Movies like Solanin

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Solanin (2010)
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Solanin (2010)
Original name: ソラニン
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.
Style: psychological, sentimental, captivating, realistic, sweet, shoujo
Plot: death of boyfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, coming of age, road accident, rock music, unemployment, music band, unfulfillment, friendship, couples, society, superhero, love story, rock band, mother, moving, drummer, group of friends, death of friend, rock singer, loss of friend, part time job, slice of life, retiring, voice over narration ...
Place: tokyo

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, psychological and serious films with plots about society, couples, friendship, youth, coming of age, love and romance and friends mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Solanin: Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009), Kids on the Slope (2018), Honey & Clover (2006), A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007), Trigger (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: lesbian, love affair, unlikely couple, fall in love, friendship, looking for love, self discovery, couples, love and romance, gender, friends, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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Kids on the Slope (2018)
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
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Honey & Clover (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
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Time: 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan's countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, romantic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 83 min.
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Style: sentimental, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
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Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
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Duration: 122 min.
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Switching - Goodbye Me (2007)
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Duration: 120 min.
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Plot: teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, friendship, coming of age, drug use, manslaughter, crime and punishment, society, friends, chaos and mayhem, bong ...
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