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Third Star (2010)
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, emotional, contemplative, uplifting, touching, realistic, semi serious, sad, road movie ...
Plot:
friendship, dealing with death, male bonding, life is a bitch, best friend, wilderness, obsessive quest, friends, introspection, hopes, unfulfillment, free spirited, one last chance, cancer, on the road, bittersweet, countryside, drowning, skinny dipping, nature, disease, road trip, lgbtq, mental health, cathartic ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
wales, europe, england
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Most similar movies to Third Star
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about friends, friendship, bittersweet, unfulfillment, hopes, terminal illness and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Third Star: Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009), Oxygen (2010), Summer (2008), Frailer (2014), El camino (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, serious, realistic
Plot:
sick child, hospital, friendship, nurse, boy, coming of age, child illness, terminal illness, wrestling, youth, human spirit, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
transplant, human spirit, terminal illness, friendship, hopes, optimism, life is a bitch, coming of age, love and romance, fall in love, buddies, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, germany, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and ...
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, disability, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, haunted by the past, self discovery, misfit, hopes, introspection, father son relationship, skinny dipping, friendship between men ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
21%
107
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman diagnosed with terminal lung cancer gathers her three dearest friends together to make the most of the time she has left.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, contemplative, poignant ...
Plot:
friendship, terminal illness, family relations, best friend, friends, strong female presence, unfulfillment, siblings relations, cancer, dying, female friendship, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness.
Style:
heartfelt, road movie, touching, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, male friendship, dying and death, friends, friendship between men, death, last wish, sad ending, on the run, escapades, terminal illness ...
Similarity:
20%
209
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three young people drive to Mexico to scatter their friend's ashes, they are forced to confront their own sense of family, identity and future.
Style:
road movie, captivating, emotional, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, college dropout, friendship, lifestyle, down on your luck, social misfits, self discovery, dealing with death, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., mexico, north carolina
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How should you spend your time if your days are numbered? This is the question facing Linda, a young woman suffering from a congenital heart defect. Contrary to her doctors’ expectations she has managed to survive to celebrate her thirtieth ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
sisters, introspection, family relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, surgical operation, journey, dealing with death, unfulfillment, siblings relations, sister sister relationship, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany, hamburg germany, paris france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As children, Leni and Lazar were best friends. When Lazar returns from extensive travels abroad for his father's funeral, Leni yearns to reconnect with her childhood soulmate but still feels the sting of their years of estrangement.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, best friend, hopes, introspection, twentysomething life, road trip, personal growth, coming of age, countryside, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, last wish, grief, road trip, memory, life, family relations, male friendship, self discovery, parents and children, partner, last will and testament ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, australia, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Belgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their closest friends. They all looks forward to the ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
friends, vacation, on the road, terminal illness, friendship, bittersweet, road trip, self discovery, thirty something, monkey, tragedy, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, germany
Similarity:
20%
10K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Style:
road movie, lyrical, talky, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, friendship, map, partner, buddies, hopes, human nature, couple relations, self discovery, liberal, couples ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, london, portland oregon, europe, los angeles ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Melanie's life in a seaside town is going nowhere until she meets Ray, back in town with a shady job to do. A moment's escape becomes a chance to save themselves, and each other.
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hopes, redemption, homecoming, small town, gangster, unfulfillment, cause and meaning, love, friends, rivalry, couples, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At fifteen Robbie has only one thing on his mind - losing his virginity. The problem is that he's in hospital with a fatal heart condition. And who has to overcome the odds and help him fulfil his final wish? His best friend Ziggy.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, captivating, sex comedy ...
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, loss of virginity, last wish, looking for sex, teenage life, first sex, hospital, youth, unfulfillment, bittersweet, heart condition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, liverpool
Similarity:
19%
174
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Four old school friends reunite to attempt the epic coast to coast walk, across the United Kingdom. As their journey unfolds, this comically incompatible foursome walk full tilt into their mid-life crises.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, road movie, fake documentary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
best friend, buddies, friends, friendship, farce, disorder, self discovery, escapades, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, on the road, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of friends travels to the beach to encourage Jason, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. The journey is rooted in nostalgia and desire for a meaningful farewell, although the friends avoid the subject of Jason's illness. Some time ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, buddies, terminal illness, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, friends, dealing with death, fighting illness, illness, relationship problems, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, 'Tot altijd' introduces us to a band of friends in the eighties, who spend their days enjoying their youth and turbulent (love) life. Years later, Thomas, a recent medicine graduate and Mario's closest friend, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
friendship, family life, family relations, buddies, friends, terminal illness, life is a bitch, bittersweet, rivalry, fighting illness, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, belgium, europe, ghent
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, redemption, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, dealing with death, cancer, illness, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, road movie, humorous ...
Plot:
family in crisis, midlife crisis, starting over, self discovery, obsessive quest, introspection, human nature, society, couple relations, love and romance, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Style:
feel good, sad, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
cancer, youth, friendship, on the road, partner, best friend, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, self discovery, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
california, usa, cleveland ohio, los angeles, reno nevada
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
David, a professor of dermatology, has been treating 13-year-old Romain since he was a baby. Afflicted with a rare skin condition, Romain must avoid sunlight and is condemned to live in the shade. David and Romain have become the closest of friends ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, friends, power relations, child illness, terminal illness, hospital, teenage boy, man boy relationship, genetics, skin disease ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
train, orphan, father figure, friendship, family relations, terminal illness, family problems, grief, coming of age, collision, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
year 2007
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Billie and Louis have the good fortune of loving each other passionately and of having a family. But then one day terrible news turns their existence and that of their friends' upside down. Marie, a famous actress who is Billie's friend ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
terminal illness, parents and children, family relations, introspection, society, couples, suburban life, suburbs, friends, unfulfillment, mother daughter relationship, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Style:
touching, emotional, depressing, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, loneliness, character study, aging, retirement home, justice, adolescence, reconciliation, elderly, magic ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 2008
Place:
england, europe, ireland, california
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, realistic, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, small business owner, group of friends, male bonding, financial problem, small business, writers, marital crisis, male female relationship, sexuality, drunk, heart attack ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam. Sam is a black waiter and Hally's friend and teacher. Hally is required to laugh at his ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
youth, hopes, friendship, racism, interracial relations, human spirit, redemption, family problems, dysfunctional family, social decay, life is a bitch, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three stories intertwined which occur in a single day. The day Ines discovers she is pregnant, Antonia decides to abandon her family and Marian realizes she is going to die.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
pregnancy, friendship, friends, couples, family problems, family relations, introspection, woman in danger, singleness, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Mohsen teaches French at the University of Tehran, and Hassan is a photographer. Mohsen and Hassan are also lovers, and in Iran they live in fear, as homosexuality is punishable by death. Tired of denying their love, Mohsen and Hassan flee Iran to ...
Style:
emotional, contemplative, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, couples, friends, couple relations, hopes, love and romance, introspection, love affair, gender, gays and lesbians, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.
Style:
surreal, captivating, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
odd couple, friendship, isolation, friends, partner, haunted by the past, wilderness, on the road, buddies, introspection, escapades, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, poland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
hopes, infidelity, coming of age, bittersweet, dishonesty, friendship, parents and children, life turned upside down, child illness, family in crisis, terminal illness, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, ireland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels, Nathalie finds an unlikely protector in Henry, a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pregnant woman, protective male, drug dealer, hopes, fall in love, pregnancy, love and romance, dishonesty, life is a bitch, introspection, redemption, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
18%
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