Movies like Happy Together 2008
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Happy Together (2008)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin is a successful man with a well-paid job at a pharmaceutical company. He lives with his family in an upscale neighborhood of a Belgian city, and is already making plans for another home in Tuscany, Italy. However, soon after he becomes the victim of an embezzlement scandal, everything begins to take a turn for the worse. Martin will soon be involved in a series of events and decisions that will put an end to the stability he has achieved in his life, and cause him and his family to fall into a downward spiral together.
Style:
realistic, suspense, melancholic, intense, tension, tragic
Plot:
family drama, embezzlement, corruption, corporate world, betrayal, shame, urban, moral dilemma, suburban life, guilt, pharmaceutical company, isolation, workplace, hopelessness, slow burn, grief, female nudity, sex scene, family relations, sex in car, psychological drama
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
belgium, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, intense, realistic and emotional films with plots about guilt, slow burn, betrayal, isolation, grief, moral dilemma and family drama mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Happy Together: Ullozhukku (2024), Shadow Kids (2007), Unforgivable (2025), Shivan (2020), Collision (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film is set in a flooded region in Kerala where a woman and her daughter-in-law attempt to bury a loved one. However, due to heavy floods, the burial is postponed. This delay brings long-buried secrets and lies to the surface, threatening the ...
Style:
tension, intense, melancholic, suspense, grim
Plot:
lie, family drama, family secret, loss, grief, betrayal, guilt, moral dilemma, confrontation, tradition, isolation, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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.
Style:
emotional, tense, intense
Plot:
sexual abuse, family drama, family secret, anger, shame, grief, betrayal, confrontation, guilt, protective parent, moral ambiguity, released from prison ...
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Shivan revolves around a couple who are very much in love but one day the woman is found dead and the man is found guilty and imprisoned. But once he is in jail he recollects certain memories that change everything.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
love, innocence, flashback, memory, murder, wrongful conviction, investigation, prison, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt, character study ...
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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 ...
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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: 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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
"A Family On Edge" is about two brothers, Michael and Gabriel Bonds, who were thick as thieves growing up in Atlanta who protected each other by any means necessary.When a fatal mistake separates the siblings, their rock-solid relationship ...
Style:
suspense, tension, realistic, crime drama, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
brotherhood, revenge, urban, family conflict, brothers, betrayal, moral dilemma, loyalty, family tragedy, mistrust, betrayal of trust, street life ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three brothers reunite at a remote cabin in the woods, when beckoned by their father. The brothers are left to deal with the dark secrets and demons that have haunted them their whole lives. The resulting truths they must face, end in an explosive ...
Style:
tragic ending, intense, tense, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
trauma, family secret, dysfunctional family, dark past, brothers, sibling rivalry, guilt, family drama, grief, moral ambiguity, betrayal, haunting ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
male protagonist, debt, loss, desperation, family drama, guilt, marriage, poverty, working class, tragedy, regret, shame ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Holy Week in Pelion. Two friendly Athenians couples find in their yard corpse of a stranger. They try to avoid the charge of murder by locals, while in the whole fuss becoming uncovered secrets that will change the lives of everyone.
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric, melancholic, twisted ...
Plot:
secrets, cover up, guilt, suspicion, couples, moral dilemma, vacation gone wrong, holiday, infidelity, family secret, betrayal, investigation ...
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35%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, suspense, grim, psychological
Plot:
trust, stranger, secrets, deception, betrayal, family drama, dairy farm, character study, moral dilemma, parenthood, everyday life, small town life ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marta's surprise birthday party sets in motion a spiral of tragic events.
Style:
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Plot:
wedding planning, relationship problems, love affair, love interest, relationships, love and romance, wedding preparations and rituals, male female relationship, love story, love triangle, romantic relationship, escalation ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A couple's marriage falls apart after the death of their son. Based on Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf"
Style:
bleak, serious, realistic, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tension, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, love story, relationships, trust, empowerment, courage, perseverance, resilience, hopes, empathy, workplace, social issues ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, intense, melancholic, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, guilt, plane crash, grief, revenge, air traffic controller, death, loss of family, mourning, airport, obsession, police officer ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, guilt, trauma, accident, grief, regret, loss, coming of age, adolescence, loss of innocence, male friendship, secrets ...
Place:
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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: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
family drama, second chance, redemption, guilt, trauma, family secret, healing, uncle niece relationship, bittersweet, moral dilemma, intimate, forgiveness ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A doctor's (Stefano Accorsi) life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
ambulance, hospital, accident, surgeon, trauma, couples, paramedic, loss, grief, guilt, relationships, investigation ...
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Andrey is a young and successful executive at a creative advertising agency in Moscow. That day he smokes a whole pack of cigarettes. Each cigarette is the beginning of a storm of circumstances and conflicts around him increasingly fiercer. His ...
Style:
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Plot:
moral dilemma, life, smoking, businessman, threat, satire, urban, escalation, danger, advertising, corporate world, boss ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, guilty conscience, remorse, anti semitism, hit and run, guilt, accident, hate, traumatic past, psychological trauma, fascist, neo nazism ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This is the story of Mityo and his son Vasko, who live in a poor area, near to the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek Border. Mityo had lost everything that has mattered to him – his wife, his work, the confidence of his son, Vasko. In order to get him back, ...
Style:
melancholic, crime drama, grim, intense, tense ...
Plot:
poverty, fatherhood, moral dilemma, forgiveness, family drama, redemption, father son relationship, guilt, secrets, smuggling, grief, loss ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
A troubled young man battles his inner demons as he seeks redemption and a second chance in his life.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, second chance, self discovery, personal growth, soul searching, regret, coming of age, trauma, moral dilemma, loss, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in search for her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, heartfelt ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the unforgiving shadows of sympathy, Ganesh Gangadharan, a paraplegic designer, wrestles with his inner demons, striving for a semblance of normalcy.
Style:
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Plot:
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