Movies like Leela

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Leela (2002)
 6.5
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Leela (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Leela is the story of Leela, an aware, liberal woman who struggles with the true meaning of independence. It is also the story of Krishna, born of Indian parents in America but uncomfortable with his hyphenated existence. Leela then is a universal story of two paths that cross each other and pause a moment before moving on.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
Plot: self discovery, society, cultural difference, culture, female protagonist, lifestyle, culture clash, age-gap relationship, basketball, student, university, bet, older woman younger man relationship, professor, teacher student relationship, intergenerational friendship, adulterer, immigrant, indian american, immigrants

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Most similar movies to Leela

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and realistic films with plots about lifestyle, female protagonist, male female relationship, society, relationships, love affair and social problems mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Leela: Everything Before Us (2015), Honokaa Boy (2009), Dear Sidewalk (2013), A Day for Women (2016), Taramani (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Everything Before Us (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Department of Emotional Integrity (DEI) documents all relationship activity. A 'relationship score' is given to keep people accountable for their choices. The score is public for all to see, and affects various aspects of daily life. ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: troubled relationship, relationship problems, government agency, couples, couple relations, law and order, society, social problems, lifestyle, relationships, male female relationship, three generations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.6
 274
Honokaa Boy (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, biracial, love story, relationship problems, love affair, social relations, in love, love interest, lifestyle, love, society, fall in love ...
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.4
 184
Dear Sidewalk (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Dear Sidewalk tells the story of Gardner, a 24 year old mail-carrier, who is struggling to contend with his identity as his quarter-life crisis is in full swing. His regimented routine is thrown out the window when he meets Paige, a divorcee, ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, semi serious, psychological
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, relationships, midlife crisis, lifestyle, love story, male female relationship, love affair, identity crisis, social problems, age difference, postman, age-gap relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
A Day for Women (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: feminism, social relations, social problems, society, women, introspection, lifestyle, self discovery, swimming, islam, grief
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Movie in collections
 7.4
 2K
Taramani (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An orthodox youngster and a free-spirited lady fall in love, only to understand that they are different in all aspects of life. How do they realise their complex requirements and mistakes?
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: love, relationships, opposites attract, male female relationship, relationship problems, social problems, cultural difference, lifestyle, couples, love story, free spirit, feminism ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Hello, It's Me (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two years after her husband dies in a sudden accident, Annie and her two children are left to cope with the loss. Annie can't imagine falling in love again, until she meets a wealthy bachelor who is drawn to her free spirit. Afraid to love ...
Style: romantic, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional
Plot: talking to the dead, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, new love, single mother, female protagonist, love and romance, in love, fall in love, relationships, love story, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.1
 280
Fifty (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story: FIFTY captures a few pivotal days in the lives of four Nigeria women at the pinnacle of their careers. Meet Tola, Elizabeth, Maria and Kate four friends forced at midlife to take inventory of their personal lives, while juggling careers and family ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: african, male female relationship, love and romance, relationships, relationship problems, friends, career, husband wife relationship, friendship, love story, middle aged woman, social problems ...
Place: africa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 4.0
 46
Normal (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: A young woman's birthright hides a dark secret.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy
Plot: secret, seductress, seduction, life philosophy, lifestyle, female protagonist, monster, art, sex scene, skin
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
 6.5
 999
Luna Park (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: In 1960s Rome, a meeting between a free-spirited young woman who grew up in her family's circus and a girl of wealthy descent leads to secrets, intrigue, and unexpected loves.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere
Plot: circus, female protagonist, lifestyle change, changing lives, family secret, family relations, society, lifestyle, women, social history
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.8
 974
Here (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Set against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Foster) and an expatriate photographer (Azabal) who impulsively decide to travel across the remote ...
Style: captivating, surreal, realistic, sincere, tense ...
Plot: self discovery, journey, satellite, love affair, on the road, girl, sex scene, male female relationship, society, wilderness, culture clash, road trip ...
Time: 21st century
Place: armenia, caucasus
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.5
 485
South Solitary (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, period drama, weird
Plot: lighthouse keeper, lighthouse, remote island, recluse, lifestyle, workplace, family problems, family relations, female protagonist, kids and family, job, sea ...
Time: 1920s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.9
 1K
Mercy (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young novelist tries to write about love, but realizes he will first need some real-life experience before taking on the subject.
Style: sentimental, realistic, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: asthma, self discovery, fall in love, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, couples, novelist, society, in love, womanizer, sexual content ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Saving Paradise (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, realistic
Plot: small town, inheritance, factory, choice, society, heir, family business, getting home, problem, relationships, death of brother, christmas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 7.4
 17
Defeated (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Story: Inspired by true events, DEFEATED is an amazing romance/drama. The film takes you on a journey that follows the life of a model (Stephanie). She struggles to find true love & contentment after suffering a traumatic childhood experience. ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, independent film
