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Future Lasts Forever (2011)
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Future Lasts Forever (2011)
Original name: Gelecek Uzun Sürer
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A woman struggles with love and personal loss against the backdrop of a land torn by civil war in this drama from filmmaker Ozcan Alper. Sumru (Gaye Gursel) is a Turkish woman who studies ethnic music at a college in Istanbul and frequently makes field recordings of artists who practice rare and unusual forms. Sumru is struggling with loneliness after the disappearance of her Kurdish boyfriend, and for her latest project, she sets out on a lengthy road trip recording the stories of Kurdish women who have survived the murder of their Turkish husbands or lovers, hoping she might track down her man in her travels. After making her first stop in the city of Diyarbaki, Sumru meets Ahmet, who makes a living selling black market goods and shares her love of music and history. The two become fast friends, and as Ahmet joins Sumru on her travels, their relationship grows deeper, though she also becomes more aware of the tragedy that has gripped her country and the consequences of the civil war.
Style: atmospheric, emotional, realistic, contemplative, captivating, art house, sincere, bleak, serious, gloomy
Plot: journey, on the road, tragic love, haunted by the past, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, missing person, ethnic conflict, self discovery, society, strong female presence, black market, wartime life, uncover truth, thesis, world
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: middle east, kurdistan, turkey

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, gloomy and captivating films with plots about life is a bitch, society, haunted by the past, family relations, unfulfillment, hopes and self discovery mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Future Lasts Forever: Watchtower (2012), G.H.B. (2014), My Sisters (2013), Autumn (2008), Angel's Fall (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Watchtower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
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Plot: loneliness, rape, haunted by the past, social misfits, disorder, confined, introspection, misfit, isolation, women, abandoned baby, resistance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east
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G.H.B. (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A reflection on love and pleasure experienced by three women, set in France, New York, and Shanghai.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, reflective ...
Plot: on the run, friendship, obsessive quest, looking for love, haunted by the past, on the road, life is a bitch, city life, self discovery, female friendship, sexuality, sensuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, shanghai, new york, europe
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My Sisters (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: How should you spend your time if your days are numbered? This is the question facing Linda, a young woman suffering from a congenital heart defect. Contrary to her doctors’ expectations she has managed to survive to celebrate her thirtieth ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: sisters, introspection, family relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, surgical operation, journey, dealing with death, unfulfillment, siblings relations, sister sister relationship, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany, hamburg germany, paris france
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44%
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Autumn (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot: released from prison, starting over, love affair, homecoming, mother son relationship, society, hopes, love and romance, life is a bitch, reconciliation, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, black sea
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Angel's Fall (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style: atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
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Amen (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a horrible incident in the train which makes her painfully question herself about life and ...
Style: psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: self discovery, on the road, estrangement, unfulfillment, road trip, journey, society, introspection, loss, loneliness, melancholy, identity crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, venice, italy
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The Day I Was Not Born (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
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Plot: self discovery, redemption, family relations, protecting from truth, parents and children, uncover truth, adoption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, hopes, society, monkey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
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Blood Cells (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, momentous news from home compels an exiled young man to embark upon an intense and surreal journey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, contemplative, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot: homecoming, journey, on the road, family relations, society, haunted by the past, family problems, self discovery, nature, trauma, isolation, memory ...
Time: 21st century
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Whisper with the Wind (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdistan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication between lost families.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, touching, surreal, stylized ...
Plot: obsessive quest, human spirit, wartime life, life is a bitch, hopes, elderly, family problems, haunted by the past, kurd, dealing with death, mountain, lost
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iraq, middle east
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Erratum (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: poland, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, alcoholic, society, alcohol abuse, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, family problems, sick mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
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Stopped on Track (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: realistic, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
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32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
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Audience: girls' night
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Being 14 (2015)
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Time: 21st century
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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27%
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Country: Israel, Germany, France
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Country: Iran
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Place: iran, middle east
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Inuk (2010)
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Time: 21st century
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: serious, tense, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: starting over, haunted by the past, hopes, danger, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, weapons, coming of age, life turned upside down, on the road, down on your luck, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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Days of Santiago (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
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Style: psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: peru, latin america
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Here Below (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
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Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: france, europe
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Cold Light (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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