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Effi Briest (1974)
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Effi Briest (1974)
Original name: Fontane Effi Briest
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron's family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron's wife.
Style: art house, black and white, postmodern, costume drama, serious, realistic, stylized, gloomy
Plot: literary, women, summer, age difference, adultery, german history, countryside, crazy love, infidelity, young wife, single father, grownups, naivete, love triangle, family relations, love and romance, fall in love, injustice, couples, vengeance, society, family problems, introspection, human nature, dishonesty ...
Time: 19th century, year 1974, 1880s, 1890s
Place: berlin germany, northern germany, germany, europe, prussia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and gloomy films with plots about couples, unfulfillment, society, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty and infidelity mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like Effi Briest: The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972), The Stationmaster's Wife (1977), Whity (1971), Buddenbrooks (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Near the end of World War II, Maria marries Hermann, who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann is dead. She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill. They start a ...
Style: psychological, emotional, touching, surreal, realistic ...
Plot: marriage, world war two, infidelity, wartime life, lovers reunited, rise to the top, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance, danger, human nature, survival ...
Time: 1940s, year 1979, post world war two, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, west germany
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95%
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the ...
Style: art house, psychological, sad, neo noir, philosophical ...
Plot: heart attack, street vendor, family relations, alcoholism, drinking, adultery, obsession, female nudity, hospital, marriage, depression, alcoholic ...
Time: year 1972, year 1971, 20th century, 70s, 1950s
Place: munich germany, germany, bavaria, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 201 min.
Story: The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
Style: avant garde, art house, realistic, semi serious, sexual
Plot: couples, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, dishonesty, betrayal, crumbling marriage, couple relations, destructive relationship, love and romance, love affair, sexual relations, lovers reunited ...
Time: year 1977
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Whity (1971)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: "Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank, and the ...
Style: art house, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, gay, surrealism, sex, lgbt, butler, gay subtext, male homosexuality, couples, power relations, family relations, dark humor ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1870s
Place: southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Buddenbrooks (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as ...
Style: saga, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, family business, fall in love, workplace, society, parents and children, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, rivalry, inheritance, friendship, german history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: germany, europe, northern germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of the young man Peter, who grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives ...
Style: art house, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot: couples, family relations, alienation, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, injustice, unfulfillment, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, human nature ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: europe, germany, munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Katzelmacher (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this unflinching German drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a group of young slackers, including the couple Erich and Marie, spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos, moves ...
Style: art house, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: racism, migration, small town, refugee, conversation, xenophobia, inn, jealousy, male female relationship, boys and girls, passive aggression, foreigner ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: greece, germany, europe, munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Marquise of O (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
Style: spiritual, romantic, realistic, serious, period piece ...
Plot: marriage, american revolution, spirit, spirituality, napoleon bonaparte, german history, summer, pregnancy, couples, introspection, life is a bitch, rescue ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 18th century, 1790s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Gilles' Wife (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her coquettish younger sister, Victorine. Elise suffers, usually in ...
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, sister sister relationship, jealousy, dysfunctional family, love affair, society, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, human nature, family problems ...
Time: year 2004, 1930s, pre world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Daybreak (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: realistic, psychological, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: infidelity, family problems, vengeance, crumbling marriage, love affair, parents and children, family relations, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, redemption, introspection ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
Style: art house, dread, depressing, philosophical, serious ...
Plot: mental disorder, drunk, pharmacist, dysfunctional couple, husband wife relationship, anxiety, psychic, depression, pharmacy, pregnancy, mental breakdown, mental health ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: germany, west germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and ...
Style: art house, sexual, sexy, erotic, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lesbian, fashion designer, lesbian relationship, fashion, lgbtq, servant, lesbian lover, heartache, all female cast, gays and lesbians, lgbt, model ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
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49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 151 min.
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43%
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Bel Ami (2012)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
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Duration: 139 min.
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Style: stylized, serious, atmospheric, realistic, emotional ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Anna Karenina (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: costume drama, romantic, psychological, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1880s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Leopard (1963)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 186 min.
Story: As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
A Doll's House (1973)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
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Style: talky, serious, psychological, realistic, clever ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Mayerling (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (Omar Sharif) clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (James Mason), over implementing progressive policies for their country. Ava Gardner plays his mother Empress Elisabeth. Rudolf soon feels he is ...
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
That Night in Varennes (1982)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
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Style: historical drama, road movie, costume drama, realistic, serious ...
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Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1982, 1790s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Signs & Wonders (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style: serious, realistic, clever, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: infidelity, introspection, love affair, life turned upside down, love triangle, couple relations, crumbling marriage, betrayal, journalism, obsession, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, germany, greece, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. His wife pushes him to seek a promotion, which may be a long shot after he gives a dull and tipsy toast at an office dinner. But why would Herr Raab run amok?
Style: art house, controversial, cult classic, existential, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, uxoricide, murder, existentialism, colleague, suicide, serial killer, alienation, midlife crisis, marxism, couples, everyday life ...
Time: year 1970, 60s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Wrong Move (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older man, an athlete in the 1936 Olympics, and his mute teen companion, ...
Style: road movie, art house, spiritual, cult classic, manga ...
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Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Last September (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece ...
Style: period piece, emotional, gloomy, realistic, psychological ...
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Time: year 1999, 1920s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Scarlet Letter (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, tense, emotional ...
Plot: colonial america, infidelity, betrayal, life is a bitch, dishonesty, clergy, society, couple relations, love and romance, couples, missing person, wartime life ...
Time: 17th century
Place: massachusetts, spain, europe, salem massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Lili Marleen (1981)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Lili Marleen is the story of a German singer named Wilkie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert who’s family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Roberts family is skeptical of Walkie thinking she ...
Style: clever, witty, stylized, art house, romantic drama ...
Plot: nazi germany, nazi, world war two, wartime, women, world war, wartime life, nazism, dictatorship, dictator, love, judaism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1981, 20th century, 1930s, year 1938
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, zurich switzerland, munich germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Anna Karenina (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: To help her brother mend his failing marriage, young Russian beauty Anna Karenina - who's married to eminent nobleman Alexei Karenin - leaves St. Petersburg for Moscow, where she meets the dashing Count Vronsky. They soon fall madly in love, ...
Style: captivating, realistic, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot: dishonesty, betrayal, tragic hero, infidelity, tragic love, breakup, extramarital affair, couples, family problems, love and romance, destructive relationship, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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