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Swing Ride (2022)
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Original name: Calcinculo
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benedetta, an obese fifteen-year-old yearning for attention, lives in a tawdry province in the south of Italy, emblematic of her inner landscape where everything could be and yet is not. She falls in love with Armando, aka Amanda, a young transvestite who is attracted to the young girl's innocence and begins an unhealthy relationship of mutual dependence with her. Amanda runs a carousel at the fair across the street from Benedetta's house, and the girl is magnetically drawn to this colorful and exciting world. But Amanda not only runs the carousel, she's also a call boy and sells drugs. Between intoxication and family rebellion and the discovery of sex - a great disappointment - she completes her rite of passage into adulthood.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
teenager, gays and lesbians, friendship, lgbt, friends, teenage girl, grownups, teenage life, social problems, relationship problems, teenage protagonist, gender, gender issues, gender roles, adolescence vs adulthood, mother daughter relationship, parents daughter relationship, gay, woman, lgbtq, diet, on the run, kiss, fair, merry go round
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Most similar movies to Swing Ride
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and disturbing films with plots about teenager, teenage life, teenage protagonist, coming of age, friendship, teenage girl and adolescence mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Swing Ride: Prayers for the Stolen (2021), What the Night Can Do (2020), Reefa (2021), Fanfic (2023), Goddess of the Fireflies (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar, Argentina, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In a mountain town, where corn and poppies grow, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground to escape the threat of being stolen. Ana and her two best friends grow up together, affirming the bonds of their friendship and ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
drug cartel, friendship, drug, social issues, social problems, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, organized crime, teenager, city life, friends, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
mexico, south america
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Luana is a 12-year-old girl struggling to grasp the world collapsing around her, as her parents separate and her estranged Grandfather falls ill. It takes one unlikely person to help her find her way.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, independent film
Plot:
social problems, grownups, adolescence, female protagonist, society, life is a bitch, teenage life, social issues, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage protagonist, teenager, teenage girl ...
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100%
164
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Reefa Hernandez Jr, an 18-year-old Colombian immigrant and talented artist spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Frankie before moving to New York City on an art scholarship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
immigrant, social problems, police brutality, grownups, friends, arts and culture, modern art, lifestyle, brutality, brutal murder, art, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two high school students form an intense connection as they navigate the challenges of discovering and expressing their truest selves.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, transsexuality, relationships, problem, grownups, adolescence, teenage protagonist, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, self discovery, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
parent child relationship, teenage girl, divorce, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, family relations, teenage protagonist, adolescence, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, teenager ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the ...
Style:
inspirational, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
teenage life, lgbt, school, friendship, teenager, social problems, lifestyle, lgbtq, high school, woman, women, innocence ...
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, experimental, anthology ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, nude young male, male pubic hair, gay love, desire for fame, family problems, lgbtq, gay lead character, teenager, gay youth ...
Similarity:
26%
214
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three adolescent boys become captivated by the queer nightlife over summer break, but a missing person pulls them back into the reality they tried to leave behind.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, f word
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, friends, teenager, teenage life, disappearance, adolescence, group of friends, lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age, youth, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the coming-of-age young adult novel by American author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Set in El Paso, Texas in 1987, the film follows two Mexican-American teenagers, Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza and Dante Quintana, their friendship, and their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, teenage protagonist, introspection, self discovery, friendship between men, friends, problem ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
texas, el paso texas
Similarity:
25%
412
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This story is set in the "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman. We open with our heroine, Maeve, putting on her new snow white bra, and stepping out into the world as a young woman. She ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
13 year old, schoolgirl, first love, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unrequited love, fall in love, teenage life, in love, couple relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Raised by a single mother, a bullied 17 year-old girl seeks guidance from her best friend and the girl's older sister.
Style:
captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, lgbtq, bullying, social problems, single parent, single mother, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, friends ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
24%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dreaming of an escape from the bleakness of their hometown, two teens form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, adolescence, model, problem, teenage life, fashion industry, teenager, lifestyle, empire fashion, social problems, supermodel ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Emma, a junior in college, finds that past undefinable feelings about her sexuality come to light when her boyfriend transfers schools, ending their relationship, and a new girl catches her eye.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
lgbt, college, love triangle, lgbtq, young adult, problem, teenage love, teenager, female protagonist, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance ...
Similarity:
23%
188
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Set in Melbourne Australia, Flunk is a critically acclaimed LGBT teen drama following shy sixteen year old Ingrid, as she starts to explore her sexuality. Falling for her best friend Stella, Ingrid struggles to navigate her first relationship, the ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian interest, lgbtq, grownups, couple relations, gay couple, gay love, social problems, love interest, teenager, teenage life ...
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.
