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Nomadland (2020)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style:
road movie, serious, sincere, captivating, sad, realistic, funny, inspirational, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
van, homeless, loneliness, traveler, motor home, nomad, loss of job, journey, homelessness, road trip, female protagonist, on the road, unemployment, women, isolation, travel, social problems, existentialism, lifestyle, social relations, fired from the job, money problems, social issues, social outcast, survival ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
nevada, arizona
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and weird films with plots about loneliness, storytelling, runaway, drinking alcohol, life philosophy, relationships and nude mostly in Drama, Adventure and Biography genres. Some movies like Nomadland: Wendy and Lucy (2008), Land (2021), The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Leave No Trace (2018), The Dreamlife of Angels (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested ...
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an ...
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Duration: 113 min.
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In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to ...
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Duration: 98 min.
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Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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27%
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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