Movies like Throatful of Strawberries
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Throatful of Strawberries (1985)
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Original name: Jagode u grlu
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A story about partly miserable lives of middle aged men and unfulfilled dreams of youth.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, existential, grim, period piece
Plot:
midlife crisis, middle aged, regret, frustration, alcoholism, crisis, self destructing, shame, realism, guilt, slice of life, friendship, working class, introspection, bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, male bonding, social commentary, fate, drinking, dark humor, betrayal, nightshift, success ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and existential films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, friendship, regret, nostalgia and midlife crisis mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Throatful of Strawberries: Return to Ithaca (2014), Bubblegum (2017), Goodbye Trainmen (1992), White Trash (1983), After the Winter (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Veturimiehet heiluttaa on 4. syyskuuta 1992 ensi-iltansa saanut suomalainen elokuva. Elokuva on kuvattu suurimmaksi osaksi Porissa. Veturimiehet heiluttaa sai ensi-iltansa Ruotsissa 26. maaliskuuta 1993.
Style:
contemplative, emotional, realistic, melancholic, pastoral
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, youth, grownups, male friendship, slice of life, relationships, character study, personal growth, working class, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
The precise portrait of people in the Berlin neighborhood, their longings, despairs and paltry consolations
Style:
melancholic, bleak, existential
Plot:
character study, striptease, alcoholism, slice of life, realism, alienation, abandonment, working class, midlife crisis, sexuality, social realism, blue collar ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west berlin west germany
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Style:
melancholic, emotional
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, introspection, diaspora, migration, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, memory ...
Place:
montenegro
Similarity:
63%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten years after the death of a close friend, a group of Yale graduates who formed a secret society to make the world a better place reunite, only to discover how far from their ambitious, selfless goals they have strayed. Brett Cullen, Jessica Hecht ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, melancholic, tense
Plot:
friendship, college, introspection, human nature, friends, last wish, haunted by the past, character study, grief, mourning, secrets, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two female clerks using up their savings to enjoy a few days of carefree life, two plumbers looking for an erotic adventure, a building contractor determined to drink away all wages of his workers and a former major who became an alcoholic due to ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, realistic, poignant
Plot:
nightlife, frustration, alcoholism, nightclub, escape, slice of life, social realism, working class, alienation, regret, introspection, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe, slovakia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sanyi (Szabolcs Thuróczy) is a puppeteer and an alcoholic. Pali (Tamás Polgár) is an elevator mechanic and an alcoholic. Together they search for their friend Tomi, who has already missed several AA meetings. They try to stay sober, which is not ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, tense, road movie
Plot:
addiction, friendship, alcoholism, realism, blue collar, working class, recovery, abstinence, male bonding, social commentary, broken family, bittersweet ...
Place:
budapest, hungary, eastern europe
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
On a holiday eve, everyone, especially one tired and chilly, does so need at least one living soul at one's side: it is bad to meet a holiday alone with oneself. Thus, on a New Year's Eve, the main characters meet, — a meeting of two ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, existential
Plot:
winter, social injustice, character study, social realism, bittersweet, poverty, slice of life, realism, loneliness, gender roles, intimate, desperation ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
58%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, under the surface, life is a bitch, friends, countryside, writer's life, coming of age, literature, nostalgia, introspection ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
49%
500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Truck drivers traveling from Odessa to Tbilisi. The first one is an elderly man, this is his last trip before retirement. The second is a newcomer, who has sat behind the wheel for the first time... Different people meet on the way of the drivers, ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
journey, working class, teamwork, tradition, friendship, convoy, retirement, perseverance, slice of life, newcomer, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Time:
70s
Place:
odessa ukraine, tbilisi, caucasus, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Style:
melancholic, poignant, existential, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
introspection, literary, character study, monologue, bittersweet, family drama, regret, nostalgia, midlife crisis, unrequited love, jealousy, dark humor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
west end london
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Igor and Alexandra are 30 -years old lovers.She is a theater production designer.He is an actor.She works hard,he drinks.They cannot leave and cannot get on.This story is about eternal problem of choice and talent to listen to ones heart .About a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, choice, character study, meaning of life, family problems, relationship problems, middle age romance, marital problem, lifestyle, middle aged, love affair ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As laid-off factory worker Marcos pins his hopes for a new life on completing his long-unfinished one-man play, he contacts his estranged friend Martín, now a television writer, for help. But can their collaboration transcend an uneasy past? As the ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, melancholic, art house, one man show
Audience:
adult
Plot:
creative process, theater, friendship, slice of life, factory worker, playwright, introspection, intimate, collaboration, realism, working class, reconciliation ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
EDEN deals with what could possible be a future for most people caught up in the current economic climate in Ireland and how we have taken a bite of the financial apple and borrowed beyond our means. We follow Adam who has been left unemployed and ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, bleak, existential, grim
Plot:
homelessness, street life, realism, social commentary, unemployment, poverty, empathy, character study, working class, survival, desperation, urban decay ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Willy, Richard, and Lionel, three blue-collar friends from Montreal East, leave the city and travel to the countryside for a weekend of hunting. Richard's wife forces him to bring along his young son, Michel. For these men, hunting represents ...
