Movies like Brave 1994

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Brave (1994)
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Brave (1994)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
Story: Cult director Richard Stanley brings Marillion's music to the screen in the 50-minute BRAVE. A teenager believed to be suicidal is discovered wandering near the Severn Bridge. Suffering from severe memory loss, she seeks information about the mysterious events that led to her condition. This work of fiction was inspired from the true story of an amnesiac woman found at the bridge.
Style: independent film
Plot: suicide attempt, psychopath, depression, suicide, homeless, amnesia, paranoia, homelessness, psychiatrist, runaway, girl, flashback, progressive rock

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, serious, realistic and sentimental films with plots about suicide, suicide attempt, depression, flashback, girl, homelessness and singer mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Brave: Face in the Mirror (1982), Lara (2019), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Our House (2006), Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Face in the Mirror (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: The dramatic story of a group of young people’s response to a desperate teen’s cry for help.
Style: christian film
Plot: faith, suicide, pastor, ambulance, christianity, outcast, suicide attempt, christian, troubled teen, depression, teenager, hospital ...
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Lara (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It is Lara's sixtieth birthday and it is surely no coincidence that her son Viktor is giving the most important piano concert of his career – since it was her who mapped out and forced Victor's musical career in the first place. Yet the ...
Style: melancholic, serious, atmospheric, depressing, visual ...
Plot: mother son conflict, classical music, ex husband ex wife relationship, loneliness, depression, musician, composer, birthday, music, girl, mother daughter conflict, suicidal thoughts ...
Time: 90s, year 2019
Place: germany, berlin germany
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75%
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, bleak, meditative, clever ...
Plot: music, homeless, musician, loneliness, cat, musician's life, financial problem, road trip, aspiring singer, depression, art, eccentricity ...
Time: 60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, somalia, indiana, chicago ...
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70%
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Our House (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A lonely socialite (Roberts) opens up her mansion to homeless people after a young woman (Reyes) saves her life.
Style: powerful
Plot: homeless, poverty, smuggling, suicide attempt, chore, drug trade, drinking, jail, medical examination, theft, wealth, kindness ...
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Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, sincere, christian film ...
Plot: homeless, bullying, homelessness, addiction, biopic, suicide, abuse, tragic hero, human nature, haunted by the past, suicide attempt, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: england
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66%
The Price of Love (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 16 year old Bret lives with his indifferent father and a stepmother who abhors him. After yet another fight he leaves home. He meets two guys and a girl who are drifting around. He feels attracted to Roxanne and they decide to continue together to ...
Plot: poverty, homeless, runaway, male prostitute, bare chested male, teenage runaway, gay for pay, homeless teenager, gay interest, street kid, street life, male prostitution ...
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58%
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Sweet Dreams (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A girl awakes from a coma to find her world has collapsed around her and she remembers nothing. But as she does remember she finds out all is not how it should be and someone is out to get her.
Style: psychological thriller
Plot: psychiatrist, amnesia, flashback, fire, sister
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55%
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Peter Grimes (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.
Plot: opera, inquest, violence, child abuse, drowning, murder, suicide, apprentice, sinking boat, nonconformity, preacher, landlady ...
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The Austrian Method (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: therapist, extramarital affair, suicide attempt, ecstasy, suicide, alcohol
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50%
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My Little Girl (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, homeless, poverty, white supremacy, racism, skepticism, teenage girl, 18 year old, rehabilitation center, homeless teenager, laundry, naivete ...
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48%
I Know How to Knit (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story: The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes ...
Plot: suicide attempt, depression, insane asylum, solitude, diary, farce, insanity, insane
Place: st. petersburg russia
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48%
Nola and the Clones (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A homeless Irish girl encounters a series of men who appear strikingly similar to each other
Plot: homelessness, homeless, mother daughter relationship, prostitute
Place: ireland
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44%
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Suzie (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Suzie, a 58 year old depressed taxi driver on the night shift. On Halloween, she finds a 10 year old autistic boy in the back seat of her taxi with 50$ and an address. As Suzie arrived at the father's address, she realizes the mess this family ...
Plot: autism, girl, depression, loneliness, taxi, parenting
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44%
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Cat's Play (1974)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Karoly Makk's heartbreaking story of two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives, but still believe in hope and love, earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. In this follow-up to the ...
Plot: shopping, unfaithfulness, fate, male female relationship, physicist, lost, old man, old woman, old age, retirement, memory, gluttony ...
Place: munich germany, hungary, west germany, frankfurt germany, budapest
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42%
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Spiral (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he ...
