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My Night (2021)
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Original name: Ma nuit
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Marion faces Paris at night with a feeling of vulnerability linked to the loss of her sister. She crosses paths with Alex. Their encounter will evolve at the rhythm of their wanderings through the city, like a journey through the night.
Style:
psychological, realistic, social, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, melancholic, contemplative, art house, independent film ...
Plot:
teenager, journey, night, grief, loss, mourning, death, family relations, male female relationship, death of sister, sister sister relationship, wandering, male bonding, loneliness, self discovery, encounter, character study, intimate, minimalism, healing, chance meeting, slice of life, bittersweet, mature, wanderlust
Place:
paris france
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Most similar movies to My Night
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, psychological and emotional films with plots about intimate, loss, grief, character study, slice of life, bittersweet and minimalism mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like My Night: Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994), Balance and Movement (2005), The High Pressures (2014), Running (2022), Stranger Things (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman in love, a weak man, a father stumbling with his emotions, an uncle dependent on the past and a teenager meet at Zagor’s boarding house. Despite the serenity of the house, they all struggle to find the peace that they each need.
Style:
psychological, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
boarding house, character study, teenager, father son relationship, love, household, slice of life, domestic drama, intimate, memory, isolation, loss ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Miguel travels to Pontevedra, his hometown, with the request of serching for some locations for a movie. His trip takes him back to the place where he grew up, meeting up with some old friends, but also leads him to the possibility of a new ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, serious, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, love and romance, fall in love, introspection, workplace, self discovery, workplace situations, hopes, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A whole year went by before musician Juliane Hansen was able to put her running shoes back on — a year after her partner, Johann König, took his own life. Although her friend Rieke offers all the support she can, Juliane feels lonely and ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, slow cinema ...
Plot:
grief, healing, mourning, recovery, suicide, loss, bereavement, loneliness, running, loss of partner, guilt, cello ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Oona, a recent graduate in anthropology, has returned to her dead mother’s seaside cottage in southern England to prepare it for sale. Her arrival disturbs Mani, a wary vagrant who has been squatting on the property.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
loneliness, homelessness, homeless, empathy, loss, grief, life is a bitch, male female relationship, relationship problems, character study, introspection, intimate ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teenager struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered world in this emotional and bittersweet coming-of-age drama about those who are left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, reflective, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, female protagonist, grief, sibling rivalry, loss, family drama, adolescence, self discovery, healing, mourning, identity, character study ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.
Style:
realistic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
relationships, family relations, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, relationship problems, lifestyle, love story, multiple storylines, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, paris france, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
44%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this evocative story told ingeniously with minimal dialogue, men and women from various backgrounds and places each deal with the loss of a loved one.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
grief, loss, loneliness, solitude, mourning, minimal dialogue, empathy, bereavement, memory, healing, intimate, soul searching ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a woman's mental confrontation and drifting between dream and reality after experiencing loss.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One morning Joel finds his wife's dog Elvis half dead. This forces him out of home, something he has avoided for a long time. After forgetting his keys inside, he'll spend the day desperately trying to get back into his flat, his shelter.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, realistic, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mourning, realism, dog, nothing goes right, human nature, society, social misfits, disorder, misfit, pets, dealing with death, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Yasuko (Eriko Hatsune) was a child, her mother left their home. She grew up not knowing what an ordinary family is. Satoshi's (Kengo Kora) mother was the girlfriend of Yasuko's late father. One day, Satoshi appears in front of ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
absent mother, orphan, family secret, mother daughter relationship, character study, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, love and romance, forbidden love, love interest, unrequited love ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, momentous news from home compels an exiled young man to embark upon an intense and surreal journey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, contemplative, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, journey, on the road, family relations, society, haunted by the past, family problems, self discovery, nature, trauma, isolation, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An estranged father and son spend the day ambling around a cemetery, wandering the wilderness, searching for family, and stumbling through disharmony and heartache.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, dramatic, serious, harsh ...
