Movies like Sicilian Ghost Story

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   Sicilian Letters

   Same director

   2024 · 122 min · Crime · Drama · History

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   Loosely based on real events that took place during Matteo Messina Denaro's thirty years on the run. A disgraced politician is gifted a second chance when secret services involve him in an operation to root out an elusive Mafia boss. Using his personal connection as the Boss' godfather, his task is to get him to reveal his hiding place in their secret letters.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • a principal cast member

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   Bad Tales

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 98 min · Drama

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   In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the guilty indifference of adults. But it’s the desperation and repressed rage of the children that will explode and cut through this grotesque façade, with devastating consequences for the entire community.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: SRG SSR, RSI

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   Sweet Dreams

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 131 min · Drama

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   Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: RAI

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   The Stolen Caravaggio

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 110 min · Drama

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   Valeria, young secretary of a producer, lives with an eccentric mother and secretly writes for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day, she receives an unusual present from a stranger: it’s the plot of a movie about the mysterious but really-happened theft of a famous Caravaggio’s painting.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: RAI

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   Familia

   Strong story similarity

   2024 · 120 min · Drama · Thriller

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   Luigi looks after his mother and his little brother since their abusive father Franco left when he was 10. Now a young man brimming with rage, he joins a far-right gang in search of belonging just as Franco shows up again in their life.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared production studio: Indigo Film

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   Cronofobia

   Shared cast

   2019 · 94 min · Drama

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   A mysterious lonely man and a young rebel woman, confront each other in a psychological drama about suspended identity.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a principal cast member
   • a closely matched era

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   To Chiara

   Strong story similarity

   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.

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

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   The Holy Boy

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 122 min · Drama · Fantasy · Thriller

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   A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   The Consequences of Love

   Strong story similarity

   2004 · 100 min · Drama · Thriller

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   Lugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an atrocious routine, apparently without purpose. His past is a mystery, nobody knows what he does for a living, he answers indiscreet questions evasively. What secrets does this enigmatic man hide?

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared production studio: Indigo Film

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    The Girl in the Fog

    Strong story similarity

    2017 · 128 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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    A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where an enigmatic detective is investigating the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old girl.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era

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