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The Starling Girl (2023)
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sentimental, crying, tragic
Plot:
teenage girl, secret relationship, coming of age, desire, sexual attraction, missionary, temptation, religion, love affair, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, sin, teenage protagonist, teenager, teenage love, relationships, faith, male female relationship, adolescence, religious faith, adulterous husband, adultery, masturbation, orgasm, infidelity ...
Time:
labor day
Place:
memphis, kentucky
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Most similar movies to The Starling Girl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, crying, touching and independent film films with plots about kiss, coming of age, teenage girl, teenager, mother daughter relationship, sex and relationships mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Starling Girl: Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022), Palo Alto (2013), Yes, God, Yes (2019), It Felt Like Love (2013), Paradise (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, crying, independent film ...
Plot:
teenage girl, statutory rape, teenage sex, summer vacation, mother daughter relationship, sex with a minor, teenager, teenage life, teenage love, couple relations, intrigue, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, teen, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage life, youth, teenager, teenage girl, crush, loneliness, high school life, high school, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
california, palo alto california, britain, usa, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Alice, a young innocent Catholic girl, is tempted into masturbating after an AOL chat suddenly turns sexual, however is conflicted as the act would be considered a sin.
Style:
sex comedy, teen sex comedy, thought provoking, humorous, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, first sexual experience, teenage sex, catholic school, sexual curiosity, teenage sexuality, catholic schoolgirl, sexual awakening, premarital sex, grownups, christianity ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Lila is experiencing an ennui-filled Brooklyn summer. She awkwardly wears a Kabuki-esque mask of sunscreen at the beach and plays third wheel to Chiara, her more experienced friend, and Chiara’s boyfriend, Patrick. Determined to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, teenage girl, youth, first sex, sexual attraction, sexual desire, self discovery, best friend, friendship, wooing, hot guys ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Televangelist Bobby Paradise "saw God" in some space debris when he was returning to Earth as an astronaut. Or at least he was convinced he did by his wife, a Cape Canaveral groupie at the time Bobby was with NASA. Now they have built up ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
televangelist, extramarital affair, faith, marriage, husband wife relationship, hypocrisy, infidelity, reverend, businessman, wealth, father son relationship, money ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, first sex, love and romance, loss of virginity, teenager in love, female friendship, teen romance, friendship, youth, wooing, teenage love ...
Time:
year 1992, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, tennessee, yale university ...
Similarity:
20%
1K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper on a derelict army ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, independent film, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, sister sister relationship, sex toy, teenage girl, male nudity, orphan, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, sex with a minor, statutory rape ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, forbidden love, small town, adolescence, love story, sexual repression, mental illness, teenager, suicide attempt, unrequited love, high school football, true love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1961, future ...
Place:
kansas, yale university, new york, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
Style:
thrilling, romantic drama, romantic, crying, lighthearted
Plot:
male female relationship, teenage girl, teenage boy, young adult, fall in love, love interest, teen romance, love story, relationships, love, adolescence, love and romance ...
Place:
harvard university
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
teenage girl, love story, theatrical troupe, age difference, relationships, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, sexual attraction, 16 year old, woman, teenager ...
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, crying, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, self discovery, teenager, nostalgia, death, skinny dipping, elopement, teen angst, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1952 ...
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, midwest, north america ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, ...
Style:
touching, cynical, stylized, harsh, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
couples, coming of age, sexual relations, friendship, dysfunctional family, relationships, teenage love, love story, loneliness, family relations, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, dominican republic, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, touching, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, lesbian, lgbt, bisexual girl, teenage girl, lesbian teen, novelist, first lesbian experience, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, tomboy, aunt niece relationship, dating ...
Time:
year 1968, year 1992, 90s, 19th century, 1850s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, south carolina
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, captivating, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, missionary, lgbt, love, religion, forbidden love, male nudity, gays and lesbians, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, idaho
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style:
teen, touching, sincere, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, youth, couples, teenage love, first love, teenage life, love, teenage girl, family relations, high school student, classmate ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, key west florida, new jersey, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love affair, adultery, infidelity, passion, housewife, child abuse, small town, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, perversion, temptation, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.
Style:
romantic, sexy, sincere, entertaining, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teen romance, love, teenage love, love affair, teenager, first love, love and romance, neighbor, teenage boy, romantic relationship, teenage girl, love interest ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
barcelona, spain
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer.
Style:
sexy, feel good, humorous, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
small town, looking for love, parents and children, teenage life, family life, lifestyle, society, family in crisis, mother daughter relationship, loneliness, women, passion ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
18%
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12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
Style:
independent film, lgbt cinema, touching, powerful, spiritual ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay interest, catholic priest, lgbtq, sex with a priest, sexual abuse, glbt, church, forbidden love, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
liverpool, england, united kingdom, europe, iraq
Similarity:
18%
280K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, inspirational, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, kids, date night, teens ...
Plot:
love, sisters, coming of age, writers, female protagonist, generosity, friendship, sister sister relationship, publisher, women's rights, sister, aspiring writer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 2010s, year 2019
Place:
new york, france, paris france, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
Style:
sexy, romantic drama, sensual, romantic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, summer vacation, hippie, infidelity, cheating wife, love affair, erotica, bittersweet, skinny dipping, lust, sexual attraction, extramarital affair ...
Time:
60s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
new york, usa, woodstock, new york state, california
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay relationship, gay, lgbt, forbidden love, gender, gay sex, gay interest, sex, friendship between men, sexual attraction, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, China, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
Style:
intellectual, melancholic, exciting, stylized, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual repression, adolescence, existentialism, atheist, lgbtq, coming of age, adaptation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, love, student ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1951, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
17%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Style:
psychological, erotic, touching, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, love affair, age difference, older woman younger man sex, mother daughter relationship, incest, relationships, male female relationship, secret relationship, secrets, infidelity, women ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
Style:
romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
romantic relationship, love and romance, insomnia, summer, romantic friendship, dating, teenage girl, relationships, teenager, teen romance, adolescence, teenage protagonist ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
Style:
sexual, crying, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, midlife crisis, lesbian subtext, school, lesbian friend, sexual repression, small town, teacher, loss of virginity, lesbianism, outdoor sex, bird ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
oregon, new england, usa, connecticut
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Georgia, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Merab has been training since a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. In ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dancer, dancing, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, couples, friendship, rivalry, gay romance, obsession, audition, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
georgia, tbilisi, ethiopia, eastern europe, asia ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Jaime, a gay teenager, is sent to live in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses in small-town Quebec, she falls madly in love with a devout Witness girl. The two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, crying ...
Plot:
lesbian teen, lesbian seduction, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, teenage girl, jehovah's witness, lesbian attraction, lesbian romance, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian couple ...
Similarity:
17%
74K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, controversial, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
obsession, older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, lolita, pedophile, girl man relationship, age difference, teenage girl, lust, nymphet, older man young girl relationship, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1947 ...
Place:
cannes, new england
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three young girls on their way to adulthood. Xiao-Bu fights over a cigarette with her friend Angel. Ah-Mi sleeps with Xiao-Bu’s boyfriend. He is very popular and lets Angel steal a kiss. Can it get any worse? Life with a depressive, alcoholic ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
cheating girlfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, alienation, cheating boyfriend, jealousy, lgbt, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Similarity:
17%
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