Movies like Pan 1995
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Pan (1995)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very strong in their opinions, and both are behaving a little strange. Love turns to hate, and instead of doing all they can to please each other, they do all they can to hurt the other person psychological. They both do a great job, and what began as a love story turns into a sad and depressing story of two ruined persons. The story is told by Thomas Glahn from his "exile" in Thailand, where he in the beginning of the movie receives two green feathers from Edvarda.
Style:
bleak, romantic drama, tragic ending, period drama
Plot:
emotional manipulation, tragic romance, jealousy, obsessive love, melancholy, regret, character study, heartbreak, revenge, loneliness, forbidden love, betrayal, mature, isolation, male protagonist, literary, love, murder, scandinavian culture, forest, unfaithfulness, infidelity
Place:
arabia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, melancholic, art house and bleak films with plots about betrayal, isolation, jealousy, obsession, character study, forbidden love and love mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Pan: The Shadow (2008), Barbara (1997), The Bengali Night (1988), Werther (1986), The Savage Land (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Adapted from Peyami Safa’s novel Selma and Her Shadow, the movie tells the story of Selma. Selma (Görkem Yeltan) is the ultimate femme fatale whose alluring and seductive nature and irresistible charms exude an aura of death for men.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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660
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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41%
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Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
intercultural, tragic ending, emotional, intense, tension ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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117
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Story:
Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1988
Style:
tense, bleak, emotional, tragic ending, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, oppression, landlord, social injustice, prison escape, class conflict, love triangle, elopement, murder, betrayal, forbidden love, tragic romance ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sensual, costume drama, tragic ending, dark ...
Plot:
erotica, adultery, mature, murder, betrayal, lust, fatal attraction, forbidden love, taboo, literary, sexploitation, obsession ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, emotional, intense, art house ...
Plot:
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Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, art house, melancholic, tense, ambiguous ending
Plot:
teacher student relationship, forbidden love, moral ambiguity, guilt, reputation, infidelity, betrayal, character study, literary, shame, obsession, emotional manipulation ...
Time:
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Place:
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289
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, allegory, period drama
Plot:
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231
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, art house, tense, moody
Plot:
obsessive love, obsession, character study, mediterranean, romantic obsession, loneliness, grief, female protagonist, jealousy, memory, tragic romance, mourning ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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322
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 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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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
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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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 104 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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79
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
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Duration: 100 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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Story:
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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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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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France, Italy, West Germany
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Story:
No overview found.
Style:
romantic drama, historical romance, poignant, tragic ending, poetic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
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Story:
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Style:
tension, bleak, grim, suspense, existential ...
Plot:
revenge, anti hero, outsider, guilt, loneliness, desperation, isolation, survival, betrayal, manhunt, car salesman, half sister ...
Similarity:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak
Plot:
loneliness, poverty, alienation, isolation, social realism, female protagonist, single mother, theft, tragic romance, working class, melancholy, desperation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, west berlin west germany, poland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The people of this remote village in the Black Forest don't talk much, but when they do, it's in the Alemannic dialect. Hanna, 21 has traveled far to work here. She shovels manure, milks cows and tries to cope with the farmer, Uwe Kiefer, ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, melancholic, independent film, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
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160
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, dark drama, reflective, tense, controversial ...
Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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281
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, poignant, emotional, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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815
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A tragic love affair between Victoria and Johannes. She's the daughter of a rich estate owner and he's the son of a poor miller. Despite the deep love between them, her father makes Victoria ditch Johannes for the richer Otto.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, tragic ending, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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