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Paris Is Us (2019)
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Original name: Paris est à nous
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dreams and reality collide as a young woman navigates a tumultuous relationship amid rising social tensions, protests and tragedies in Paris.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, weird
Plot:
teenager, fear, police, youth, terrorism, economic crisis, couples, conflict, riot, terrorist attack, struggle, love and romance, chase, danger, grief, trauma, electronic music, loss of innocence, revolt, innocence, post punk, strike, blonde girl, anti hero, urban violence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative and suspenseful films with plots about youth, couples, love, love and romance, teenager, society and danger mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Paris Is Us: Do it Right (2017), Easy Land (2019), Tag (2015), Juze (2017), Invisible (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, France, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, contemplative, sexy, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage boy, teenage love, teenage girl, grandmother grandson relationship, immigrant, couples, fall in love, love and romance, friends, couple relations, countryside, love ...
Time:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ely is 17 years old. After school, she works few hours at a pet shop. When Ely learns that she is pregnant, her inner world explodes even though she tries to go on with her daily routine as if nothing was different. She is afraid and upset, and she ...
Style:
psychological, tense, contemplative, touching, unusual plot structure
Plot:
teenager, 17 year old, teenage protagonist, female protagonist, teen angst, pregnancy, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, friends, love, homeless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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61%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Trish and Deb Murdoch are in a rut. After 14 years together and raising two daughters, they find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attraction threaten their domestic nucleus.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lesbian, family relations, lesbian relationship, love affair, lgbt, love, sister sister relationship, parents and children, couples, love and romance, lgbtq, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large ...
Style:
tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, tense ...
Plot:
couples, society, working class, fall in love, immigrant, life is a bitch, misfit, security guard, gang, pursuit, danger, youth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
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59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Teenager Ruslan is a half-orphan who lives by the dried Aral Sea. When he learns that due to serious illness he has no more than 3 months to live, Ruslan decides to punish those responsible for the death of his beloved mother.
Style:
tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, teenage boy, teenager, death of mother, punishment, teenage protagonist, terminal illness, loss of mother, vendetta, illness, death, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kazakhstan
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
55%
561
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
RICHARD, 15 with learning difficulties, longs to put down roots but his restless and destructive brother, POLLY, needs to keep moving. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, and the electricity supply to their caravan is cut, their ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, first love, learning disability, teenager, farm, caravan, friendship, love, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mother, love, immigration, mother love, career, mother son relationship, couples, love and romance, women, friendship, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hwa-young is an 18-year-old student living alone. Her friends call her “mom” and use her house as their place to hang out, but don’t really include her in their clique. Hwa-young pays particular attention to one of the friends, Mijeong.
Style:
suspenseful, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, teenage girl, friendship, youth, friend, betrayal, jealousy, danger, infidelity, party, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, best friend, female antagonist, female protagonist, psychopath, high school, murder, friendship, danger, couples, youth, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
17-year-old Claire spends her vacation in South Africa with her family, when a tragic accident takes the lives of her parents and younger brother. By a stroke of luck, Claire survives, but finds herself alone, far from home in a country where ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Friends Toro and Victor struggle with drug addiction and male prostitution in a hostile environment. When they lose all their money, their longstanding friendship is put to the test.
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sex worker, debt, drug abuse, addiction, friends, friendship, violence, society, rivalry, chase, danger, rough sex ...
Time:
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Place:
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47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prostitution, teenage prostitution, teenage girl, teenager, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, following someone, father son relationship, family relations, danger, friendship, love ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a South of Italy full of beauty and hidden dangers, two adolescents, abused and damaged by life, Anna, whose father has been murdered and Basim, an immigrant orphan, escape together towards a new start
Style:
touching, psychological, sexy, unusual plot structure, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
infidelity, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, couples, society, dishonesty, family relations, love, love and romance, escapades, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sasha, a French woman of thirty, dies suddenly in Berlin. Her Fiancé, Lawrence, and her sister Zoé, must come to terms as the consequences of this shock set in.
Style:
psychological, touching, disturbing, sad, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, loss of lover, death, meaning of life, love and romance, couples, love, female nudity, beach, sex scene, nudity, concert ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
paris france, new york, berlin germany
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenager, named Matteo, dreams of becoming a professional swimmer. When his coach prefers to him the son of the team's sponsors, Matteo takes revenge studying at the university Bocconi and inventing a social network.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
male objectification, swimming, swimmer, male nudity, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, exhibitionism, rivalry, athlete and trainer, nude, revenge, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cambodia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an ultra-modern paradise for the rich and a symbol of tomorrow’s Cambodia. He befriends his fellow workers and finds his elder brother, the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
18 year old, brother brother relationship, teenager, friendship, construction worker, poverty, long lost brother, coming of age, sick mother, friends, escapades, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, injustice, vengeance, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, introspection, danger, false accusation, politics ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Serial killer 'NO1KNOWS' managed to elude the police for years. In fact they didn't even know he existed until, by chance, his video and audio recordings were found. By examining the recordings police were able to solve a number of ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
This story is about a 9 year old American Jewish boy, David, and Kamal, also a 9 year old and a poor street urchin of Arab descent selling postcards to tourist in the stone enclosed Old City of Jerusalem. At a first glance, Kamal seems bright and ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship between boys, coming of age, street urchin, friends, unlikely friendships, extortion, child protagonist, society, escapades, dishonesty, youth, humanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jerusalem
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It all starts at daybreak, three young surfers on the raging seas. A few hours later, on the way home, an accident occurs. Now entirely hooked up to life-support in a hospital in Le Havre, Simon’s existence is little more than an illusion. ...
Style:
suspense, touching, suspenseful, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
hospital, surfing, heart, surfer, multiple storylines, death, doctor, death of son, surgeon, surgery, lgbt, danger ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
38%
208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Nowhere" is a drama about Adrian and Sebastian, a Colombia couple living together in New York City. When Sebastian is faced with immigration complications, Adrian must learn to overcome his fear of rejection from his family back in ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, romantic, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
gay love, lgbt, lgbtq, immigration, gay, gay couple, society, hopes, violence, fall in love, gay lead character, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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