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1 Buck (2017)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.
Style:
southern gothic, indie film, melancholic, anthology, suspense, road movie
Plot:
ghost hunter, small town, poverty, humanity, community, class struggle, everyday life, realism, symbolism, character study, social commentary, economics, desperation, slice of life, intimate, redemption, loss, identity, hopes, slow burn, hunter, faith, interracial relations, nostalgia, serial killer ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
louisiana
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Most similar movies to 1 Buck
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, suspense, emotional and tense films with plots about small town, slow burn, intimate, character study, redemption, identity and slice of life mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like 1 Buck: Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (2016), Godsend (2021), The Boatman (2015), Sunny (2021), Two Men (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Venkob Rao, a widower suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is moved to an old-age home by his son. When he goes missing one day, he crosses swords with criminals.
Style:
suspense, emotional, realistic, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
missing person, memory loss, father son relationship, family drama, compassion, social commentary, loneliness, social issues, loss, fatherhood, bonding, character study ...
Place:
kannada
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100
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a man (Michael Ochotorena, "John Light," "Dispatched") wakes up under a bridge to discover he no longer knows who he is or how he got there, his life brutally unfolds as a homeless person. Enduring the scorn of random ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, reflective, independent film, road movie
Plot:
kindness, compassion, homelessness, hopes, humanity, street life, redemption, amnesia, loss, faith, survival, second chance ...
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68%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Miguel is the perfect coyote: dedicated, single-minded, his record unblemished. His home is the winding path of the migrant: the back alley gravel, the crumbled pavement, and last - the river. Despite this perfect record, Miguel is no stranger to ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, poignant, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
migrant, coyote, death, survival, border, smuggling, isolation, illegal immigration, haunted, character study, loner, grief ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
65%
6K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The life of a failed musician, sunny takes a dramatic turn as he smuggles himself back from Dubai to Kerala in midst of a global pandemic and shuts himself from the society.
Style:
emotional, intense, melancholic, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, desperation, character study, survival, regret, redemption, isolation, homecoming, secrets, getting home, resilience, hopes ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india, dubai
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This is the story of two men from opposite ends of the spectrum of life, who somehow get inexplicably intertwined. The story happens over 24 hours, from the dawn of the eve of Bakrid to the dawn of Bakrid
Style:
realistic, reflective, melancholic, art house, tense ...
Plot:
character study, relationships, empathy, chance meeting, intimate, slice of life, festival, social commentary, coincidence, urban, identity, fate ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sue Parker is thrust into a desperate struggle to rescue her family's failing business, teetering on the edge of ruin due to her father's negligence. With the arrival of a charming wanderer, she sees him as their sole hope to help prevent ...
Style:
southern gothic, tense, crime drama, suspense, neo western ...
Plot:
small town, corruption, power struggle, greed, desperation, mature, moral ambiguity, nightlife, slow burn, violence, revenge, grief ...
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A debt-ridden father takes advantage of an unforeseen situation to disappear and live off the grid under a false identity. But a chance event occurs and the temptation to want to know his family resurfaces.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
disappearance, temptation, family bonds, family drama, fatherhood, secret, money problems, problem, social problems, regret, guilt, escape ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Larry is an ardent evangelical Christian, lives in New York, works as a mover, and dreams of breaking into the world of commercial acting. As he seeks his big break, he argues with his boss and leads a solitary life. His fate takes an unexpected ...
Style:
feel good, light, realistic, sincere, reflective ...
Plot:
dark humor, revenge, religion, voyeurism, mentally unstable, violence, mental breakdown, american dream, acting audition, aspiring actress, aspiring actor, faith ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Genevieve Homes boasts of a 24-hour security system (you may have seen him napping every so often), and is conveniently located near the neighborhood “sari-sari” store and outdoor café. Those with athletic inclinations will certainly enjoy a ...
Style:
melancholic, suspense, psychological, independent film
Plot:
neighbor, slice of life, realism, everyday life, community, urban, neighborhood, intimate, humanity, routine, social commentary, working class ...
Place:
southeast asia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An underprivileged villager and a victim of caste-driven politics in his village, forced to run away with his daughter Saraswati, but returns after undergoing a spiritual reincarnation, which in turn changes how the village receives him.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, melancholic, art house
Plot:
social injustice, village life, redemption, small town, social commentary, poverty, reincarnation, father daughter relationship, oppression, class struggle, family drama, getting home ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Defeated and humiliated in a fight while trying to defuse a conflict among his fellow villagers, a photographer vows revenge on his attacker.
Style:
sincere, captivating, realistic, emotional
Plot:
revenge, small town, bully, social problems, battles, righting the wronged, showdown, martial arts training, martial arts, fight, humiliation, pride ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paul’s daughter Sherin is no more and her husband Allen has remarried. When he visits the new couple, who is also taking care of his grandson, a few doubts pop up in his mind, regarding his daughter’s death.
