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Eden (2012)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Miro's transsexual friend Noripee dies, Miro and his friends from the gay bar 'Eden' are once again reminded of the discrimination they are constantly facing from society. They decide to convince Noripee's parents, who disowned her, to bury Noripee's body.
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, thrilling, independent film, melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
transgender, transsexual, gay slur, loss of friend, transgender woman, discrimination, lgbtq, gay, lgbt, social problems, gay lead character, satire, social issues, friendship, grief, loss, identity, mourning, solidarity, courage, acceptance, human rights, compassion, realism, resilience ...
Place:
thailand, japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and satirical films with plots about satire, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, identity, friendship and empathy mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Eden: Plato's Academy (2009), Mía (2011), Love & Revolution (2023), My Emptiness and I (2022), Tracey (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Greek shopkeeper discovers something about his family's past when his mother embraces an Albanian worker.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
prejudice, xenophobia, ethnicity, identity crisis, social issues, satire, dysfunctional family, social problems, language barrier, immigration, working class, intimate ...
Place:
greece
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228
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story deals with the right to happiness and to be part of the community, for those who have chosen a different form of morally accepted by society, and allows us to review the issue of discrimination, intolerance, marginalization and social ...
Style:
emotional, art house, independent film, tear jerker
Plot:
transgender, transsexual, lgbtq, lgbt, discrimination, intolerance, self discovery, acceptance, transvestite, desire for fame, identity, prejudice ...
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Seville, 1977. At a time when homosexuality is a crime, Reme, a traditional mother moved by the love of her son, an adolescent aspiring artist, will become involved in the Andalusian LGBTQ+ movement, paradoxically born in the bosom of the Church.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, satirical, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, mother son relationship, lgbtq, social problems, satire, female protagonist, social issues, family drama, activism, motherhood, love ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Raphi, from France, fantasises about romances with princes, and about starting a traditional family. But in reality, things aren’t like that. She works in a call centre in Barcelona, struggles with at times embarrassing dates, and is diagnosed by ...
Style:
thrilling, satirical, psychological
Plot:
lgbtq, transsexual, transgender woman, gender bending, trance, social problems, slice of life, self discovery, satire, transvestite, transvestism, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
80%
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468
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Tai-hung, in his 50s, lives happily with his wife. Informed of the death of his high school friend, Tai-hung’s secret past resurfaces. The feature debut from promising new Hong Kong talent Jun Li.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
transgender, grief, lgbt, transgender woman, character study, identity, gender issues, problem, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake.
Style:
lgbt cinema, light, sincere, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, transsexual, father son relationship, gay lead character, gay slur, brother sister relationship, family relations, friendship, transgender woman, drag queen, trans woman, funeral ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he had saved money for the car he had promised her. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical, emotional ...
Plot:
personal growth, father daughter relationship, self discovery, coming of age, loss, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, family reunited, female protagonist, satire, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
poland, ireland
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Loïc Le Tallec never really took care of his son. When the latter disappears in a road accident, Loïc is devastated. He has only one idea in mind: to find the one who lives now with the heart of his son. He falls on Hugo, a young man that this ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
heart transplant, father son relationship, father, father son estrangement, transplant, fatherhood, family drama, grief, loss, accident, satire, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
culture clash, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, small town, fish out of water, socially awkward, relationships, introspection, social issues, friends, satire ...
Similarity:
61%
110
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An orphaned Indigenous girl is forced to live with her reluctant, street-smart, francophone auntie and her two best friends in 80's Montreal.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
friendship, friend, coming of age, satire, women, female protagonist, lifestyle, family life, indigenous people, family relations, orphan, teenage girl ...
Time:
80s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Initiated by the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association and the Hong Kong Film Workers Association, ten film companies in Hong Kong (China Star, Anle Film, Emperor Films, Oriental Films, Media Asia Films, Meiya Films, World Films, Shaw Brothers, ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
hotel, isolation, quarantine, coronavirus, social problems, satire, hotel manager, social issues, isolated place, resilience, confined, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Manoharan is a poster artist struggling to find respect for his profession, after the advent of printing technology. He tries hard to get into the mainstream, by picking up design software skills. Will he succeed?
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, satirical, inspirational ...
