Movies like Josée

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Josée (2020)
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Josée (2020)
Original name: 조제
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Young-seok, who feels overwhelmed and lonely in what should be his glorious youth, meets a woman who introduces herself as Josée, and they share a once-in-a-lifetime romance.
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: disability, handicapped, relationships, life is a bitch, male female relationship, social problems, lifestyle, social issues, love, friendship, sex scene, death, orphan, cheating, disabled person, harassment, kiss, wheelchair, romance

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, captivating, psychological and suspense films with plots about male female relationship, relationships, love story, love, love affair, relationship problems and social problems mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Josée: Fifty (2015), Pelican Blood (2010), Emma (2017), Come, Closer (2010), Perfect Education 6 (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fifty (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story: FIFTY captures a few pivotal days in the lives of four Nigeria women at the pinnacle of their careers. Meet Tola, Elizabeth, Maria and Kate four friends forced at midlife to take inventory of their personal lives, while juggling careers and family ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: african, relationship problems, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, friendship, husband wife relationship, love triangle, social issues, lifestyle, middle aged woman, love affair ...
Place: africa, indiana
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Pelican Blood (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Nikko is a twenty-something man with good friends, a passion for birdwatching, and self-destructive tendencies. When he falls back into a relationship with Stevie—his seductive, aggressive environmental activist ex-girlfriend he first encountered ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: suicide, depression, male nudity, tragic love, bereavement, love story, hobby, suicide attempt, male female relationship, relationship problems, manic depression, disability ...
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Emma (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. The meeting with Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
Style: psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing
Plot: love, blind character, blind woman, lifestyle change, fall in love, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, love and romance, relationships, romantic relationship, blind man ...
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18 Year Old Seungha's Sense Game (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Jeong-woo, who was enjoying his honeymoon with Na-yeong, quietly calls Min-joo while she is on a business trip. And after having a lovely time alone, he was resting at home, and Na-yeong came home earlier than he thought, and Jeong-woo hurriedly ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: infidelity, voyeur, love triangle, relationship problems, male female relationship, adultery, romantic triangle, breakup, social problems, cheating boyfriend, relationships, marital infidelity ...
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Come, Closer (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An omnibus film of the romances and breakups of five couples: Soo-jin works in a cafe in Seoul. One day, she receives a call at work from a Polish man in Rotterdam, who tells her the story of his missing fiance. Eun-hee shows up one night and blames ...
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Plot: breakup, heartbreak, couple relations, relationship problems, relationships, unfulfilled love, romantic friendship, tragic love, unrequited love, love story, marital problem, broken heart ...
Place: south korea, seoul
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Perfect Education 6 (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Fumiya owes 5 million yen to a female load shark for a gambling debt, while having affair an with Mrs. Hosoi who offers him 5 million to murder her husband. Fumiya has no choice but to kill Mr. Hosoi. Unfortunately he's see by a neighbor. In ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: bondage, gambling debt, slavery, gambler, money problems, life is a bitch, male female relationship, social problems, relationships, cheating wife, female nudity, bare breasts ...
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After Ever Happy (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, romantic, captivating ...
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: sexy, sweet, inspirational, touching, lyrical ...
Plot: love, disability, love story, cerebral palsy, young love, youth, mother daughter relationship, character study, prejudice, young woman, unfulfillment, loneliness ...
Place: japan
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Battlecreek (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Henry is a loner and a night owl. His rare skin disease has kept him under the close watch of his fiery mother, who has sheltered him his entire life. One night, a young woman's car breaks down and Henry's life will change forever.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller
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California (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, vintage
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Time: year 1984, 80s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Oasis (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
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Duration: 112 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker
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Duration: 104 min.
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 7.6
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Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Style: rom com, semi serious, disturbing, psychological, captivating
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