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Axing (2018)
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Original name: دارکوب
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of an addicted woman Mahsa who thinks that her girl is dead but when finds out that she is alive and lives by her father (Mahsa's ex-husband) decides to take her back. This put her to face her ex-husband and his new wife.
Style:
emotional, tense, intense
Plot:
addiction, motherhood, parent child relationship, family drama, child custody, ex husband, social issues, estrangement, custody battle, broken family, alcoholism, divorce, drug addiction, family secret, resentment, realism, guilt, regret, moral ambiguity, jealousy, single parent, middle class, empathy, reconciliation, recovery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, tense, intense and melancholic films with plots about family drama, family secret, guilt, intimate, moral ambiguity, slow burn and reconciliation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Axing: Unforgivable (2025), Her Second Chance (2006), Forced Orphans (2018), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987), My Brother Khosrow (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a member of their own family who, after two years, is about to leave prison.
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emotional, tense, intense
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Parents Divorced. Children suffer.
Style:
heartbreaking, bleak, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, addiction, character study, mother son relationship, father son relationship, literary, memory, alcoholism, guilt, confession, realism ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Khosrow (Shahab Hosseini) who is a bi-polar man is forced to live in his brother's house Nasser, as his guardian and sister goes abroad for a while. The brothers soon find themsleves in friction due to the challenging behavior of Khosrow and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, intense, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
bipolar disorder, sibling relationship, mental illness, character study, moral dilemma, social realism, isolation, morality, guilt, responsibility, middle class, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A divorced woman leaves Damghan with her child to live and work in Tehran but her ex-husband does everything in his capability to force her to go back.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, divorce, female protagonist, mother child relationship, single mother, custody battle, struggle, patriarchy, social realism, gender roles, independent woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tehran, iran
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid secrets attend the party to find out what follows on the ...
Style:
tense, satirical, suspenseful, islamic
Plot:
domestic drama, character study, secrets, confrontation, high society, realism, infidelity, moral ambiguity, marriage, city life, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother and wife is on the brink of an attack. Hengameh Tahareh Ghaziani lives with her husband, her son and daughter in a middle class neighborhood, and spends his days taking care of their needs.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, islamic
Plot:
iranian, wife, domestic drama, female protagonist, motherhood, intimate, social realism, realism, gender roles, slice of life, empathy, marriage ...
Place:
iran, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Georgia Benfield's, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family ...
Style:
intense, tense, bleak, realistic, period drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, domestic abuse, dysfunctional family, trauma, female protagonist, family secret, character study, emotional abuse, guilt, social issues, realism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Night of the brother ("La Noche del Hermano") is a chiaroscuro tale in which the characters' not always explicit feelings cover the gamut from darkness to light through the thin line between love and fear. Because the events of ...
Style:
intense, grim, art house, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, trauma, family secret, fear, guilt, slow burn, realism, symbolism, regret, small town, isolation, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, tense
Plot:
piano teacher, female protagonist, marriage, women, relationships, choice, betrayal, love triangle, infidelity, heartbreak, moral dilemma, musician ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Suburban housewife Liz discovers that husband Stephen is abusing their daughter. She confronts him and reports him to the authorities, but also decides to try to help him recover from what must be "a sickness". Stephen is tried and ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, dark, intense
Plot:
sexual abuse, therapy, child abuse, family drama, forgiveness, domestic drama, rehabilitation, guilt, redemption, ethical dilemma, taboo, shame ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece pulls back the curtain on the Connecticut home of the Tyrone family, where deep-seated resentments and bourbon-fueled tirades cause a family to expose their darkest natures. Starring ...
Style:
psychological, tense, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
resentment, alcoholism, social problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family in crisis, large family, family secret, family problems, family crisis, eccentric family, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Behzad, who has been in prison for manslaughter for a long time, has a son who does not know about him. When he is introduced, the son goes through a conflict. Then, as a family, they go to the victim's family seeking consent so Reza would be ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, tension, contemplative
Plot:
prison, execution, family drama, parent child relationship, family conflict, forgiveness, moral dilemma, retribution, justice, humanism, bittersweet, empathy ...