Plot:
problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, technology, satire, slice of life, adaptation, creative process, social change, intimate, family drama, bittersweet ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A coming of age story of a 24-year-old vagabond who is forced to work at a posh building in Mumbai as a Lift Boy when his bread-winning father falls ill.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, satirical, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, satire, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, changing lives, lifestyle change, self discovery, life lesson, young adult, urban, personal growth, intimate ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, mourning, loss, grief, satire, dysfunctional family, loss of wife, relationship problems, family problems, obsession, memory, character study ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mango Soufflé is a 2002 Indian film written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. The film stars Atul Kulnani and Rinkie Khanna. It was promoted as "first gay male film from India" and was adapted from Dattani's own successful English play ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, tense, art house, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, lgbt, secrets, family drama, identity, sexuality, friendship, intimate, cathartic, sibling relationship, revelation ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In 1974, during the height of the recession, a Japanese Korean family relocates to Tokyo to raise money and seek better treatment for their ill son.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, dramatic ...
Plot:
family drama, family relations, social satire, satire, brother sister relationship, lifestyle, family life, relationships, social commentary, working class, poverty, identity ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, semi serious, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Gao Yuan (Peng Yuchang), a high school student, diagnoses with muscular dystrophy and learns that his life is running out of days. He decides to achieve his only wish of being a true man before he dies. Knowing that, his best friends, Xu Hao (Wang ...
Style:
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Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, bucket list, coming of age, last wish, teenage life, coping, child protagonist, ambition, friends, group of friends, child ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
An anthology of New Yorkers at their wit's end.
Style:
anthology, dark comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, life is a bitch, city life, loneliness, desperation, slice of life, existential crisis, intimate, working class, survival, resilience, bittersweet ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
48%
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fede is an overweight man, who finds it difficult to move around his own house. One day he finds in photography a way to change his life forever.
Style:
feel good, satirical, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
friendship, obesity, photography, changing lives, relationships, satire, photographer, lifestyle change, photograph, obese, friends, isolation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
David Samaras, "el Griego", is the general producer of the popular talk show "Hoy se arregla el mundo", where supposedly ordinary people resolve relationship, couple, friendship, work, parent and child conflicts. The most ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, satirical, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fatherhood, self discovery, father and son, father, family drama, parent child relationship, search for father, family problems, satire, introspection, biological father, parenting ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
satire, ritual, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, social problems, grief, social commentary, family drama, haunting, realism, bureaucracy ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
378
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, family relations, grief, family problems, money problems, family business, problem, life is a bitch, satire, financial problem, realism ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses her new mission as to convince her childhood friend to believe that they are still best friends.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, female protagonist, childhood friend, loneliness, character study, social issues, social problems, relationships, friends, loner, social anxiety, mental health ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lo family live in an old flat in the middle of a noisy neighborhood: father, mother, unemployed son, teenage daughter and his elderly, disabled father. Now a billboard is blocking their perfect view of the harbor, and their already chaotic life ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, family drama, social problems, conflict, social issues, kids and family, parents and children, conflict of interest, lifestyle, comedy of manners, city life, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Se-ha who is a physically handicapped and Dong-gu who is a mentally handicapped are not their own brothers. But while living 20 years together, the two became indispensable to each other. One day, the mother of Dong-gu suddenly visits him and acts ...
Style:
comedy drama, sincere, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
disability, friendship, physical disability, handicapped, empathy, brotherhood, mental disorder, wheelchair bound, socially awkward, care, social issues, relationships ...
Similarity:
41%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with the death of his father while trying to make new friends in an unfamiliar place, after his mother gets a job transfer.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, child, mother son relationship, childhood, grief, child protagonist, loss, coming of age, adolescence, grownups, friends, teenage life ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
depression, friendship, dream, character study, loneliness, writer's life, relationship problems, satire, depressed man, friends, social problems, writers ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her internatioanl family who live in Okinawa. They live in a run down old hotel called Hotel Hibiscus with only one room for rent.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, feel good, thrilling ...
Plot:
summer, family drama, child, workplace, satire, hotel manager, friendship, hotel, lifestyle, life, friends, coming of age ...
Place:
okinawa japan, japan
Similarity:
40%
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