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Nightsongs (2004)
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Original name: Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young couple in the big city. She is full of energy for life; she wants to have fun and be happy. But husband sits all day on the couch, reading. But the young woman does not give up; she wants more out of life. She encourages him, she provokes him
Style:
art house, reflective, tension, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
writers, relationships, frustration, domestic drama, routine, young couple, city life, marriage, longing, slice of life, character study, intimate, baby, escape, self discovery, parenthood, infidelity, temptation, alienation, entrapment, realism, sexual tension, artist, love triangle, minimalism ...
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
berlin germany
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Most similar movies to Nightsongs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, realistic and psychological films with plots about slice of life, intimate, character study, bittersweet, urban, minimalism and relationships mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Nightsongs: Marseille (2004), Heide M. (2001), Night and Day (1991), Vacation (2007), Abandonment (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
marseille, berlin germany
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95%
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
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack and Julie live in a bare flat in Paris. At night, Jack drives a taxi while Julie wanders around the city, and in the day they make love. One day Julie meets Joseph, the daytime driver of the taxi, and soon Julie is spending her nights with ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, sensual, art house
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, taxi driver, infidelity, everyday life, desire, character study, urban, intimacy, intimate, couples, loneliness ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
81%
376
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, art house
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, relationships, character study, children, isolation, alienation, summer vacation, family secret, intimate, repression, bittersweet ...
Place:
east germany
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
David, Craig and Alicia are a triangle of young lovers who find angst and despair as they sort out their feelings and sexuality in a late-night coffee shop.
Style:
art house, melancholic, tension, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
polyamory, coffee shop, love triangle, character study, loneliness, slice of life, intimate, gay, identity crisis, alienation, realism, minimalism ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and cares. Their relationship seems headed for the rocks, and the only one who seems to still be looking ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, slow cinema, art house
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, relationships, marriage, parenthood, alienation, disappearance, intimate, dysfunctional family, slice of life, couples, estrangement, minimalism ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka fashions a stunning film about love and excess. Robert (Norman Reedus) is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance ...
Style:
psychological, existential, erotic, independent film, moody
Plot:
writers, obsession, making love, infidelity, affair, toxic relationship, character study, cheating, boredom, self destructing, marriage, sexual tension ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Facing financial uncertainty and entering middle age, a married couple in their early thirties contemplate whether it's the right time to have their first baby.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, adulthood, married couple, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, love, love affair, family problems, male female relationship, husband, couple relations ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of a maid who leaves her husband and baby for Singapore. Darezhan Omirbayev's ABOUT LOVE (38 ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, art house, independent film
Plot:
unrequited love, isolation, loneliness, couples, love story, tragic love, love and romance, love affair, unfulfilled love, life is a bitch, couple relations, relationships ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
Place:
singapore, thailand, kazakhstan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Diego is hosting a farewell party in his house before he leaves on a trip that no one knows about.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, house party, introspection, intimate, relationships, bittersweet, friendship, regret, single, identity, character study, slice of life ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The life of a grumpy 40-year-old man living with his wife in a high-rise block. Every day is like the other - quarrel over dinner, garbage, neighbours, elevators, lost socks. He hates everybody, especially his wife. Not even sexual fantasies are an ...
Style:
existential, cynical, bleak, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
character study, neighbor, resentment, marital strife, midlife crisis, domestic drama, alienation, routine, slice of life, awkwardness, sexual frustration, isolation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, character study, lifestyle change, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, intimate, city life, minimalism, slice of life, sibling relationship ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young Berlin couple travel to a friend's place for the celebration of Silvester and New Year's Eve. During that period, we witness today's juvenile sub-culture, especially the ways of keeping a partnership - or breaking it up in ...
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, emotional, indie film, melancholic
Plot:
new year's eve, celebration, young couple, youth culture, breakup, subculture, bittersweet, slice of life, nightlife, intimate, urban, jealousy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.
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 ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hanka is a young woman who suddenly abandons her stable life for no obvious reason, and undertakes a trip without any clear destination, meeting strangers on her way. At the same time, her boyfriend desperately tries to find her.
