Movies like The Edge 2010
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The Edge (2010)
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Original name: La lisière
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After studying in Paris, the young doctor François moves to Beauval, where single-family houses are lined up monotonously. He quickly becomes the focus of a group of young people, led by the charismatic Cédric and Matthieu, his assistant. The gang tries to escape their boredom with dangerous games at the edge of the forest. But things become bitterly serious when the body of a twelve-year-old girl is found and François is suspected.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy
Plot:
mind game, gang, youth, teenage life, danger, juvenile delinquency, mysterious character, life is a bitch, social relations, woman, teenager, village, village life, manipulation, doctors and patients, power relations, woods, manipulations, in the woods, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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Most similar movies to The Edge
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, tense and psychological films with plots about youth, life is a bitch, teenage life, society, coming of age, family relations and danger mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Edge: Being 14 (2015), Young Girls in Black (2010), Sebbe (2010), Deep in the Woods (2010), What You Don't See (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
211
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
human nature, teenage life, family problems, youth, society, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, rebellion, juvenile delinquency, rebelliousness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
losing-it hero, single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, introspection, teenage life, bullying, youth, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wanderer named Timothee (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine (Isild Le Besco) and takes advantage of her until he is ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
rape, hopes, mind control, woods, human nature, young lovers, manipulation, youth, dishonesty, love and romance, danger, power relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
europe, france, south of france
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two strangers have a strong impact on a young man who's spending some time with his family in this drama from Germany. Seventeen-year-old Anton has been struggling to make sense of his life since his father committed suicide when Anton was ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, atmospheric, twisted ...
Plot:
family relations, teenage life, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, estrangement, danger, destructive relationship, youth, fight, mother son relationship, twists and turns, manipulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
68%
532
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Chérif, struggling to pass the entrance exam for nursing school, takes on a side job as a security guard. On duty there, he faces off with a group of hostile teenagers who constantly harass him, and gradually ends up an accomplice to a robbery gone ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, tense ...
Plot:
couples, society, working class, fall in love, immigrant, life is a bitch, misfit, security guard, gang, pursuit, danger, youth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
65%
279
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgi is 16 years old when he discovers another world through American films forbidden in all Soviet Union until then. Since the post-revolutionary chaos in his home town, Tbilisi, Giorgi has wanted to have succeeded by following the path of his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
teenage life, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquency, society, prodigy, political unrest, siblings, brother, brothers, family relations, gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
David, a professor of dermatology, has been treating 13-year-old Romain since he was a baby. Afflicted with a rare skin condition, Romain must avoid sunlight and is condemned to live in the shade. David and Romain have become the closest of friends ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, friends, power relations, child illness, terminal illness, hospital, teenage boy, man boy relationship, genetics, skin disease ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Relations between the students and the new teacher of German are extremely tense. When one female student commits suicide, her schoolmates blame the teacher for her death. An awareness that things are not quite so black and white comes too late.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, educational ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coping, youth, rebelliousness, high school life, teachers and students, teenage life, social relations, power relations, coming of age, creepy child, psychoanalyst, undisciplined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
slovenia, central europe
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both lust for and hate one another, coupling like animals. Yet gradually they become enmeshed in a ...
Style:
tense, serious, disturbing, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, manipulation, destructive relationship, femme fatale, lifestyle, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, female psychopath, strong female presence, power relations, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A journey through the memories of teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events leading to the fatal moment his life is cut short. Paul moves to a new school and becomes involved with 'The Freaks', a group on the periphery of school ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, gang, teenage life, youth, high school life, downfall, kids in trouble, bullying, teen angst, tragedy, coming of age, outsider ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, gang, dishonesty, society, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, rich and poor, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa, africa
Similarity:
50%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family problems, single parent, unfulfillment, confined, youth, woods, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of college students are duped by a charming pathological liar.
Style:
talky, realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
friendship, college, youth, friends, power relations, college life, betrayal, teachers and students, student life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, student, mishap ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor lives in Vienna with Annette, his beautiful Austrian wife and their daughter Pamela. It’s spring. Fleeing his work, Victor spends his days outside: he plays with Pamela, pays a visit to Annette’s parents, loiters in the park with the drug ...
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
drug addiction, father daughter reunion, family relations, teenager, redemption, parents and children, addiction, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, austria
Similarity:
47%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy, disturbing
Plot:
children, youth, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, teenage life, family in crisis, unfulfillment, misfit, mute or deaf, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time:
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372
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, parents and children, life is a bitch, teenage life, redemption, shoplifting, mistaken identity, society, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sylvie is a hooker whose illegitimate daughter commits a crime. She and her daughter flee to find Sylvie's first love in the countryside. The daughter is trying to get to know her unwilling mother. Along the way, the two meet a male fugitive ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, family relations, on the run, starting over, death in the family, estrangement, family problems, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
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722
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, youth, human spirit, teenage life, custody, family problems, society, hopes, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, family in crisis, sexual abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mitri is 15 years old and lives in a village in Senegal. Like all the youngsters of his age, he plays football, dreaming of the Barcelona and Chelsea Football Clubs. When an agent sees him, Mitri believes in his luck. But, in order to go chasing ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
football, follow your dream, immigrant, hopes, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, life is a bitch, youth, ambition, soccer, desire for fame, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, africa, europe, paris france
Similarity:
43%
582
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto life, haunted by the past, adolescence vs adulthood, society, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
41%
570
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, psychological, heavy ...
Plot:
gang, smuggler, rivalry, yakuza, down on your luck, life is a bitch, danger, society, gay, gangster, disorder, dangerous animal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
abuse, alcohol abuse, social relations, family problems, small town life, small town, hollywood, dysfunctional family, youth, life is a bitch, religion, bare chested male ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, atmospheric, anamorphic ...
Plot:
introspection, estrangement, hopes, small town, small town life, dishonesty, social relations, slice of life, high school sweetheart, loss of job, business, voice over narration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
37%
74
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tsili is a young girl caught in the middle of World War II. After her family is taken to a concentration camp, Tsili hides in the forest, free from hatred and men, until the arrival of Marek, a stranger who speaks to her in Yiddish.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing, tense
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, holocaust survivor, against humanity, youth, danger, woods, hiding, coming of age, violinist, rainstorm ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Slovenia, Serbia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A psychological portrait of a woman traveling home in a war-torn world.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
on the road, hopes, life is a bitch, escapades, getting home, survival, danger, society, wartime life, introspection, dystopia, runaway child ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Spying on her students, a teacher finds an exciting hobby.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
rebellion, high school life, political unrest, youth, society, workplace, teachers and students, against the rules, social relations, workplace situations, responsibility, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
35%
210
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film follows a 14-year-old arsonist in Winnipeg who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a slang term for a prospective gang member.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, danger, rivalry, society, coming of age, urban ghetto life, nudity, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
winnipeg, canada
Similarity:
34%
392
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, kidnapping, family relations, unemployment, society, working class, parents and children, teenage life, dysfunctional family, soldier, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Taxi driver Jose begins his night shift bent on revenge after his brother's murder at the hands pf a violent gang. But when an accident brings him unexpectedly closer to his party-girl fare Angela, the damaged pair must struggle against forces ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, bleak, rough, tense ...
Plot:
murder, partner, danger, gang, vengeance, life is a bitch, chases and races, city life, revenge, doom, reluctant partners, urban ...
Place:
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Similarity:
33%
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