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Hold My Heart (2002)
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Original name: Tyven, tyven
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tyven, Tyven ("Hold My Heart") follows the tense relationship between a father and his young daughter. The father, Harald, has divorced Cecilie, his wife, after an ugly breakup which involved accusations of spousal abuse and child molesting. Furious, Harald kidnaps his 7-year-old daughter, Lisa, who he has been forbidden any contact with. Over the course of a few days, the father and daughter grow closer. The police, meanwhile, have organized a manhunt for Harald, and only one policewoman believes he is not a dangerous man.
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, controversial, intense, heartfelt, melancholic
Plot:
kidnapping, father, child abduction, family relations, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, kidnapped child, family drama, kidnapped girl, kidnapped daughter, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, domestic drama, abduction, relationships, father and daughter, male female relationship, divorce, manhunt, conflict, moral ambiguity, custody battle, character study, ethical dilemma, family secret, redemption ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, melancholic, psychological and realistic films with plots about family drama, family relations, isolation, family problems, family secret, intimate and relationships mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Hold My Heart: Stampede (2022), Still Life (2011), Between Two Dawns (2021), Uncle (2018), Cassiopeia (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a difficult separation, Serge Jr. takes his daughter Lily, 9, on a truck ride across Canada. They head to Alberta and its legendary Badlands World’s Best Truck Rodeo, a race Lily and him have been dreaming about. On the road, under his ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
77%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Stranded on her way home, Sruthi hitches a long ride with KK who turns out to be her dad's buddy. Sruthi's mother seems to be reassured hearing that KK is with her daughter now. However her husband is troubled on hearing the news. ...
Style:
tense, dread, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Su-jin who tries to pursue a perfect life as a successful lawyer, single mother and daughter, plans to send her daughter Gina to study abroad in the United States, where her ex-husband lives. When Su-jin gets busier with work, Su-jin's dad, ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, disturbing, touching ...
Plot:
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Place:
south korea
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68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
About two sisters, Marie and Ninni, both are pregnant for the first time. After conducting a joint survey, Ninni's child is found dead.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, bereavement, family drama, sisters, grief, loss, motherhood, character study, sibling relationship, coping, empathy, intimate ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A father tries to rekindle his relationship with his son after years of absence and lack of communication. He takes him on a car ride across northern Norway, hoping it is not too late.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, estrangement, coming of age, reconciliation, family drama, father son estrangement, estranged father, family problems, absent father, estranged son, journey ...
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65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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143
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Divorced father Marko is hardly ever alone: he is surrounded on all sides by family, friends, co-workers and neighborhood fixers. Yet he is driven to the brink by limited contact with the one person he loves more than anyone – his daughter, who ...
Style:
realistic, heartbreaking, intense, melancholic, tense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Plot:
family drama, trauma, family secret, fear, guilt, slow burn, realism, symbolism, regret, small town, isolation, male protagonist ...
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61%
908
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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924
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, intense, sad ...
Plot:
kidnapping, motherhood, relationship problems, parents and children, social problems, life is a bitch, family problems, abduction, family life, kidnapper, tragic past, family tragedy ...
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59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Plot:
family drama, fatherhood, missing child, family problems, marital problem, relationships, unhappy marriage, marriage crisis, dysfunctional family, family relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tension ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
denmark
Similarity:
54%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
palestine
Similarity:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
53%
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Country: New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, heartfelt ...
Plot:
travel, missing child, family drama, parent child relationship, missing person, family problems, marital crisis, relationship problems, obsessive quest, husband wife relationship, family in crisis, relationships ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a strangely aloof and uninvolved story of incest, director Brigitte Sauriol takes a certain distance in her treatment of a couple with two daughters on a summer vacation in Quebec. Scenes with the father and older daughter soon reveal that an ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, intense, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
father daughter sex, sexual abuse, father daughter relationship, trauma, child sexual abuse, sexploitation, taboo subject, dysfunctional family, domestic drama, victimization, father, accusation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young girl, who lost her father at her early age, is kidnapped by a school teacher. He strips, binds and attempts to rape her. For the next few days she tries to escape but in vain. Later, she becomes used to the life with him. Even when she has a ...
Style:
tense, controversial, disturbing, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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402
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wealthy entrepreneur enters his daughter's life for the first time and wows with riches, forcing her to decide if she would rather live with her foster parents or him.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, serious, sentimental
Plot:
daughter, love, parents and children, custody, family relations, entrepreneur, family problems, single parent, estrangement, custody battle, family drama, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
When Amanda discovers that her estranged, abusive father needs a transplant to save his life, and she is the only match, she is forced to confront her painful past and make the decision that will decide her future.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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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:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, dramatic, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, sea captain, family drama, relationships, family relations, love affair, male female relationship, family problems, relationship problems, captain, ship captain, housekeeper ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An estranged father and son spend the day ambling around a cemetery, wandering the wilderness, searching for family, and stumbling through disharmony and heartache.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, dramatic, serious, harsh ...
Plot:
father son relationship, son, father, father and son, cemetery, character study, estrangement, family drama, family relations, alienation, parents and children, estranged son ...
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