Movies and TV shows like Blackwater 2019
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Blackwater (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Native American country singer Birdie Blackwater is court ordered to attend 180 days of wellness therapy after 10 years of reckless alcoholic abuse.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
native american, alcoholism, addiction, singer, female protagonist, rehabilitation, second chance, country music, resilience, character study, self destructing, mature, identity crisis, isolation, music industry, grief, small town, social realism, autobiography, support group, group therapy, self destruction
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and psychological films and TV series with plots about isolation, female protagonist, character study, grief, small town, identity crisis and resilience mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Blackwater: Body & Soul (1993), Doc (2025), Why me? (1984), Bolivar (2022), Ripple (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
A nun, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one ...
Style:
religious drama, reflective, period piece, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
nun, female protagonist, convent, family business, moral dilemma, identity crisis, spiritual journey, religious community, resilience, temptation, intimate, mature ...
Similarity:
95%
6K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Dr. Amy Larsen must navigate an unfamiliar world after a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she ...
Style:
medical drama, psychological, realistic, inspirational, tense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, memory loss, female protagonist, amnesia, intimate, identity crisis, resilience, second chance, hospital, bittersweet, friendship, rehabilitation ...
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
92%
341
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.
Style:
medical drama
Plot:
plastic surgery, female protagonist, resilience, grief, depression, accident victim, disfigured, hospital, doctor patient relationship, rehabilitation, empathy, identity crisis ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
88%
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:
74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
In New York City, four strangers navigate life's challenges while their separate paths unexpectedly intertwine in ways that change them forever.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, sincere
Plot:
loss of loved one, urban, grief, city life, loss, relationships, loneliness, healing, bittersweet, mature, slice of life, isolation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cliff Raines is an up-and-coming actor who struggles with living a lonely life in Los Angeles. In his time between roles, he finds comfort in alcohol and his new found relationship with a young woman with similar baggage to his.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, realistic, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, loneliness, intimate, slice of life, alcoholism, showbiz, self destructing, identity crisis, bittersweet, urban, personal growth ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hannah is the intimate portrait of a woman’s loss of identity as she teeters between denial and reality. Left alone grappling with the consequences of her husband’s imprisonment, Hannah begins to unravel. Through the exploration of her fractured ...
Style:
psychological, reflective, melancholic, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, grief, loneliness, isolation, coping, midlife crisis, identity crisis, mature, claustrophobia, small town, everyday life ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
64%
109
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nurse is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981 to May 1982. Series star Michael Learned won an Emmy in 1982 for her role on the show.
Style:
medical drama, realistic, period piece, melancholic, serious
Plot:
hospital, nursing, widow, female protagonist, grief, bereavement, family relations, women's issues, nurse, intimate, resilience, social issues ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him in this depressing drama.
Style:
bleak, melancholic
Plot:
blue collar, unemployment, family drama, family crisis, small town, alcoholism, financial difficulty, addiction, desperation, social commentary, social realism, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Haga Ineko stopped being a school teacher for she was about to get married. When she is suddenly dumped by her to-be husband, she loses her way, and starts drinking. One day, an old friend approaches with a job offer. She would be a substitute ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
female protagonist, school teacher, school, teacher, high school teacher, bullying, workplace, japanese schoolgirl, teachers and students, high school life, social problems, problem ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
After the death of her mother, 35-year old Maybelle Garris must learn to live for herself, as a gay women in the south, who’s still in love with her best friend from High School.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, southern gothic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
lesbian, female protagonist, lgbt, lgbtq, problem, relationships, love and romance, lesbian couple, loss of mother, lesbian relationship, lesbianism, lesbian interest ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Desperate for quick cash, Caleb gets hired on as a sober companion to a retired pop star. Two worlds collide in this dark comedy about recovery, relapse and the twilight zone of disillusionment.
Style:
dark, realistic, dark comedy, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
bittersweet, coach, alcohol abuse, recovery, addiction, alcoholic, coping, drunkard, recovering alcoholic, talent, finding yourself, price of fame ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
PENDULUM SWINGS follows a man into a dark place in his life - a place at which he arrives through a combination of bad decisions and forces beyond his control. When he finally hits bottom, he is presented with an opportunity to climb out of his ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, serious, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, redemption, empathy, second chance, character study, recovery, moral dilemma, morality, healing, resilience, self destructing, humanity ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The bright sunlight shines on the small island of Arsinoe. Some secrets, betrayals, and crimes are revealed. The mirror has somehow turned upside down. Sotiris, who was let down by those closest to him, will go from being a victim to becoming a ...
