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Fukuoka (2019)
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Original name: 후쿠오카
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A bookseller from Seoul travels with a young woman to Fukuoka in Japan to meet a former friend from university. While their reunion is haunted by the conflicts of the past, his travel companion floats through the plot as if moving through a dream.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, contemplative, art house, reflective, romantic drama, indie film, intercultural
Plot:
reconciliation, love triangle, memory, nostalgia, relationships, friends, love affair, relationship problems, middle aged, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, love story, old friend, confronting the past, middle aged man, troubled past, reunited friends, old friends reunited, friendship, regret, bittersweet, character study, travel, midlife crisis, healing ...
Place:
japan, seoul, south korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, melancholic, psychological and emotional films with plots about intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, relationships, nostalgia, regret and male female relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Fukuoka: Gyeongju (2014), Ode to the Goose (2018), The Woman Who Ran (2020), The Shadowless Tower (2023), Brampton's Own (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
95%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Yoon-young fell for Song-hyeon when she was married to his friend. When she gets divorced, he takes her on a trip to Gunsan, where they stay at a guest house run by a middle-aged man and his autistic daughter.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
love triangle, loneliness, unrequited love, character study, love story, family problems, life is a bitch, couples, relationship problems, jealousy, friendship, love affair ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends on the outskirts of Seoul. They make friendly conversation, as always, but there are different currents flowing independently of each other, both above and below the surface.
Style:
thought provoking, sentimental, melancholic, sincere, aesthetic ...
Plot:
female friendship, chance meeting, friends, meet cute, secret past, husband wife relationship, trip, male female relationship, moral dilemma, loneliness, past, character study ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, estrangement, father, family relations, search for father, family drama, father son reunion, absent father, relationships, estranged father, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, indie film, reflective ...
Plot:
baseball, ex athlete, hometown, ex couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love interest, love affair, troubled past, love and romance, romantic relationship, love story, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lonely masseuse Sunny is reluctant to have an intimate relationship because of her painful memories of the past. Ji-seok comes to LA with a vague wish to meet his ex-girlfriend and becomes a roommate with Sunny. Young-shin, also known as Helen ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sincere, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
relationships, intimate, healing, loneliness, female protagonist, love story, ex couple relations, male female relationship, troubled past, love affair, couple relations, new neighbor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, character study, lifestyle change, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, intimate, city life, minimalism, slice of life, sibling relationship ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Esteban and Molly have been married for over twenty years. On a cold morning in June the couple realizes they have hit rock bottom and that their relationship is not what it once was. Marriage examines the different aspects that make a man and a ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, couples, lifestyle, gay love, gay marriage, love affair, social problems, lgbt, love story, wedding, society ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, confronting the past, life is a bitch, elderly man, relationship problems, troubled past, slice of life, friendship, healing ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Boss, an elusive bar owner living in New York, reunites with his estranged best friend, Aood, for a roadtrip in Thailand after Aood has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, psychological, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
friendship, terminal illness, road trip, bucket list, mortality, fighting illness, friends, loss, reconciliation, bittersweet, relationships, last wish ...
Place:
thailand, new york, southeast asia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A journey begins to trace the memory of a first love, transcending the time and borders between Japan and Taiwan over a period of 18 years.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, road movie, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
first love, lost love, male female relationship, problem, love story, relationships, ex boyfriend, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, ex couple relations, couple relations, ex girlfriend, love interest ...
Place:
japan, taiwan
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A female eye doctor and a male film director run into each other on the airplane to Milan. The two were lovers in the past, and are now in their middle ages. After their chance encounter in Torino, they travel around Tuscany together, appreciating ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, chance meeting, bittersweet, second chance, unfulfilled love, relationship problems, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love affair, couples, love and romance, love story, ex couple relations ...
Place:
tuscany, italy, milan italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A progressive-minded documentary filmmaker reunites three older women who have been separated since college and takes them on a trip.
Style:
psychological, suspense, contemplative, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
feminist, friendship, school, friends, classmate classmate relationship, sisterhood, women, female friendship, reunited friends, society, aging, bonding ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
"Say Hello for Me" is a love story and talks about three people's childhood friendship and their reunion after 15 years of separation.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, lovers apart, love triangle, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, love story, couple relations, lovers reunited, male female relationship, romantic relationship, reunited friends, romantic friendship, couples ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A classical musician travels to the South of France to escape his demons and wait for his new love, a younger woman named Sophia. Trying to come to peace with his new life in these slow, peaceful surroundings, his seemingly chance meeting with ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, reflective ...
Plot:
classical music, love story, changing lives, male female relationship, problem, relationships, couple relations, love and romance, love interest, love, relationship problems, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny ...
Style:
captivating, meta, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
loss of child, ex husband ex wife relationship, relationship problems, relationships, male female relationship, ex couple relations, marital problem, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems, couples, husband wife relationship, ex wife ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Riichi Takamiya drives the midnight bus between Tokyo and snow-swept Niigata, where he lives. Just as the relationship with his younger girlfriend is about to bloom, his emotionally desperate ex-wife suddenly reappears.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
divorced man, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, family drama, midlife crisis, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, family life, kids and family, family problems ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sheldon's cancer has him navigating around his loving, but very dysfunctional family, providing comic relief as he follows his life's passion for photography. Left at the alter, he begins to realize that he's been in love with his ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, cancer, love story, couples, love and romance, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.
Style:
art house, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
train travel, journey, self discovery, multiple storylines, chance meeting, train, lifestyle, fate of humanity, everyday life, female bonding, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, friendship, death of father, alcoholic father, family drama, self discovery, road trip, changing lives, travel, father daughter estrangement, lifestyle, personal growth ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
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Story:
A special event is what reunites who were classmates during the best age of their lives. All of them have changed with the passage of time, some more than others, as their teachers say, although some of them seem to have trouble remembering who they ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, nostalgia, classmate classmate relationship, secret, relationships, classmate, reunited friends, male female relationship, love story, teenage love, old friends reunited, love interest ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hannah and Julian have separated and meet for a last time to empty out their shared apartment. But nothing goes as planned, and their last night together becomes a turbulent roller-coaster ride.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
breakup, relationship problems, relationships, couples, love and romance, love interest, love story, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, romantic relationship, in love ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Heather and Sarah Ann were growing up they told each other every secret. But Heather left their small town on the last day of high school vowing never to return. Forced to come back when her father becomes ill, the young documentary filmmaker ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
wedding, getting home, wedding planning, father daughter relationship, small town, female friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, friends, relationships, friendship, girlfriend, women ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marco is a 35 year-old ex-chef who has given up his career and any sense of hope to return to Udine in Northern Italy to nurse his ailing father. Even when offered a job at a restaurant in Melbourne, he declines using his father as the excuse. When ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, captivating, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationships, parent child relationship, self discovery, grief, couple relations, father son relationship, male female relationship, relationship vs career, career change, chef, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, ...
Style:
sad, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
mother and daughter, family relations, family drama, bonding, love, motherhood, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, life is a bitch, family problems, overprotective mother, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
29%
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:
29%
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