Movies like Echo 2019
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Echo (2019)
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Original name: Bergmál
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Through 56 independent scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both biting and tender, of modern day Iceland during the often turbulent but also exciting time of the Christmas holidays.
Style:
art house
Plot:
christmas, dog, dancing, police, cemetery, church, librarian, gym, new year's eve, nature, social satire, sea, school, mountain, drug addict, winter, farmer, african american, childbirth, holiday, christmas eve, nightclub, swimming pool, birth, telephone call ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iceland
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Most similar movies to Echo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, emotional, realistic and independent film films with plots about christmas, dancing, christmas eve, holiday, dog, snow and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Echo: When the Light Breaks (2024), The Family (2021), Volcano (2011), Sparrows (2015), The Christmas Wife (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
secret, art student, grief, coming of age, loss, summer, female protagonist, relationships, life is a bitch, self discovery, beauty, intimate ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Anna happily lives with her husband, their two boys, and Simon, 6 years-old, who was placed with her by the Social Care services when he was only 18 months. When Simon’s father decides that he is ready to take his son back with him, the family’s ...
Style:
witty, captivating, dramatic, entertaining
Plot:
brother brother relationship, judge, father son relationship, church, dancing, ping pong, holiday, christmas, birthday party, birthday, foster home, foster child ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
parents and children, family reunited, introspection, redemption, aging, estrangement, family feud, hopes, unfulfillment, minimalism, marriage, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík, She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspenseful, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, absent mother, sex scene, small town, childhood friend, gay, older woman younger man sex, female nudity, alcoholism, nudity, boyhood, lgbt ...
Place:
iceland, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The Christmas Wife is a made-for-cable television drama based on a story by Helen Norris. An aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad in the newspaper which reads: "You are not alone. We make ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, romantic drama, reflective, sentimental ...
Plot:
christmas, widower, loneliness, christmas eve, companionship, grief, melancholy, aging, bittersweet, character study, intimate, secret past ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Father Jonathan Keene - a cold, impatient Catholic priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to do what he does best: shut down a dying parish...
Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, priest, self discovery, introspection, clergy, society, hopes, social relations, cause and meaning, religions or cults, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A single mother abandons her 8-year-old daughter after meeting someone in a nightclub.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, touching, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
adult child friendship, mother daughter relationship, little girl, relationship problems, mother child relationship, parents and children, family problems, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
19 year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, ...
Style:
social, tense, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug rehab, drug dealing, drug addict, brother sister relationship, addiction, christmas, church, christmas eve, mother son relationship, dog, lgbt, lie ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four people become trapped in the once-vibrant Rosemont Lodge during a blizzard before Christmas.
Style:
emotional, tension, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, blizzard, snowstorm, hopes, isolation, pregnancy, birth, life changing, family tragedy, domestic drama, grief, transformation ...
Place:
utah
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about herder Niila and Sami environment in the time of change and plight. First partly Saami language fiction film in Finland.
Style:
atmospheric, reflective, melancholic, existential, independent film ...
Plot:
indigenous people, lapland, identity crisis, social change, realism, village life, isolation, survival, colonialism, family relations, cultural difference, animal cruelty ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three middle aged men, long time friends, get together in a normally closed Karaoke bar to drink their failed lives away. Secrets are revealed and sometimes discovered and they sing their miseries one by one during Karaoke sessions. The arrival of a ...
Plot:
christmas, secret, singing, police, friendship, friend, photographer, drinking, troubled past, suicide, actor, father son estrangement ...
Similarity:
52%
508
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Joseph learns that his son and his companion have just perished in an accident. They were expecting a child via a surrogate mother in Belgium. What will become of their future baby? Is Joseph the legitimate grandfather? Carried by the promise of ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, gay subtext, lgbt, excavation, lawyer, newborn baby, looking for someone, funeral, childbirth, car, death of son, cycling ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Madagascar, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. On an air base of the French army, the soldiers live the last carefree years of colonialism. Influenced by his readings of Fantômette, Thomas, a child who is not yet 10 years old, gradually forges a ...
