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A Blue Automobile (2004)
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Original name: 青い車
Genre: Drama
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, psychological horror, moody
Plot:
love triangle, character study, trauma, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, male female relationship, social problems, relationship problems, lifestyle, love story, love interest, physical appearance, radio dj, isolation, nightmare, alienation, guilt, memory, mature, identity, anti hero, unrequited love, minimalism, sexual tension ...
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Most similar movies to A Blue Automobile
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, melancholic and disturbing films with plots about relationships, love affair, male female relationship, love story, love interest, relationship problems and couple relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Blue Automobile: Call Me Chihiro (2023), iGilbert (2021), Between Men and the Gods (2017), Autumn Fall (2015), Unloved (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Style:
sexy, psychological, thrilling, captivating, social
Plot:
slice of life, loneliness, life, social problems, life is a bitch, social issues, lifestyle, cowgirl, ex prostitute, humanity, relationships, parent child relationship ...
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135
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gilbert is a lonely man who sees the world through the prism of his phone's screen. When a chance at a real relationship enters his life, can he truly relate to a woman and find love?
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
overprotective mother, isolation, loner, socially awkward, relationships, love interest, love triangle, romantic relationship, social problems, male female relationship, love story, adult virgin ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hozumi is a doctor and he is friends with manga artist Soeda. They both like Asako who works at a tropical fish shop. Hozumi eventually gives up Asako for his friend Soeda. Soeda and Asako decide to get married, but, after they get married, Soeda ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
love triangle, problem, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, rich and poor, relationships, love story, relationship problems, love, love interest, jealousy ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
78%
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:
disturbing, romantic, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationships, actor, theater, autumn, couples, couple relations, romantic relationship, love affair, love and romance, love story, male female relationship, actor's life ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, art house, psychological
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, romantic triangle, in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic rivalry, romantic relationship, fall in love, male female relationship, rich and poor, love story, couple relations ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
Style:
independent film, captivating, psychological, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
love affair, director, longing, male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, relationships, infatuation, love story ...
Similarity:
65%
265
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
self discovery, sexual awakening, problem, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations, love interest, love, relationship problems, love affair, love and romance ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
desire, social problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, relationship problems, sexual exploration, character study, loneliness, bittersweet, literary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Style:
anthology, psychological, captivating, thrilling, art house ...
Plot:
omnibus, male female relationship, relationships, lifestyle, multiple storylines, unrequited love, confession, sexual desire, realism, bittersweet, obsession, urban ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
56%
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:
romantic, romantic drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
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:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Seung-gi has been living under a strict father, blaming himself everytime when a natural but uncontrollable desire surges from inside of him. However, because he can't spurt that desire in reality, every night Seung-gi shares passionate love ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, sensual ...
Plot:
longing, strict father, sexual repression, sexual frustration, family problems, tragic love, relationships, couple relations, relationship problems, family relations, love affair, love story ...
Similarity:
50%
534
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend's funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time of pain.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
mourning, memory, nostalgia, past, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, romantic relationship, troubled past, male female relationship, couples, love story ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Jing is a teenager who starts dating Eiam, a woman who is 20 years older than him. Things go well at the beginning but when Eiam turns 40 and Jing starts to mature, the couple increasingly experiences conflicts and arguments.
Style:
romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
older woman younger man, relationship problems, love triangle, age difference, male female relationship, romantic triangle, romantic relationship, love story, in love, tragic love, love and romance, social problems ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An independent tragicomedy, Run If You Can is the debut feature for director Brüggemann who, along with his sister, also wrote the compelling screenplay. Forced to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, Ben is deeply desperate, despite his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
disability, love triangle, romantic rivalry, love story, romantic triangle, relationship problems, handicapped, fall in love, in love, romantic relationship, love interest, love affair ...
Similarity:
48%
34
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:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, loneliness, character study, psychological trauma, relationships, love story, love affair, love interest, mature, city life, alienation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
118
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
24 year old Johan spends his days in Nice on the French Riviera, supported by an aging ex-actress. Days go by between her house, the beaches and the apartment of his friend Kurt. A life in leisure and luxury. But memories of his teenage years are ...
Style:
melancholic, captivating, thought provoking, dramatic, art house ...
Plot:
older woman younger man sex, couple relations, lifestyle, beach, friend, actress, couples, male female relationship, relationships, friends, alienation, shallowness ...
Place:
french riviera
Similarity:
45%
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%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marta's surprise birthday party sets in motion a spiral of tragic events.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
wedding planning, relationship problems, love affair, love interest, relationships, love and romance, wedding preparations and rituals, male female relationship, love story, love triangle, romantic relationship, escalation ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Youngsoo hears that his girlfriend, Minjung, has recently had drinks with another man. This leads to a quarrel that seems to end their relationship. The next day, Youngsoo tries to find her. As he wanders, Minjung has a series of encounters with ...
Style:
art film, art house, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
unrequited love, ambiguity, unfulfilled love, brawl, in love, couple relations, bickering couple, romantic rivalry, male female relationship, satire, romantic relationship, relationships ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
43%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Style:
melancholic, psychological, contemplative, reflective, captivating ...
Plot:
guest, creative process, secretly observing, antisocial behavior, lifestyle, cafe, socially awkward, intimate, ambiguity, slice of life, female protagonist, everyday life ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Topan and Raka are two friends. Topan has a lover named Chanisa who turns out to be suffering from lung cancer.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, romantic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, love triangle, terminal illness, lung cancer, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, relationship problems, couple relations, love interest, romantic triangle, love and romance ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elena has ordered dinner at home, but when she opens the door, she discovers that the delivery man is Manu, the one who was her great love and whom she has not seen for too many years.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, love story, romantic relationship, couple relations, multiple storylines, love interest, relationship problems, ex couple relations, ex boyfriend, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Centers on a passionate and complicated love story that connects three small-town people trying to survive solely on their labor. Aydanur is a young woman living in Anatolia who wants to break away from whatever life has--or doesn't have--to ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, relationship problems, love and romance, romantic triangle, love triangle, love affair, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family relations, love interest, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously burlesque mise-en-scène is repeated many times but each time in a different place and performed by new ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, surreal, experimental ...
Plot:
relationships, love triangle, romantic relationship, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, romantic triangle, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, ex classmate, romantic friendship, love interest ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
During the summer, thirteen-year-old Sofia moves to the country house, where her cousin Cristina is waiting for her to spend the vacations. During these days of games and discoveries, the two will be immersed in a love triangle with a man almost ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
love triangle, coming of age, sexual awakening, adolescence, loss of innocence, grownups, male female relationship, love story, relationships, teenager, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, controversial ...
Plot:
self discovery, young couple, coming of age, adolescence, relationships, love affair, society, male female relationship, youth, relationship problems, lifestyle, social problems ...
Similarity:
37%
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
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake of a secure future. Babu sues her for cheating.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, couple relations, family problems, love story, love and romance, in love, relationships, fall in love, unfulfilled love, love affair ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
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