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The Butterfly Swing (2020)
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Original name: Lille sommerfugl
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story is centered on the stubborn farmer Ernst and his wife Louise who are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a traditional Danish gold wedding for friends and family. However, the family carries several secrets and Ernest holds on to the biggest one of them all. Through one long joyous, intoxicating, surprising, gripping and melancholic night, the truths creep out and the family is put to the ultimate test.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, tension, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family secret, marriage, farmer, village life, family drama, revelation, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, male female relationship, problem, family problems, marital crisis, marital problem, married couple, couple relations, bittersweet, character study, domestic drama, tradition, moral dilemma, small town, regret, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
denmark
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Most similar movies to The Butterfly Swing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, thrilling and emotional films with plots about family relations, relationships, family problems, male female relationship, small town, family drama and intimate mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Butterfly Swing: Last Child (2017), Crossroads (2011), The Secret of Anna (2008), Before the Vigil (2013), A House on Fire (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, mourning, family drama, social problems, kids and family, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, loss of child ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna and Christian Instrupp are a happy and childless marriage. They have a farm of apple production. But their lives are disrupted when the Anna's illegitimate daughter, Ines Arnold, writes a letter to her where she tells him that his adoptive ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, heartfelt ...
Plot:
family drama, village life, adoption, secrets, family secret, motherhood, secret revealed, family relations, villager, problem, relationships, family business ...
Place:
northern germany
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
cancer, husband wife relationship, infidelity, terminal illness, married couple, family relations, fighting illness, marriage, coping, life is a bitch, couple relations, illness ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A House on Fire follows brilliant doctor and mother Deborah Green (Stephanie March) who had the epitome of a picture-perfect life with two children, an adoring husband (Shaun Benson) and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood. But behind the ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
unhappy marriage, relationship problems, family relations, married life, relationships, male female relationship, female protagonist, married couple, marriage crisis, marriage, family life, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Estela and her mother Clota must travel from Junín, where they live, to the town of Costa Bonita, in Necochea, to see some apartments that Estela's father has inherited from her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, road movie ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, relationships, inheritance, town, mother, family relations, women, character study, family drama, motherhood, intimate, slice of life ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A couple of friends spend a summer weekend together on the idyllic country side along the Norwegian coast. They are confronted with each other's secrets and the choices they have made in life. We plunge into a weekend filled with conflict, ...
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, choice, love affair, relationships, couples, family problems, couple relations, problem, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When rebellious 16-year-old Grace takes off, her exasperated mum and dad enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
teenage rebellion, family drama, road trip, coming of age, parent child relationship, family relations, family problems, relationships, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coma, female protagonist, love, family drama, holiday, love affair, male female relationship, life is a bitch, marital problem, husband wife relationship, family problems, family relations ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, meditative, slow cinema, melancholic ...
Plot:
village life, lovers apart, intimate, character study, farming, love story, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, tragic love, star crossed lovers ...
Place:
poetic realism, china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A taxi driver, already struggling to support his wife and children, finds an abandoned baby in the back of his cab.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, heartfelt, realistic ...
Plot:
abandoned baby, secrets, resilience, fatherhood, family drama, marital problem, taxi, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A childless young ultraorthodox couple faces a crisis after a traumatic treatment for barrenness. When the difference between good and bad is unclear, the family must deal with unresolved secrets that raise fundamental questions about religion and ...
Style:
religious drama, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
infertility, fertility, religion, rape, family problems, wanting a baby, marital problem, marriage crisis, relationship problems, life is a bitch, couple relations, family life ...
Place:
palestine
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, love affair, love interest, love and romance, husband wife relationship, family problems, couple relations, family life, marital problem ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 1950s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fatal collision that follows after two lovers, Simo and Jonna, discover during a family dinner that his mother and her father might have had an affair in the past.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, dark
Plot:
family secret, family relations, couple relations, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, problem, love affair, relationship problems, family problems, love interest, secret ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jo Beckett leads a comfortable life with a successful veterinary practice, a devoted husband, and a beautiful home in a lovely small town outside of Boston. Still, she is strangely dissatisfied with her life. One afternoon, a man brings his dog into ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, relationships, veterinarian, midlife crisis, character study, secrets, husband wife relationship, animal, dog, problem, family relations, pets ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
23%
500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
social problems, relationships, problem, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, marital problem, introspection, male protagonist ...
Place:
washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
23%
153
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Magnus is a photographer specializing in family portraits. When he plans for his mother’s 75th birthday he discovers family secrets that will change his life.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, poignant ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, family drama, family secret, family problems, family relations, secret, relationships, photographer, memory, house, intimate, realism ...
Similarity:
23%
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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:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the run and bleeding a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin Bell) and holds him hostage in his own home. As the days pass and the secrets about their past are revealed, they learn that they might not have been ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hostage, father, family secret, estranged father, family relations, change of luck, family problems, parents and children, search for father, fatherhood, character study ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
marriage, couples, family relations, family problems, male female relationship, marital crisis, relationship problems, marriage crisis, marital problem, husband wife relationship, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
“Broken Memories” is a romantic drama that depicts the often-untold story of a family caregiver tending to an elderly parent. Once estranged from his family, Levi (Ivan Sergei), puts his life on hold to care for his father, Jasper (Rance ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
memory loss, alzheimer's disease, troubled past, dysfunctional family, secret, caretaker, confronting the past, father son relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, fighting illness ...
Similarity:
22%
376
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, art house
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, relationships, character study, children, isolation, alienation, summer vacation, family secret, intimate, repression, bittersweet ...
Place:
east germany
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, family relations, family drama, family business, family problems, male female relationship, eccentric family, life is a bitch, relationships, job, love affair, social problems ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sheldon's cancer has him navigating around his loving, but very dysfunctional family, providing comic relief as he follows his life's passion for photography. Left at the alter, he begins to realize that he's been in love with his ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, cancer, love story, couples, love and romance, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A young man tries to explain to his lover that her fiance is a crook. She refuses to believe him. Later, she realizes her mistake and comes back to him. But the man now loves another woman.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
relationships, love triangle, groom, misunderstanding, love and romance, troubled past, relationship problems, love interest, male female relationship, problem, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Emma's daughter Kendall becomes engaged, but Emma is concerned as Kendall and her fiancé have Down Syndrome and Emma worries she's not ready to take this step.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, heartfelt
Audience:
adult
Plot:
down syndrome, wedding planning, motherhood, family drama, mother daughter conflict, relationships, couple relations, social problems, family relations, male female relationship, family problems, love and romance ...
Similarity:
21%
445
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Gautham Nara Rohith is an orphan who always wishes to get married to a girl from a joint family to experience the love of relationships and elders. He falls in love with Vaishnavi Nisha Aggarwal who belongs to a joint family. He tries to woo her and ...
Style:
romantic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, love story, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family relations, relationship problems, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, problem, orphan ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Muslim cop goes undercover at his estranged father's mosque while his daughter hides her passion for a forbidden dance, uncovering a shocking family secret.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family secret, dancer, family drama, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, undercover police officer, secret, undercover agent, couple relations, life is a bitch, working undercover ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
20%
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