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A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   The Lady in the Van

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · 104 min · Comedy · Drama

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   The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: BBC Film

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   Rocks

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 94 min · Drama

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   15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.

   Why it connects

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

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   Urchin

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 99 min · Drama

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   Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: london, england

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   Kajillionaire

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 105 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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

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   3 Generations

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 87 min · Comedy · Drama

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   A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: woman director

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   mid90s

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 86 min · Comedy · Drama

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   In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama

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   When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

   Why it connects

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

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   Father Mother Sister Brother

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 111 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: death of mother and father daughter relationship
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Jeune Femme

   Similar atmosphere

   2017 · 97 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people along the way, there is one thing she knows for sure: she's determined to make a new start and she'll do it with style and panache.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: woman director

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    Sometimes Always Never

    Similar atmosphere

    2019 · 91 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era

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