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The Sensation of Sight (2006)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
This off-beat drama about man's search for meaning amidst the ache of despair chronicles Finn, an introspective English teacher entering a mid-life crisis impelled by a recent tragedy, as he sets afoot selling encyclopedias to the town locals.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, offbeat, independent film
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, single parent, haunted by the past, estrangement, small town life, hopes, ghost, midlife crisis, profanity, family business, small town, unfulfillment, dealing with death, cause and meaning, assassination, sleeping, guitarist, church, father daughter relationship, salesman, shoplifting, brother brother relationship, husband wife estrangement, father son estrangement ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new hampshire
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Most similar movies to The Sensation of Sight
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and psychological films with plots about family relations, parents and children, hopes, unfulfillment, estrangement, family problems and haunted by the past mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Sensation of Sight: How I Got Lost (2009), Goat (2015), Erratum (2010), Flying Lessons (2010), All the Light in the Sky (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
HOW I GOT LOST is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Andrew and Jake, two friends dealing with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, parents and children, hopes, best friend, on the road, buddies, starting over, introspection, estrangement, nothing to lose, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, new york, pennsylvania, usa, ohio
Similarity:
100%
228
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Peter "Koza" Baláz is a former Olympic boxer. He and his partner, Misa, live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Misa learns that she is expecting a child and decides to terminate her pregnancy. In ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
boxing, redemption, pregnancy, athlete's life, on the road, realism, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet, poverty, desperation, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, croatia, serbia, slovakia
Similarity:
100%
578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, inspirational
Plot:
parents and children, memory loss, hopes, self discovery, small town life, homecoming, family relations, small town, sexual content, friends, haunted by the past, old people ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis, artists and showbiz, introspection, actor's life, unfulfillment, aspiring actress, beach house, nude women, global warming, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, estrangement, homecoming, introspection, small town, unfulfillment, lifestyle, profanity, bar fight, ambition, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
pension, colonel, hopes, small town, parents and children, family relations, downfall, couple relations, haunted by the past, small town life, family life, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
25%
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306
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, redemption, island, starting over, social misfits, couple relations, human nature, estrangement, family problems, friendship, ocean, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a young man working in Rhode Island's state corrections system and his relationship with a convicted murderer who is dying of AIDS and spending his remaining days on hospital detail.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, hospital, redemption, life is a bitch, hopes, one more chance, family relations, estrangement, life sentence, haunted by the past, terminal illness, murderer ...
Place:
rhode island, usa
Similarity:
23%
420
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.
Style:
touching, serious, psychological, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, friendship, parents and children, solace, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, family life, family problems, estrangement, impossible love, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
23%
462
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, family problems, hopes, estrangement, christmas, intimate, soul searching, identity crisis, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, atmospheric, anamorphic ...
Plot:
introspection, estrangement, hopes, small town, small town life, dishonesty, social relations, slice of life, high school sweetheart, loss of job, business, voice over narration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
23%
201
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, Harvest is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
war veteran, summer, self discovery, family gatherings, youth, elderly, homecoming, family problems, hopes, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability,the world's possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, homecoming, introspection, parents and children, family relations, estrangement, redemption, hopes, road not taken, bittersweet, unfulfillment, dying father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It's 1963 in rural Massachusetts, and Nora James has the usual worries of an eleven year-old girl:lipstick, first crushes, staying out of trouble at school...not easy when your teacher is the elderly Sister Concilia. And even harder when your ...
Style:
independent film, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot:
youth, family relations, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, nanny, assassination, hopes, clergy, society, unfulfillment, single parent, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man travels to Holland for an assisted suicide. The young man was convinced that this was his only way of ending an existence that he considered to lack any dignity.
Style:
experimental, contemplative, atmospheric, surreal, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, dull life, unfulfillment, death wish, siblings relations, urban, dealing with death, sexual content, human rights, disability, urban setting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy, holland, amsterdam
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
death in the family, last wish, family problems, family relations, introspection, hopes, siblings relations, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, minimalism, very little dialogue, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and forced to confront the harsh reality of his legacy: everyone he knew had assumed he was dead, and life had gone on around him without missing a beat. ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
redemption, family relations, aging, father son relationship, self discovery, con artists, bittersweet, friends, elderly, single parent, pneumonia, domestic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois, chicago
Similarity:
20%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family problems, single parent, unfulfillment, confined, youth, woods, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
coping, family relations, redemption, terminal illness, parents and children, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
20%
152
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You is a love story. It spans 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A coming-of-age journey for ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, parents and children, redemption, hopes, single parent, haunted by the past, love, teenager, loss of mother, friendship, grieving widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
suburbs, society, estrangement, unfulfillment, lifestyle, couple relations, couples, dull life, human nature, multiple storylines, one day, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
292
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An Israeli man searches for his father in France.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, estrangement, family problems, investigation, hopes, parents and children, midlife crisis, haunted by the past, gays and lesbians, redemption, aging ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
sexual relations, couple relations, introspection, single parent, family relations, couples, parents and children, mother son relationship, existentialism, sexual content, nudity, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, best friend, couples, single parent, orphan, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
74
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, clergy, introspection, moral dilemma, church, society, elderly, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Similarity:
19%
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