Movies like Round Trip 2009
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Round Trip (2009)
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Original name: Viaje redondo
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Lucia is a Mexican girl from a poor town who sets her mind to cross the border to The United States to find her son's father who she hasn't heard from in years. On the road she meets Fernanda, a high middle class girl that has unresolved issues with her ex-boyfriend and is willing to travel hundreds of miles to resolve them once and for all. Lucia and Fernanda are two girls from two very different social backgrounds, yet they travel the same road hoping to reconnect with the men they love. But it seems destiny has brought them together in their individual quests to share a path, to know each other and to know themselves a little better and discover if happiness is at their destinations.
Style:
road movie, emotional, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
breast feeding, road trip, female friendship, border crossing, travel, personal growth, immigration, class differences, identity, longing, motherhood, determination, coming of age, realism, resilience, missing father, bittersweet, hopes, lgbt, lesbian sex, lesbian, female nudity, bare breasts, female protagonist, photography ...
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Most similar movies to Round Trip
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, independent film and reflective films with plots about identity, coming of age, bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, female protagonist and self discovery mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Round Trip: Exile (2012), Beautiful Women (2004), After the Winter (2021), Alicia, Go Yonder (2010), Somewhere in Indiana (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Dominican Republic, USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The coming of age journey of Samuel, a young Haitian boy whose life takes a tragic turn when his father is kidnapped, and he then decides to travel to the United States and Canada to find his mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, intercultural, road movie ...
Plot:
journey, coming of age, immigration, exile, family drama, social issues, survival, child protagonist, identity, grief, resilience, childhood trauma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Style:
melancholic, emotional
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, introspection, diaspora, migration, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, memory ...
Place:
montenegro
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
"Alicia, Go Yonder" is the story of Alicia, a nineteen-year-old who sets out on a solitary journey to the end of the world only to come face to face with the immensity of the universe.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
67%
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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:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
indiana
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65%
278
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, realistic, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
journey, mother son conflict, skateboarder, parents and children, road trip, accident, motherhood, family drama, relationships, family problems, mother son relationship, life is a bitch ...
Place:
switzerland, germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
64%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
france
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64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, friendship, death of father, alcoholic father, family drama, self discovery, road trip, changing lives, travel, father daughter estrangement, lifestyle, personal growth ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young Nicaraguan children, Saslaya and her mute brother Dario, must travel to Costa Rica to find their long-lost mother.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, intercultural
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
nicaragua, costa rica, central america
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, poignant, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
solitude, personal growth, self discovery, diary, female protagonist, confession, bittersweet, coming of age, resilience, intimate, identity, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
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473
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, art house, road movie
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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216
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
bolivia
Similarity:
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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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
53%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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747
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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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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Story:
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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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Story:
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Style:
independent film, art house, melancholic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
slovenia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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