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Une femme d'extérieur (2000)
154
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Françoise breaks up with Jacques after living with him for fifteen years. She's left alone with their three children, a lovely home, and her nursing job at a hospital. Françoise quickly refuses to assume responsibility for this new situation beyond her control. She starts going out, living by night… hanging out in new places, ready for chance encounters.
Plot:
divorce, single mother, self discovery, female protagonist, character study, nightlife, relationships, women, midlife crisis, independent woman, parenting, introspection, realism, identity, slice of life, loneliness, freedom, mother daughter relationship, melancholy, urban, liberation, bittersweet, female empowerment, sexually liberated, rebellion ...
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and independent film films with plots about slice of life, bittersweet, character study, loneliness, female protagonist, realism and urban mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Une femme d'extérieur: Heide M. (2001), The Death of John L. (1988), Black and White (2010), Nanayo (2008), A Stray Girlfriend (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
113
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heidi M. is in her late forties and has a small store in the pulsating center of Berlin. She goes out in the evenings with her friend Jacqui, but when she is unexpectedly confronted with romantic love, old wounds are opened.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, longing, introspection, city life, urban, bittersweet, loneliness, desire, self discovery, confrontation, realism ...
Place:
berlin germany
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Zbigniew Gasior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with the ladys, he can't neglect the emptiness in his life. The shattered dreams of his friends are not really a help, to ease his existential pains.
Style:
period piece, bleak
Plot:
loneliness, singer, character study, fame, celebrity, introspection, showbiz, alienation, identity, male protagonist, melancholy, existential crisis ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a ...
Style:
poignant, reflective
Plot:
friendship, companionship, aging, loneliness, nostalgia, slice of life, community, realism, melancholy, intimacy, humanism, intimate ...
Similarity:
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677
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, introspection, nature, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships, new life, escape, loneliness, identity, travel ...
Place:
thailand, japan
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A romantic holiday has left Ines all alone. So alone. She's really not at all happy about it.
Style:
captivating, romantic, emotional, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
loneliness, brawl, fiance fiancee relationship, marital argument, bickering couple, fiancee, female protagonist, introspection, holiday, self discovery, identity, slice of life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A chorus girl comes to the realization that she is not getting any younger and that her longtime relationship with a nightclub comedian is going nowhere. She finds herself attracted to an unassuming but attentive--and much younger--delivery boy.
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
chorus girl, infidelity, female protagonist, relationships, club, delivery man, longing, attraction, showbiz, middle aged, cabaret, backstage ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ben (Françoise Lebrun) is a woman who never gets to do what she really wants to do and is the victim of everybody and everything. Benedict is her imaginary creation: the girl who would respond with strength and mastery to situations she can only ...
Style:
art house, psychological, period piece
Plot:
pregnancy, female protagonist, marriage, gender roles, identity, female empowerment, feminist, character study, unrequited love, imaginary friend, split personality, domestic drama ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
73%
137
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Married for 20 years since the age of 15, Nina's husband suddenly decides to leave her.
Style:
melancholic, realistic, sensual, intense
Plot:
marital separation, midlife crisis, female protagonist, infidelity, adultery, abandonment, female sexuality, loneliness, self discovery, depression, middle aged woman, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
69%
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311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
67%
136
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fran, a single mother, is selflessly devoted to her children. But something is lacking in her life, and that something is the love of a man her own age. Her efforts to juggle a love life with her home life are largely unsuccessful.
Style:
independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, family drama, female protagonist, character study, everyday life, loneliness, slice of life, melancholy, women, small town, resilience, girl ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
66%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nora is 30 years old; she lives with her Argentinian grandfather Nicolás and regularly takes care of her friend Meri's children. She writes the horoscope for the town newspaper, although her dream is to be a travel writer. When her grandfather ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, road movie
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, personal growth, female protagonist, grief, identity, character study, coming of age, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia, small town life ...
Place:
basque country
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, comedy drama, emotional, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
women, family relations, belly dancer, belly dancing, housewife, dancer's life, kids and family, lifestyle, dancehall girl, coping, relationships, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, east asia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
infidelity, airport, self discovery, character study, chance meeting, parisian, freedom, intimate, loneliness, introspection, bittersweet, midlife crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian notions about friendship with her students and leaves her door open to them. One of her protégés ...
Style:
realistic, period piece
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, school, female protagonist, high school, relationships, teenager, loneliness, infidelity, family conflict, responsibility, teacher student relationship, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
51%
747
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marseille describes an interlude in the life of young Berlin photographer Sophie. Wanting a change, Sophie does an apartment swap, so she can go photograph the city of Marseille, and most of all get away from Berlin.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, art house, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
photography, city life, introspection, self discovery, realism, slice of life, character study, intimate, solitude, identity, loneliness, seaside ...
Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, coming of age, personal growth, freedom, relocation, identity crisis, isolation, intimate, escape, bittersweet, slice of life ...
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Country: Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad — but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
Style:
intense, tense
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
Brazilian native Priscilla Paredes is intent on staying in Montreal, despite the expiration of her student visa. Out of desperation, she takes a job as an exotic dancer at the Elixir, a downtown strip club, where she meets Milagro, a headstrong ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, art house, multicultural
Plot:
strip club, lesbian, survival, female protagonist, sex work, poverty, working class, immigration, friendship, desperation, realism, female empowerment ...
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
48%
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Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, light, realistic, emotional, witty ...
Plot:
single mother, parenthood, female protagonist, independent woman, young mother, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young couple ...
Similarity:
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1K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, female protagonist, parenthood, motherhood, family drama, singing, self discovery, women, identity crisis, slice of life, nostalgia, female empowerment ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
Similarity:
46%
297
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Yang-yang is a French-Chinese mix. She has never seen her French father. She does not speak a single French word. Her mum has re-married but she has been very lonely. She started working at the entertainment industry. The fact that she is a mix is a ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, intercultural, independent film
Plot:
identity, mixed race, young woman, loneliness, self discovery, youth, coming of age, family relations, mother and daughter, family drama, friendship, language barrier ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
taiwan, taipei, france
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sometimes the links can be built from the passions. Sometimes those links can become passions. For Hugo, a solitary taxi driver from Buenos Aires, the total, absolute and exclusive passion is San Lorenzo, which is not only an active part of his ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Plot:
fanaticism, football, passion, taxi driver, father and son, loyalty, soccer, second chance, solitude, fatherhood, character study, obsession ...
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
On a holiday eve, everyone, especially one tired and chilly, does so need at least one living soul at one's side: it is bad to meet a holiday alone with oneself. Thus, on a New Year's Eve, the main characters meet, — a meeting of two ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, existential
Plot:
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Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a mother and daughter tour film festivals in Europe and decide to part ways, they must confront life-changing choices alone, before returning home.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, realistic, semi autobiographical
Plot:
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Place:
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40%
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, intense, reflective
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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comedy drama, manga
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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