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Aloners (2021)
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Original name: 혼자 사는 사람들
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone. One day, her irritating next-door neighbor who would attempt to talk with her is discovered dead, several days after having died alone in his apartment. Jina is shaken and turns on the home camera installed at her mother’s house a long time ago.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
lonely, loner, alone, call center, loneliness, changing lives, social problems, living alone, lifestyle change, social issues, social isolation, life is a bitch, female protagonist, relationship problems, lifestyle, socially awkward, antisocial behavior, lgbt, father daughter relationship, woman, grief, death of mother, training, employer employee relationship, coworker relationship ...
Place:
south korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about female protagonist, lifestyle, social problems, lifestyle change, life is a bitch, changing lives and relationship problems mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Aloners: Call Me Chihiro (2023), The Story of Ong-nyeo (2014), Zero Fucks Given (2021), Change in the Air (2018), Asphalt Goddess (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 115 min.
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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: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, social, crying
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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