Style:
unusual plot structure, sincere, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay couple, gay interest, summer vacation, gay, couples, love, friendship, summer, love and romance, friends, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, italy, new york
Similarity:
22%
660
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Pierre Anthon and his classmates have just started 8th grade, when Pierre Anthon declares that life has no meaning, leaves school and moves up in a tree, refusing to come down. This sparks an existential crisis amongst his classmates. They decide to ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, meaning of life, friendship, friends, grownups, teenage life, teenager, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage protagonist, coping, children, group of friends ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Greece, France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, erotic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, partying, hedonism, summer, coming of age, female protagonist, clubbing, loss of virginity, problem, grownups, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Place:
crete
Similarity:
22%
149
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seven short films in which gay youths and young men negotiate society, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. In several, teen boys come out, perhaps first to a close friend - how will the friends react? For some youths, coming out risks violence. ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay youth, youth, gay love, teenager, gay interest, friendship between men, gay culture, teenage life, male male relationship, social problems ...
Time:
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22%
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275
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A coming of age film about a group of high school seniors forced to spend a Saturday at school completing an exam they either missed taking or failed. By the end of the day, they find their own values, betrayals and love within themselves and their ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
classmate, adolescence, self discovery, coming of age, friendship, high school, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage protagonist, relationships ...
Similarity:
22%
894
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Vidal family is spending a summer on Catalonia’s gorgeous Costa Brava with their Alzheimer-affected grandmother Ángela. Overprotected and shy, 14 year-old Nora goes through a difficult time after her parents’ separation, but what looked ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
teenage girl, summer, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, friends, adolescence, unlikely friendships, grownups, female protagonist, girlfriend, teenage life, summer vacation ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When we are young, we sometimes feel that the world is stacked against us. This is the case for 16 year-old Steeve Simard (Lévi Doré), who is entering his last year at Gaston-Miron High School in St-Lambert. A cynical intellectual with a critical ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, gay, teen angst, high school, youth, loneliness, self discovery, coming of age, social problems, teenage protagonist, teenage life ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
17-year-old Joo-ri discovers her father is having an affair with the mother of her hard-headed classmate Yoon-ah.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
love affair, mother daughter relationship, high school student, parents and children, family problems, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, teenage life, dysfunctional family, teenager, love interest ...
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In search of her mother, a teenager and her eccentric group of companions set off on a journey, trying to avoid the clutches of a wicked woman.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, weird
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dog, teenager, teenage life, search for mother, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, saving a life, escapades, teenage girl, female protagonist, rescue mission ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A teenage girl and her boyfriend set off on an eventful road trip up the coast of California hoping to figure out the meaning of love and life.
Style:
retro, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, motorcycle, teenager, young love, road trip, self discovery, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, relationships, grownups, problem, love affair ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga by manga artist Aya Kanno, which began in Bessatsu Hana to Yume in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dorama
Plot:
high school, friendship, love, gender issues, friends in love, couples, classmate, gender roles, in love, adolescence, schoolboy, gender ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They've grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna.
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic drama, melancholic, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, grownups, friendship, couple relations, teen romance, teenage life, coming of age, young love, unrequited love, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story:
Juana, a 17-year-old wheelchair user, aims to explore her sexuality but is ashamed of her body. Trying to find her place in a new high school, she will go through failure, friendship, fear and politics until she builds her own pride. 4 FEET HIGH is ...
Style:
captivating, teen, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
sexuality, 17 year old, teenage girl, disability, exploring sexuality, life is a bitch, relationship problems, wheelchair bound, teenage love, love affair, social problems, teenage life ...
Similarity:
20%
726
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Paula, an above-average intelligent student, is in love with her classmate Charlotte. At the same time she feels permanently provoked by dissolute Lilly to challenge her limits.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
lesbian daughter, lesbian teen, lesbian, lesbian love, woman woman relationship, lesbian interest, female protagonist, unrequited love, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, teenage love, friendship between teens ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Five high school teens on their way to college. But gradually they go through the struggles of life and end up discovering who they are and what it is they truly want in life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dancer, dancing, ballet, blackmail, ballet teacher, ballet school, dance teacher, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school student, male female relationship, teen romance, friends ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set during a “beautiful summer” in Turin in 1938, against the backdrop of Fascist-era Italy’s subsequent entry into World War II. sees the 18-year-old Cassell as the uninhibited model Amelia. She introduces her younger friend Ginia to a world ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, period drama
Plot:
lesbian seduction, lesbian relationship, lesbian attraction, lgbt, adolescence, lesbian, female protagonist, friendship between girls, relationship problems, adolescence vs adulthood, couple relations, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1938
Place:
turin italy, italy
Similarity:
19%
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