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Revenge (1983)
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Original name: Odwet
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Polish Psychological Drama
Style:
reflective, existential, psychological, philosophical, melancholic, contemplative, intellectual, bleak, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, mortality, character study, mountain, memory, friendship, nostalgia, fear of death, crisis of faith, male friendship, isolation, regret, intimacy, marriage, winter, mourning, meaning of life, husband wife relationship, confession, old friend, metaphysics, mountain resort, friendship between men, reunion ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, existential and reflective films with plots about memory, regret, nostalgia, intimate, character study, bittersweet and loss mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Revenge: How Far, How Near (1972), Gyeongju (2014), The Quiet Roar (2014), Being Dead (2020), Before What Comes After (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
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Place:
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534
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
MARIANNE (Evabritt Strandberg) is a 68-year old woman diagnosed with a terminal disease. Left with angst, she seeks therapy at a clinic where she is treated with Psilocybin (LSD) and meditation by a counselor, Eva (Hanna Schygulla). Through this she ...
Style:
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Plot:
aging, elderly, drug abuse, introspection, disease, dealing with death, terminal illness, female protagonist, subconscious, character study, youth, hallucination ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling back to the place where they fell in love -- only to arrive at the point of their sudden ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tragic ending, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mortality, death, marital crisis, troubled marriage, marital problem, marriage, married couple, unhappy marriage, literary, fatal accident, sudden death, loss ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in which the doctor is the guide and the writer, his passenger, led to confront his own fears and ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, existential, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
life & death, mortality, fear of death, soul searching, character study, anxiety, intimate, acceptance, confession, regret, minimalism, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
regret, identity crisis, midlife crisis, guilt, love triangle, friendship, alienation, failed marriage, self discovery, nostalgia, sacrifice, scientist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, siberia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
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Place:
brittany
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, intellectual, art house, reflective, poetic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
aging, self discovery, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, elderly, marriage, retirement, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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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: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, poignant
Plot:
winter, grief, mourning, nostalgia, bittersweet, loneliness, loss, character study, memory, regret, aging, family tragedy ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba
Similarity:
54%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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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:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, existential, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
self discovery, redemption, personal growth, spiritual journey, transformation, second chance, acceptance, mortality, terminal illness, intimate, regret, isolation ...
Place:
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Similarity:
49%
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: West Germany, Norway
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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45%
331
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Place:
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45%
468
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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44%
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, philosophical, reflective, existential, art house ...
Plot:
memory, nostalgia, aging, ambiguity, life & death, intimate, existential crisis, loneliness, death, dream, slow burn, minimalism ...
Place:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Poland, Spain, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Serbia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, meditative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
serbia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 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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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
aging, motherhood, family drama, autobiography, loss, blindness, elderly man, grief, trauma, reflection, regret, realism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, meta, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
grief, loneliness, isolation, identity crisis, character study, search for father, alienation, minimalism, intimate, regret, male protagonist, urban ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Azerbaijan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the film follows a prodigal son who returns after 12 years. His reappearance at the family home in rural Azerbaijan significantly alters their way of life.
Style:
art house, melancholic, slow cinema, contemplative
Plot:
family drama, homecoming, character study, memory, regret, nostalgia, family conflict, prodigal son, symbolism, inheritance, bittersweet, small town life ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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