Movies like Shadow of a Chance
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Shadow of a Chance (1974)
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Original name: L'Ombre d'une chance
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mathias is an anarchist who lives with his 27 year old son, Michel, in late 1960s type communal weirdness.
Style:
art house, reflective, melancholic, independent film, period piece, existential, enigmatic, experimental, nostalgic
Plot:
commune, counterculture, character study, father son relationship, anarchism, slice of life, anti establishment, family drama, moral ambiguity, youth culture, slow burn, mature, coming of age, social realism, solidarity, parent child relationship, urban, female nudity, sex scene, seaside, surveillance, psychological drama, dildo, female full frontal nudity, slapping
Time:
70s
Place:
france
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Most similar movies to Shadow of a Chance
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, existential and emotional films with plots about character study, intimate, slice of life, urban, bittersweet, moral ambiguity and female nudity mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Shadow of a Chance: Le Mentor (2012), The Fury (2016), Love in a 4 Letter World (1970), Crucial Years (1967), White Night (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A ruined old man turned homeless overhears the conversation of a young couple. He decides to intervene and become their mentor.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
homelessness, mentor, compassion, redemption, friendship, guardian angel, character study, life changing, wisdom, coming of age, loneliness, intimate ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Albert has always looked up to his aunt Tiny: this beautiful woman from Brabant can make any man’s heart skip a beat. Through Albert’s eyes Tiny’s life seems quite exciting. But why is she so furious at everyone and everything? It takes him ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, art house, period piece, tragic
Plot:
aunt nephew relationship, illegal abortion, coming of age, family drama, character study, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, small town, isolation, overprotective mother, incestuous desire, family secret ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 80s, 70s
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A family have become disillusioned with one another. The father has an affair and is caught by his daughter, who has already hooked up with the free-love hippies who live next door. When her mother realizes, she too travels next door.
Style:
period piece, experimental
Plot:
hippie, adultery, infidelity, free love, betrayal, family drama, jealousy, sexually liberated, parent child relationship, sexual awakening, counterculture, intimacy ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, takes stock in hus life, realizing that his days pass without purpose. He lives a carefree life. But now he has to choose between two women, between the city and the country, and between creative work and ...
Style:
existential, contemplative, reflective, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
artist, self discovery, personal growth, choice, identity, character study, relationships, love triangle, humanism, slice of life, coming of age, intimate ...
Time:
60s
Place:
prague, slovakia, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Lives intertwine over the course of the Nuit Blanche art festival.
Style:
anthology, art house, dramatic, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
festival, loss, love, relationships, slice of life, intimate, nightlife, aging, mature, slow burn, art, one night ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A business mogul runs into his old small town girlfriend while she is visiting the big city only to find out that they had a child together that he was unaware of.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
longing, parent child relationship, regret, bittersweet, family secret, family drama, confrontation, mature, nostalgia, urban, social status, midlife crisis ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland, Czech Republic
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Dear Ones is an allegorical story about people who need to make real contact with their family and friends. Piotr is looking for a purpose and order in his life. To find it, he turns to magic, religion, and psychology. Unexpectedly, his father calls ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, allegory, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, missing person, family secret, family reunited, sibling relationship, memory, family home, father son relationship, identity, intimate, reconciliation, homecoming ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Santiago wakes up like any other morning. He goes down to the kitchen and his whole family is waiting for him: it's his birthday. They all sing "Happy Birthday to You" and give him presents. But when he opens the present of his ...
Style:
mesmerizing, melancholic, tense, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, dysfunctional family, character study, emotional abuse, father son relationship, cruelty, social realism, minimalism, faked death, humiliation, moral ambiguity, bittersweet ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three stories about couples who all have a gas station in Austria
Style:
realistic, independent film, melancholic, art house, tension ...
Plot:
couples, introspection, filling station, marital problem, gas station, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, social realism, infidelity, provincial life, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The anarchist Ottar is being locked up in a mental institution after a serious of tantrums that involves rage against the machine.
Style:
bleak, period piece, political drama
Plot:
mental institution, paranoia, social commentary, anti establishment, character study, authoritarianism, alienation, existential crisis, surveillance, isolation, nonconformity, counterculture ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Account of a film director's brief affair with a young neighbour, and his involvement in the social and political ramifications of a tenancy dispute in an apartment block. Filmmaker Bernard (Michel Piccoli), who is suffering a creative block, ...
Style:
realistic, art house, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
extramarital affair, character study, midlife crisis, creative block, seduction, infidelity, social realism, bittersweet, love affair, isolation, intimacy, slice of life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex soixante- huitard is forced to look back at his past .His kids look at him like an old soldier from a very distant war.His banker called him urgently.His last script idea is refused.He remembers meeting his wife in Sarajevo during the war.Most ...
Style:
realistic, clever, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, aging, dealing with death, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, nostalgia, character study, introspection, regret, memory, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, sarajevo
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story about the generation of 1968.
