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The Anniversary (1968)
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The Anniversary (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for it to continue. None of her three sons have dared to cross their ruthless domineering mother but this anniversary they intend to try. With cruel and brutal twists, the family get-together becomes a social nightmare beyond endurance.
Style: dark comedy, psychotronic, offbeat, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting ...
Plot: bad mother, manipulation, mother, gay, old woman, hagsploitation, family relations, dysfunctional family, anniversary, family gatherings, dark humor, murder, parents and children, family life, love and romance, family problems, single parent, transvestism, eccentric family, death in the family, dancing, business, blonde, camp, restaurant ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada, england
Keyword: matriarch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and offbeat films with plots about family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, eccentric family, family life and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Anniversary: Black Pond (2011), Two-Bit Waltz (2014), You Can Thank Me Later (1998), Intimate Relations (1996), Soft Fruit (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Black Pond (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The Thompson family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Six months later, family friend Tim visits freelance therapist Dr. Eric Sacks and the story finds it's way to the press. The facts are bent and the details ...
Style: captivating, humorous, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: family relations, uncover truth, false accusation, eccentric family, dark humor, disorder, family gatherings, murder, stranger, husband wife relationship, death, family dinner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot: siblings relations, dysfunctional family, teenage love, teenage life, family life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, eccentric family, love and romance, family problems, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
You Can Thank Me Later (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In this Canadian comedy-drama, Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital -- failed writer Eli, neurotic Susan, and successful theatrical producer Edward. An onslaught of ...
Style: talky, realistic, semi serious, sincere, witty ...
Plot: family relations, hospital, couples, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis, looking for love, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, homecoming, siblings relations, infidelity ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Intimate Relations (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young merchant marine turns up in an English coastal town looking for a brother he barely knows. When his brother's wife rebukes him he takes up with the Beasley family. However, soon the mother and daughter are chasing and ending up in the ...
Style: erotic, realistic, semi serious, biting, disturbing ...
Plot: age difference, elderly lovers, love and romance, older woman younger man relationship, doomed love, age-gap relationship, dysfunctional family, infidelity, dangerous attraction, obsession, couple relations, orphan ...
Time: year 1996, 50s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Soft Fruit (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks ...
Style: humorous, black comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, working class, male nudity, family relations, terminal illness, bittersweet, family problems, couples, estrangement, death in the family, family life, parents and children ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
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58%
The House of Yes (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that Jackie Kennedy's ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, independent film, absurd ...
Plot: incest, dysfunctional family, mental illness, family problems, twins, brother sister incest, female protagonist, thanksgiving, eccentric family, secrets, family life, sexual fantasy ...
Time: year 1997, 80s, 90s, year 1983
Place: virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Eulogy (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, absurd, stylized, cynical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, family secret, funeral, eccentric family, death in the family, lesbian, family life, family feud, parents and children, fall in love, generation gap, loss of grandfather ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
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55%
Family Resemblances (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
Style: talky, witty, realistic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: family relations, suburbs, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, love and romance, family history, husband wife relationship, irony, hypocrisy, food, restaurant ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: france
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54%
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In Memory of My Father (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The youngest son of a legendary Hollywood producer, a Robert Evans type, accepts a bribe from his father to document his death.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, touching, entertaining ...
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, family problems, love and romance, lifestyle, parents and children, hollywood, narcissism, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, corpse, funeral ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Auntie Danielle (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Tatie Danielle is a black comedy about a widow who is intent on ruining the lives of her great-nephew and his wife. Tsilla Chelton plays the title character, who mourns the death of her husband by tormenting everyone she meets. Eventually, she moves ...
Style: dark comedy, funny, black comedy, cynical, biting ...
Plot: elderly, female villain, journalist, friendship, governess, society, master and servant, uninvited guest, family relations, family problems, dark humor, eccentric family ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france, greece, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Durval Records (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, surreal, offbeat ...
