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Main Street (2010)
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Main Street (2010)
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 quiet town.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, atmospheric, anamorphic, realistic, gloomy
Plot: introspection, estrangement, small town, social relations, small town life, dishonesty, hopes, slice of life, business, high school sweetheart, police officer, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, loss of job, warehouse, night school, parents daughter relationship, voice over narration, truck accident, mysterious character, intrigue, city, car accident, car rollover, street
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: north carolina, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and independent film films with plots about small town, social relations, small town life, hopes, introspection, society and family relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Main Street: Ring the Bell (2013), Lightning Bug (2004), 3 Backyards (2010), The Sensation of Sight (2006), The Runaway (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ring the Bell (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When high-powered sports agent Rob Decker arrives looking for his next major league prospect, he finds more than he bargained for at the Cooke Boys Ranch. As he works to secure Shawn Hart, the top high school baseball prospect in the country, he ...
Style: serious, realistic, christian film, inspirational
Plot: small town, disorder, social relations, redemption, society, introspection, scout, misfit, hopes, fish out of water, small town life, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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95%
Lightning Bug (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: social relations, family problems, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, youth, dysfunctional family, small town, hollywood, small town life, religion, abuse, exploitation ...
Place: usa
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89%
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3 Backyards (2010)
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, atmospheric, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: society, estrangement, couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, lifestyle, suburbs, human nature, dull life, multiple storylines, one day, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The Sensation of Sight (2006)
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, contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: self discovery, family relations, single parent, small town life, haunted by the past, hopes, estrangement, profanity, ghost, midlife crisis, dealing with death, family business ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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The Runaway (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, interracial relations, murder, social relations, dishonesty, law enforcement, lifestyle, society, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
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85%
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The Off Hours (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: You're awake when everyone else is asleep. You're standing still as traffic is whipping by at 70mph. You see dusk and dawn everyday because they happen on your way to a time clock and then to a bed. Your off hours are spent trying to ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, sincere, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot: diner, small town, hopes, unfulfillment, bittersweet, dull life, love and romance, introspection, society, fall in love, love affair, working class ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Paju (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and married her older sister.
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, realistic, sexy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: haunted by the past, true love, introspection, forbidden love, leaving home, couples, love and romance, hopes, couple relations, starting over, small town, small town life ...
Place: south korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Mending Fences (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When big-city TV journalist Kelly Faraday (Laura Leighton) gets fired, she moves back to her Nevada hometown, where a severe drought may force her aging mother, Ruth (Angie Dickinson), to sell the family farm to a casino developer. As Kelly and Ruth ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, touching ...
Plot: corporate crime, family relations, farm, homecoming, legal, dishonesty, small town, love affair, rivalry, social relations, love and romance, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Louis (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A silent film about Louis Armstrong as a young boy and how he acquired his first cornet.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: prodigy, follow your dream, musician's life, self discovery, artists and showbiz, social relations, music, hopes, jazz, small town, rivalry, society ...
Time: 1900s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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How I Got Lost (2009)
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: self discovery, friendship, hopes, parents and children, buddies, introspection, best friend, on the road, estrangement, starting over, nothing to lose, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia, new york, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Putty Hill (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Friends and family of Cory, a young man who has died of an overdose, gather at a Baltimore-area karaoke bar for his wake and compare stories about him. Gradually, as it becomes clear that there are many holes in their recollections about Cory, they ...
Style: sincere, emotional, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: family problems, dysfunctional family, death in the family, drug abuse, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, social relations, estrangement, family in crisis, father daughter relationship, overdose ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, maryland, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Fall to Rise (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A famous dancer is fired after an injury and thrust into the role of motherhood.
Style: contemplative, emotional, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: ambition, artists and showbiz, introspection, strong female presence, dancer's life, hopes, women, dancer
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: racism, murder, social differences, life is a bitch, society, introspection, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
The Spitfire Grill (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire Grill. Percy brings change to the small town, stirring ...
Style: christian film, sentimental, emotional, touching, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: small town, friendship, bittersweet, self discovery, restaurant, solitude, hospital, storytelling, death, food, christian, abortion ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: maine, vermont, usa, new england, ohio ...
