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Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name "Surfistinha" which means little surfer girl.

If you loved Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl, the closest films we have are Our Little Sister (2015), Carandiru (2003) and The Commune (2016). All three share Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Treeless Mountain (2009).

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Our Little Sister
2015 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 93%★ 7.6drama

Two things both keep coming back to: family relationships and a woman at the center

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

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Carandiru
2003 · dir. Héctor Babenco
🍅 68%★ 7.6dramaRent or buy

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo – Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian history.

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The Commune
2016 · dir. Thomas Vinterberg
🍅 71%★ 6.4dramaNetflix

Contemplative drama in both cases

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

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Treeless Mountain
2009 · dir. So Yong Kim
🍅 86%★ 7drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.

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Summer Hours
2008 · dir. Olivier Assayas
🍅 94%★ 7.1drama

Drama approached the same way

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

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Rams
2015 · dir. Grímur Hákonarson
🍅 95%★ 7.2drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

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Fidelity
2019 · dir. Nigina Sayfullaeva
★ 5.7drama

Drama of the same temperament

A successful obstetrician living a seemingly stable married life begins to question her relationship when emotional and physical intimacy fades. Suspecting her husband of betrayal, she seeks connection elsewhere, stepping into a hidden world that offers desire, control, and escape. As she navigates this parallel existence, the boundaries between loyalty, loneliness, and self-discovery slowly begin to blur.

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Manderlay
2005 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 50%★ 7.2drama

Both are drama through and through

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

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Main Hoon Na
2004 · dir. Farah Khan
★ 7.1dramaNetflix

Both working the same drama territory

An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.

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Aquarius
2016 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 97%★ 7.4drama

Both play drama straight

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.

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Queen of Hearts
2019 · dir. May el-Toukhy
🍅 97%★ 7drama

Drama in the same key

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

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Clergy
2018 · dir. Wojtek Smarzowski
★ 7.3drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuła also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

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