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No One's Child (2014)
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Original name: Ničije dete
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The movie is based on the fascinating, true story of a feral boy whom hunters found among wolves in a forest in the mountains of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) in the mid-1980s. The boy was sent to the institution for children in an attempt to socialize him and got the Muslim name – Haris. Contrary to most predictions, he was developing and making friends quickly. When the war in BiH broke out in 1992, Haris got the letter from local Bosnian authorities which asked for his immediate return. Upon returning to BiH, he had nowhere to go. While wandering aimlessly, he came across a group of soldiers that gave him a gun and took him with them
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, bleak, intense, emotional, art house, tragic, period drama
Plot:
boy, neglected child, friendship, children, orphanage, forest, bullying, wolf, feral child, coming of age, bosnian war, child soldier, trauma, survival, loneliness, violence, isolation, alienation, ethnic conflict, identity, mountain, outsider, realism, loss of family, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 1990s
Place:
serbia, bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, croatia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about coming of age, boy, friendship, youth, children, little boy and survival mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like No One's Child: Enclave (2015), Along the Ridge (2006), Kauwboy (2012), My Good Enemy (2010), The Steamroller and the Violin (1961). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
boy, political conflict, ethnic conflict, little boy, child, post war, teenager, muslim, life is a bitch, military, coming of age, children in wartime ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, touching, serious, melancholic, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
holland
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 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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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, realistic, serious, spiritual, uplifting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
youth, friendship, childhood, self discovery, children, young adult, little boy, coming of age, spirituality, minimalism, art, boy ...
Time:
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Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, touching, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, child abandonment, homeless, aids, young heroes, life is a bitch, social decay, survival, youth, danger, society ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, serbia, napoli italy, naples italy, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
poland
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, melancholic, bleak, political drama
Plot:
boy, poverty, father son relationship, realism, escape, refugee, illness, desperation, border crossing, survival, separation, humanitarian ...
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
child abuse, kids in trouble, coming of age, orphanage, social differences, life is a bitch, family problems, gain trust, on the road, self discovery, society, honest law enforcer ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, sicily, switzerland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A ten year old boy, prone to excessive worry, begins to succumb to his anxiety as a string of child abductions plague his town.
Style:
stylized, weird
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.
Style:
existential
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Serbia, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, tense
Plot:
abandonment, orphan, post war, trauma, orphanage, identity, injustice, loss of innocence, loss, childhood, desperation, survival ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan
Similarity:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 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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Audience:
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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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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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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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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, harsh, inspirational, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, touching
Audience:
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Plot:
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