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78%
On Valentine's Day (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying a young man of humble prospects, and her parents have not spoken to her since - even though the couple lives in a rooming house nearby, they are struggling financially, and she is ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, sentimental ...
Plot: valentine's day, family relations, small town, couples, social relations, love and romance, hotel, humble, alcohol abuse, homecoming, love affair, adult virgin ...
Time: 1910s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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First Winter (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When winter begins, life is serene for a group of new-age Brooklynites living in a remote country farmhouse. Sex, drugs, yoga, and organic cooking absorb their days, safely tucked away from the stresses of urban life. But when a blackout of ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot: survival, isolation, social relations, confined, wilderness, snow, party, nude women, innocence lost, heroin, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Two Men in Town (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Algeria, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: sheriff, haunted by the past, starting over, going straight, small town, friendship, society, redemption, parole, convict, arrest, mexican american border ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Ghost and the Whale (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mental illness, false accusation, uncover truth, vengeance, life is a bitch, missing person, social relations, mental health, psychology, bipolar disorder, small town life, small town
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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77%
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, sad, thought provoking ...
Plot: teacher, mental illness, friendship, children, inspiration, school, introspection, estrangement, imaginary friend, imaginary, imagination, psychology ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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77%
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Soda Springs (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story of a man's struggle to claim his future by confronting his past. The road is not an easy one as old demons resurface to threaten everything Eden has fought to overcome.
Style: sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, independent film
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, redemption, starting over, family relations, hopes, going straight, lifestyle, homecoming, parents and children, social relations, christian ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Cook County (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, parents and children, homecoming, drug abuse, methamphetamine, adolescence vs adulthood, small town ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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76%
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Harvest (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A DEA agent and a local sheriff have to wrestle with their consciences as they start raids on local farmers, who have started growing marijuana simply to keep their farms operational. Story focuses on a young man, who accidentally discovers that his ...
Style: contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot: drug, farm, drug abuse, small town life, small town, social relations, intrigue, misfit, dishonesty, innocence lost, society, moral dilemma ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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75%
Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Father Jonathan Keene - a cold, impatient Catholic priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to do what he does best: shut down a dying parish...
Style: touching, realistic, feel good, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: christmas, priest, clergy, introspection, society, self discovery, social relations, religions or cults, hopes, church, small town life, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Nor'easter (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: moral dilemma, missing child, clergy, religions or cults, social relations, church, small town, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, maine
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75%
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Mothers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning ...
Style: captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: parents and children, murder, elderly, introspection, estrangement, family relations, gender, society, life, small town life, relationships, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, macedonia
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74%
The Wishing Well (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Widower, Mark Jansen, owns and runs the local newspaper for the Midwest town he grew up in. As he struggles to make ends meet, his daughter takes his happiness into her hands by going down to the famous wishing well their little town is known for, ...
Style: serious, touching, feel good, sentimental, emotional
Audience: family outing
Plot: small town, wish come true, journalism, introspection, newspaper, money problems, starting over, hopes, fish out of water, journalist, elderly, meteor shower ...
Time: 21st century
Place: illinois, usa, new york
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74%
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Swimmers (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: youth, small town, introspection, family problems, human nature, family relations, friendship, family in crisis, swimming, dysfunctional family, sex crime, solace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
A Touch of Fate (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: One night in a small town in North Carolina, fate brings together three lives: an entertainment lawyer returning home to his dying mother after years in escape of his past, a woman trying to reclaim her supposed love, and a boy with a penchant for ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Plot: hopes, friendship, family relations, starting over, redemption, human nature, love and romance, destiny, parents and children, small town, chance, legal action ...
Place: usa, north carolina, new york
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72%
California Solo (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: music, haunted by the past, deportation, musician's life, introspection, estrangement, life is a bitch, society, age difference, drug, musician, young love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The World Made Straight (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot: civil war, starting over, haunted by the past, social relations, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, family relations, hopes, youth, coming of age, massacre ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, usa, appalachia
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72%
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