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Gilded Youth (2001)
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Original name: Jeunesse dorée
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of two girls from a French suburb and their road trip adventures along the way.
Style:
realistic, road movie, nostalgic
Plot:
friendship, youth, female friendship, self discovery, adolescence, coming of age, summer vacation, road trip, curiosity, identity, slice of life, photography, community, suburban life, small town, exploration, intimate, travel, vacation, teenage girl, virgin, virginity, male female relationship, countryside, friend ...
Time:
2000s, turn of the century
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and captivating films with plots about coming of age, friendship, slice of life, identity, intimate, youth and self discovery mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Gilded Youth: Borders (2017), Saimon & Tada Takashi (2018), Somewhere in Indiana (2004), Lost Soulz (2023), West Coast (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, female friendship, independence, road trip, female empowerment, travel, social realism, courage, solidarity, resilience, gender roles, everyday life ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
High school senior Saimon is headed for college, and his buddy Tada Takashi will take over his family's factory. Takashi is fed up with being surrounded by guys and heads off with Saimon on a journey to find the love of his life. Takashi goes ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama - An unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger forever changes the life of four travelers visiting the hometown of a James Dean-like celebrity actor. - Colin Alexander, Jeff Angel, David Grant Briggs
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Four inseparable teenagers in a small town in Brittany (France). As lifelong fans of the West Coast, they think are real gangstas. Together as a "gang", they are invincible, respected, fearless and nothing can reach them, certainly not the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, heartfelt
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, teenager, group of friends, teenage boy, grownups, adolescence, teenage life, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, small town life ...
Place:
france, brittany
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106
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
LIMBO is set in a small town in rural Denmark, teenager Sara and young teacher Karen develop a connection. A quiet drama interested as much in the lives of its female protagonists as their surroundings.
Style:
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Plot:
intimate, small town, introspection, empathy, slice of life, adolescence, everyday life, youth, coming of age, female friendship, bittersweet, self discovery ...
Place:
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68%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, captivating, psychological, disturbing, reflective ...
Plot:
road trip, intergenerational friendship, culture clash, travel, friendship, rap, relationship problems, cultural difference, generation gap, rapper, unlikely friendships, personal growth ...
Place:
france, marseille, paris france
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64%
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Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, melancholic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, independent film
Plot:
female friendship, character study, countryside, summer vacation, slice of life, domestic drama, youth, roommate, jealousy, attraction, young adult, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Four girls unknowingly experience the happiest days of their lives during an uneventful best-friend trip to Belgrade.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
belgrade, italy, serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
58%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jack, 19, Lisa, 17, and Mathis, 10, abruptly become orphans. Each sibling reacts differently to the family tragedy: Lisa spreads her wings. Jack, having just become of age is appointed as his brother’s guardian by court decision. A new life ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic
Plot:
youth, grief, family tragedy, loss, siblings, coming of age, bereavement, resilience, adolescence, coping, domestic drama, grownups ...
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This is the story of two childhood friends - Lucas (a 16-year-old high-schooler) and Bert (a mechanic’s apprentice) - who flee the suffocating fish bowl that their killjoy families’ lives have become. Lucas, still quite immature, finds a “big ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, melancholic, reflective, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, house, boredom, adolescence, teenager, teenage life, relationship problems, life is a bitch, escape, drifting ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Koen is a fatherless, eighteen year old boy who wants to free himself from the suffocating relationship with his mother. He struggels with the balance between independency and love. When he meets Colet, he tries to keep his distance, but she is both ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a ...
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:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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vienna
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48%
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Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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118
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, reflective, pastoral, poetic, melancholic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
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40%
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Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Veturimiehet heiluttaa on 4. syyskuuta 1992 ensi-iltansa saanut suomalainen elokuva. Elokuva on kuvattu suurimmaksi osaksi Porissa. Veturimiehet heiluttaa sai ensi-iltansa Ruotsissa 26. maaliskuuta 1993.
Style:
contemplative, emotional, realistic, melancholic, pastoral
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, youth, grownups, male friendship, slice of life, relationships, character study, personal growth, working class, bittersweet ...
Time:
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Country: Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, Tajikistan
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
marseille, berlin germany
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