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Midnight Swan (2020)
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Original name: ミッドナイトスワン
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in solitude by herself, to now living with Ichika, Nagisa develops maternal instincts for the first time.
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, emotional, melancholic, realistic, dramatic, queer cinema
Plot:
trans woman, transgender, transsexuality, motherhood, family drama, lgbtq, desire for fame, character study, relationships, transsexual, relatives, sibling relationship, gender, gender issues, instinct, loneliness, self discovery, female protagonist, compassion, coming of age, identity crisis, child neglect, isolation, city life, slice of life ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Midnight Swan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, captivating, emotional and psychological films with plots about relationships, slice of life, coming of age, female protagonist, transgender, character study and intimate mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Midnight Swan: Close-Knit (2017), Tokyo Noir (2004), Mike (2022), Under My Skin (2020), Monica (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.
Style:
sexual, psychological, disturbing, educational, sexy ...
Plot:
trans woman, transsexual, japanese girl, gay slur, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, gay, parents and children, life is a bitch, family life, lgbt ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, erotic drama ...
Plot:
couples, city life, lifestyle, singleness, strong female presence, prostitute, female sexuality, prostitution, sex work, loneliness, isolation, sexually liberated ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sarah, a free spirited young girl looking to surgically reassign her gender and Antony, a once exuberant but now a dejected and dispirited young man. What will happen when they meet?
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, transgender, lgbtq, desire for fame, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, coming of age, identity crisis, character study, acceptance ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Denny, a free spirit and artist falls for Ryan, a straight laced lawyer. When Denny questions gender their love is tested.
Style:
sincere, captivating, dramatic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
lgbtq, desire for fame, gender, relationships, couple relations, painter, gender issues, lawyer, love affair, lgbt, self discovery, acceptance ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.
Style:
melancholic, dramatic, reflective, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
transgender woman, transgender, mother daughter relationship, lgbt, acceptance, forgiveness, identity, character study, family drama, transsexuality, transsexual, trans woman ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Five different relationship stories become connected during an ill-fated bus journey from eastern Nepal to the capital, Kathmandu.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
human spirit, self discovery, couple relations, human nature, society, on the road, traffic jam, social realism, lgbtq, family drama, slice of life, forbidden love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nepal, asia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story focuses on the life of a couple and their twin sons, one of whom begins to show that he identifies as a girl. From this, Gabriela, the mother, will try to understand the situation of her son who soon becomes a trans girl, thus beginning a ...
Style:
dramatic, rough, social, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
transsexual, lgbtq, childhood, transgender, lgbt, parents and children, family relations, desire for fame, family problems, relationships, society, transsexuality ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
38%
79
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
(S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, transphobia, coming of age, self acceptance, desire for fame, gender issues, lgbtq, gender, social issues, transgender woman, gender bending ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn money. There she falls in love with Madhu, a delivery boy with a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, lgbtq, desire for fame, trans woman, self discovery, relationships, social problems, problem, life is a bitch, relationship problems, identity crisis ...
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
36%
34
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked by a string of bad relationships, and she takes the fall for a friend who commits murder and ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, loneliness, character study, psychological trauma, relationships, love story, love affair, love interest, mature, city life, alienation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman sabotages her own wedding in order to reclaim her identity and obliterates her life in the process.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, desert, wedding, mute, left for dead, runaway bride, woman, self discovery, identity, life, fiancee, sabotage ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
224
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two women are flat-mates and friends in Tokyo. One is an event manager and the other works in the world of fashion marketing. The result shows that one is pregnant one day. The woman decides to give birth out of wedlock. It is a major decision, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, pregnancy, east asian woman, women, relationships, female protagonist, neighbor, girl next door, couple relations, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, female friendship ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
transsexual, gender, lgbtq, gender bending, transgender, family drama, sexuality, depression, society, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
142
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sohyun, a runaway, is left alone after her close friend Jungho disappears. By accident, she gets to know a transgender woman named Jane. She joins Jane and her close-knit community of runaways, who are as comforting and loving as a real family. ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, compassionate ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, transsexual, desire for fame, lgbtq, couple relations, tragic love, life is a bitch, women, unrequited love, unlikely friendships, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016
Similarity:
32%
63
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Suzie, a 58 year old depressed taxi driver on the night shift. On Halloween, she finds a 10 year old autistic boy in the back seat of her taxi with 50$ and an address. As Suzie arrived at the father's address, she realizes the mess this family ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, road movie ...