Style:
tension, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
island, oppression, secrets, greek, betrayal, tradition, moral ambiguity, character study, patriarchy, family conflict, female protagonist, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A resident doctor – wealthy and with a seemingly prosperous future – starts using crack cocaine as an escape from life’s pressures. Although struggling against her addiction, she is often challenged by circumstances that make her hit rock ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, medical drama ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, female protagonist, family drama, doctor, cocaine, woman, female doctor, drug, drug addict, drug use, self destructing ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Teju, a software employee, once a Princess & Sweetheart of her family, is now an alcoholic and stays alone. Vivek, a driver, enters her life; he saves her from goons who try to take advantage of her intoxicated state. How did Teju’s life ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, intense, tear jerker
Plot:
female protagonist, alcoholism, mental health, breakup, depression, broken heart, addiction, personal growth, self destructing, relationships, second chance, redemption ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
48%
757
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A former Colombian guerrilla fighter faces challenges as she reintegrates into society and tries to overcome her traumatic memories.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, telenovela
Plot:
female protagonist, redemption, dealing with the past, partisan, troubled past, confronting the past, lifestyle change, dark past, social commentary, second chance, trauma, recovery ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Hans Fallada.
Style:
psychological, bleak, melancholic, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
alcoholism, addiction, character study, literary, isolation, adaptation, desperation, alienation, financial ruin, post war, family conflict, guilt ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two strangers - Ruth, a burn unit nurse and Conrad, a shipyard worker - cross paths over a strange weekend in Seattle.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
dreaming, nurse, problem, bonding, character study, redemption, empathy, heroism, intimate, blue collar, slice of life, second chance ...
Similarity:
45%
400
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practicing doctor starting her first day in a Renal rotation. Driven to use ...
Style:
medical drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
medical, second chance, medicine, doctor, health, physician, saving a life, fighting illness, illness, female protagonist, doctors and patients, hospital ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
It follows a woman in an abusive marriage who sends her son to Istanbul for care. The son goes missing, and after three years, she meets him again, but he now goes by a different name.
Style:
emotional, tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
mother son relationship, motherhood, female protagonist, domestic drama, family drama, trauma, missing child, single mother, homecoming, recovery, grief, family secret ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
An aspiring director makes his way back to his hometown to visit an old fling and rekindle a previously lit fire. Unfortunately, she wants nothing to do with him...or does she?
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
forgiveness, past, african american, confronting the past, dealing with the past, african american man, african american woman, traumatic past, troubled past, dark past, love, haunted by the past ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
A destitute young Yoon Mi-so was brought up in an orphanage, but eventually found good fortune in the form of Lee Min-jae, a rich heir. But what appeared to be a storybook ending with her prince turns into tragedy when Min-jae divorces her. Cast ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, romantic, tear jerker, melancholic ...
Plot:
abandonment, heartbreak, divorce, marriage, betrayal, female protagonist, romantic relationship, love and romance, relationships, love story, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen suicide, high school, grief, depression, mental health, mourning, loss, teen angst, coming of age, family conflict, trauma, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
394
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows the lives of an unemployed drunk and his son as they struggle to adapt to each other.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, independent film, bleak
Plot:
unemployment, family drama, alcoholism, father son relationship, poverty, character study, intimate, social realism, parenting, working class, empathy, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
L'Heure Bleue follows a family trying to recover from a devastating loss. Anne-Sophie leaves her house and family hoping to start afresh and fleeing the grief.
Style:
psychological, emotional, disturbing, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
family tragedy, loss, grief, mourning, family drama, tragic past, tragic event, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family problems, healing, recovery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Several families in the farmland of Northern California navigate universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, reflective ...
Plot:
immigration, village life, family drama, class conflict, social problems, family relations, eccentric family, family problems, lifestyle, life, social issues, countryside ...
Place:
northern california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
37%
225
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story revolves around several boys and girls who grew up together along the canal, after leaving to make their own growth, reunite after many years. After experiencing competition and the pressures of life, they rediscover the hope for a new ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
friendship, grownups, coming of age, hometown, realism, small town, bittersweet, loss, nostalgia, getting home, family drama, hopes ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beijing china
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man faces hard life choices and tragedies as he attempts to break the cycle of addiction tearing his family apart.
Style:
bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
substance abuse, family drama, addiction, social realism, desperation, isolation, moral dilemma, grief, poverty, rehabilitation, sacrifice, urban ...
Similarity:
36%
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