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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Original name: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Style: humorous, enigmatic, melancholic, talky, feel good, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, visual, hilarious ...
Plot: infidelity, female protagonist, farce, adultery, twists and turns, frustration, suicide attempt, couple relations, women, satire, mental health, male female relationship, actress, feminist, terrorist, nervous breakdown, friendship, summer, past, feminism, suicide, mad love, beauty, airport, woman ...
Time: 80s, year 1998, year 1988, 20th century
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, latin america
Keyword: feminist film, oldies

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and clever films with plots about couples, love and romance, husband wife relationship, infidelity, couple relations, sex and female nudity mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), To Return (2006), Law of Desire (1987), Dark Habits (1983), All About My Mother (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Almodóvar has described his fourth film as a homage to Italian Neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekenetic child. The film, set in the towerblocks around Madrid, depicts female ...
Style: dark comedy, surreal, stylized, black comedy, psychedelic ...
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Time: year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, germany, europe ...
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.
Style: sexy, erotic, dark comedy, art house, romantic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, stockholm syndrome, porn star, obsessive love, porn actress, kidnapping, female masturbation, sex, love and romance, bdsm, nudity, porn actor ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 90s, 20th century
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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To Return (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their ...
Style: black comedy, emotional, dark comedy, touching, hispanic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: secret, death, ghost, rape, child abuse, lust, twists and turns, family secret, dark secret, superstition, adultery, women ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Law of Desire (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style: surreal, sexy, stylized, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot: gay, murder, lgbt, love, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, love triangle, family relations, gays and lesbians, writers ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
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Dark Habits (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Style: dark comedy, erotic, surreal, social, hispanic ...
Plot: satire, lgbt, catholic, catholic church, gays and lesbians, nun, drug addiction, religion, gay, lgbtq, surrealism, sin ...
Time: year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place: spain, europe
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All About My Mother (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
Style: sad, hispanic, art house, realistic, stylized ...
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Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: High Heels is a murder mystery comedy centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo and her daughter Rebecca, a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life when she comes to perform a concert. ...
Style: sentimental, art house, enigmatic, serious, sexy ...
Plot: transvestism, murder, obsession, guilt, women, mother daughter reunion, family relations, couples, lgbt, mother daughter relationship, lgbtq, transvestite ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 70s
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, caribbean ...
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The Flower of My Secret (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Marisa Paredes is Leocadia ("Leo") Macias, a woman writing “pink” romance novels under the alias of Amanda Gris that are very popular all across Spain. Unlike her romantic novels, her own love life is troubled. Leo has a less than ...
Style: clever, erotic, sensual, hispanic, art house ...
Plot: women, writers, obsession, suicide attempt, love and romance, surrealism, daily life, old woman, novelist, parent child relationship, couples, family problems ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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How to Be a Woman and Not Die Trying (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: clever, witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: journalist, record producer, media, workplace, love and romance, battle of the sexes, unfulfillment, journalism, gender, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, feminism ...
Time: 1940s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Other Side of the Bed (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. The cuckold Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. ...
Style: erotic, sexy, witty, humorous, stylized ...
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Time: year 2002
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Almodovar's first film of life in Madrid during the punk era and not one for the squeamish. He covers everything from drugs and sexual violence, to female masochism.
Style: social, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: lesbian, rape, satire, rape and revenge, gays and lesbians, gay, woman peeing, police officer, revenge, lgbt, bdsm, sex crime ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Style: ironic, talky, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, semi serious, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: light, funny, humorous, melancholic, sweet ...
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: controversial, sexy, depressing, sex comedy, realistic ...
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Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.
Style: erotic, sensual, sex comedy, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Bilingual Lover (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: humorous, erotic, sentimental, melancholic, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Matador (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: disturbing, erotic, psychological, controversial, sexy ...
Audience: adult
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Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, valencia spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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