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Apples (2020)
6K
Original name: Μήλα
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Greece, Poland, Australia, Slovenia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aris, a solitary man in his late thirties, becomes a victim of an unexplained surge of memory loss disorders in his city and is forced to confront his severe amnesia through an experimental new treatment.
Style:
allegory, psychological, captivating, disturbing, mind bending, psychedelic, social, sad, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
memory loss, epidemic, memory lapse, losing-it hero, illness, memory, dancing, party, ambulance, hospital, photograph, swimming pool, funeral, bicycle, driving, car, tasks, car crash, photography, amnesia, new identity, erotic dance, car accident, psychological drama, bar ...
Place:
greece, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and surreal films with plots about psychological drama, identity, memory, surrealism, isolation, obsession and satire mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Comedy genres. Some movies like Apples: Embers (2015), Alps (2011), Anti-Clock (1979), Dust (2005), Pity (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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