Style:
melancholic, existential
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, female protagonist, identity crisis, missing person, loneliness, escape, uncertainty, character study, alienation, coming of age, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
46%
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:
45%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vida and Bane are married couple who have been living in Scandinavia for a long time. They have successful careers, enough money for a decent life and a dog, but they do not have children.
Style:
realistic, reflective, emotional, melancholic, comfort
Plot:
couples, relationships, marriage, intimate, childlessness, domestic drama, communication, slice of life, nordic, real life, longing, bittersweet ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
44%
129
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Edzard is on his way from Berlin to Braunschweig to visit his family. During the trip the reason of his visit becomes clear, or doesn't it? During the trip he meets several people, most of them more than once. How this is possible becomes not ...
Style:
road movie, thought provoking, reflective, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
journey, uncertainty, ambiguity, character study, train travel, identity, slice of life, intimate, minimalism, memory, transportation, small talk ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
42%
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260
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film is a French-Spanish production and most of the dialog is in French. 'Lo que se de Lola' - in English 'What I know about Lola' - is about a lonely guy, living an uneventful life in Paris. He takes care of his mother. One ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, realistic, poignant, independent film
Plot:
loneliness, character study, intimate, mother son relationship, social isolation, slice of life, longing, apartment building, male protagonist, bittersweet, city life, chance meeting ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Two young people share their lives and homes for two years.
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cohabitation, relationships, young couple, love, long term relationship, intimacy, realism, everyday life, routine, slice of life, domestic drama, communication ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A feature film comprised of 24 short stories THE COLLECTION was made by filmmaker Bruno de Almeida and a group of new york city actors and writers from May 2001 to December 2005 under a project called the DV Workshop. Shot with a digital camera and ...
Style:
independent film, anthology, experimental, art house, comedy drama ...
Plot:
character study, city life, urban, slice of life, intimate, realism, mature, behind the scenes
Place:
new york, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On her first night in the city, Jen meets Todd; she spends the night with him, only to discover he has already departed the morning after. Two years on, Todd reappears and disrupts the life Jen has created with her new boyfriend, Ethan. Tensions ...
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, ambiguous ending
Plot:
love triangle, longing, self discovery, realism, desire, personal growth, jealousy, bittersweet, modern life, nostalgia, slice of life, infidelity ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
38%
478
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On an ordinary winter's day, various people from outside Warsaw come to the Polish capital city for different reasons. They all have something to deal with, and their paths eventually intertwine.
Style:
captivating, realistic, melancholic, reflective, poignant
Plot:
city life, big city, winter, escapades, relationships, male female relationship, social relations, society, intimate, slice of life, self discovery, bittersweet ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
warsaw poland, poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
"Empty Room is a dark, highly erotic tale of a married couple whose relationship is slowly sliding into oblivion. Bored and sexually frustrated, the wife begins taking lovers while her unemployed husband spends his days wandering aimless around ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, erotic, melancholic ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, husband wife relationship, affair, sexual frustration, family problems, family relations, male female relationship, bored housewife, relationship problems, marital problem, housewife ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Style:
tension, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, intimate, realism, character study, confrontation, jealousy, domestic drama, slice of life, secrets, bittersweet, mature ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows three young people from Belgrade, a city that offers nothing but pragmatism and not many life opportunities.
Style:
melancholic, independent film, existential, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, apathy, social realism, frustration, alienation, coming of age, social commentary, slice of life, aimlessness, friendship, working class, hopelessness ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sequel to omnibus "Zagreb Stories" tells about love and families in present-day Zagreb.
Style:
anthology, realistic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
family drama, relationships, everyday life, slice of life, urban, intimate, love story, city life, marriage, bittersweet, friendship, neighborhood ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.
Style:
slow cinema, reflective, atmospheric, melancholic, poetic ...
Plot:
identity, getting home, mother son relationship, character study, minimalism, train travel, nostalgia, portrait, realism, intimate, slice of life, emigration ...
Place:
sicily, italy, southern italy, corsica
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid secrets attend the party to find out what follows on the ...
Style:
tense, satirical, suspenseful, islamic
Plot:
domestic drama, character study, secrets, confrontation, high society, realism, infidelity, moral ambiguity, marriage, city life, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
33%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Style:
art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
character study, obsession, creative process, isolation, alienation, realism, intimate, family conflict, identity crisis, mental health, slow burn, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
33%
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