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Donald Cried (2016)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Returning home to working class Warwick, Rhode Island, Peter Latang encounters childhood friend Donald Treebeck for what starts as a simple favor and turns into a long van ride into two friends past.
Style:
melancholic, realistic, cult classic, independent film
Plot:
friendship, nostalgia, small town, character study, memory, grief, loss, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, road trip, coming of age, reconciliation, awkwardness, childhood friend, hometown, dark humor, redemption, journey, favor, football, finance, weed, banker, loan ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
manhattan new york city, rhode island
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and independent film films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, friendship, character study, nostalgia and coming of age mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Donald Cried: June Falling Down (2016), The Good Half (2023), Hudson (2019), Split Gas (2014), Purgatory Comics (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home to Wisconsin for her best friend's wedding and the one year anniversary of her father's death.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, bereavement, grief, loss, small town, friendship, slice of life, family drama, homecoming, memory, bittersweet, personal growth ...
Place:
midwest, wisconsin
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
grief, family drama, family relations, healing, reconciliation, mourning, mother son relationship, bereavement, memory, funeral, personal growth, bittersweet ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Jack, an easygoing grad student, posts on a campus bulletin board: 'Driving to San Francisco for Spring Break. Anyone Want a Ride? Split Gas.' The ad is answered by Oliver, a suicidal freshman, who secretly just wants a ride to the cliffs ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, indie film, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, suicide, mental health, college student, isolation, loneliness, character study, driving, confession, self discovery, intimate, redemption ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Purgatory Comics tells the story of a young woman named Cola who runs from her adult responsibilities and hides in a failing comic book store. This leaves Cola to question how long she can hide from her complicated past.
Style:
emotional, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
comic book, self discovery, identity crisis, female protagonist, intimate, coming of age, runaway, isolation, personal growth, slice of life, everyday life, escape ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
journey, road trip, dementia, aging, elderly couple, marriage, memory, tenderness, bittersweet, nostalgia, long term relationship, companionship ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Two close friends from Sudbury, Ontario take a road trip to Toronto that will change the nature of their relationship.
Style:
road movie, indie film, emotional, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, road trip, friendship, lgbt, coming of age, self discovery, conflict, male friendship, personal growth, character study, identity, intimate ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three estranged childhood friends (Omar, Ramy, Jay), travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost friend. If what happens en route doesn't make them crazy, it might just bring them closer.
Style:
road movie, emotional, comedy drama, melancholic, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
road trip, journey, friendship, male friendship, loss, travel, grief, bittersweet, personal growth, nostalgia, memory, bromance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, lebanon
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62%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Brian and Jack were inseparable; now they barely speak. Their formerly close-knit group has all but disbanded in the wake of encroaching adulthood. But when Jack tries to hang himself from a plant hook while house-sitting, he inadvertently triggers ...
Style:
dark comedy, offbeat, independent film, satirical, black humor
Plot:
friendship, male bonding, male friendship, bittersweet, character study, intimate, breakdown, slice of life, nostalgia, suicide attempt, dark humor, friendship between men ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young woman is forced to return to her hometown to take care of her ailing father and, in turn, finds herself living a life she never imagined for herself.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, introspection, friendship, terminal illness, parents and children, drastic change of life, youth, student life, self discovery, bowling, small town, society ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Job is kicked out of home by his father on his birthday. Having no place to go, he takes refuge in the terrace of Rose, who just lost her husband.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
boy, loneliness, grief, intergenerational friendship, coming of age, loss, tenderness, elderly man, urban, character study, redemption, social issues ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, real estate agent, father son relationship, grief, family relations, loss, loneliness, character study, mother son relationship, death of mother, reincarnation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, independent film, realistic, emotional, comedy drama ...
Plot:
road trip, friendship, rehabilitation, addiction, female friendship, on the road, journey, conflict, confrontation, bittersweet, intimate, personal growth ...
Place:
san francisco, san diego california
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
problem, dream, filmmaker, satire, character study, midlife crisis, personal growth, struggling artist, alcoholism, divorce, friendship, mature ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Style:
emotional, captivating, unusual plot structure, light, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cycling, friendship, mountain, loss of friend, nostalgia, grief, memory, friends, flashback, escapades, aging, secrets ...
Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Two foundering musicians in the early stage of their careers meet and form an unlikely alliance.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, earnest
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, perseverance, passion, creative process, creativity, collaboration, personal growth, intimate, slice of life, character study, friendship, ambition ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
witty, entertaining, humorous, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, house, grownups, suicidal, friend, loss of brother, adulthood, brothers, brother, friends, life, suicide ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
isolation, anxiety, loneliness, character study, sibling relationship, mental health, intimacy, intimate, slice of life, minimalism, awkwardness, trauma ...
Place:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, melancholic, existential, dramatic, reflective ...
Plot:
identity crisis, trauma, frustration, regret, memory, social commentary, generation gap, bittersweet, city life, nostalgia, friendship, intimate ...
Time:
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Place:
balkan, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
46%
294
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, bittersweet, hip hop, friends, introspection, once promising, unfulfillment, urban, midlife crisis, regret, frustration, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, africa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Thailand, Singapore
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
elephant, road trip, journey, friendship, human animal relationship, loss, memory, self discovery, bittersweet, character study, nostalgia, midlife crisis ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A middle-aged former criminal has little time to live due to cancer, so he gets to see his son after 5 years to spend his last week with him and teach him the principles he considers important in life.
Style:
emotional, touching, melancholic, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
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43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
His parents named him Reginald Regineld. His friends call him "Ditto." At the age of eleven he decided he wasn't going to do anything with his life. And that was going pretty well until senior year when he saw Tracy. This wasn't ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Grace, a teenage girl dying of cancer crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies but ends up teaching the awkward funeral director, Bill Jankowski how to celebrate life.
Style:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Twenty-two-year-old Louis doesn't know whether his childhood friendship with Jack will last beyond today.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Ben and Gunnar meet during a carpool from Stockholm to Göteborg in the summer of 1995 where they are attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen at Ullevi.
Style:
retro, independent film, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, independent film
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Place:
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