Plot: model, love story, couple relations, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, romantic relationship, looking for love, self discovery, introspection, love interest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
A Rose in Winter (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint and Martyr, the Patron of Europe with the name Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: holocaust, civil rights, society, lifestyle, jewish woman, civil rights movement, social problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, women's rights, world war two, journalist ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Balance, Not Symmetry (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An American student living a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art faces the unexpected death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot: loss of family, family problems, self discovery, changing lives, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, loss of father, bereavement, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, student
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 3.0
 1K
After Masks (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Journey through the human experience as the pandemic tests what we are made of both as individuals and as a culture.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychedelic, anthology
Plot: self discovery, isolation, introspection, social problems, social isolation, mental disorder, society, problem, relationship problems, lifestyle, culture, illness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Spring Awakening (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: social problems, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, couple relations, self discovery, love interest, relationship problems, society, youth, lifestyle, young couple ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Ms. White Light (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. When ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: social problems, doctor patient relationship, death, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, female protagonist, lifestyle, slice of life, socially awkward, female doctor, social issues, life
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Last Summers of the Raspberries (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story: When her husband dies unexpectedly, Élizabeth’s life is turned upside down. In addition to her two teenage sons, she now also has to take care of a farm replete with seasonal workers and her panic-prone in-laws, to whom she has never really been ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: farm, eccentric family, male female relationship, inheritance, immigrant, farming, father in law daughter in law relationship, lifestyle, family business, female protagonist, mother in law daughter in law relationship, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Runaway Romance (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a nearby Inn, and meets a ...
Style: rom com, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: amish, love, male female relationship, adaptation, escapades, moral dilemma, friendship, disorder, couples, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle ...
Place: beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.7
 416
French Tour (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while. His producer, Bilal, suggests that Far’Hook acts as driver for Bilal’s father, Serge, on a tour of French ports, following in ...
Style: road movie, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: road trip, friendship, intergenerational friendship, unlikely friendships, rapper, relationship problems, cultural difference, travel, culture clash, generation gap, black, arab
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.9
 174
Showing Roots (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, semi serious, satirical
Plot: women, interracial friendship, interracial relations, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, self discovery, small town life, ambitious woman, racial prejudice, society, racial issues, satire ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Movie in collections
 4.2
 153
Maggie Black (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A successful, young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: writers, pregnancy, family relations, social climber, unplanned pregnancy, writer's life, lifestyle, pregnancy and birth, problem, female protagonist, pregnant woman, male female relationship
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.5
 111
Apricot Groves (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Armenia, Iran
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Aram, the Iranian Armenian youth who has immigrated to the US in childhood returns to Armenia for the first time to propose to an Armenian girlfriend Aram met and lived with in the US. Aram sees many cultural, religious, and national differences on ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: lgbt, cultural difference, family relations, relationships, love and romance, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, family problems, love interest, culture clash, culture shock ...
Place: armenia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 4.2
 814
Beauty (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
Plot: woman, black woman, lesbian, singer, racial prejudice, life is a bitch, female singer, race issues, racial injustice, black hero, female protagonist, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Autumn Fairy Tale (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The film tells a story of 2 girls who were born on the same day and unintentionally switched at birth. Their lives are completed changed due to the misplacement when they are returned to their respective families.
Style: psychological, disturbing, romantic, captivating
Plot: switched at birth, brother sister relationship, changing lives, male female relationship, couple relations, switching roles, romantic relationship, female protagonist, love interest, love story, family relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, period drama
Plot: female protagonist, secret, life is a bitch, teacher student relationship, war crime, dream, war, post war, fight for supremacy, male female relationship, war criminal, gardening ...
Time: post world war two
Place: malaysia, southeast asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Darling Nikki (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Nikki is a carefree, fun-loving girl, juggling the men in her life, in her quest for the ultimate love. She soon falls into a fantasy world where she is no longer able to distinguish her real life with her "secret" one.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, surreal
Plot: love, female protagonist, fantasy becomes reality, love interest, alternate reality, relationships, lifestyle, escape from reality, love affair, looking for love, reality vs fantasy, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.4
 702
Girl (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Muriel moves from a small village to the big city of Brussels, hoping to start an independent life working as a museum guide. She rents a room from Laura, who has a room to spare now that her mother is in hospital. Laura is a vital and candid woman ...
Style: erotic, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: mother daughter relationship, mother and daughter, children, female protagonist, generation gap, lifestyle, relationship problems, family problems, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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