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It Stopped Raining (2019)
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Original name: 静かな雨
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, dramatic, melancholic
Plot:
memory loss, car, love, relationships, coma, couples, love affair, young girl, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, rain, intimate, obsession, hospital, small town, street vendor, slice of life, healing, nostalgia, recovery, rehearsal, loneliness, second chance, compassion ...
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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 relationships, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations, slice of life, intimate and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like It Stopped Raining: Sleepless Night (2012), Ordinary Miracles (2009), Footnotes (2023), 32 Weeks (2020), Love Tomato (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
hopes, friendship, refugee, connection, character study, love story, male female relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships, love interest, couples ...
Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
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65%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Story:
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