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Immortality (2016)
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Original name: جاودانگی
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Six families in different compartments of a train, moving through a rainy night. In a single, 145-minute take, the film depicts the families and how their lives are interwoven with each other. Vacillating between dream and reality, each story builds on the one before and leads into the next. Each destiny is influenced by the other one on board, and all hurtle to the same destination.
Style:
emotional, poignant, art house, melancholic, experimental, psychological, surreal, meditative
Plot:
family drama, train travel, intimate, confined space, introspection, realism, reflection, slice of life, fate, slow burn, destiny, claustrophobia, train, journey, society, life, iranian, rainy night, suitcase, family, train journey
Time:
contemporary
Place:
iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, psychological and art house films with plots about intimate, slice of life, introspection, family drama, memory, coming of age and minimalism mostly in Drama, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Immortality: As Simple as That (2008), Vaazhl (2021), Right Before Your Eyes (2019), Projapati (2022), All About My Dog (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Six families in different compartments of a train, moving through a rainy night; the families whose lives are interwoven with each other; each destiny is influenced by the other ones, where all get to s similar eternity.
Plot:
iranian, train, journey, life
Place:
iran
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother and wife is on the brink of an attack. Hengameh Tahareh Ghaziani lives with her husband, her son and daughter in a middle class neighborhood, and spends his days taking care of their needs.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, islamic
Plot:
iranian, wife, domestic drama, female protagonist, motherhood, intimate, social realism, realism, gender roles, slice of life, empathy, marriage ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Follows the journey of one man on the path of his self-discovery that would traverse landscapes outside and layers deep within.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, road movie, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, life, personal growth, coming of age, travelogue, wanderlust, intimate, minimalism, escape, road trip, journey ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A newly recovering alcoholic, (Ethan Rengepis) embarks on a train ride home to visit his young Autistic son he has not seen since birth, sharing his story with a stranger (Ambrose).
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
autism, alcoholism, alcoholic, character study, father son relationship, social problems, life is a bitch, recovering alcoholic, rehabilitation, family drama, parenting, personal growth ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A retired 65-year widower, Gaur Chakraborty, lives with his son, Joy, a wedding planner running his own business. Joy has a very busy schedule. Gaur wishes to be married. Will he be successful?
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
elderly man, family drama, empathy, slice of life, loneliness, second chance, wedding planner, intimate, social realism, small town, marriage, widower ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death. Adapted for television from the award-winning play by Michael Cristofer.
Style:
emotional, poignant, sensitive, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Serbia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It displays constant efforts of a four-member family to respond to the numerous challenges of urban modern life, at the same time showing the tendency of the younger members to find the solution to everything in a calmer rural environment.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Family
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, psychological, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, taxi driver, loneliness, slice of life, introspection, intimate, nightlife, existential crisis, minimalism, slow burn, everyday life ...
Place:
tehran, middle east, iran
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Your life is perfect with your family and husband. But when this perfect life is just an illusion, where else do you seek solace?
Style:
emotional, poignant, realistic, heartbreaking
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.
Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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