Plot:
father son relationship, son, father, father and son, cemetery, character study, estrangement, family drama, family relations, alienation, parents and children, estranged son ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Koen is a fatherless, eighteen year old boy who wants to free himself from the suffocating relationship with his mother. He struggels with the balance between independency and love. When he meets Colet, he tries to keep his distance, but she is both ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, coming of age, mother son relationship, independence, self discovery, search for father, family drama, young love, identity, absent father, intimate ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
elderly man, pilgrimage, character study, self discovery, walking, journey, grief, changing lives, lifestyle, lifestyle change, life, bittersweet ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antoine is a joyful but disenchanted photographer. His only true friend, Mateo, is 7 years old and the son of his neighbor, who is often absent. One day, he hears a piano sonata coming from the building across the courtyard. Mesmerized by the music, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, sex scene, self discovery, opposites attract, bittersweet, fall in love, photography, couples, photographer, friendship, pianist, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.
Style:
serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
motorcycle, road trip, journey, loss, mourning, grief, travel and leisure, cross country trip, highway travel, spiritual journey, traveler, travel ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
grief, grandfather, funeral, getting home, family conflict, family drama, loss, intimate, character study, small town, mourning, confrontation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
MARIANNE (Evabritt Strandberg) is a 68-year old woman diagnosed with a terminal disease. Left with angst, she seeks therapy at a clinic where she is treated with Psilocybin (LSD) and meditation by a counselor, Eva (Hanna Schygulla). Through this she ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
aging, elderly, drug abuse, introspection, disease, dealing with death, terminal illness, female protagonist, subconscious, character study, youth, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Recently widowed fifty-something Margaux looks to start chapter two. Moving in with her sister, she re-enrolls at university for pursuits she’d never realized. However, Margaux begins to experience another kind of awakening, the compulsions of ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
relationships, true love, university, self discovery, grief, widow, new life, lifestyle change, sister sister relationship, love, changing lives, loss of husband ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An estranged father returns with plans to open a bar with the son who still harbors resentment towards him.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, parents and children, criminal heroes, vengeance, heist, heist gone wrong, family relations, money problems, resentment, family drama, reconciliation, regret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A day in the life of Malek, a young man who suffers from sleep disorders and is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, his overprotective mother struggles with the disappearance of her husband, who was kidnapped more than 15 years ...
Style:
art house, psychological, melancholic, emotional, existential ...
Plot:
insomnia, family drama, character study, longing, slice of life, loss, grief, mother son relationship, memories, intimate, loneliness, regret ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
lebanon, middle east
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ivan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in Ivan’s unshakeable ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, art house, surreal, moody
Plot:
death, guilt, loneliness, grief, regret, loss, memory, mourning, hotel, obsession, suicide, mature ...
Place:
bucharest, afghanistan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness.
Style:
heartfelt, road movie, touching, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, male friendship, dying and death, friends, friendship between men, death, last wish, sad ending, on the run, escapades, terminal illness ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
cancer, drug addict, terminal illness, death, dying, mortality, family relations, empathy, child protagonist, character study, grief, addiction ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harkening back to the apartment movies of the 1970s, "Footnotes" is the story of neighbors and near total strangers, Will and Apurna. When they begin spending lock-down together in the wake of the 2020 pandemic, what starts as a platonic ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, isolation, quarantine, intimate, character study, neighbor, relationships, social relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film is in three parts. The first introduces three women who are separately suffering from their own psychological injuries. In the second part, the three women encounter each other and other people as they are each on a journey to an island ...
Style:
serious, fairy tale, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, island, friends, gays and lesbians, family relations, babies and infants, mute or deaf, unfulfillment, single parent, prostitute, terminal illness, healing power ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
LifeStories is a film about 6 short stories taking the audience through the lives of the protagonists. Oscillating between joy, companionship, loneliness, camaraderie, guilt and unadulterated love.
Style:
emotional, anthology, realistic, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, loneliness, love, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, everyday life, companionship, guilt, mature, regret ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Broken Roads is a contrasted portrait of life, dealing with loss, a journey of rediscovery & the hills climbed which forever change us.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
small town, estrangement, teenage life, small town life, youth, family tragedy, loss, coming of age, grandmother grandson relationship, grief, accident, car crash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
29%
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