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Io Capitano (2023)

Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies a labyrinth of checkpoints, the Sahara Desert, and the vast waters of the Mediterranean.

Directed byMatteo Garrone

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  1. 01

    Naples to New York

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 124 min · Adventure · Drama

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    In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by helping each other out. One night, they secretly board a ship bound for New York to reach Celestina’s sister, who emigrated to America several years earlier. The two children join the many Italian emigrants seeking a new life in America and arrive in an unknown metropolis, which, after several misadventures, they will learn to call home.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Things We Don't Say

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 114 min · Drama

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    Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally published editorials. They live in Rome, moving between accomplishments and routine, affection and something that might be fading. In search of new energy, they travel to Morocco with their lifelong friends, Anna and Paolo, and their thirteen-year-old daughter Vittoria—bright, curious, a little eccentric. Tensions soon rise.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    To Chiara

    Same studio

    2021 · 121 min · Drama · Fantasy

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    The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dancefloor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family are on top form. However, everything changes the next day when the father disappears. Chiara, unconvinced by the cover story, starts to investigate. As she gets closer to the truth, she is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
    • shared production studio: RAI Cinema
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  4. 04

    Martin Eden

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 129 min · Drama · Romance

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    The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: RAI Cinema
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  5. 05

    Black Souls

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 103 min · Crime · Drama

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    A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared production studio: RAI Cinema
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  6. 06

    The Hand of God

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 130 min · Drama

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    In 1980s Naples, an awkward teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 07

    The Dinner

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 90 min · Drama

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    Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and among each other? Will the parents protect the kids or force them to face the consequences of their actions?

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared production studio: RAI Cinema
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  8. 08

    BPM (Beats per Minute)

    Genre overlap

    2017 · 143 min · Drama

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    Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • similar audience response
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  9. 09

    Athena

    Strong story similarity

    2022 · 97 min · Action · Adventure · Drama · Thriller

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    Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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