Plot:
autism, loneliness, connection, character study, female protagonist, compassion, lost child, isolation, parent child relationship, midlife crisis, redemption, taxi driver ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Vietnam vet decides to undergo a sex change operation in the 1970's. Canadian / American production.
Style:
emotional, reflective, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
transgender, vietnam veteran, desire for fame, self discovery, identity crisis, social commentary, acceptance, mental health, introspection, alienation, isolation, family conflict ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, "Woman Of" spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoły and her journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman.
Style:
psychological, captivating, erotic, queer cinema
Plot:
transsexuality, town, family relations, transgender, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, gender, family problems, social problems, gender roles, gender issues ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 90s, Isabella was eighteen and a star. 20 years later, she is still singing those same songs in small town bars with her son Bruno, playing guitar. It's because of him that her career stopped. At least it's what she tells herself.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
singing, family relations, female singer, pop star, relationships, guitarist, son, parent child relationship, single mother, mother and son, loneliness, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry .
Style:
captivating, independent film, melancholic, contemplative
Plot:
porn actress, japanese schoolgirl, female protagonist, adult film industry, sex work, women, erotica, relationships, social problems, life, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
28%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, motherhood, family drama, poverty, family problems, family relations, social problems, relationship problems, kids and family, problem ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Unable to accept being dumped by her colleague, Takako quits her job and moves into the used bookstore owned by her uncle, Satoru, in Jinbocho. Despite her initial lack of interest in novels, Takako is slowly drawn into the world of books as she ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
bookstore, workplace, dumped, personal growth, slice of life, changing lives, relationships, lifestyle change, library, relationship problems, life, librarian ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 198 min.
Story:
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
elderly couple, nurse, female protagonist, loneliness, character study, caregiver, relationship problems, elderly, physician, changing lives, isolation, healing ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American dilemma between what you have known and what you hope to know; the tear between longing for the past and ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, female friendship, coming of age, personal growth, character study, society, couples, small town, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Coincidence and the aftermath of violence. A man's middle-school daughter has been murdered. His wife is already deceased. He tells a counselor he wants to live in anonymity, working with his hands. He moves away and gets a job in a factory. ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
small town, forgiveness, murder, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, friendship, loss of daughter, widower, loss, mourning, loneliness, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia
Similarity:
25%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life: his foreign father, his straight ex-boyfriend, and his 13-year old half-sister. Having lost touch since transitioning from ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
transgender, brother sister relationship, ex boyfriend, lgbt, trans man, transsexuality, transsexual, half sister, body transformation, lgbtq, father, sister ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28-years-old. They have dated for 4 years, but their relationship seems to be just going through the motions. They think about breaking up. At that time, Midori becomes pregnant. Midori and Masao decide ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, pregnancy, wedding preparations and rituals, wedding planning, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, problem, wedding, pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy, troubled marriage ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Basketball is the backdrop against which this coming of age lesbian Indie flick is set. A touching story of young ladies irresistibly drawn together against their will.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, basketball, self discovery, friendship, meaning of life, lgbt, best friend, female protagonist, coming of age, youth, lgbtq, young love ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, melancholic, uplifting ...
Plot:
hopes, suicide, gay, suicide attempt, burnout, mental health, workplace, office, friendship, depression, life is a bitch, social problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A famous dancer is fired after an injury and thrust into the role of motherhood.
Style:
emotional, realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
introspection, artists and showbiz, ambition, strong female presence, hopes, dancer's life, women, motherhood, dance, performance art, family drama, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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