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Somewhere in Indiana (2004)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama - An unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger forever changes the life of four travelers visiting the hometown of a James Dean-like celebrity actor. - Colin Alexander, Jeff Angel, David Grant Briggs
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, road movie, captivating, emotional, reflective, indie film, melancholic, contemplative ...
Plot:
self discovery, road trip, hotshot hero, inventions and discoveries, spirituality, secret, movie star, character study, personal growth, chance meeting, small town, identity, mysterious stranger, bittersweet, travel, friendship, nostalgia, coming of age, pilgrimage, slice of life, intimate, mysterious character, reunion
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
indiana
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and captivating films with plots about self discovery, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, coming of age, road trip and personal growth mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Western genres. Some movies like Somewhere in Indiana: Not Waving But Drowning (2012), A Country Called Home (2015), The Woman Who Ran (2020), Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu (2024), Something Useful (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American dilemma between what you have known and what you hope to know; the tear between longing for the past and ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, female friendship, coming of age, personal growth, character study, society, couples, small town, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
texas
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends on the outskirts of Seoul. They make friendly conversation, as always, but there are different currents flowing independently of each other, both above and below the surface.
Style:
thought provoking, sentimental, melancholic, sincere, aesthetic ...
Plot:
female friendship, chance meeting, friends, meet cute, secret past, husband wife relationship, trip, male female relationship, moral dilemma, loneliness, past, character study ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, introspection, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, road trip, getting home, homecoming, nostalgia, bittersweet, flashback, acceptance ...
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness.
Style:
heartfelt, road movie, touching, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, male friendship, dying and death, friends, friendship between men, death, last wish, sad ending, on the run, escapades, terminal illness ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.
Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
train travel, journey, self discovery, multiple storylines, chance meeting, train, lifestyle, fate of humanity, everyday life, female bonding, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
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63%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, contemplative, realistic, heartfelt, art house ...
Plot:
life lesson, empathy, personal growth, aspiring actor, self discovery, transformation, character study, rejection, village life, slice of life, intimate, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, confronting the past, life is a bitch, elderly man, relationship problems, troubled past, slice of life, friendship, healing ...
Place:
california
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54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Basketball is the backdrop against which this coming of age lesbian Indie flick is set. A touching story of young ladies irresistibly drawn together against their will.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, basketball, self discovery, friendship, meaning of life, lgbt, best friend, female protagonist, coming of age, youth, lgbtq, young love ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two ordinary guys in a small town embark on an extraordinary adventure, risking everything for a stranger in need.
Style:
psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
getting home, road trip, small town, friendship, travel, self discovery, society, friendship between men, lifestyle, male protagonist, small town life, empathy ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In a tale set in the rough and tumble world of professional rodeo, an over-the-hill former champion broncobuster and a young hitchhiker develop a special friendship.
Style:
heartfelt, touching, melancholic, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
friendship, rodeo, intergenerational friendship, road trip, character study, second chance, life lesson, aging, bittersweet, horse riding, hitchhiking, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico. After smuggling in the hog, his estranged daughter shows up, forcing them to face their past and ...
Style:
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Plot:
road trip, friendship, human animal relationship, estranged daughter, animal human communication, human relationship, social problems, pets, humanity, family drama, mortality, bittersweet ...
Place:
mexico, indiana
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, self discovery, family relations, family problems, parents and children, siblings relations, bittersweet, parent child relationship, family drama, love, reconciliation, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Letting Life In" explores a single year of life between two people. Michael, a reclusive novelist, lives in a small town in upstate New York. He knows nothing of living life beyond the suffocating walls he has built for himself. Sarah, a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.
Style:
serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Four girls unknowingly experience the happiest days of their lives during an uneventful best-friend trip to Belgrade.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
female friendship, road trip, job, friendship, coping, women, girlfriend, workplace, female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, female best friends ...
Time:
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Place:
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747
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
marseille, berlin germany
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46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 151 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: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, reflective ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As children, Leni and Lazar were best friends. When Lazar returns from extensive travels abroad for his father's funeral, Leni yearns to reconnect with her childhood soulmate but still feels the sting of their years of estrangement.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
serbia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 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: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while. His producer, Bilal, suggests that Far’Hook acts as driver for Bilal’s father, Serge, on a tour of French ports, following in ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Follows the journey of one man on the path of his self-discovery that would traverse landscapes outside and layers deep within.
Style:
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Plot:
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