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Raising Colors (2018)
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Original name: Volontaire
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story revolves around 22-year-old Laure, who is trying to find her feet. After performing brilliantly in her literature studies, she enrols as a communications officer in the Naval Fusiliers. She will quickly have to adapt to and assimilate the rules that apply within the institution. But Laure is a determined woman, and she has a thirst for knowledge – still. A thirst to learn to get to know and be comfortable with herself, and to find her place.
Style:
light, inspirational, sincere, semi serious
Plot:
male objectification, seaside, military, sea, mother daughter relationship, mentor, female nudity, female soldier, women in the military, sex scene, climbing, beach, singing, boat, translator, bare breasts, photograph, commando unit, nudity, bare chested male, photography, boot camp, female objectification, female protagonist, nude ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brittany
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Most similar movies to Raising Colors
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sincere, captivating, realistic and touching films with plots about female nudity, nudity, nude, bare chested male, female full frontal nudity, sex scene and bare breasts mostly in Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Raising Colors: Too Close to Our Son (2015), I Am a Soldier (2015), 100 Days Before the Command (1991), Clara Sola (2021), Diving (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate pursues the case further.
Style:
captivating, no music
Plot:
birth mother, accidental incest, lawyer, adoptive mother, mother son incest, adultery, incest, older woman younger man, uncover truth, foster parent, marital problem, relationship problems ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A social drama about a woman who is obligated to return to her parents’ home and agrees to work for her uncle in a doghouse.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
bare breasts, female nudity, female pubic hair, police, job interview, male nudity, singing, birthday, hospital, beach, female protagonist, dog attack ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Visually astonishing, erotically charged and emotionally jarring. '100 Days Before the Command' is Hussein Erkenov's courageous and stinging indictment of communism. Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the ...
Plot:
soviet army, teenage boy, nude young male, military service, naked man, coming of age, nude boy, military, gay, male nudity, very little dialogue, nudity ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Costa Rica, Belgium, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.
Style:
spiritual, existential
Plot:
40 year old, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, woman, sexuality, women, remote village, female sexuality, quinceanera, magic realism, village ...
Place:
costa rica
Similarity:
100%
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643
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.
Plot:
female nudity, husband wife relationship, existentialism, scuba diving, free diving, pregnancy, nudity, beach, husband wife conflict, nightmare, sex scene, radio ...
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, among tourists. But it's not that easy to forget the war ...
Style:
light, touching, psychological, sincere
Plot:
female soldier, military, resort, friendship, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, woman, skinny dipping, war in afghanistan, bare chested male, ptsd, trauma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A single mother abandons her 8-year-old daughter after meeting someone in a nightclub.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, touching, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
adult child friendship, mother daughter relationship, little girl, relationship problems, mother child relationship, parents and children, family problems, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
27%
329
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common : The Foreign Legion, their new family. Our Men tells these stories : stories of women who struggle to keep their love fire burning; stories of men who leave for battle; stories of ...
Plot:
french foreign legion, french soldier, boy girl relationship, french military, french army, boys and girls, sex scene, little boy, desert, driving lesson, tattoo, babysitting ...
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
25%
288
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenage Lana is languishing in her run-down hometown on Israel’s sun-soaked north coast—until an older, attractive writer arrives with tales of a mermaid sighting off the shore of the declining resort town.
Style:
suspenseful, sincere, captivating, suspense
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, teenage life, israeli, women, woman, photograph, photography, female nudity, cousin cousin relationship ...
Place:
palestine
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, melancholic, cult classic
Plot:
teenage girl, real estate agent, mother daughter relationship, baby, infidelity, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager, teenage mother, male nudity, mother in law, lgbt, horny woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Young and Healthy as a Rose follows Stevan Nikolic, "Stiv", a petty criminal born in Belgrade, and his rise to power along with drugs, sex and with the help of local police.
Style:
black and white
Plot:
female nudity, black, nude girl, social commentary, gunfight, mob boss, outcast, secret police, mafia, photograph, bare butt, photography ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother struggles to hold her family together after her son succumbs to a disease that leaves him disabled.
Plot:
female pubic hair, rain, madness, bare chested male, nudity, beach, laboratory, female nudity, mother daughter relationship, doctor, bus, bare breasts ...
Similarity:
24%
165
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a small French town is rocked by a bizarre incident.
Style:
contemplative, serious, sincere, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, workplace, youth, teenage life, workplace situations, realism, small town, social relations, restaurant, male nudity, small town life, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
319
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A devoted young woman becomes ensnared in a web of sexuality and betrayal in Jean-Pascal Hattu’s consistently unpredictable and finely wrought character study. A vividly realistic psychosexual drama, the film’s sharp emotional honesty heralds a ...
Style:
tense, sincere, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
sexual content, cuckolded husband, moral dilemma, female masturbation, confined, sex scene, love triangle, love and romance, couples, prison life, crumbling marriage, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
296
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A hedonistic soccer mom embarks on a strange journey of self-discovery, seeking to reconnect with her estranged son by returning his pet rock back to the island of Menorca, Spain.
