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Late Bloomers (2011)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs handrails about the house.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, reflective, emotional, melancholic, aesthetic, humorous, serious
Plot:
aging, self discovery, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, couple relations, elderly, unfulfillment, marriage, retirement, introspection, bittersweet, acceptance, intimacy, nostalgia, identity, slice of life, intimate, resilience, mortality, friendship, memory, home renovation, switching roles ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, psychological, emotional and serious films with plots about bittersweet, couples, family problems, introspection, slice of life, intimate and family relations mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Late Bloomers: Belleville-Tokyo (2010), A Good Husband (2009), Look Back in Anger (1989), Irene (2009), Crossroads (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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235
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A video diary shot and recorded by the filmmaker, using little more than his imagination and the happenstance and flow of the everyday, finally layering in a lifetime of memories.
Style:
serious, touching, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
introspection, couple relations, love and romance, couples, danger, unfulfilled love, dealing with death, artists and showbiz, hopes, unfulfillment, filmmaking, death ...
Time:
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Place:
lyon, france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, China
Duration: 280 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
elderly, aging, marriage, nostalgia, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, commitment, intimacy, sacrifice, resilience, road trip ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nfl, starting over, self discovery, introspection, love affair, hopes, homecoming, unfulfillment, football, male protagonist, father son relationship, financial difficulty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
aging, elderly, drug abuse, introspection, disease, dealing with death, terminal illness, female protagonist, subconscious, character study, youth, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, sentimental, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
aging, small town, working class, bittersweet, obsession, society, retiring, elderly, workplace situations, social relations, car salesman, tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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23%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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930
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, aging, nostalgia, midlife crisis, couples, bittersweet, family drama, age regression, second chance, intimacy, identity, memory ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Violeta is a married dentist on a normal working day. While listening to a message left on the cell she enters in despair. The message of her husband, Djalma, says he is leaving her and going to another city.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, sentimental, psychological, erotic ...
Plot:
self discovery, starting over, breakup, family problems, couples, couple relations, introspection, hopes, unfulfillment, minimalism, suspicion, singleness ...
Time:
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Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, elderly, hopes, family problems, countryside, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, aging ...
Time:
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Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, family drama, siblings, family relations, siblings relations, coping, introspection, changing lives, lifestyle change, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
germany
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, society, introspection, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place:
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