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Russian Red (2016)
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Original name: Vermelho Russo
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Portugal, Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Marta and Manu are two Brazilian actresses that decide to move to Moscow to study the Stanislavski method. There, wrapped around a complex love triangle, they must overcome their differences to survive in a different country.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, melancholic, tense, independent film, art house, twisted, nostalgic
Plot:
love triangle, brazilian abroad, relationship problems, girlfriend, romantic relationship, life is a bitch, love affair, society, actress, social problems, female protagonist, actor's life, foreigner, romantic triangle, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, immigrant, female friendship, culture clash, loneliness, jealousy, theater, personal growth, urban, identity, struggle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, melancholic and emotional films with plots about urban, relationship problems, love affair, relationships, female protagonist, love triangle and male female relationship mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Russian Red: Cheer Camp Killer (2020), The Rehearsals (2013), Autumn Fall (2015), Ghawre Bairey Aaj (2019), A Blue Automobile (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Sophia gets into an exclusive cheer camp with her best friend Charlotte, she's ecstatic to show off her skills. Camp queen bee Victoria and her overbearing mother Beth do not take kindly to a newcomer taking her spotlight, so they launch a ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Oslo in beautiful autumn. Ingvild is a stage manager at the National Theatre, and trying to make a life change, with her artistic ambitions. Not liking actors, she still manages to get into two very different affairs.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Ghawre Bairey Aaj is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Ghawre Bairey' (Home and the World) and is a contemporary retelling of love triangle involving Tagore's characters Nikhilesh, Sandip and Bimala.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic drama, art house ...
Plot:
love triangle, love, adaptation, literary, love affair, love story, relationships, couple relations, problem, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love and romance ...
Place:
india, kolkata
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Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Richio, a young DJ, is as emotionally non-existent as no other man on the planet. He uses his tough exterior to avoid attachments to people and society.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
love triangle, trauma, character study, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, physical appearance, male female relationship, relationship problems, social problems, love interest ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, emotional, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
relationships, railway, tragic love, escapades, love affair, first love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love interest, relationship problems, love story, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
relationships, raf, terrorism, guilt, male female relationship, life is a bitch, love affair, couple relations, tragic past, confronting the past, ex convict, secrets ...
Place:
west germany
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, compassionate, sad, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, new life, relationship problems, dancing, romantic relationship, love triangle, adaptation, unlikely friendships, fall in love, star crossed lovers, in love, love and romance ...
Place:
spain
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35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
butcher, male bondage, immigrant, alienation, survival, immigration, migrant worker, exploitation, death threat, social problems, slavery, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, period piece
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
brothers, family relations, immigrant, american dream, coming of age, immigration, immigrant family, family drama, social problems, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A late-night DJ at the hottest radio station in Atlanta struggles to find his way back to the top after being dumped live on-air. In his journey to revive his career, he meets a woman that once called his show seeking love advice, and that is where ...
Style:
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Plot:
love triangle, african american, love and romance, heartbreak, love affair, love interest, love story, male female relationship, relationships, romantic rivalry, radio dj, urban ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a young woman finds herself living life on the streets she learns the art of picking up men to put a roof over her head. But when she meets the guy of her dreams her secret threatens to ruin their perfect relationship.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Croatia, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Dina's grandfather has promised her to David, who is returning from the war. But with him comes a comrade-in-arms, the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, mountain village, arranged marriage, culture clash, relationships, in love, love affair, family tradition, love story, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
caucasus
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
tokyo
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Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany, Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France, UK, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Canada
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Story:
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Country: Finland
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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