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Sand Chronicles (2008)
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Original name: 砂時計
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young girl named Ann moves with her mother to her mother's hometown after her parents go through a divorce. There, Ann meets her first love Daigo Kitamura. Daigo helps her get used to life in the country. Ann even gets through her mother's suicide.
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sentimental, captivating, shoujo, serious
Plot:
fall in love, family problems, hopes, youth, small town, death in the family, family relations, couples, school, friendship, classmate, teenage love, love and romance, teenage life, high school, dealing with death, long distance relationship, japanese schoolgirl, high school romance, reunion, mini skirt, girl wearing a miniskirt, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and sentimental films with plots about love and romance, couples, youth, fall in love, love, friendship and hopes mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Sand Chronicles: Best of Times (2009), Once in a Lifetime (1994), Year of the Nail (2007), Lost in Time (2003), Cole (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When friendship deepens into what veterinarian Keng hopes could become love, he learns that beautiful Fai still harbors feelings for her ex-husband who also happens to be Keng's best friend.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
unfulfillment, friendship, unfulfilled love, family relations, elderly, aging, friends, parents and children, true love, fall in love, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
thailand, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional
Plot:
coming of age, love, deaf, starting over, boarding school, dealing with death, youth, single parent, hopes, love and romance, couples, family relations ...
Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A love story between a Mexican teenager and an American woman who meet one summer in Mexico.
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, love affair, couples, unfulfilled love, teenage life, hopes, society, friendship, male female relationship, looking for sex, youth, loss of virginity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone call. Dai Fai. a mini-bus driver who witnessed Ah Man's ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
fall in love, coping, hopes, starting over, love affair, workplace, couples, love and romance, bittersweet, workplace romance, strong female presence, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town youth finds fulfillment and romance in a big city's creative writing course, but feels obliged to sacrifice them when his sister's home life deteriorates in his absence.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, sentimental, multicultural ...
Plot:
interracial romance, white male black female relationship, fall in love, hopes, small town, social differences, interracial relations, self discovery, follow your dream, family problems, couples, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, british columbia
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969
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo. Kayako Kirishima of the third year at a high ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
teenage love, teenage life, lesbian, fall in love, love and romance, youth, couples, lgbt, slow burn, girl, korean war, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
Style:
contemplative, sentimental, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, memory loss, teenage love, love triangle, self discovery, fall in love, social relations, youth, couples, society, amnesia, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, usa, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Style:
realistic, touching, sweet, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
love triangle, self discovery, coming of age, couples, youth, lifestyle, college, love, friendship, asian, introvert, superhero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
A boy and a girl who are friends from their childhood fight and break up during their school and college. They meet again at the age of 25 and fall in love.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, entertaining
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, true love, teenage love, wooing, parents and children, rejection, family relations, young lovers, youth, school, love, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sayaka Miyamoto (Nao Matsushita) and Keita Fukushima (Terunosuke Takezai) attend the same university and believe their love for each other will never end. However, as time goes by and they graduate, their future starts to part as they both begin ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot:
university, lovers reunited, love affair, renewed love, couple relations, love and romance, youth, couples, relationship vs career, hopes, follow your dream, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, asia, europe, japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, fall in love, starting over, love and romance, hopes, teenage life, couples, human nature, family problems, gays and lesbians, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
hopes, first love, haunted by the past, love affair, teenage love, terminal illness, couples, youth, teenage life, slice of life, memory, cancer ...
Time:
year 1986, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel. O-Shin is a young brothel worker who one night helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
samurai, hopes, friendship, prostitute, couple relations, looking for love, fall in love, couples, village, unfulfilled love, village life, prostitution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
We’re in the middle of a heat-wave in Fenland England. Goob Taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping Mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When Mum shacks up with swarthy stock-car supremo and ladies’ ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage boy, family relations, teenage love, youth, small town, parents and children, teenager, boy, hot guys, friendship, summer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
High school student Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, psychological, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
classmate, couples, fall in love, love affair, friendship, classmate classmate relationship, hopes, love and romance, couple relations, youth, love, destiny ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, sexual, captivating ...
Plot:
betrayal, couples, teenage life, introspection, friendship, best friend, dishonesty, reincarnation, human nature, orphan, buddies, amnesia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
346
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in a ...
Style:
uplifting, romantic, sweet, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, university student, teacher student relationship, fall in love, couples, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, youth, love, hopes, friendship ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sweet, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
high school, youth, love, love affair, fall in love, friendship, destiny, couple relations, couples, love and romance, asian school, schoolgirl ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Charlie returns to his old town where he meets his ex-girlfriend again and tries to get her back.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, working class, waitress, old love, rock, love triangle, friendship, fall in love, couple relations, introspection, love and romance, starting over ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.
Style:
captivating, sentimental, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
gossip, divorce, fish out of water, small town, homecoming, couples, fall in love, family relations, lawyer, theft, middle east conflict, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Rin, Yuu, Koyomi and Keita are friends in high school who live in the same apartment building. Rin and Yuu like each other, but they don’t tell each other, until Kazuma shows up.
Style:
sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
japanese schoolgirl, japanese school, teenage girl, japanese teenager, classmate, high school, shyness, teenager, neighbor, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, east asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, family relations, society, youth, parents and children, teenager, post september 11 2001, love, opposites attract, african american, young love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan Wilson. Writer/Director Dani Minnick has crafted a compassionate examination of the ragged edge of suburban life as characterized by Boyd, a charming, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, juvenile delinquent, unlikely couple, teenage life, couples, young lovers, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, on the run, youth, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to ...
Style:
romantic, touching, uplifting, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
japanese girl, sex, love, japanese high school, love and romance, fall in love, couples, escapades, couple relations, male female relationship, teenage life, love affair ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Born and raised in Kyoto, 17 years old Takatoyo spends all his summer holidays in his hometown. However, this time will be different. Takatoyo will experience his first love and first challenges, creating memories that will take him out of his ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, sincere, sentimental
Plot:
japanese schoolgirl, fall in love, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, teenager, love, couple relations, love and romance, friendship, teenage girl, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kyoto japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Their town always had two proms, one for the whites and one for the blacks. When both proms wanted the same DJ, Brianna McCallister suggested combining the proms, which would also mean more money for decorations. However, her idea shook the town up, ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, racism, racial tension, family relations, small town, prom, teenage life, society, youth, lifestyle, friendship, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ninni is sixteen and she lives in a beautiful mansion in the swedish countryside with her family.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, freeze frame
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, teenage love, eccentric family, love and romance, countryside, teenage life, fall in love, parents and children, estate, bittersweet, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
269
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Comprised by two love stories: The first story features Donnie Yen as a traffic cop, “Mr. Cool” who never smiles due to a rare disease. He meets and falls in love with Michelle Chen, a patient with amnesia, and spends most of her time looking ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, couples, friends, police officer, haunted by the past, dating, amnesiac, love and romance, couple relations, cop, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Love is the Word is a moving, romantic and funny coming-of-age drama about the magic of first love and the misery of first lost, set in 1978: the year 'Grease' hit the big screen.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, first love, first sexual experience, love and romance, youth, family relations, hopes, village, parents and children, teenager, age difference, teenage sex ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
holland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact. At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she ...
Style:
shoujo, romantic drama, romantic, touching, light ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
japanese schoolgirl, true love, unrequited love, love and romance, reunited friends, teenage love, crush, best friend, high school life, japanese culture, first love, friends in love ...
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