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A Long Story (2012)
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Original name: Uzun Hikaye
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A long story that started and ended at the station.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, sentimental, reflective, period piece, melancholic, educational, vintage ...
Plot:
love story, forbidden love, parents and children, love affair, society, male female relationship, immigration, husband wife relationship, lifestyle, social relations, immigrant, journey, train station, train travel, bittersweet, intimate, sacrifice, road trip, loss, small town, slice of life, hopes, slow burn, turk, loneliness ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional and melancholic films with plots about bittersweet, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, intimate, love story and slice of life mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Long Story: Something Useful (2017), One Last Thing (2018), Letting Life In (2003), Bheemasena Nalamaharaja (2020), Moon and Thunder (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Place:
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Duration: 102 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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57%
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 118 min.
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Plot:
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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