Movies like Lovely Louise
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Lovely Louise (2013)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, emotional, poignant, realistic, art house, reflective, independent film
Plot:
personal growth, actress, mother and son, lifestyle change, character study, relationships, life, family relations, changing lives, career change, loneliness, house, elderly, aging, companionship, nostalgia, bittersweet, intimate, domestic drama, taxi driver, memory, aspiration, outsider, slice of life, second chance ...
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Most similar movies to Lovely Louise
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, captivating, melancholic and realistic films with plots about slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, personal growth, relationships, small town and family relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Lovely Louise: All About Mothers (2018), My Brother's Summer (2005), 3 Days with Dad (2019), Thanks to my Friends (2015), Gaali Sampath (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
They are the President of the Republic, a nanny, a baker, an actress, a teacher, a florist, a journalist, unemployed, a pediatrician. They are possessive, benevolent, clumsy, absent, omnipresent, overwhelmed, guilty, indulgent, loving, fragile, in ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, sincere, sentimental, light ...
Plot:
parenthood, motherhood, relationships, family life, parents and children, life, family relations, mother love, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, everyday life, love ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, parents and children, life, family problems, confronting the past, father son relationship, family relations, relationship problems, revelation, dealing with the past, relationships, guilty conscience ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man in his mid 30's reevaluates his life and priorities after he met someone from his past.
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, lifestyle change, changing lives, middle aged, introspection, satire, middle aged man, male protagonist, midlife crisis, personal growth, character study ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A partially mute man dreams of performing on stage in dramas but often keeps falling in trouble with the villagers due to his eccentric ways. By contrast, his son is a responsible man who dreams of climbing up the ladder and making something of his ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, love and romance, relationships, family relations, changing lives, in love, lifestyle change, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, love interest ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
journey, road trip, dementia, aging, elderly couple, marriage, memory, tenderness, bittersweet, nostalgia, long term relationship, companionship ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The story of the journey of an adult hero to his Bata, a stern Russian peasant who became a father at the dawn of the nineties and raised his son the way all Soviet people did.
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
parenting, father son relationship, kids and family, son, fatherhood, family drama, family relations, father and son, parents and children, father, gross out humor, humour ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
grief, family drama, family relations, healing, reconciliation, mourning, mother son relationship, bereavement, memory, funeral, personal growth, bittersweet ...
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Mr. Unni Mukundan who is very passionate about his first movie, coincidentally meets Mr. David Paul, a famous movie director. At the same time, the life experiences of Amal, who relocates himself to Cochin from Thalaserry, makes him undergo a total ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, movie business, director, lifestyle change, satire, lifestyle, couple relations, changing lives, couples, self discovery, friendship, personal growth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After falling off the roof at a New Year's Eve house party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
christmas, personal growth, redemption, second chance, father son relationship, relationships, changing lives, romantic relationship, lifestyle change, love story, family relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, friendship, girl, redemption, funeral director, second chance, death, healing, changing lives, lifestyle change, adult child friendship, empathy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.
Style:
emotional, poignant, reflective, melancholic, art house
Plot:
relationships, intimate, introspection, mediterranean, slice of life, small town, friendship, community, resilience, bittersweet, slow burn, coming of age ...
Place:
sardinia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil, Uruguay, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world.
Style:
satirical, emotional, captivating, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
family drama, motherhood, parenthood, parents and children, husband wife relationship, family relations, grownups, satire, family life, father son relationship, lifestyle, slice of life ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
50%
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Lithuania, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It is highly probable that before their own death, everyone has to organise someone else’s funeral. This is by far not an easy task. In addition to the searing grief, dying also brings a number of tasks that are at once utterly alien and intensely ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, inspirational, thought provoking, dark comedy ...
Plot:
death of father, mourning, funeral, female protagonist, grief, death, parents and children, teenage dreams, life & death, life lesson, mental health, character change ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex soixante- huitard is forced to look back at his past .His kids look at him like an old soldier from a very distant war.His banker called him urgently.His last script idea is refused.He remembers meeting his wife in Sarajevo during the war.Most ...
Style:
realistic, clever, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, aging, dealing with death, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, nostalgia, character study, introspection, regret, memory, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, sarajevo
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hartmut Mackowiak, a German taxi driver, tries to help 6 year old Turkish girl to find her mother.
Style:
realistic, humorous, serious, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
personal growth, taxi, family relations, couples, couple relations, little girl, loneliness, language barrier, empathy, friends, love and romance, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany, munich germany, turkey
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Since his wife's death, Andrew Blake is depressed. In an ultimate impetus, he leaves London to go back to France, in the house he met her. This journey through happy days memories won't go as planned.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, intercultural ...
Plot:
butler, widower, manor, job, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, mansion, businessman, grief, bittersweet, bereavement ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous, funny, light ...
Plot:
getting home, redemption, second chance, reunited friends, confronting the past, homecoming, life, humour, coping, problem solving, family reunited, friendship ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama, disturbing, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, changing lives, love, coping, fighting illness, satire, friends, love interest, travel, lifestyle change, personal growth, male bonding ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic man and a female Marine become emotionally entangled as they struggle to escape from their personal prisons.
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
agoraphobia, coping, phobia, overcoming, relationships, lifestyle, ex soldier, life, character study, abandonment, mental illness, loneliness ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family unit, it's a deeply personal film about the human connections that bond us all together.
Style:
mumblecore, captivating, entertaining, light, emotional ...
Plot:
sisters, family relations, sister sister relationship, family drama, sister, grief, family reunited, interracial relations, identity, family secret, intimate, domestic drama ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save his terrible economical situation. The film disappears. He suspects it is stolen and starts a hunt after a perpetrator.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, cult classic, art house
Plot:
alcoholism, nostalgia, loneliness, outsider, addiction, obsession, mother daughter relationship, redemption, eviction, second chance, intimate, personal growth ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Uje, a pop star in the 1990s, gets diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is a film about his everyday struggles.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
parkinson's disease, illness, family relations, autobiography, character study, biopic, male female relationship, hidden truth, problem, fighting illness, husband wife relationship, terminal illness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Grandfather of Ana is clearly experiencing Alzheimer. Family as no choice and make some decisions. This tense situation will change the life of Ana.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, poignant ...
Plot:
memory loss, aging, family relations, elderly, life is a bitch, mental illness, grandfather granddaughter relationship, retirement home, senior citizen, alzheimer's disease, family drama, family conflict ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Three siblings have all reached a point of their life, at which they realize the need to quickly change some things before they step into the second half of their lifetime. In the midst of chaos, insufficiency and loss they are searching for the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, family drama, siblings, family relations, siblings relations, coping, introspection, changing lives, lifestyle change, family problems ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film takes places in different time periods and countries. It narrates the story of a common man, who after entering into a deal with a strange character with superpowers, has the possibility of going back to his own past and to live again his ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
supernatural power, back in time, regret, second chance, changing the past or future, social problems, time travel, time jump, changing lives, lifestyle change, satire, sent to the past ...
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality.
Style:
anthology, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
character study, introspection, identity, intimate, slice of life, relationships, modern life, gender roles, social realism, bittersweet, domestic drama, motherhood ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Style:
emotional, sincere, captivating, life affirming, reflective ...
Plot:
cancer, reconciliation, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, alcoholic, alcoholism, redemption, mortality, family drama ...
Similarity:
36%
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