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Thawed Carp (2017)
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Original name: Карп отмороженный
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Elena Mihailovna, having worked all her life in the only school of a provincial town, lives modestly in retirement. Unexpectedly she learns of a fatal diagnosis, which can at any moment end her life. Instead of an unbearable anticipation, she resolutely begins the preparation for her own death, in order to simplify the procedure for her son. She has not seen her only son for over five years because he worrks in the capital. Oleg is constantly busy, and he does not have time for his lonely mother. At the same time with all the new problems, the heroine receives as a gift a huge carp, which changes her life.
Style:
ironic, sweet, touching, semi serious, melancholic, existential, sentimental, art house, tragicomedy, sincere
Plot:
small town life, mother son relationship, terminal illness, life & death, loneliness, illness, family life, funeral, family problems, family drama, fighting illness, family relations, parents and children, changing lives, mother and son, fish, funeral home, lifestyle, lifestyle change, motherhood, acceptance, solitude, estrangement, bittersweet, elderly man ...
Time:
2010s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, parents and children, bittersweet, family problems, family life, family drama and intimate mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Thawed Carp: Mommies, Happy New Year! (2012), Life Must Go On (2015), Madly in Life (2020), The Second Wedding Night (2005), Peaceful (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A continuation of a famous Russian comedy "Mamy" ("Mommies").
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
holiday, mother, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, family relations, parents and children, motherhood, new year, social relations, working mom, kids and family, new year's eve party ...
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alex and Noémie would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother, Suzanne, has contracted "semantic dementia", a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects her behavior.
Style:
sincere, psychological, comedy drama, tragicomedy, realistic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, family drama, dementia, psychosomatic illness, parents and children, strange behavior, family problems, family relations, illness, husband wife relationship, life, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
acceptance, mother son relationship, terminal illness, medical examination, cancer, hospital, family conflict, life & death, family drama, fighting illness, life is a bitch, lifestyle change ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot:
circus, self discovery, clown, introspection, follow your dream, identity crisis, family relations, on the road, parents and children, escapades, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A 40-year old actress (single and strong, yet lonely), her sister (an emotionally unstable schoolteacher whose married-with-kids life appears more orderly) and their domineering father, who gradually loses control over his family due to his ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
grief, family drama, family relations, healing, reconciliation, mourning, mother son relationship, bereavement, memory, funeral, personal growth, bittersweet ...
Place:
cleveland ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Seeking shelter from the trials and tribulations of city life, Hugi has built a quiet existence for himself in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. Here, he passes his days jogging, attending AA meetings and taking Portuguese lessons online. But ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
village life, elderly, parents and children, social relations, family relations, teachers and students, power relations, aging, estrangement, isolation, alcoholism, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
manuscript, divorce, therapy, family problems, changing lives, broadway, lifestyle, lifestyle change, relationship problems, screenwriter, satire, marital problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a director faces a series of setbacks in life including debt and divorce, his elderly father suddenly regains his youth.
Style:
emotional, semi serious, psychological, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
father son relationship, satire, parent child relationship, father, dementia, family drama, aging, parents and children, rejuvenation, changing lives, creative block, family relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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438
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, independent film, sentimental ...
Plot:
terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, cancer, death wish, suicide, family relations, life & death, mortality, national park, character study, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Empty Nest tells the story of a couple who have to struggle to find themselves after their children grow up and move out. It starts out as a fairly simple story of a couple but becomes complicated by a series of events that may or may not be ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
couples, couple relations, parents and children, midlife crisis, elderly, college, artists and showbiz, family relations, leaving home, love and romance, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, black comedy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 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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Similarity:
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Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
27%
6K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hospital, family bonds, aging, family drama, doctor, parents and children, hopes, family life, terminal illness, dysfunctional family, redemption ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new jersey, san francisco, california
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
25%
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, light ...
Plot:
family life, parents and children, family problems, couples, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family relations, marriage, black romance, woman, lifestyle change, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, existential, emotional, psychological, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
relationships, mortality, death, terminal illness, ethical dilemma, character study, bittersweet, loss, deception, grief, marriage, acceptance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Plot:
introspection, family life, eccentric family, estrangement, family problems, single parent, homecoming, parents and children, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, dying, grief ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
mortality, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, relationships, society, satire, lifestyle, family life, bucket list, husband wife relationship, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, clergy, family life, dull life, family problems, society, aging, human nature, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids all together. So in steps Madea, the Matriarch General, to put the family's life in perspective ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eccentric family, family gatherings, family life, siblings relations, family problems, parents and children, madea, black, medea, black history, black cast, life changing ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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242
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An elderly Israeli Jew of Greek origins was sent to Greece to represent his town in a town twinning ceremony, however he went instead to search for his friend from the childhood, who saved him from the Holocaust. In meantime he formed a special ...
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
parent child relationship, parents and children, family problems, family relations, holocaust survivor, bittersweet, estrangement, elderly, religions or cults, quibbling, escapades, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, greece, palestine
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, hopes, family problems, couples, family relations, love and romance, estrangement, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, florida
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