Plot:
female nudity, male pubic hair, soccer, one night stand, hitchhiking, strip club, extramarital affair, parent child relationship, nudity, bare chested male, bare butt, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, West Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Anna is a film director whose job takes her all over western Europe. In each place she either already has some intimate connection, or readily makes one. People seem drawn to her, but inevitably insist on sharing their inmost secrets and discontents ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, on the road, women, feminist, female nudity, existential loneliness, nude girl, filmmaking, modernism, lgbtq, woman, woman peeing ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
france, brussels, germany, belgium, europe ...
Similarity:
21%
22K
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa ...
Style:
talky, realistic, melancholic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
real estate, family drama, horny woman, sex, fighting the system, nostalgia, lifeguard, orgy, class differences, female protagonist, manipulation, character study ...
Time:
2010s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
northeast brazil, brazil
Similarity:
21%
222
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A beautiful young woman Hana Angelousi is lured aboard the yacht of a man who is trying to break the spell that turns men into stone. An updated version of the legend of Perseus and Medusa.
Style:
avant garde, experimental
Plot:
love triangle, greek mythology, nudity, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, bare butt, bare chested male, male nudity, erotica, fire, female nudity, bare breasts ...
Place:
crete
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Kevin lives in a time and place where everything is permitted and accepted. He wants to rebel – but against what? A tragicomedy about youth gasping for air in a cotton-candy world. A generation seeking a reason for its malaise and a way to shed ...
Plot:
photograph, striptease, hairy chested man, male pubic hair, horniness, bare butt, bare chested male, public nudity, photography, man in underwear, marijuana, topless woman ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The life of 20-year-old Nico from upper class Zurich is all party, sex and drugs when she meets Paco, the front man of a rap band. She finds herself drawn to his independent, creative and profound way of life, so different from her own. With ...
Style:
erotic
Plot:
snow white, rapper, cocaine, marijuana, lie, friendship, money, hip hop, rap, high society, suburbs, bare chested male ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Passionate about sailing, Jean-Paul is going through a rough patch. Up to his ears in debts, he pulls away from his family. Determined to take his life back in hand, he signs up for Virtual Regatta, the online version of Vendée Globe boat race. To ...
Plot:
grandfather, telephone call, sailboat, rainstorm, advertising, night, restaurant, father son relationship, race, journalist, alcoholic, seaside ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A privileged woman and an orphan boy meet and somehow become friends.
Style:
sincere, psychological, unusual plot structure, feel good, light
Plot:
orphan, disguise, train, search for mother, boy, friendship, friends, youth, atmosphere, neighbor neighbor relationship, butterfly, ice cream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, rome italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Love is just a mouse-click away for a single guy when his pal recommends a social networking site to seek out former high-school flames. But things get complicated when he starts falling for his friend's sexy sister.
Style:
erotic, sincere, suspenseful, humorous, sentimental
Plot:
erection, erotica, male star appears nude, sensuality, sex scene, awkward situation, male objectification, male nudity, bare butt, topless woman, nudity, striptease ...
Similarity:
20%
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332
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all winter. His mother, Rose (Ogier) likes to play the slots just ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
infidelity, family business, resort, love triangle, dull life, family problems, hopes, couple relations, elderly lovers, family life, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with the major political events of the island, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century. It is the ...
Plot:
photographer, female protagonist, photograph, prison, photography, photojournalism, heroin, murder, hotel, newspaper, voice over narration, war photographer ...
Time:
90s, year 1980, year 1999, 80s, year 1993
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julie Bataille is fed up with student jobs. At 23, with a 5-years university degree, she wants to work for real. She meets Ben by chance at a job interview. He's a guy who chose to live by the day, getting by with whatever crosses his path and ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
love and romance, youth, love affair, fall in love, adolescence vs adulthood, college graduate, couples, rebelliousness, twentysomething life, clubbing, nudity, coitus ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France, Slovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn. Boasting exquisite camera work, the film is also unforgettable for its wholly original ...
Style:
sentimental, poignant, captivating, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lost dog, brother sister relationship, dog, teenage boy, vacation, mother son relationship, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, shipwreck, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
19%
462
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wannabe actress follows her dreams and moves to Paris.
Plot:
women, girl, stage actress, theatre play, sea, female protagonist, wine, theater, flashback, snow, bus, dog ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really ...
Style:
touching, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, lgbt, family relations, death of mother, cancer, mother daughter relationship, loss of mother, terminal illness, lesbian, sex scene, teenager ...
Similarity:
18%
63
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man sometimes acts like a dog...
Style:
queer cinema
Plot:
male pubic hair, overprotective mother, oedipus complex, male full rear nudity, male nudity, brother brother relationship, masturbation, female nudity, voyeurism, voyeur, awkward situation, male objectification ...
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18%
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