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Jasper's Ghost (1992)
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Original name: Det skaldede spøgelse
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
11-year-old Jasper may just be starting puberty, but so far he has experienced a lifetime of emotions. On the day his beloved grandfather dies, he is charged with taking care of the elder's pet cat. The local town bully, Mourids however, has his own ideas on how to take care of the frisky feline and wastes no time with showing Jasper just what he thinks of cats. Enter Far, a significantly more mature girl who Jasper is attracted to. It's love at first sight for Jasper, but will Far return the puppy love or will Jasper find out the hard way that she is actually Mourid's girlfriend?
Plot:
children, teenager, spider, teacher, death, church, boy, teenage girl, kitten, fish, lake, full moon, junior high school, scandinavian girl, peeping, village, ghost, cat, female nudity, priest, family relations, grownups, bare breasts, coming of age, dead animal ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, touching, captivating and realistic films with plots about coming of age, female nudity, boy, bare breasts, nudity, nude and teenage girl mostly in Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Jasper's Ghost: The Leap (2005), Maramao (1987), The Adolescent (1979), A Time in Quchi (2013), Beauty and the Beast (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 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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Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
older man young girl relationship, 13 year old, young girl, sexual awakening, coming of age, children, first love, cheating wife, foot fetish, bare breasts, vacation, bicycle ...
Time:
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Place:
provence, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 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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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
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Place:
denmark, scandinavia
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological
Plot:
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Place:
cuba
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38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, cult classic, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, children, female nudity, bullying, nude girl, classmate classmate relationship, sexual tension, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, teenage protagonist, outcast, teenage crush ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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177
Genre: Family, Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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428
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Story:
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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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Plot:
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Place:
finland
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
denmark
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34%
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