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Nocturnal (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Laurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds a secret friendship with Pete, an older handyman who is obsessed with her.
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, independent film, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, suspense ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, love triangle, loner, outsider, secret, platonic, friendship, high school, homecoming, loneliness, working class, character study, alienation, intimate, small town, platonic relationship, slice of life, slow burn, unsettling, teenager, nightlife, drug use, older man teenage girl relationship, male full rear nudity ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, captivating and psychological films with plots about coming of age, friendship, small town, intimate, identity, bittersweet and slice of life mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Nocturnal: It Felt Like Love (2013), Zebra Crossing (2008), Chance Meeting (1965), Somewhere in Indiana (2004), The Chimp (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
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Place:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
indiana
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Kyrgyzstan, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, bleak
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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tokyo
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29%
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Country: Portugal
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing cars.Jota (Eduardo Frazão) stands out from this group, unclassifiable; his destiny has no straight ...
Style:
intense, atmospheric, melancholic, road movie, moody
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, outsider, small town, longing, restlessness, youth culture, alienation, danger, loneliness, escape, bittersweet ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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24%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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23%
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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173
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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