Movies like Where the Road Meets the Sun
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Where the Road Meets the Sun (2011)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Singapore, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a man dealing with the aftereffects of being in a coma caused by a car accident.
Style:
realistic, tense, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy
Plot:
starting over, introspection, haunted by the past, immigrant, friendship, hitman, life is a bitch, society, estrangement, friends, womanizer, couples, bittersweet, buddies, multiple suspects, hopes, unfulfillment, car, immigrants, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Most similar movies to Where the Road Meets the Sun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and independent film films with plots about society, haunted by the past, hopes, life is a bitch, friends, introspection and friendship mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Where the Road Meets the Sun: How I Got Lost (2009), California Solo (2012), Loves Her Gun (2013), 3 Nights in the Desert (2014), The Girl (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
HOW I GOT LOST is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Andrew and Jake, two friends dealing with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, parents and children, hopes, best friend, on the road, buddies, starting over, introspection, estrangement, nothing to lose, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, new york, pennsylvania, usa, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
music, haunted by the past, deportation, musician's life, introspection, life is a bitch, estrangement, society, drug, young love, musician, dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Allie moves to Texas and embraces the slower pace of life and gun culture. She tries to maintain healthy relationships as the weapons she uses to protect herself lead her to a paranoid withdrawal from life.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
starting over, haunted by the past, hopes, danger, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, weapons, coming of age, life turned upside down, on the road, down on your luck, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three former band mates enter a cave after hearing it has the power to give them what they need. As unsettling desires rise to the surface, they all wonder if the cave has real power.
Style:
sincere, touching, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
desert, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, introspection, love triangle, love and romance, twentysomething life, bittersweet, art, coming of age, friends, road not taken ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.
Style:
realistic, touching, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mexican american border, custody, smuggling, immigrant, introspection, single parent, parents and children, society, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, illegal immigration, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
starting over, self discovery, friendship, hopes, haunted by the past, small town, redemption, father daughter relationship, death of wife, society, bittersweet, elderly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A woman turns her sister's belated birthday celebration into an intervention, but as events unfold, it becomes unclear which sibling needs the most help.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
addiction, introspection, haunted by the past, friendship, drug abuse, life is a bitch, sister sister conflict, self discovery, coming of age, eating disorder, friends, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of friends travels to the beach to encourage Jason, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. The journey is rooted in nostalgia and desire for a meaningful farewell, although the friends avoid the subject of Jason's illness. Some time ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, buddies, terminal illness, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, friends, dealing with death, fighting illness, illness, relationship problems, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
love affair, impossible love, immigrant, couples, fall in love, couple relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance, society, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
protecting from truth, downfall, unfulfillment, destructive relationship, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, society, male pubic hair, male nudity, crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
suburbs, society, estrangement, unfulfillment, lifestyle, couple relations, couples, dull life, human nature, multiple storylines, one day, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Z (Pape Sidy Niang), a Seattle bicycle cop, tries to make sense of the world while patrolling the city streets but can't focus on his job because he's so preoccupied with suspicions that his girlfriend is cheating on him. Director Robinson ...
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
opposites attract, couples, society, law enforcement, infidelity, social differences, immigrant, city life, self discovery, misfit, urban, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A New York City-set drama of interlocking stories which occur over a 36-hour period.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
human nature, city life, estrangement, redemption, introspection, hopes, addiction, unfulfillment, lifestyle, multiple storylines, family problems, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rick (Diesel) is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather (Lanza), a neighbour. Rick takes the opportunity to escape his boring life style with her, but soon ...
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
urban, male nudity, drug dealer, hunting, gang, redemption, couples, urban ghetto, family relations, friends, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to the slum neighborhood they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. Tommy meets his disabled six ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, murder, iraq war, urban ghetto, haunted by the past, homecoming, family problems, gang, society, war veteran, profanity, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely friends — and one another’s last shot at redemption.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
boy, friendship, haunted by the past, escapades, redemption, family problems, journey, missing person, orphan, danger, youth, boyhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a friend. The two get closer and fall in love, but face turmoil.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
city life, couples, society, immigrant, redemption, friendship, youth, love, love story, family relations, age difference, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
161
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former ranch hand confronts the realities of drug addiction and runs afoul of a local gangster after he moves to Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, going straight, life is a bitch, self discovery, addiction, drug, rancher, father son relationship, pimp, drug dealer, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
Similarity:
22%
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578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
22%
825
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lee is a world-weary American woman who arrives in an Italian city. Her tangles with hotel staff, incessant smoking and her disregard of the persistently ringing telephone hint at her volatility brewing beneath the surface. Between fitful naps, she ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, society, photojournalist, life is a bitch, immigrant, female protagonist, post traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder, captive, captivity, hostage, war correspondent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Drama - When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from WWII: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, holocaust, life is a bitch, memory loss, estrangement, parents and children, deportation, uncover truth, jew persecution, past, world war two, elderly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Algeria, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
sheriff, starting over, haunted by the past, going straight, society, small town, friendship, redemption, parole, arrest, mexican american border, convict ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American dilemma between what you have known and what you hope to know; the tear between longing for the past and ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, female friendship, coming of age, personal growth, character study, society, couples, small town, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A multi-cultural celebration of young people triumphing in the face of adversity, societal pressures and difficult familial situations.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, society, youth, life is a bitch, hopes, against the odds, rich and poor, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability,the world's possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, homecoming, introspection, parents and children, family relations, estrangement, redemption, hopes, road not taken, bittersweet, unfulfillment, dying father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
What happens when you graduate from college, only to find that jobs are practically nonexistent and your best friends aren't what they seem? Four old friends reunite after college graduation. The conversation quickly turns sour, and a series of ...
Style:
contemplative, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, college, introspection, adolescence vs adulthood, unfulfillment, estrangement, society, best friend, dull life, friends, hopes, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
You're awake when everyone else is asleep. You're standing still as traffic is whipping by at 70mph. You see dusk and dawn everyday because they happen on your way to a time clock and then to a bed. Your off hours are spent trying to ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, sincere, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot:
fall in love, diner, small town, hopes, unfulfillment, bittersweet, society, introspection, love and romance, love affair, working class, waitress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Anna learns in prison that her mother has passed away in Seattle. Prison officials grants Anna a three day furlough to attend her mother's funeral. Anna embarks on a long trip to Seattle. Hoon is a Korean immigrant who works as a gigolo. Hoon ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, contemplative, psychological, romantic ...
Plot:
impossible love, introspection, love and romance, couples, immigrant, bittersweet, society, released from prison, outsider, autumn, prisoner, vacation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, east asia
Similarity:
20%
542
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two pounds of pressure on a trigger pays really well... Ex special forces mercenary and now hardened criminal Vic, lives in a world of cons, double crosses, crooked cops, mob bosses and drug dealing crime lords. Playing by his own rules, Vic and his ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
fighting crime, gangster, hitman, police detective, drug dealing, rivalry, danger, murder, crime boss, city life, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
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