Style:
emotional, suspense, dramatic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
family drama, relationships, family secret, father daughter relationship, loss, grief, remarry, suspicion, investigation, parenthood, mourning, slow burn ...
Similarity:
42%
450
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After thirty years, Nina decides to return to the seaside town where she grew up to confront the man who changed her life and to whom the town now pays homage. The reunion with her origins, with her memories and with Blas, a childhood friend, will ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, art house
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, memory, homecoming, confrontation, getting home, betrayal, guilt, seaside, introspection, seaside town ...
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41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary, India
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Like the twining vines of the honeysuckle, each of the three stories in this film follow a character whose growth is impeded by the clouds of society hanging over their heads. From a Hungarian taxi driver torn between the preservation of his family ...
Style:
anthology, melancholic, existential, multicultural
Plot:
coming of age, moral ambiguity, realism, ethical dilemma, oppression, loneliness, family conflict, loss of innocence, working class, humanism, intimate, identity crisis ...
Place:
hungary, india, budapest
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100
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joža was wounded in combat during the events of the Croatian War of Independance and now works as a taxi driver in Zagreb, encountering various clients, all of which help him to cope with his past, and reveal to him what it truly means to be human.
Style:
emotional, reflective, poignant, melancholic, anthology
Plot:
taxi driver, loneliness, humanity, war veteran, wounded soldier, empathy, intimate, slice of life, character study, passenger, healing, identity ...
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
tsunami, grief, loss, society, small town life, life is a bitch, troubled past, tragic past, healing, mourning, trauma, community ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose. Why cling to sanity when madness offers a chance for reconciliation and love?
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, family crisis, grief, loss, trauma, missing person, intimate, family drama, desperation, love ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
38%
578
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
H. is a modern interpretation of a classic Greek tragedy in which two women, each named Helen, live out their mirrored lives of one another in the town of Troy, NY. The first Helen is in her 60s, lives with her husband Roy, and takes care of a ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, independent film, experimental, disturbing ...
Plot:
motherhood, character study, identity, pregnancy, surrealism, paranoia, small town, mental illness, obsession, macabre, isolation, symbolism ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna has lost her memory but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a working-class neighborhood. There she meets Roula and gets a job as a cook and a place to stay at his shabby seaside tavern. In the kitchen, amidst the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
cooking, amnesia, female protagonist, food, identity, memory loss, character study, seaside, community, everyday life, friendship, working class ...
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Friends Cory and Anna are drifting through life, struggling to find their place. Cory is sick of life in the desert and wants to be on a reality show so he can prove to his brother that he isn't a screw-up. Anna is in the country illegally, ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, melancholic, realistic, experimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
identity, illegal immigration, character study, desert, poverty, sex work, intimate, social realism, slice of life, family conflict, punk rock, coming of age ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A twelve-year-old bright schoolboy, Sivanandhan, his mother, sister, and with his friend Sekhar works during his school holidays carrying banana stalks, a task he dreads. As he navigates life's challenges, poverty, friendship, and the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, childhood, social realism, village life, friendship, resilience, sibling relationship, mother son relationship, determination, labor, slice of life ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing in the town are indications of doomsday.
Style:
apocalyptic, atmospheric, gloomy, grim, psychological ...
Plot:
antichrist, small town, supernatural, suspicion, obsession, character study, coastal town, symbolism, murder, isolation, slow burn, absurdism ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.
Style:
intense, tension, ambiguous ending, suspense, southern gothic
Plot:
trauma, small town, character study, coming of age, teen angst, mental health, loss, grief, moral ambiguity, violence, teen violence, family conflict ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hyun-tae, In-chul and Min-soo have been best friends since childhood. Their relationship is forever changed after Hyun-tae's mother asks In-chul to commit insurance fraud by destroying her arcade.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional, crime thriller ...
Plot:
friendship, betrayal, betrayal by friend, friendship gone bad, friendship between men, old friend, friendship between boys, best friend, conflict between friends, friends, guilt, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
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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:
34%
Genre: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A middle-aged fisherman living with his wife and daughter on Greece’s northern border, who is drowning in debt, starts to smuggle migrants across the border lake, in exchange for a hefty fee. Until a tragic incident strikes the family, pushing the ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, bleak, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, desperation, social realism, family drama, human trafficking, family tragedy, moral dilemma, grief, loss, debt, poverty, small town ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A topical yet timeless story about the parallel impacts of both bullying and friendship, Turner Risk focuses on a troubled young man who sets out to effectively reboot his world by clearing out all the negative forces in it.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, dark, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
bullying, friendship, revenge, character study, confrontation, loyalty, social commentary, mental breakdown, isolation, loss, moral ambiguity, male camaraderie ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man from Constanța who has his own business aims to expand, but he doesn't have the resources.
Style:
road movie, crime drama, art house, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
social commentary, journey, moral ambiguity, coming of age, transformation, moral dilemma, character study, realism, ambition, betrayal, survival, smuggling ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
transylvania, romania, black sea, bucharest
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