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August Creek (2017)
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young widow returns home for the first time in three years to help prepare her sister’s wedding. She is forced to confront her past, including the man she never expected to fall for.
Style:
affectionate, sincere, touching, sweet, romantic drama, sentimental, emotional, melancholic, reflective, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, wedding, memories, wedding planning, new life, meeting, sister sister relationship, best friend, starting over, tragic past, war widow, love triangle, healing, widow, grief, women, personal growth, second chance, family conflict, small town, reconciliation, homecoming, mourning, bittersweet, sisterhood ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, sentimental, romantic drama and melancholic films with plots about small town, bittersweet, intimate, second chance, personal growth, healing and slice of life mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like August Creek: Christmas for Keeps (2021), Late Bloomer (2016), Wedding Cake Dreams (2021), Love Matteru (2025), Harem Complex (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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sentimental, humorous, touching, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couple relations, pastor, clergy, couples, breakup, society, love and romance, religions or cults, christian, loss, widower, grief ...
Time:
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474
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A successful, big city girl returns to her small town roots after a family emergency. Once there she goes on a soulful journey to reconnect with family and friends and finds romance along the way.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
small town, race against time, love and romance, city life, homecoming, small town life, father daughter relationship, family drama, second chance, forgiveness, heartwarming, personal growth ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home to Wisconsin for her best friend's wedding and the one year anniversary of her father's death.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, emotional, romantic drama ...
Audience:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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