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Tagged! (2011)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, raised on her schizophrenic mother's tales of galactic wars, believes she is an alien princess in hiding and forms a Lazer Tag team to train bodyguards. When her estranged father, disfigured and crippled in the Iraqi war, returns to ask forgiveness for staying away, she suffers a mental crisis. Can the love of a troubled young man bring her into the real world or will her fantasies finally win out and drive her into total insanity?
Style:
melancholic, surreal, independent film, cult film
Plot:
coming of age, schizophrenia, mental illness, friendship, mother daughter relationship, imagination, teenage protagonist, identity crisis, delusion, mental breakdown, forgiveness, war veteran, redemption, trauma, domestic drama, young love, post traumatic stress, recovery, intimate, small town, symbolism, young adult, teenager, arena, laser gun ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, independent film and realistic films with plots about coming of age, intimate, small town, psychological drama, friendship, identity crisis and trauma mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Tagged!: Prodigal (2011), Knowing Aaron (2010), Terra Nova (1998), Bolivar (2022), A Light Beneath Their Feet (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Levi Layton is tired of his small town life and his workaholic father, but finds his way out when he receives a large inheritance. Eighteen years old and armed with $100,000, the life he wants is just a midnight escape away.
Style:
melancholic, tense, independent film
Plot:
escape, small town, teenager, father son relationship, coming of age, self discovery, loss of innocence, family conflict, friendship, inheritance, young adult, identity crisis ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
After witnessing a traumatic event as a child, Aaron is now haunted by hallucinations. He spends much of his time alone, endlessly drawing as a way to cope with these dark images. Though this has gone on for years, as he gets older it becomes harder ...
Style:
stylized, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, schizophrenia, murder, tragedy, sanity, artist, brother brother relationship, hopes, society, craziness, drawing, trauma ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A disturbed young woman runs away from her New Zealand home and hides away in an Australian boarding house, named Terra Nova. There she finds that every one else in the boarding house is just as zany as she is, and on some levels make her seem sane ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, melancholic, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
boarding house, mental health, female protagonist, mental illness, character study, a vision, outsider, delusion, isolation, domestic drama, identity, trauma ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand, australia
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Maggie is struggling to keep her life together after the death of her mother when her addict brother shows up, forcing her to make sense of a reality that may not be what it seems.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense, surreal, intense ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, addiction, grief, family drama, trauma, female protagonist, character study, mourning, family secret, traumatic past, confrontation, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, melancholic, tension
Plot:
mental illness, bipolar disorder, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, family drama, moving, responsibility, domestic drama, maturity, intimate, bittersweet, small town ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, is coping with ongoing episodes of schizophrenia.
Style:
emotional, tense, independent film, art house, ambiguous ending
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, female protagonist, hallucination, character study, medication, therapy, young woman, recovery, delusion, isolation, trauma ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a near fatal car accident, a popular high school student loses her memory and gets a second chance at a more meaningful life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, feel good
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, female protagonist, second chance, high school, car accident, self discovery, changing lives, lifestyle change, teenage life, teenage girl, memory lapse ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Bart, a young film student slowly loses his mind while studying at the film academy. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, independent film, dark, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
psychosis, hallucination, mental illness, mental breakdown, character study, delusion, coming of age, identity crisis, isolation, loneliness, self destructing, young adult ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
storytelling, coming of age, childhood, biopic, hopes, trauma, tenderness, imagination, poverty, friendship, inspiration, compassion ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. Simone, a solitary multimedia artist in her twenties, is struggling to control her crushing panic attacks and keep her day job in an ...
Style:
psychological, mindfuck, atmospheric, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
trauma, grief, female protagonist, manipulation, memory, alienation, identity crisis, mental illness, haunting, violent death, rehearsal, coming of age ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen suicide, high school, grief, depression, mental health, mourning, loss, teen angst, coming of age, family conflict, trauma, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A teenage girl and her boyfriend set off on an eventful road trip up the coast of California hoping to figure out the meaning of love and life.
Style:
retro, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, motorcycle, teenager, young love, road trip, self discovery, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, relationships, grownups, problem, love affair ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the death of her closest two friends, young Daphne Lessing suffers a loss of faith, then a lapse in memory. Confronted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and a pregnancy she neither planned nor is able to explain, Daphne is forced into a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, bleak, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, schizophrenia, amnesia, memory loss, moral dilemma, motherhood, mental illness, problem, pregnancy, amnesiac, unwanted pregnancy, memory ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
One of his earlier pieces, Don Coscarelli (of Phantasm Phame) has a knack for seeing the world through the eyes and heart of a young boy. He offers a Peter Pan-esque adventure to men from the boomers to present day, with each generation being ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, reflective, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
grownups, boyhood, nostalgia, coming of age, imagination, innocence, friendship, small town, bittersweet, family drama, personal growth, escape ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
53%
198
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, sincere, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, redemption, parents and children, starting over, hopes, family relations, friendship, empathy, realism, character study, isolation, independence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, metafiction, art house, melancholic, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
suicide, female protagonist, mental illness, depression, ambiguity, children, hallucination, psychiatric hospital, death, schizophrenia, uncertainty, obsession ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
trauma, escape, suicide, mental illness, coming of age, innocence lost, youth, post traumatic stress, adolescence, road trip, friendship, alienation ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, contemplative, independent film, black and white
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
mental illness, road trip, bipolar disorder, psychiatric hospital, sociology, problem, suicide attempt, journey, self discovery, trauma, character study, female protagonist ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Damián, an 11-year-old boy who is separated from his violent family, is taken to live in a children's home by state intervention. Accompanied by Leandro, a social worker with a personal story similar to his, Damián will have to accept that ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological
Plot:
social issues, domestic violence, coming of age, childhood, trauma, foster home, children's home, healing, intimate, social worker, empathy, resilience ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, dramatic, teen, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
mental illness, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, family relations, mental institution, coming of age, female protagonist, grownups, family drama, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, melancholic
Plot:
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Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mike Anderson is a senior at the quintessential New-England liberal arts school, Frost College. And Mike is eight weeks away from graduation. On this particular day he has his African-American Literature class with his favorite professor. But today, ...
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, realistic, moody
Plot:
african american protagonist, anger, character study, interracial relations, alienation, racial tension, college life, isolation, slice of life, intimate, campus, identity crisis ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, serious, sad, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
intersex, woman, lgbtq, identity crisis, adolescence, desire for fame, coming of age, self discovery, identity, doctor, girl, gender bending ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, reflective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, family relations, self discovery, teenage life, interracial relations, hopes, society, idealism, spoiled brat, quibbling, aging, death in the family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
41%
232
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, coming of age, abusive father, friendship, teenager, illness, youth, family relations, female friendship, adolescence, sexual awakening, self discovery ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The story follows teenager Jack Benson, who is on the hunt for his birth mother. He finds she has been a regular all along at the nearby Griddle House.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, independent film, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
search for mother, teenager, diner, adolescence, mother son relationship, social problems, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, grownups, espionage, hidden identity ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, realistic, emotional, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, character study, family conflict, identity, personal growth, college student, coming of age, self discovery, realism, young adult, moral dilemma, domestic drama ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Mariana (15) is annoyingly in love with the school's badboy, Ali2, but he is occupied with the only blonde in Romsås.
Style:
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Plot:
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