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Girls' Encounter (2017)
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Original name: 少女邂逅
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
School girl Miyuri Obara is bullied mercilessly but finds relief in an unexpected friendship with Tsumugi. Yet even as Miyuri's life turns around there's a lingering suggestion that something is not quite right.
Style:
psychological, teen, captivating, suspense, disturbing, melancholic, atmospheric, art house, tension, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
bullying, girl, school, relationships, loneliness, friendship, female friendship, outcast, friendship between girls, japanese school, teenager, teenage girl, life is a bitch, social problems, relationship problems, body transformation, couple relations, isolation, high school, coming of age, teen angst, supernatural, macabre, compassion, identity ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, melancholic and disturbing films with plots about coming of age, teenage life, teenager, relationships, friendship, identity and intimate mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Girls' Encounter: Resisting Life (2006), Young Adult Matters (2020), My Small Land (2022), The Fall of Sparta (2018), Black School Rules (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 36 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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