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Himizu (2011)
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Original name: ヒミズ
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two teenagers and a group of people made homeless by a tsunami try and make their way in a devastated Japan
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, stylized, controversial, manga, art house, existential, twisted, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen angst, youth, teenage life, human nature, earthquake, crazy love, teenager, obsession, suicide, apocalypse, superhero, hunting, boy, little boy, japanese teenager, strong female character, dystopia, bad father, heartwarming, tsunami, homeless teenager, maniac, serial killer, school, murderer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, psychological, serious and disturbing films with plots about murder, death, violence, youth, blood, coming of age and obsession mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Himizu: All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Elephant (2003), River's Edge (2018), Cold Fish (2010), My Man (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Haruna Wakagusa is a high school student who lives with her mother. Ichiro Yamada is gay and Haruna’s classmate. He is bullied at school, but Haruna sticks up for Ichiro. They become intimate and Ichiro tells Haruna his secret. He found a dead ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, cerebral, detective, teen, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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31%
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, tokyo
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 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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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 237 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Country: Belgium, France
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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29%
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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