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Ave (2011)
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Ave (2011)
Original name: Avé
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 86 min.
Story: While hitchhiking from Sofia to Ruse, Kamen meets Avé, a 17-year-old runaway girl. With each ride they hitch, Avé invents new identities for them, and her compulsive lies get Kamen deeper and deeper into trouble. Reluctantly drawn into this adventure, Kamen begins to fall in love with the fleeting Avé.
Style: road movie, captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, independent film, sincere, touching, offbeat
Plot: coming of age, hitchhiking, teenage life, journey, leaving home, youth, fall in love, rebelliousness, travel, girl, camping, resistance, teenage love, love and romance, rebellion, hitchhiker, hidden identity, disorder, bittersweet, dishonesty, dealing with death, death, cancer, cemetery, suicide ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: bulgaria, europe
Keyword: bulgarian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about youth, coming of age, teenage life, love and romance, family relations, society and parents and children mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ave: Buddha Mountain (2010), Bulgarian Rhapsody (2014), Eastern Plays (2009), Milk (2008), Dear Prudence (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Buddha Mountain (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ding Bo (Chen Po Lin) and his friends Nan Feng (Fan Bingbing) and Fei Zao aka Fatso (Fei Long) are a trio of 20-something outsiders who have no intention of sitting exams and getting into universities. When they need a new home, they answer an ad ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: teenage life, rebelliousness, teenage love, best friend, rebellion, youth, love and romance, coming of age, friends, urban, dealing with death
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Bulgarian Rhapsody (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Israel
Duration: 108 min.
Story: the story of two adolescents, Moni and Zhozho, who meet 17-year-old Zheni in 1943 and with whom both fell in love. The events that follow unfold while Bulgaria has to decide on the deportation of 11 343 Jewish citizens in Macedonia and Thrace.
Style: touching, emotional, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: friendship, wartime life, fall in love, on the run, teenage love, holocaust, youth, love and romance, society, teenage life, anti semitism, coming of age ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Eastern Plays (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while Georgi who's recently joined a neo-nazi group participates in the violence, Hristo witnesses and rescues a Turkish family. Georgi, now being ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, philosophical ...
Plot: racism, brother brother relationship, gang, addiction, introspection, coming of age, redemption, rebelliousness, love and romance, life is a bitch, politics, law firm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria, europe, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Milk (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A high school graduate, Yusuf could not pass the university entrance exam. Writing poetry is his greatest passion and some of his poems are being printed in various obscure literary journals. But neither these poems, nor the rapidly falling price of ...
Style: realistic, art house, psychological, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, introspection, teenage love, leaving home, unfulfillment, family relations, hopes, small town, farm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Dear Prudence (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle racing on the biker circuit at Rungis. ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, family problems, teenage girl, troubled youth, drug abuse, woman, death in the family, motorcycle race, car race ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Class Enemy (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Relations between the students and the new teacher of German are extremely tense. When one female student commits suicide, her schoolmates blame the teacher for her death. An awareness that things are not quite so black and white comes too late.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, educational ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: rebelliousness, youth, teachers and students, teenage life, high school life, coping, social relations, power relations, creepy child, psychoanalyst, coming of age, undisciplined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: slovenia, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.6
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A Trip (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Three friends embark on a road trip like in high school, but things have changed - Gregor is going to war mission, Ziva is going to study abroad, while Andrej is still the same. There are secrets left unsaid. Can their friendship survive?
Style: emotional, realistic, road movie, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, love triangle, on the road, journey, coming of age, youth, lgbt, lesbian, nomad, picnic, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: slovenia
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.4
 589
Lena (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, leaving home, teenage love, parents and children, teenage life, physical appearance, youth, family problems, family relations, teenager, loneliness, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Pope Dreams (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: terminal illness, follow your dream, hopes, parents and children, family relations, coming of age, young lovers, teenage life, unfulfillment, human nature, mother son relationship, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Invisible Circus (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After learning that her sister, Faith (Cameron Diaz), has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe (Jordana Brewster), an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home to travel to Europe. Phoebe hopes to discover and experience the ...
Style: sexy, emotional, touching, romantic, sentimental ...
Plot: suicide, secrets, death, teenage life, fall in love, love and romance, family relations, couples, on the road, haunted by the past, human nature, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 5.8
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1st Love (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating
Plot: coming of age, youth, teenage love, teenage life, sexual awakening, family relations, parents and children, oral sex, bittersweet, teenage boy, teenage girl, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Young Girls in Black (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: human nature, teenage life, family problems, society, youth, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, rebelliousness, coming of age, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Jess + Moss (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, farm, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, society, smoking, teenager, childhood, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Same Same But Different (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: fall in love, love affair, unlikely couple, couples, interracial relations, society, life is a bitch, hopes, culture clash, social differences, terminal illness, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, europe, germany, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 6.2
 587
Lebanon, Pa. (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, culture clash, society, love and romance, pregnancy, coming of age, hopes, youth, wooing, small town, road not taken, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 4.7
 229
Broken Roads (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Broken Roads is a contrasted portrait of life, dealing with loss, a journey of rediscovery & the hills climbed which forever change us.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, indie film ...