Style:
black comedy, art house, reflective, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
irony, satire, character study, male friendship, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, identity crisis, midlife crisis, melancholy, nostalgia, social realism, urban ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with passion, and repressed and hidden emotion. It delves into the ...
Style:
atmospheric, poignant, art house, period piece
Plot:
family drama, father daughter relationship, coming of age, loss of innocence, female protagonist, conflict, secrets, tragedy, forbidden love, small village, bittersweet, patriarchy ...
Time:
turn of the century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality.
Style:
anthology, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
character study, introspection, identity, intimate, slice of life, relationships, modern life, gender roles, social realism, bittersweet, domestic drama, motherhood ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
2004 film
Style:
anthology, art house, reflective, poignant, melancholic
Plot:
omnibus, japanese culture, everyday life, thoughtful, small town, summer, social realism, intimate, slice of life, minimalism, bittersweet, rehearsal ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The coincidence cross fates of five characters in a hotel room in New York. A newlyweds couples discussing, a touring magician requesting the services of a prostitute, a voyeur photographer that is silent witness to the fight of a couple on the ...
Style:
anthology, existential, tense, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
hotel room, loneliness, character study, urban, cross dressing, intimate, identity crisis, prostitution, suicide, sexuality, voyeurism, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Paris, France, April 2020. Félix, manager of a luxury hotel, decides to start a clandestine business during the first lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
quarantine, hotel, luxury hotel, hooker, hotel manager, satire, ethical dilemma, secrets, moral ambiguity, social commentary, isolation, urban ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his ...
Style:
realistic, reflective, melancholic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, character study, alienation, identity crisis, alcoholism, male protagonist, social realism, domestic drama, slow burn, boredom, intimate, mature ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Colombia, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a failed writer who has given up on life. Unemployed and living with family, he wanders the streets of Medellín in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, existential
Plot:
character study, poetry, creativity, aging, intimate, obscurity, isolation, regret, mishap, slice of life, identity, obsession ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece
Plot:
marriage, parenthood, character study, fatherhood, family drama, anarchist, identity crisis, post war, bittersweet, realism, gender roles, class differences ...
Time:
60s, post world war two
Place:
italy
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works as a publisher in Paris. After he attempts to kill him, he finds filial love thanks to his uncle.
Style:
emotional, art house, dramatic, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
single mother, father son relationship, search for father, family drama, coming of age, parenthood, character study, family conflict, identity crisis, fatherhood, moral ambiguity, bittersweet ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
36%
454
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jacques Blanchot loses everything: his wife, his home, his job. He gradually alienates himself from the world around him. Until the day when the owner of a pet shop takes him in.
Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, art house, emotional ...
Plot:
alienation, loss, character study, isolation, dog, intimate, slice of life, minimalism, loneliness, midlife crisis, redemption, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
35%
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276
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Marie lives with Antoine, but while he is away she meets Paul, a filmmaker visiting from Canada.
Style:
romantic drama, art house, independent film
Plot:
love triangle, jealousy, affair, infidelity, relationships, polyamory, seduction, adultery, domestic drama, passion, sexual tension, character study ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
This poignant and darkly comedic debut feature from Sean Gillane focuses on Nolan, an aspiring writer who feels stuck. He is frustrated with his career, his relationships, the world and ultimately with himself. Unable to keep from displaying his ...
Style:
existential, dark comedy, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
character study, self discovery, identity crisis, loneliness, alienation, obsession, isolation, bittersweet, mental breakdown, modern life, personal growth, realism ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Katia, a 35-year-old researcher in a documentary production company, has a chaotic way of navigating her relationship with Fred, her boyfriend. When she takes part in a new project, she finally puts her difference into words – and this revelation ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, tension, melancholic
Plot:
relationships, self acceptance, female protagonist, acceptance, identity, self discovery, modern life, communication, intimate, introspection, identity crisis, conflict ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A day in the life of Malek, a young man who suffers from sleep disorders and is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, his overprotective mother struggles with the disappearance of her husband, who was kidnapped more than 15 years ...
Style:
art house, psychological, melancholic, emotional, existential ...
Plot:
insomnia, family drama, character study, longing, slice of life, loss, grief, mother son relationship, memories, intimate, loneliness, regret ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
lebanon, middle east
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After many dark years of depression Luca seeks to gain her high school diploma. Her little dog Mata helps her to find motivation and keep a positive attitude towards life...
Style:
reflective, realistic, melancholic, independent film, experimental
Plot:
friendship, depression, mental health, dog, recovery, coming of age, loneliness, high school, personal growth, resilience, slice of life, isolation ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Four friends deemed 'losers' face immense pressure from parents and society upon entering adulthood. Their emotional tale sees them embark on a journey of self-discovery and acceptance, where love ultimately triumphs over judgment.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, uplifting, realistic, family saga ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, friendship, self discovery, personal growth, identity, family drama, acceptance, adulthood, social commentary, male bonding, slice of life ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
31%
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