Movies like The Country Years

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The Country Years (1992)
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The Country Years (1992)
Original name: Les Années campagne
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An adolescent comes of age during a summer in the Rhône valley with his maternal grandparents. Jules seems a little too close to his mother and distant from his father, who wants Jules out of their Parisian house. It's to be a summer of transition, perhaps to a boarding school, and during these weeks in the country, Jules fishes with his grandfather; proves himself to the local youths, a group led by the bullying Red; takes on some tough guys; feels rejected by his mother; and, meets and pursues Evelyne, the village beauty. She's responsive, and Jules doesn't exactly know what to do next. Then, something happens that propels Jules into decisiveness and maturity.
Plot: fishing, summer vacation, coming of age, teenager, gang, summer, bully, vacation, grandfather, adolescence, grandson, grandfather grandson relationship
Place: provence

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Most similar movies to The Country Years

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, semi serious and humorous films with plots about coming of age, teenager, summer, summer vacation, teenage boy, teenage girl and love mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Country Years: Magic Rock (2001), I Didn't Do It! (1999), My Summer in Provence (2014), Dad Is Gone, Mom Also (1989), Aloha Summer (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Magic Rock (2001)
Genre: Drama, Family, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a beloved Summer Camp Director dies, the popular boys' haven will be closed by the heartless Attorney who inherits it unless a dedicated young Camp Counselor can change his mind over one last summer, with the comic help of his oddball ...
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, summer camp, youth, campfire story, fishing, teenage boy, lake, water skiing, cancer, nerd, camera, campfire
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95%
I Didn't Do It! (1999)
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eleven-year-old Martin is a basically good boy. Unfortunately each time he decides to give a hand things end in disaster. This summer, he has been invited to spend a vacation at the Hotel Nautilus by his friend Vincent's parents. This is a ...
Plot: coming of age, father son relationship, friend, boy, friendship, hotel, family relations, house, children, summer camp, fictional war, lake ...
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My Summer in Provence (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lea, Adrian, and their little brother Theo, born deaf, go on holiday in Provence with their grandfather, Paul "Oliveron" they never met because of a family quarrel. It is not the holidays they dreamed, especially their father announced ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot: grandfather grandson relationship, family relations, rural setting, deaf child, culture clash, family drama, youth, grandmother granddaughter relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, alcoholic, grandmother grandson relationship, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: provence, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dad Is Gone, Mom Also (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A coming-of-age film: When Laurette's parents disappear following a row, Laurette assumes responsibility for the family. The initial fiesta of children alone gives way to abandonment and the pressures of responsibility.
Plot: children, bare chested male, parents, female nudity, pregnancy, coming of age, brother sister relationship, teenager, divorce, pregnant girl, female full frontal nudity
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 297
Aloha Summer (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's the 60s and a bunch of crazy teenagers meet in the beautiful island of Hawaii during their summer holidays. Although they come from different backgrounds, they hang out together and shake up the island! They surf, dance, drink, fight and ...
Style: independent film
Plot: samurai, beach party, summer, kendo, teenager, vacation, surfing, coming of age, friendship
Time: 60s, 1950s
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Searching for You (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Etsinnässä (Searching for You) is a story about Joni, a young man in his twenties, who returns to his hometown for summer vacation from university. While on his vacation, Joni tries to find himself and happiness.
Style: independent film
Plot: summer, love, university, depression, sarcasm, coming of age, summer vacation, happiness, friend, literature, friendship, romantic relationship ...
Place: eastern europe
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An Easy Girl (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Naïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her ...
Style: erotic, realistic, melancholic, controversial, scenic ...
Plot: seaside, sex scene, 16 year old, coming of age, sea, summer vacation, female protagonist, muslim girl, older man younger woman sex, seductress, teenage girl, bare breasts ...
Place: french riviera, south of france
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72%
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Yes, But... (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: At age 17, Eglantine is troubled by a number of things. Her argumentative parents comprise an absentee and philandering father and an overprotective, occasionally alcoholic mother. Her boyfriend Sébastien is a couple of years older; he's ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot: sex addict, psychotherapy, coming of age, therapist, friendship, family problems, social relations, family life, introspection, youth, family relations, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, lyon
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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A Summer Tale (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
Plot: coming of age, countryside, friendship, foster child, swedish, social relations, youth, village life, summer, loneliness, mortician, orphan ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1958
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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My Bodyguard (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Clifford Peach (Chris Makepeace), an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully (Matt Dillon) terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford ...
Style: realistic, entertaining, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, bullying, coming of age, bully, grandmother grandson relationship, mentor, gang, bodyguard, youth, school, angst ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Cheese Head (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lasting tradition clashes with new ideas in director Ariel Winograd's tale of a mischievous pre-adolescent whose family spends their summers basking in the comfortable surroundings of a picturesque Jewish country club. Ariel is a young boy ...
Style: independent film
Plot: adolescence, bully, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, 13 year old, nightclub, bullying, architect, teenage boy, humiliation, masturbation, swimming pool, friendship ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: argentina
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56%
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Age of Summer (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.
Style: entertaining, feel good, captivating, light, teen ...
Plot: lifeguard, surfing, coming of age, sea, teenage boy, summer, best friend, first love, teenage girl, friendship between boys, co worker co worker relationship, teamwork ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: california
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52%
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Dream On (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The course of true love does not run smoothly for two young lads at Norman's Cozy campsite on the Welsh coast in the mid 80s. Two English holiday-makers, Paul, an innocent northerner from Rochdale, and George, a jack the lad, nervy young man ...
Style: light, sentimental, touching, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, teenage boy, lgbt, runaway, family relations, domineering mother, coming of age, gay relationship, summer vacation, best friend, mother son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man hires a P.I. to find a sexy woman he fell in love with. The woman lives with her underage teen sister who dreams about having sex for the first time, but wants a real man. That's when the P.I. shows up and stirs up the household.
