, life is a bitch, parents and children, terminal illness, couples, couple relations, social relations, unfulfillment, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Those Who Remain (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They ...
Style: realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, love, self discovery, couples, friendship, fall in love, parents and children, life is a bitch, family relations, supportive spouse ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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August Winds (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Shirley has left the big city to live in a small seaside town and look after her elderly grandmother. She drives a tractor on a local coconut plantation, loves rock music and wants to be a tattoo artist. She feels trapped in the tiny coastal ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot: couples, couple relations, social relations, realism, village, village life, care, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, minimalism, dealing with death, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Absent Season (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When love has to compete with artistic inspiration and memories from a sheltering past come to take the artist to imaginary worlds that exist deep in his mind. This is the story of young Adrian, pianist and composer, in love with his sister and ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, atmospheric, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: forbidden love, love affair, musician's life, lifestyle, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, family relations, cause and meaning, loneliness, sexual content, love and romance, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Mighty Angel (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy ...
Style: serious, cynical, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, addiction, rehabilitation, haunted by the past, clinic, writer's life, hopes, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, alcoholism, depression, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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2nd Take (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Reclusive writer takes aspiring actress under his wing.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, love and romance, unfulfillment, hopes, writers, aspiring actress, rivalry, society, showbiz, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Three-Way Wedding (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A play writer entertains the actors of his next play, including his ex-wife and her new lover. Everyone is finding his new place.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: love triangle, writer's life, introspection, artists and showbiz, couples, playwright, society, rivalry, friendship, nude women, nudity, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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60%
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Us (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This is a story of Ida and Krister. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both crazy in love but manage to strangle the supply of oxygen and adapt to each other in a way that will lead to catastrophic consequences.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: sex scene, penetration, female nudity, losing-it hero, destructive relationship, woman in danger, couples, life is a bitch, couple relations, love, male nudity, hot and sexy ...
Place: europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Sinbad (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the stories of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy, this iconic film is a lush and sensuous depiction of the life, loves and memories of serial seducer Szindbád.
Style: touching, emotional, gloomy, atmospheric, sexual ...
Plot: magic realism, womanizer, haunted by the past, couples, love and romance, unfulfillment, aging, couple relations, church, memory, food, snow ...
Time: year 1971, 1920s
Place: hungary, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Sleeping Sickness (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ebbo and Vera Velten have spent the better part of the past twenty years living in different African countries. Ebbo is the manager of a sleeping sickness programme. His work is fulfilling. Vera, however, feels increasingly lost in Yaounde’s ...
Style: atmospheric, emotional, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: losing-it hero, couples, couple relations, heroes, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, plague, getting home, homecoming, family relations, doctor, colonialism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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The Policeman's Wife (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: accident, couple relations, family problems, domestic violence, family relations, couples, small town, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, parents and children, police officer, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Amnesty (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Albania, Greece, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Amnesty is a 2011 Albanian movie directed by Buyar Alimani. It’s a story about two people who meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but relationship has ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching, erotic ...
Plot: prison, forbidden love, infidelity, love affair, couples, love and romance, couple relations, life is a bitch, fall in love, dishonesty, pardon, legislation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: albania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Voice Over (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A married woman — seeking to purify herself through a "disconnection vow" — leaves her husband and returns to her parents’ home, but finds a situation far from the peace and quiet she had imagined.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, clever, realistic
Plot: family relations, couples, breakup, dull life, nothing goes right, introspection, disorder, strong female presence, unfulfillment, parents and children, siblings relations, homecoming
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, teen, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalism, writer's life, couples, couple relations, artists and showbiz, biopic
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Sofie (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 151 min.
Story: From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents
Style: realistic, serious, talky, touching, sincere ...
Plot: girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, religions or cults, couples, family problems, couple relations, hopes, fall in love, society, love and romance, introspection ...
Time: year 1992, 19th century, 1880s
Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Once Upon a Time Veronica (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A finely tuned, emotionally raw portrait of a woman’s conflicted entry into adulthood, Once Upon a Time Veronica is a thoroughly modern anti–fairy tale. Director Marcelo Gomes shows a rare ability to get under the skin — and cut close to the ...
Style: realistic, sincere, psychological, touching, serious ...
Plot: introspection, unfulfillment, cause and meaning, dull life, graphic violence, sexual deviant, women, destruction, public nudity, female pubic hair, female nudity, orgy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Dancer and the Thief (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy
Plot: couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, vengeance, love and romance, going straight, unlikely couple, criminal heroes, human nature, heist, thief, down on your luck ...
Place: chile, latin america, andes mountains, santiago chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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