Movies like Sorry Angel

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   Winter Boy

   Same director

   2022 · 123 min · Drama

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   Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with whom he now lives alone, Lucas will have to fight to rediscover hope and love.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: gay theme and lgbt

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   On a Magical Night

   Same director

   2019 · 88 min · Comedy · Drama

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   After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, many of the people in her life offer their opinions on the matter. They intend to let her know, whether she likes it or not, on what proves to be a life-changing evening.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Anaïs in Love

   Shared cast

   2021 · 98 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   Paris 05:59 / Théo & Hugo

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 97 min · Drama · Romance

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   Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of this first moment has passed, the two young men, now sober, wander through the empty streets of nocturnal Paris, having to confront the love they sense blossoming between them.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: gay theme and lgbt
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Stranger by the Lake

   Shared cast

   2013 · 100 min · Drama · Thriller

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   Franck spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: gay theme and lgbt
   • a principal cast member

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   To Paint or Make Love

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 98 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   An affluent, middle-aged couple's uneventful lives are forever changed when they move into an isolated house in the country and befriend an odd, younger couple.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: Les Films Pelléas

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   BPM (Beats per Minute)

   Strong story similarity

   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

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: 1990s and aids
   • a closely matched era

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   Double Lover

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 108 min · Drama · Romance · Thriller

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   Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.

   Why it connects

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

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   La Belle Époque

   Shared cast

   2019 · 115 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a principal cast member

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    Love Songs

    Same director

    2007 · 90 min · Drama · Romance

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    Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means negotiating through the advances of Julie's sister and a young college student – one of which may offer him redemption.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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