Plot: coming of age, flirting, female nudity, truck driver, teenage girl, jealousy, sister sister relationship, sex, travel, model, loss of virginity, girls' school ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france
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Class Rank (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
Style: light, humorous, feel good, entertaining, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, coming of age, school, teenage girl, love, teenage boy, friend, family relations, motivation, high school, politics, mother daughter relationship ...
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The End of the Holiday (1975)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A coming of end story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.
Plot: intimidation, hooligan, thug, divorce, teenager, holiday, miner, fall in love, coal mine, coming of age, school teacher, bully ...
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A Summer's Tale (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who ...
Style: art house, anthology, cute, artsy, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: summer, love, fall in love, graduation, glamour, friendship, time travel, mathematician, journey, crazy love, love hurts, daily life ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, year 1995
Place: france, europe, brittany, english channel
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A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The youngsters puppy love is set against a backdrop of adults that struggle with their own lives. Her fathers feeling of misery and failure at work, her aunts unhappiness as an unmarried woman without kids of her own. His father work at the ...
Style: aesthetic, powerful, sentimental, erotic
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, teenager, coming of age, young love, fight, love, adolescence, first love, love story, nordic, summer, teenage love ...
Time: year 1970, near future
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Blue Apple Tree (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Blue Apple Tree, is a Venezuelan film starring Diego, a city boy about 11 years, marked by serious emotional deprivation, which is forced to spend a holiday with his grandfather Francis (Miguel Angel Landa), who barely knows him, on a small farm ...
Plot: village, grandfather grandson relationship, grandson, death of grandfather, donkey, holiday, grandfather, apple tree
Place: venezuela
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44%
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Seven Freckles (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Teens in a holiday-camp. First love, first sex, first self-made theatre performance of "Romeo and Julliet" - quite interesting to have a look at the east-German youth in the seventies.
Style: erotic
Plot: teenage sex, coming of age, summer camp, first love, love, stage play, adolescence, young love, young lovers, dancing, dog, lake ...
Place: east germany
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43%
The Youngsters (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Experiencing the forbidden. Experiencing rejection. Hating your parents. Hating the world around you. Discovering what's hot. Discovering what's cool. Discovering your first true love. Discovering who you are. Growing up can be such a wild ...
Style: tension, crying, surprise ending
Plot: coming of age, romantic friendship, salesman, circumcision, vacation, summer vacation, actress, summer, friend, lecture, flashback, party ...
Place: the philippines
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43%
My Extraordinary Summer With Tess (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story: As the youngest of the family, Sam is haunted by the notion that someday he could become the last remaining survivor, all alone. On a family vacation at the beach, he meets the unconventional Tess, who carries her own secrets around with her and ...
Style: captivating, sincere
Audience: kids
Plot: summer vacation, holiday, family relations, search for father, teenager, teenage love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, parents and children, teenage life, love affair, kids and family, father daughter relationship ...
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43%
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emtying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday . Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and ...
Style: erotic, witty, sensitive, anthology, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: womanizer, beach, coming of age, girl man relationship, naked woman, love, jealousy, vacation, dialogue, relationships, love story, fall in love ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: france, mediterranean sea, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Inkwell (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Style: humorous, touching, sex comedy, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, black, blaxploitation, african american, imaginary friend, friendship, urban, teenager, dysfunctional family, love, gangster, black lives matter ...
Time: 70s, year 1994, year 1976
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42%
Beautiful Weather (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Daniel, a teenager from Stockholm, spends the summer in Malmö with his mother and her new husband. Daniel gets a job at McDonald's and falls in love with a girl.
Plot: summer, summer job, mother's boyfriend, class differences, theft, ouija board, coming of age, mcdonald's restaurant, first time, love, train, party ...
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The Time of Secrets (2022)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Marseille, July 1905. Nearly a teenager, Marcel Pagnol embarks in his last summer vacation before high school and returns, at last, to his beloved hills in Provence. What begins as a summer of boyhood adventures becomes one of the first loves, and ...
Style: entertaining, psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: adolescence, lifestyle, grownups, child, satire, teenage protagonist, teen romance, teenage love, love affair, relationships, teenager, teenage life ...
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40%
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The Party 2 (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The second film from the Le Boum series about a young French teenage girl who after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.
Style: touching, feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage love, teenager, puberty, high school life, love, coming of age, first time, wedding, celebration, holiday, daughter, teenage crush ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: paris france, france, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.9
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Goodbye Berlin (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.
Style: road movie, light, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: classmate, coming of age, friendship between boys, teenage boy, birthday party, alcoholic mother, junkyard, youth, fall in love, teenage love, mother son relationship, gay ...
Time: year 2016
Place: germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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My Girl (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sad ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: friendship, coming of age, teenager, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, single parent, children, kids and family, single father, family relations, love ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1991, year 1972, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Nico and Dani (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Spanish coming of age story focusing on the antics of two 17 year olds, who have a posh beach house almost all to themselves one summer. This is also a summer of sexual awakenings.
Style: stylized, realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, coming of age, friendship between boys, gay teenager, friendship, self discovery, best friend, teenage love, innocence lost, lgbt, summer vacation, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona, europe, catalonia
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36%
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