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Piggies (2009)
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Original name: Świnki
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tomek is 14 and a good student. He's interested in astronomy and plays football to please his father. The only thing is, he lives in a poor little border town plagued by unemployment, whereas across the river lies Germany with all its relative affluence. Tomek meets Marta at a disco and falls in love with her. He starts to think up ways of earning money in order to keep her interested. He approaches a pimp who seeks out local boys for his German clients. Tomek has no idea of the brutal fate which awaits him.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
rent boy, abused child, teenage prostitution, teenage protagonist, troubled teen, male prostitution, friendship between boys, 13 year old, boy in peril, child protagonist, best friend, teenager, social problems, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, young boy, traumatic childhood, teenage boy, gay, lgbt, coming of age, unrequited love, life is a bitch, society, relationship problems ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and realistic films with plots about coming of age, teenager, teenage life, teenage boy, life is a bitch, gay and family relations mostly in Drama, Adventure and Crime genres. Some movies like Piggies: Mandragora (1997), Harmony Lessons (2013), Olivier, Olivier (1992), The Price of Love (1995), The Last Summer in La Boyita (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and ...
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lgbt, gay interest, rent boy, gay, male prostitution, gay teenager, male objectification, lgbt teen, youth, male homosexuality, gay relationship, male prostitute ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
kazakhstan, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. The story is set on the sweeping French countryside where Serge Duval (François Cluzet), a veterinarian, lives with his wife, Elisabeth (Brigitte Roüan) and their two young children. One day, their young son Olivier ...
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sexual, serious, psychological, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
coming of age, pedophilia, family relations, male prostitution, renaissance, incest, children, missing child, older sister, troubled youth, summer, sex crime ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, paris france, africa, europe, france
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
16 year old Bret lives with his indifferent father and a stepmother who abhors him. After yet another fight he leaves home. He meets two guys and a girl who are drifting around. He feels attracted to Roxanne and they decide to continue together to ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, independent film, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
male prostitution, coming of age, sexploitation, survival, identity crisis, friendship, urban, moral ambiguity, social realism, sexual exploration, road trip, human trafficking ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friendship, ranch, abused child, coming of age, youth, intersex, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, family relations, countryside, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nick is a handsome 13-year-old runaway whose search for a family leads him into the arms of male prostitution. While Nick's sexual exploits with strange men keep his pockets lined with cash, the experience does nothing to preserve his waning ...
Style:
controversial, intense, melancholic, bleak, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, touching, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual initiation, friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, misfit, dull life, society, youth, working class, down on your luck, unemployment, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
poland
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
belgium, france
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The sudden death of a teenager during a soccer match puts a small community completely off-balance.
Style:
f word
Plot:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, romantic drama, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, social ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, coming of age, teenage boy, friendship between boys, gay teenager, lgbt teen, unrequited love, lgbtq, boy, first love, children ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kids in trouble, childhood, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, bittersweet, boy, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
latvia
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, melancholic, disturbing, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Duration: 102 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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Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
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412
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Country: Ireland, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic, existential ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Similarity:
20%
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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20%
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Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for liberty.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological
Plot:
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20%
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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19%
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Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot:
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Place:
puerto rico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, absurd ...
Plot:
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634
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, hispanic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, aesthetic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay teenager, gay, name calling, civil war, star crossed lovers, ethnic slur, relationship problems, family relations, relationships, lgbtq, in love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
sri lanka
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
losing-it hero, single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, introspection, teenage life, bullying, youth, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
gujarati, emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
disabled child, urban, child protagonist, physical disability, empathy, handicapped, adolescence, teenage protagonist, relationship problems, disability, teenager, problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, teenage boy, gay, lgbt, coming of age, friendship between boys, best friend, lgbtq, friendship, lgbt teen, 16 year old ...
Place:
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