Style: intellectual
Plot: hopelessness, depression, lecture, morgue, renaissance, rock climbing, mental breakdown, tourist, suicide attempt, climbing, bad temper, mountain ...
Place: poland, eastern europe
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41%
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August Rush (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style: touching, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: music, musician, childhood, prodigy, orphan, child prodigy, dancing, child protagonist, genius, youth, chance meeting, children ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, chicago, xian, san francisco ...
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39%
Madama Butterfly (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: The heroine of this beloved opera finds herself faced with a dreadful choice: life without dignity or death with honor. Hear some of Puccini's most soaring and captivating music in this classic story of colliding hearts and cultures.
Plot: italian opera, deception, suicide, betrayal, opera, live performance, geisha, bigamy, death, cheating
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39%
Before I Disappear (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film 'Curfew'. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Style: depressing, melancholic, emotional, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: suicide attempt, depression, mental illness, self discovery, life, coming of age, suicide, loneliness, direction and purpose, regret, low lives, relationships ...
Time: y2k
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38%
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Celine (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy fiancé to leave her. Following several failed suicide attempts, Céline is hospitalized and comes to the attention of ...
Style: art house, eros, erotic
Plot: girl, supernatural, oral sex, a vision, sex scene, female nudity, suicide, death, countryside, yoga, supernatural power, spirituality ...
Place: france
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37%
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Set against a backdrop of early 60's London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar - the biggest selling record of it's time - ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, spiritual ...
Plot: gay, recording studio, paranoia, suicide, musician's life, prodigy, experimental music, homosexual, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, music industry ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, london
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37%
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Pain of Love (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young woman who falls in love with her teacher is hit by heartache and challenges she is not prepared for and struggles to escape her dark frame of mind.
Plot: age difference, mental illness, teacher student relationship, suicide attempt, parenthood, psychiatric hospital, escape, woman, mental institution, flash forward, celebration, girl ...
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36%
The World of Ludovic (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ludovic, a young boy neglected by his artsy parents, falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a piano teacher. They meet in secret places in the city. Not long after Sophie's father finds them naked together in her room, Ludovic is sent away ...
Plot: children, coming of age, first love, boy, youth, child, piano teacher, beach, photographer, police, suicide attempt, nudity ...
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36%
The King of Friday Night (1985)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Nova Scotia singing group has a reunion concert 20 years after their successful start.
Style: independent film
Plot: flashback, concert, fictional band, success, reunion
Place: nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
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36%
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New Year's Day (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
Style: independent film
Plot: gay, avalanche, gay interest, alienation, tragedy, boy, suicide, suicide attempt, single parent, male virgin, arson, junkie ...
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34%
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The Son (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: mental health, divorced parents, family conflict, father, teen angst, depression, suicide, couple relations, father and son, love story, ex couple relations, family relations ...
Place: washington d.c., new york
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Madame Butterfly (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha, seeks to fulfill her dreams through marriage to an American naval officer. Her faith in their future is shattered by his empty vows and the loss she endures touches something deep within us all.
Style: emotional, stylized, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: suicide, betrayal, interracial romance, marriage, interracial relations, u.s. sailor, couples, unfulfillment, innocence lost, destructive relationship, love and romance, opposites attract ...
Time: 1900s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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34%
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Tweek City (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Tweek City is a week in the life of Bill, a potentially closeted, half-Latino, small-time speed dealer in San Francisco's Mission District. Bill is stuck on an endless walk from one empty experience to the next. Only Bill's friend Jerm has ...
Style: black comedy, independent film, dark comedy
Plot: homelessness, drug, suicide, male nudity, gay, closeted homosexual, gay latino, urban setting
Place: san francisco
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33%
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Dalida (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, disturbing, sincere, crying ...
Plot: female singer, biopic, husband wife relationship, suicide, musician's life, music, woman, art, gay, girl, lgbt, snow ...
Time: 50s, year 1933, year 1967, year 1972, year 1986 ...
Place: montmartre paris, paris france, italy, india, france ...
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32%
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My First Wife (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a film about our children and the future we offer them. Helen has decided to leave, and it is John who lacks the inner resources to cope with the ...
Style: independent film
Plot: bare chested male, death of father, hospital, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, adultery, mother daughter relationship, sick father, bare breasts, psychiatrist, train, marital strife ...
Time: year 1984
Place: australia
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31%
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Quadrophenia (1979)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
Style: surreal, stylized, lyrical, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: motorcycle, music, rock, coming of age, rock and roll, working class, youth, teenage boy, male nudity, street fight, pharmacy, dancing ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century, year 1979
Place: england, london, brighton, britain, europe
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31%
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