Movies like The Coyote

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   The Obscure Spring

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 100 min · Drama

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   Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Lucky

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 103 min · Drama

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   The story of a young mother with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself and gain independence and right to happiness.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: single mother

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   I Carry You with Me

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · 111 min · Drama

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   An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.

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

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   Suffocation

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 88 min · Drama

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   After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, a hypochondriac compulsively obsessed with avoiding sudden death. Their relationship moves through suspicion, fear and compassion to tenderness and love.

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

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   6 Balloons

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 75 min · Drama

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   Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.

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

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   Calle Malaga

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 116 min · Drama

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   An aging Spanish woman in Tangier resists her daughter's plan to sell her home. She fights to keep her home, reclaims belongings and rediscovers love and desire.

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

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   El encanto

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 74 min · Drama

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   Bruno is thirty years old and has a girlfriend, Juliana, with whom he is about to celebrate a decade of love.He loves her, but feels that she no longer captivates him. She wants to be a mother. He doesn't know if he wants to take that step. He fears it could be a mistake, perhaps Juliana is not the woman of his life or perhaps it is too soon. To make matters worse, he is attracted to Lara, his new sexy and young employee. Further confused, Bruno only finds comfort in the company of his father and his old bass. This confusion pushes Bruno to reunite with an old love: music.

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

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   Help Me Make It Through the Night

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 89 min · Drama

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   A family on the brink of a break up: dad is about to throw out mom because of her gambling addiction, the oldest boy's girlfriend is about to leave him because of his epilepsy and the youngest child thinks he has the perfect plan to bring the family back together again.

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

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   Romería

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 112 min · Drama

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   With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.

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    Endgame

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 90 min · Drama

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    Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose has the chance to use his skills and for once in his life, finds himself in the spotlight, as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals. As their coach, Mr. Alvarado, teaches his students the meaning of perseverance and team effort in the face of adversity, Jose discovers his own strengths and uses them to bring his broken family together.

    Why it connects

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

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