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
'Collision' centres on a married couple, Leo and Olivia. As they are facing a crisis in their marriage, their nine-year-old daughter, Liv, becomes a messenger between her mother and father. The film explores the break-up of a family and ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
daughter, parent child relationship, marriage crisis, family drama, loss, desperation, custody battle, parents, social issues, grief, moral dilemma, hopes ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A husband going through a divorce learns his ex-wife is pushing for full custody of their daughter. How far will he go to keep his family together?
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
divorce, child custody, family drama, custody battle, custody, parenting, protective parent, sacrifice, family values, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, empathy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gaby, Fer's mother and Silvia, Diego's mother, live their lives happily, until one day, due to Diego's kidney disease they find out that the kids were switched at birth. In order to save Diego’, both mothers end up in a legal battle ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, disturbing, heartfelt, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
motherhood, family drama, biological father, mother son relationship, search for father, life is a bitch, family relations, illness, family problems, problem, fighting illness, child illness ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Director Gotz Spielmann follows his acclaimed thriller Revanche with this visually captivating character study, in which a family reunion at a mountainside inn lays bare old wounds and reveals long-held secrets.
Style:
bleak, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
introspection, family drama, character study, family secret, intimate, getting home, jealousy, sibling rivalry, bittersweet, illness, regret, small town ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father ...
Style:
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Plot:
iraq iran war, iranian, child illness, pregnant woman, family problems, pregnancy, mother child relationship, illness, dysfunctional family, parenthood, relationship problems, motherhood ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage.
Style:
emotional, intense, tension, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
wedding, family drama, marriage, guilt, sacrifice, murder, courtroom, tradition, honor, family honor, revenge, justice ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sanyi (Szabolcs Thuróczy) is a puppeteer and an alcoholic. Pali (Tamás Polgár) is an elevator mechanic and an alcoholic. Together they search for their friend Tomi, who has already missed several AA meetings. They try to stay sober, which is not ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, tense, road movie
Plot:
addiction, friendship, alcoholism, realism, blue collar, working class, recovery, abstinence, male bonding, social commentary, broken family, bittersweet ...
Place:
budapest, hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring curse to Olive's famiily. Because of this, Melinda was not accepted by Uy's family as one ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sentimental, tear jerker, intense ...
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family reunited, teenage rebellion, sister in law, mother daughter relationship, relationships, mother and daughter, relationship problems, sacrifice, mother child relationship, motherhood, family drama, family conflict ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three distanced, discordant brothers strive to put aside their differences as they reunite after decades at their ancestral home to give their dying mother a peaceful send off, but soon are at loggerheads as the house brings up painful memories of ...
Style:
emotional, serious, intense, realistic
Plot:
brothers, family drama, dying mother, sibling rivalry, bereavement, domestic drama, painful memories, estrangement, memory, grief, family secret, parent child relationship ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, tense
Plot:
custody battle, mother daughter estrangement, rehabilitation, sister sister relationship, public defender, ex convict, motherhood, family drama, female protagonist, character study, women's issues, family conflict ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story about aging, motherhood and life. About looking back and not understanding how you got to where you are, about wounds so deep that all the energy is spent on not wanting to see them. An intimate drama where, through fiction, the director ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
aging, motherhood, family drama, autobiography, loss, blindness, elderly man, grief, trauma, reflection, regret, realism ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Taru elää ratsutilalla harmonista elämää miehensä Harrin ja tytärpuolensa Ninnin kanssa. Kaikki muuttuu, kun Ninni loukkaantuu hevosonnettomuudessa. Kymmenen vuotta sitten Ruotsiin lähtenyt Ninnin biologinen äiti Eve kutsutaan paikalle ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
motherhood, half sister, family secret, family drama, sisters, accident, identity, mother and daughter, introspection, intimate, conflict, grief ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates finds himself in the centre of a murder investigation that exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, atmospheric, crime drama, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, small town, family secret, murder investigation, childhood trauma, family drama, loss of innocence, investigation, summer, suspicion, secret revealed ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cyprus
Similarity:
48%
908
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a woman on the outskirts of the city who lives with her husband and child, but the story of their lives changes.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, affair, husband wife relationship, lifestyle change, problem, relationship problems, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, changing lives, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Maggie is struggling to keep her life together after the death of her mother when her addict brother shows up, forcing her to make sense of a reality that may not be what it seems.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense, surreal, intense ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, addiction, grief, family drama, trauma, female protagonist, character study, mourning, family secret, traumatic past, confrontation, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
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