Plot: dark humor, eccentric family, comedy of errors, farce, life turned upside down, single parent, family problems, missing child, disorder, family relations, crime gone awry, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
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47%
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Last Weekend (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: family problems, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, dark humor, family gatherings, gay, friendship, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, lgbt, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Season's Beatings (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous, witty ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, family relations, midlife crisis, new year, christmas spirit, holiday, restaurant, pregnancy, estrangement, couples, family problems, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: france, europe, russia, paris france
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46%
So Happy Together (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Famille : Groupe de personnes réunies par des liens de parenté et un fort sentiment de solidarité morale et matérielle. Quand Alain a épousé Nathalie, il ne savait pas qu'il épouserait aussi sa famille. Ce samedi, comme toutes les ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, cynical, realistic, witty
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, uninvited guest, eccentric family, family life, siblings relations, family problems, couple relations, family gatherings, interracial relations, couples, father son relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 90s
Place: france, europe
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41%
Trial and Error (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall (Sellers) is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle (Attenborough) who is accused of murdering his wife (Beryl Reid). Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall ...
Style: black comedy, black and white, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, law, bird, legal, murder, murder trial, satire, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, england
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40%
The Daytrippers (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station ...
Style: independent film, hilarious, talky, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, adultery, family relations, infidelity, love, thanksgiving, night, bickering, drunkenness, chance meeting, on the road ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style: realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, homecoming, couples, family problems, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, estrangement, eccentric family, family life, love and romance ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Fathers & Sons (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for the first time at the funeral of his mother. A south-Asian accountant introduces his white fiance ...
Style: touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, death in the family, siblings relations, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, father and son, relationship problems, father son reunion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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39%
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Rolling Family (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.
Style: road movie, semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: gender, family relations, family problems, siblings relations, on the road, parents and children, family life, love and romance, couples, family in crisis, eccentric family, dysfunctional family ...
Place: argentina, latin america, brazil
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38%
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Mother (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After two failed marriages a science fiction writer decides that coming to terms with his mother will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with her.
Style: talky, humorous, witty, clever, laugh out loud ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, mother, mother son relationship, eccentricity, divorce, brother brother relationship, starting over, sibling rivalry, slice of life, psychology, aspiring writer, novelist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, los angeles
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The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, slasher ...
Plot: family relations, estate, farce, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle, parents and children, terminal illness, eccentric family, power relations, dark humor, master and servant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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38%
The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A sinister tale of genius gone wrong, The Young Poisoner's Handbook chronicles a young man's descent into madness against the absurd backdrop of suburban English life. Hugh O'Conor plays Graham Young, a schoolboy from the London ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, witty, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: serial killer, murder, true crime, psychology, killer, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, past, serial murder, british pub, evil child, mental institution ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: london
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38%
The Talent Given Us (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A retired New York City couple drive across country to reconnect with their reclusive son, joined by their two unmarried daughters.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, touching ...
Plot: on the road, eccentric family, family relations, elderly, cross country, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, new york, usa
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36%
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Suburban Mayhem (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and blow-jobs. A master manipulator of men living at ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, suspense, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: family relations, murder, dark humor, suburbs, teenage life, family feud, attempted murder, single parent, youth, intrigue, parents and children, femme fatale ...
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Twister (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children's TV evangelist. Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter ...
Style: sad, independent film, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, tornado, family relations, couples, family problems, dark humor, eccentric family, family gatherings, family life, mental illness, storm, dinner ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: kansas, usa
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35%
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Two Weeks (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped — together — for two weeks.
Style: touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, spiritual ...
Plot: introspection, eccentric family, family life, estrangement, family problems, single parent, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, parents and children, homecoming, dying, terminal illness ...
Time: year 2006
Place: usa, north carolina
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35%
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Maman (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who, in their thirties, decide the time has come to attempt a reconciliation with their mother.
Style: realistic, humorous, cynical, semi serious
Plot: dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, estrangement, confined, unlikely criminals, obsessive quest, parents and children, dark humor, single mother, separation, selfishness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it ...
Style: talky, touching, humorous, dark comedy, emotional ...
Plot: sisters, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, childhood, betrayal, redemption, sister, adaptation, parenthood, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time: 80s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Raising Genius (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The boy is obsessed with a cheerleader named Lacy, who lives across the street from.
Style: semi serious, psychological, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: genius, mathematics, dysfunctional family, family relations, prodigy, couples, family problems, youth, couple relations, lifestyle, society, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Pornographers (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, psychedelic, erotic, mind bending ...
Plot: filmmaking, perversion, prostitution, adult film industry, sexuality, female robot, film industry, sex, family relations, sexual perversion, dark humor, porn ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: japan, asia
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