Style:
biting
Plot:
young boy, bare chested male, 10 year old, church, swimming pool, beach, french colonialism, coming of age, holy communion, cycling, swinger, swing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
madagascar
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Reza (35), having distanced himself from urban life to work on a goldfish farm, leads a simple life along with his wife and only son in a remote village in northern Iran. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
dictatorship, chaos, rural setting, intimidation, father son relationship, crooked businessman, corporation, loan, funeral, cemetery, husband wife relationship, police ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
middle east, iran, tehran iran, maghreb
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Plot:
priest, journey, male nudity, missionary, photographer, death, nordic, bare chested male, volcanic eruption, guide, photography, cultural conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Blake and his mother Roxy live in Charlotte, NC. Roxy owns a dance studio and Blake is looking forward to a career as a fighter.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, feel good, sentimental
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
christmas, dance studio, dancing, holiday, competition, dance, father son relationship, social problems, dancer's life, dance club, dance teacher, contests and competitions ...
Place:
miami
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Returning to his home town after the death of the grandfather who raised him, slick and cynical Wall Street trader Will Martin (Neil Patrick Harris) feels decidedly out of place, and not at all in tune with the Christmas preparations being made by ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, restaurant, secretary, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, office, photograph, redhead, dance, family business, diary ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A couple struggling to make ends meet are given a new chance by the arrival of a mysterious letter that grants them one special wish during the holiday season.
Style:
light, romantic, captivating, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
couples, miraculous event, christmas, holiday, heartwarming, love and romance, holiday romance, second chance, wish come true, male female relationship, making a wish, love affair ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself ...
Plot:
nature, northern lights, death, police, snow, dog, husband wife relationship, radio, very little dialogue, poaching, human animal relationship, hunting ...
Similarity:
42%
752
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty-year old misfit François earns his living by gathering boxes and bottles to resell to local shopkeepers. He lives with his grossly insensitive mother and stepfather. Mado is a gawky 11-year old, who is neglected by her family because of the ...
Style:
controversial, crying
Plot:
11 year old girl, stockholm syndrome, seductive girl, children, adult child friendship, dysfunctional family, child kidnapping, kidnapped girl, cycling, kidnapper, rural setting, unemployment ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Benjamin and Aude have loved each other for 7 years. They live together on a small island in Brittany. Benjamin dreams of starting a family but the couple learns that Aude is sterile. So Benjamin has an idea. He is the one who will bear their child ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
swimming pool, transgender, aggression, island, seaside, kite, dancing, little boy, hospital, pregnant woman, child, nudity ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
university, cheerleader, dating, student, dancing, public, father son relationship, flirting, getting home, asian, friendship, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1987
Place:
tokyo, japan, tanzania
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, Canada, France, Qatar
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia sent to her best friend from 1980’s Beirut. Maia refuses to open the box or confront ...
Style:
semi autobiographical
Plot:
painful memories, suicide of father, woman, death of brother, mother daughter relationship, christmas, lebanese civil war, photography, cemetery, snowstorm, death of father, social network ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 2010s
Place:
lebanon, quebec, beirut lebanon
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his ...
Style:
surreal, serious, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
old man, goat, elderly, nature, shepherd, village, introspection, hopes, redemption, mountain, death, superstition ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating. Not much has changed since Stonewall and its not all "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men" but ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay bar, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, gay, transgender, drag queen, gay stereotype, christmas eve, homosexual, self loathing, transvestite ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, in love, bondage, fall in love, terminal illness, family gatherings, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
70s
Place:
columbus ohio, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Summer in Corsica. In a Corsican village nestled in the mountains everyone experiences summer in his or her own way: children play, teenagers flirt, and the elders comment on the passage of time at their local bar. In the August heat, it ...
Plot:
erection, male masturbation, friendship, slice of life, helicopter, dancing, masturbation, vacation, female masturbation, old woman, fight, male full rear nudity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The second-half of the movie picks up in the present day, seven years later, with Ryan returning home from being on the road touring as a professional singer and Molly working at her father's corporation.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
christmas, coma, bookstore, money problems, winter, relationships, life is a bitch, living together, financial problem, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, christmas eve, loyalty ...
Place:
nashville tennessee, seattle
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup. At the same time, her best friend, Salomé, announces to her that she is pregnant and asks her to follow her pregnancy. The day Lydia meets Milos, a one-night stand, while ...
Plot:
pregnant woman, female best friends, postpartum depression, police arrest, hotel, midwife, painting, beach, caught in a lie, childbirth, motherhood, police ...
Place:
paris france, normandy
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Slovenia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.
Style:
breathtaking, weird
Plot:
journey, mountain village, miraculous event, birth, cave, mountain, death, priest, childbirth, pregnancy, catholic priest, female exploitation ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
33%
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