Style:
grim, bleak, period piece
Plot:
hunting, machismo, toxic masculinity, loss of innocence, coming of age, male bonding, working class, blue collar, tragedy, violence, trauma, infidelity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Polish Psychological Drama
Style:
reflective, existential, philosophical, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, mortality, character study, memory, mountain, friendship, fear of death, male friendship, crisis of faith, nostalgia, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cliff Raines is an up-and-coming actor who struggles with living a lonely life in Los Angeles. In his time between roles, he finds comfort in alcohol and his new found relationship with a young woman with similar baggage to his.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, realistic, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, loneliness, intimate, slice of life, alcoholism, showbiz, self destructing, identity crisis, bittersweet, urban, personal growth ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows three young people from Belgrade, a city that offers nothing but pragmatism and not many life opportunities.
Style:
melancholic, independent film, existential, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, apathy, social realism, frustration, alienation, coming of age, social commentary, slice of life, aimlessness, friendship, working class, hopelessness ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia
Similarity:
42%
331
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A bookseller from Seoul travels with a young woman to Fukuoka in Japan to meet a former friend from university. While their reunion is haunted by the conflicts of the past, his travel companion floats through the plot as if moving through a dream.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
reconciliation, love triangle, memory, nostalgia, lifestyle, love affair, confronting the past, love story, middle aged, middle aged man, relationships, relationship problems ...
Place:
japan, seoul, south korea
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
middle aged man, midlife crisis, character study, loneliness, regret, alienation, existential crisis, family drama, intimate, infidelity, urban, slice of life ...
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of relatively young (30-35 years), college-educated, smart, urban people, whose youth was destroyed in the events during the breakup of Yugoslavia, in a late search for their identity.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, existential, dramatic, reflective ...
Plot:
identity crisis, trauma, frustration, regret, memory, social commentary, generation gap, bittersweet, city life, nostalgia, friendship, intimate ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
balkan, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A Mexican teen Lucas in a gray industrial town befriends co-worker Oscar. Oscar leaves, entrusting Lucas with treasures. Through photography, Lucas captures observed light, finding connection and solace.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, art house, independent film, slow cinema
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, working class, loneliness, photography, realism, introspection, intimate, memory, solitude, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico, poetic realism
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide, memory, existential crisis, symbolism, loss, midlife crisis, self discovery, guilt, flashback, mature, regret, isolation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael has a secret that he intends to announce during his birthday party. He has finally decided to propose to Catti, his girlfriend of many years. But Catti has other plans ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, comedy drama, melancholic, cynical ...
Plot:
secret, birthday party, proposal, relationships, revelation, party, celebration, conflict, domestic drama, introspection, friends, decision ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Anand, in the travel back to his home to reunite with his friends , looks back at his life in 8 chapters, trying to find an answer to the question of “What’s happiness / Am I happy?
Style:
poignant, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, introspection, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, road trip, getting home, homecoming, nostalgia, bittersweet, flashback, acceptance ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, emotional, political drama, tragic
Plot:
actor, marriage, family drama, alcoholism, divorce, stage actor, child custody, character study, loss, regret, theater, social commentary ...
Time:
90s
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia, serbia, usa, belgrade serbia
Similarity:
36%
216
Genre: Drama
Country: Bolivia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The story of an improbable friendship and a social comment on life in Bolivia in the eighties.
Style:
compassionate, emotional, melancholic, road movie
Plot:
friendship, road trip, character study, poverty, working class, social realism, realism, humanism, coming of age, class differences, male bonding, social commentary ...
Time:
80s
Place:
bolivia
Similarity:
36%
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