Plot: estrangement, teenage life, small town life, youth, small town, family tragedy, grandmother grandson relationship, curses spells and rituals, journey, loss, coming of age, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.7
 780
Blessed (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style: atmospheric, sincere, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot: self discovery, juvenile delinquency, missing child, teenage life, youth, family relations, rebellion, dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Becoming Redwood (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A quirky coming of age story about an 11-year-old boy named Redwood who dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Master's of golf he'll reunite his parents.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot: youth, golf, coming of age, teenage life, life turned upside down, estrangement, daydreamer, family relations, parents and children, disorder, hopes, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Mila from Mars (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Fleeing an abusive relationship, Mila, a teen prostitute, finds herself in a border town, pregnant, alone, and, to her surprise, welcome. The remote village is on a marijuana plantation run by a group of elderly men and women. Not having known much ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, offbeat
Plot: marijuana, starting over, on the run, haunted by the past, social relations, drug dealing, youth, teenage life, village, teenage pregnancy, orphan, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.5
 184
Romeo Eleven (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Romeo11 is a frequent visitor to internet chat rooms and social networking sites, where he's been engaging in an ongoing flirtation with an attractive woman. But Romeo11 doesn't actually exist; he's the creation of Rami, a teenager ...
Style: realistic, sincere, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, siblings relations, disability, hidden identity, dishonesty, teenage life, parents and children, computers and web, restaurant, lie, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montreal, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 5.0
 163
Beautiful Fall (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ninni is sixteen and she lives in a beautiful mansion in the swedish countryside with her family.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, freeze frame
Audience: teens
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, teenage love, love and romance, fall in love, countryside, teenage life, parents and children, estate, bittersweet, youth, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, touching, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, coming of age, elderly lovers, youth, family life, family problems, couples, estrangement, lifestyle, love and romance, dysfunctional family, bittersweet ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
All Cats Are Grey (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This Belgian drama is about the special bond between father and daughter. Paul is a 46 year old PI. Dorothy is almost 16 and has an identity crisis when she finds out her father isn't her biological father. Her mother won't tell her ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Plot: private detective, unknown father, obsession, teenage life, youth, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, paternity revealed, fatherhood, nightclub, coming of age, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, belgium, brussels
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Vicious Circle (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Shot on digital , HD and 8 mm. Filmed through both sides of North America. 'Vicious Circle' pushes the limits of what can be accomplished on a bike. Featuring the first ever 65 foot 'Double Road Gap' , some of the gnarliest ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot: fall in love, lifestyle, false accusation, teenage life, family relations, youth, love and romance, destructive relationship, society, chess, skateboard, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Darker Than Midnight (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, queer cinema
Plot: social misfits, lgbt, friendship, family relations, youth, parents and children, society, gay, androgyny, boyhood, leaving home, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 6.9
 489
Mamitas (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A teenager in Echo Park deals with the loss of his mother and his attraction to a girl not considered "cool" by his friends.
Style: sincere, realistic, captivating, psychological, light ...
Plot: coming of age, teenage love, high school, youth, couples, teenage life, social relations, friendship, society, self discovery, homeless, poverty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 7.2
 66
Valley (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story: This is the story of three sensitive teens who are forced to deal with violence at home, violence at school. It is a story of friendship, of love and hate, where the adolescents world is revealed as cruel and beautiful, a world where the desire to ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot: teenage love, friendship, teenage life, buddies, love and romance, youth, family relations, graphic violence, violent content, coming of age, friends, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The State I Am In (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: With 1970s Germany in the background, this film depicts the story of a family from the “R.A.F. Terrorist” group and their search for a normal life and their inner self.
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, grownups, youth, love and romance, family problems, family relations, teenage love, parent child relationship, puberty, fall in love, eccentric family, family in crisis ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Bag of Flour (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Morocco
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, rebelliousness, discrimination, teenage love, society, youth, love and romance, political unrest, feminism, orphan, little girl ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, year 1984
Place: morocco, africa, middle east, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Art of Travel (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: High school grad. Conner Layne is about to marry his first love, but when wedding plans fail, he goes solo on his honeymoon to Central America, finding adventure with a ragtag group of foreigners who attempt to cross the Darien Gap in record time.
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, sincere, bleak ...
Plot: travel, self discovery, adventurer, escapades, canceled wedding, friends, prank, youth, wanderlust, survival, disaster, nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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