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Little Forest (2018)
5K
Original name: 리틀 포레스트
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
Style:
sincere, sad, psychological, captivating, disturbing, feel good
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
countryside, food, cooking, female protagonist, farming, young woman, friendship, childhood friend, winter, summer, love, pet dog, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, youth, society, snow, spring, asian, thoughtful, nature, gardening, slice of life, agriculture, rain ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
south korea
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Most similar movies to Little Forest
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, sincere and realistic films with plots about friendship, love, female protagonist, coming of age, family relations, youth and society mostly in Drama and War genres. Some movies like Little Forest: Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014), Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015), Minari (2020), The Guardians (2017), Double Patty (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her mother, young Ichiko leaves her life in the city to live off the land in Komori, a small town nestled among the mountains in rural Japan. Despite the void left by her mother’s disappearance, Ichiko comes to enjoy her independence ...
Style:
captivating, visually appealing, thought provoking, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
food, japanese girl, farmer, village life, solitude, mother issues, female protagonist, provincial life, nature, slice of life, countryside, agriculture ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
97%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sincere, realistic, epic ...
Plot:
food, japanese girl, japanese culture, solitude, nature, agriculture, abandoned by mother, isolation, society, rural setting, backpacking, cookery ...
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A Korean-American family moves to Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. With the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother, the stability of their relationships is challenged even more in this new life in the ...
Style:
sad, period piece, semi autobiographical, independent film, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, food, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, farm, pain, heart condition, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 2020s, future
Place:
arkansas, east asia, oklahoma city, nebraska
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
world war one, countryside, mother daughter relationship, little girl, farming, love, life philosophy, great war, friendship, disorder, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1915, year 1917, year 1919
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Kang Woo-ram is busy preparing to get a job. Lee Hyun-ji is a would-be anchor, but she works at a homemade hamburger restaurant. One night, Woo-ram visits the hamburger restaurant and orders a double patty hamburger, which has a "buy one, get ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, entertaining, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
male female relationship, love story, relationships, love affair, love and romance, couples, couple relations, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, meet cute, young adult ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
bullying, found footage, childhood friend, coming of age, friendship, love, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couples, teenage life, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even their dreams are connected.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
anorexia, eating disorder, youth, love, hospital, hospitalization, life is a bitch, adaptation, illness, mental illness, redemption, society ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
Style:
emotional, light, realistic, captivating, anime
Plot:
friendship, jazz, school, love, teenager, music, society, rivalry, youth, asian, love at first sight, childhood friend ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
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142
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sohyun, a runaway, is left alone after her close friend Jungho disappears. By accident, she gets to know a transgender woman named Jane. She joins Jane and her close-knit community of runaways, who are as comforting and loving as a real family. ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, compassionate ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, transsexual, desire for fame, lgbtq, couple relations, tragic love, life is a bitch, women, unrequited love, unlikely friendships, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story begins on a fine summers morning, when San-woo and his mother board a bus to the country. It is soon clear that the unsophisticated rural passengers annoy the seven-year-old urban boy. His mother is taking him to live with his 78-year-old ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, stylized, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, parents and children, grandparent grandchild relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, love, life & death, children, generation gap, friendship, village life, love story ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
asia, south korea, korea, paris france, italy ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the snowy seaside town of Sokcho, 25-year-old Soo-Ha works at a guesthouse. She drifts between her mother’s fish stall and her boyfriend until a French artist’s arrival stirs questions about her identity. As winter deepens, Soo-Ha and the ...
Style:
intercultural, contemplative, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
winter, female protagonist, coming of age, self discovery, young woman, identity, slice of life, intimate, identity crisis, bittersweet, loneliness, small town ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lonely masseuse Sunny is reluctant to have an intimate relationship because of her painful memories of the past. Ji-seok comes to LA with a vague wish to meet his ex-girlfriend and becomes a roommate with Sunny. Young-shin, also known as Helen ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sincere, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
relationships, intimate, healing, loneliness, female protagonist, love story, ex couple relations, male female relationship, troubled past, love affair, couple relations, new neighbor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
TIERRA MADRE is based on the true story of Aidee Gonzalez, a woman determined to raise her children with her female partner in the Mexican border town of Tecate. Aidee works hard as an exotic dancer providing for her family. One day her girlfriend ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
lesbian, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, society, gays and lesbians, friendship, couples, friends, gay parent, mother daughter relationship, infidelity, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
introspection, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, fall in love, society, hopes, self discovery, priest, friendship, love, countryside ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
lacrosse, friendship, coming of age, self discovery, teenage life, youth, social differences, racism, strong female lead, teen rebel, rebel, female bonding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
28%
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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28%
143
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 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:
28%
821
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a near fatal car accident, a popular high school student loses her memory and gets a second chance at a more meaningful life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, feel good
Audience:
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Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, female protagonist, second chance, high school, car accident, self discovery, changing lives, lifestyle change, teenage life, teenage girl, memory lapse ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, ...
Style:
sad, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
mother and daughter, family relations, family drama, bonding, love, motherhood, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, life is a bitch, family problems, overprotective mother, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, melancholic, sentimental, light, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, father daughter relationship, marital separation, domestic drama, character study, infidelity, loss, grief, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
28%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
Style:
captivating, sincere, compassionate, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot:
friendship, cooking and food, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, cooking, elderly woman, workplace, group of friends, business, lifestyle, elderly, friends, girlfriend ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
This 2 night special takes off during their graduation, where Chiaki-senpai & Nodame left for Europe. The first special centered on Chiaki's story, the story tells about Chiaki's dream to be a conductor. Nodame on the other hand ...
Style:
dorama, thrilling, captivating, psychological, heartfelt ...
Plot:
classical music, piano, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, musician, music, musician's life, couple relations, train conductor, orchestra, conservatory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
europe, paris france, vienna
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jun, a Japanese freelance reporter, discovers hidden gem of Korean traditional bakery "Moran-dang" by chance in the middle of the city of Seoul, while covering stories of the city. Moran-dang takes him back to his memory of childhood and ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
restaurant, food, friendship, family business, family relations, friends, cooking and food, crime boss, training, lawsuit, save the day, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
Story:
Rose Lee is just a typical high school student trying to figure things out. Her dream is to join the boy's wrestling team, but no one is making it easy for her. Along the way, she'll discover that her most difficult opponent may be herself.
Style:
tense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, teenage girl, friendship, girl, transsexuality, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, sexism, loneliness, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, summer, intimate, imagination, family drama, coming of age, motherhood, childhood, life is a bitch, teenage protagonist, family problems, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.
Style:
unusual plot structure, sincere, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay couple, gay interest, summer vacation, gay, couples, love, friendship, summer, love and romance, friends, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, italy, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yeo-min is a matured and thoughtful 9 year old boy who lives in a small mountain village. Even at his young age, he has too many things to take care of. First, he has to protect his friends from the neighborhood bully Black Bird and keep peace in ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, small village, village life, lifestyle, fall in love, friendship, village, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, boy ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in small-town rural Georgia, a man returns to his hometown to face the deep-rooted racial tensions of a deep southern town that ages, but never changes.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
interracial relations, homecoming, friendship, disability, family relations, society, hopes, countryside, life is a bitch, love, true love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Korean immigrant falls in love with her best friend while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country.
Style:
realistic, emotional, contemplative, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, society, youth, women of color, love, couples, refugee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
28%
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