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Virgins (2018)
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Original name: Vierges
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:
sincere, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, teenage life, women, woman, israeli, chess, female nudity, boat, photograph, missing girl, 16 year old, cousin cousin relationship, photography, sea, beach, mermaid, poker, rumor, party, singing, missing child, night ...
Place:
palestine
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Most similar movies to Virgins
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about teenage girl, coming of age, teenager, teenage life, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship and family problems mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Virgins: An Easy Girl (2019), Asia (2020), All Cats Are Grey (2014), The Unpolished (2007), Libertad (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, controversial, realistic, scenic, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, seaside, sea, teenage girl, sex scene, 16 year old, muslim girl, sexy girls, female protagonist, summer vacation, seductress, bare breasts ...
Place:
french riviera, south of france
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100%
782
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, social
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, child, single mother, parents and children, fighting illness, family life, family problems, relationships, teenage life, teenage girl, illness ...
Place:
israel, palestine
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
This Belgian drama is about the special bond between father and daughter. Paul is a 46 year old PI. Dorothy is almost 16 and has an identity crisis when she finds out her father isn't her biological father. Her mother won't tell her ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
private detective, unknown father, obsession, youth, teenage life, paternity revealed, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, fatherhood, nightclub, coming of age, photograph ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, europe, belgium
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, serious
Plot:
dysfunctional family, generation gap, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, parent child relationship, relocation, coming of age, drug use, unfaithful husband, female nudity, cheating wife, bare breasts ...
Similarity:
83%
894
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Vidal family is spending a summer on Catalonia’s gorgeous Costa Brava with their Alzheimer-affected grandmother Ángela. Overprotected and shy, 14 year-old Nora goes through a difficult time after her parents’ separation, but what looked ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
teenage girl, summer, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, friends, adolescence, unlikely friendships, grownups, female protagonist, girlfriend, teenage life, summer vacation ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Brazil, USA, Slovenia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, friend, family problems, teenager, relationship problems, control, parents and children, father, grownups, father daughter conflict, diving ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, drug addiction, mother, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, drug addict, social problems, violence, abusive mother, drug, sick mother, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, family problems, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, living with parents, relationship problems, divorced parents, family relations, tragic love, parenthood ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly ...
Style:
gloomy, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
teenage girl, religion, coming of age, farm, woman, birth, siblings, blood, childbirth, female nudity, death, large family ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
parent child relationship, teenage girl, divorce, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, family relations, teenage protagonist, adolescence, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, teenager ...
Similarity:
81%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place ...
Style:
psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage girl, father daughter relationship, addiction, teenager, incest, war veteran, father daughter incest, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, rural setting, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montana
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, love and romance, youth, parents and children, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, secret, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
78%
639
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the fascinating new film from director Avi Nesher (The Wonders), two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, touching, disturbing ...
Plot:
classical music, sister sister relationship, scandal, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, magazine, hospital, diary, nazi, singer, composer, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Place:
germany, palestine, berlin germany, poland
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
politics, soldier, military life, friendship, terrorism, women, danger, israeli, third world, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt ...
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, palestine
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, serious, social ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, best friend, civil war, life is a bitch, society, dysfunctional family, youth, parents and children, teenage life, lgbt, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, tbilisi, europe ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
arab, palestinian-israeli conflict, bombing, aerial bombardment, teenage girl, suffering, moving, zionism, colonization, ethnic cleansing, father daughter relationship, female friendship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
palestine, middle east
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline, seventeen year old Ariella commits a grave error that her father isn't willing to punish her for. Seeking a punishment of her own, Ariella ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
abusive father, daughter, father daughter relationship, violent father, dark past, father and daughter, father, family problems, secret past, family relations, life is a bitch, israeli ...
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
17-year-old Claire spends her vacation in South Africa with her family, when a tragic accident takes the lives of her parents and younger brother. By a stroke of luck, Claire survives, but finds herself alone, far from home in a country where ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
teenage girl, loss of family, female protagonist, death of mother, teenage runaway, teenager, life is a bitch, teenage life, love, danger, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Greece, France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, erotic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, partying, hedonism, summer, coming of age, female protagonist, clubbing, loss of virginity, problem, grownups, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Place:
crete
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Raised by a single mother, a bullied 17 year-old girl seeks guidance from her best friend and the girl's older sister.
Style:
captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, lgbtq, bullying, social problems, single parent, single mother, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, friends ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia, Germany, Russia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the Armenian ‘Sharakan’, a nine-part song that brings us gradually closer to meaning, Maria Saakyan’s new film further develops the poetic invention apparent in her first feature, The Lighthouse. Focusing on the world of a 14-year-old ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
coming of age, older man teenage girl relationship, teenage girl, teenager, single mother, family relations, romantic relationship, teenage life, small town life, relationships, mother daughter relationship, love affair ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Desi is in pursuit of becoming a famous singer. As Desi braces to leave her hometown, she's met with deep-seated secrets that have long tormented her family and their coastal Dominican community.
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, dramatic
Plot:
coming of age, aspiring singer, adolescent girl, family relations, teenage girl, girl, female singer, teenage life, singing, teenager, adolescence, birthday party ...
Place:
dominican republic
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
teenage girl, female protagonist, social problems, teenager, parents and children, family problems, grownups, sex scene, coming of age, 16 year old, singing, police ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, society, high school life, missing girl, rape, teenage life, estrangement, social decay, parents and children, social relations, family problems, high school ...
Time:
near future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Voluptuous and bored, rebellious sixteen-year-old Sabine is interested in sex and clubbing, and not much else. But when she leaves home to move to Paris, she finds herself plunged into a world harsher than she ever imagined, a minefield of ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, entertaining
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
underage sex, sexualized violence, big city, female exploitation, grownups, troubled youth, teenage protagonist, adulthood, teenage life, teenage girl, life is a bitch, coping ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Martina is 18, loves dancing and goes by a nick name Shakira. Also, today she is leaving an orphanage...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
18 year old, forced prostitution, female protagonist, teenage life, social issues, socially awkward, coming of age, orphan, money problems, grownups, social problems, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
prague
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Story:
A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
violence, female friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, family problems, money problems, juvenile delinquency, social problems, society, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
71%
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 ...
Style:
inspirational, light, sincere, semi serious
Plot:
male objectification, seaside, military, sea, mother daughter relationship, mentor, female nudity, female soldier, women in the military, translator, sex scene, beach ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle racing on the biker circuit at Rungis. ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, family problems, teenage girl, troubled youth, drug abuse, woman, death in the family, car race, motorcycle race ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
70%
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