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Buddenbrooks (2008)
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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 economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family relations.
Style:
saga, realistic, costume drama, emotional, psychological, captivating, political, family saga, sad, sentimental ...
Plot:
family relations, family business, fall in love, society, workplace, parents and children, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, victorian england, rivalry, impossible love, friendship, inheritance, german history, wealthy family, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, family problems, urban, family in crisis, siblings relations, downfall, couple relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany, europe, northern germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, couples, parents and children, unfulfillment, family problems, couple relations and society mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like Buddenbrooks: The Sound and the Fury (2014), The Viceroys (2007), Effi Briest (2009), Balancing Act (2012), Marie Kroyer (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
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serious, realistic, touching, southern gothic, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, downfall, siblings relations, family life, family problems, family in crisis, life is a bitch, male nudity, siblings, mental retardation ...
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Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, revolution, dishonesty, society, family life, palace intrigue, victorian england, power struggle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
cheating wife, marriage proposal, society, couple relations, family relations, love affair, fall in love, couples, introspection, village, village life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe, northern germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, breakup, couples, life is a bitch, downfall, unfulfillment, job seeking, down on your luck, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marriage life with her husband the great Danish painter P.S. Krøyer and an adorable daughter. However, not everything in her world is as perfect as it seems, and ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, stylized, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
painter, biopic, family problems, under the surface, mentally unstable, crumbling marriage, self discovery, fall in love, art, nordic, artist, art history ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century
Place:
denmark, italy, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
couple relations, accident, family problems, couples, family relations, small town, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, parents and children, police officer, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, young lovers, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Billie and Louis have the good fortune of loving each other passionately and of having a family. But then one day terrible news turns their existence and that of their friends' upside down. Marie, a famous actress who is Billie's friend ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
terminal illness, parents and children, family relations, introspection, society, couples, suburban life, suburbs, friends, unfulfillment, mother daughter relationship, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family relations, mental illness, businessman, family problems, family in crisis, unfulfillment, supportive spouse, mental disorder, terminal illness, love, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, charles dickens, social differences, society, rise to the top, hopes, power relations, generosity, passionate love, rags to riches, victorian england, napoleonic era ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Overly obsessive compulsive and too premature, Sora is easily distanced by her friends. Growing up without a father is something she would like to be fussy about with her mom, but Sora is still the one and only daughter of and the biggest support to ...
Style:
semi serious, sad, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
wedding, terminal illness, family relations, parents and children, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, mother daughter relationship, single mother, friendship, society, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, psychological, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, nudity, religions or cults, family problems, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A television drama that revolves around a family that runs a pharmaceutical company.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Plot:
family business, pharmaceutical company, family relations, workplace, family problems, parents and children, love, rivalry, couples, ethical dilemma, family drama, morality ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
couple relations, estrangement, family problems, pregnancy, death in the family, society, social decay, dysfunctional family, love and romance, unfulfillment, painter, painting ...
Time:
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Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couple relations, friendship, breakup, workplace, couples, theater, boss and employee, love and romance, family problems, male female relationship, pregnant woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
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Story:
In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, family saga, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, high society, forbidden love, love and romance, victorian england, couple relations, parents and children, society, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Bernard Schlink (The Reader), The Weekend follows Jens as he leaves prison 18 years after being arrested as an RAF terrorist in Germany. Back with his family, friends, and ex-comrades, including his former lover Inga, Jens’ ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
family relations, haunted by the past, friendship, parents and children, couple relations, life turned upside down, under the surface, dishonesty, betrayal, couples, terrorism, state terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, couples, family relations, friends, social relations, couple relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, contemplative, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
family relations, autumn, estrangement, parent child relationship, rich and poor, siblings relations, parents and children, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, family life, couples, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, europe, england, usa, harvard university
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, and his brother, Matthew, is a boxer consumed with the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, interracial relations, addiction, drug abuse, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, hopes, couple relations, life is a bitch, rehabilitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
28%
419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The life of a Middle-East family of immigrants in Europe. The father carries the heavy burden of banishment. To rescue his culture, his traditions, is mandatory, so he remains faithful to his past, his origins, to himself. His daughter is now a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
workplace romance, family relations, forbidden love, culture clash, workplace, immigrant, parents and children, fall in love, unfulfillment, society, family drama, immigration ...
Time:
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Place:
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