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53 Wars (2018)
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Original name: 53 wojny
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anka is becoming extremely anxious about her beloved husband Witek, a war correspondent. But where does the border lie between reality and catastrophic visions?
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological thriller, melancholic
Plot:
anxiety, fear, war correspondent, mental illness, journalist, investigative journalism, life is a bitch, couples, social problems, relationship problems, military life, marital problem, married couple, paranoia, character study, trauma, claustrophobia, waiting, post traumatic stress, obsession, isolation, hallucination, grief, realism, family conflict ...
Time:
90s, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, psychological and melancholic films with plots about slow burn, isolation, character study, psychological drama, moral ambiguity, obsession and claustrophobia mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like 53 Wars: Driving by Braille (2011), Good Home (2025), Takita Tadimi Tandana (2025), Blind Spot (2018), Girl (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sarah Corso thinks her relationship with Xander West is great--until he proposes. She loves him, and he makes her very happy, but her mother loved her father, too, until the psychotic break.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
proposal, uncertainty, fear, trauma, relationships, couple relations, love affair, life is a bitch, male female relationship, moral dilemma, troubled past, self doubt ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Gośka meets Grzesiek online, she's sure he's her Mr. Right. Grzesiek is crazy about her, showers her with flowers, and proposes in Venice, but soon enough, the picture perfect romance starts to crumble, revealing a darker side.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, romantic drama
Plot:
online dating, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, control, manipulation, fear, claustrophobia, obsession, trauma, character study, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Days before his wedding, A man's life implodes, yet he stays silent. As secrets surface, financial and social pressures mount. Can their love survive?
Style:
tense, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
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59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense
Plot:
childhood trauma, mental illness, depression, psychological trauma, mother daughter relationship, psychotic, psychology, mother and daughter, relationship problems, family problems, parents and children, social problems ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young mother is forced to face the truth of her past life as her daughter approaches adolescence and strives for new freedom.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family problems, female protagonist, domestic drama, society, father daughter relationship, mother and daughter, relationship problems, family relations, life is a bitch, claustrophobia, coming of age ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The four stories that possibly or impossibly can be happened in the pension; The parents who lost their child go to the pension with poison where the killer stays with his family; The husband and wife on a trip who are growing tired of their married ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, tension, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
pension, boarding house, problem, male female relationship, family relations, relationships, husband wife relationship, couples, relationship problems, marital problem, life is a bitch, family tragedy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola. Félix soon discovers that Lola is running away from her former boyfriend, a singer who continues to taunt her. Lola asks ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
obsession, murder, romantic obsession, relationship problems, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, relationships, moral dilemma, character study, manipulation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Eleven people, isolated from the outside world, communicate via screens. A son wants to hold the hand of his suffering mother. Love grows. A mother has abandoned her family. A therapist finds himself at the edge of ruin. A daughter connects with her ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure, psychological
Plot:
pandemic, family relations, epidemic, loneliness, isolation, family drama, quarantine, society, human nature, youth, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. The reality does not live up to their expectations when they find out that the pool in the house is broken. Ignorant of the fact that the island faces water shortage, they ask for ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
island, mistrust, suspicion, unsettling, slow burn, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, irrational behavior, character study, paranoia, isolation, secrets ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, a socially-awkward teen, Charlie, grapples with the guilt and judgement that ensues. He must confront the prison-like bondage of his fear when the perpetrator comes after him. In this tribute to contemporary ...
Style:
slow cinema, bleak, melancholic, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, trauma, mother son relationship, slow burn, mental health, intimate, isolation, socially awkward, fear, family drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
44%
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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194
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a twenty-something couple go away to the desert of Joshua Tree to quit smoking together their relationship is tested. We share the torture the couple put themselves through but learn smoking is a metaphor for their addictive relationship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
smoking, couples, addiction, quitting smoking, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, self discovery, isolation ...
Similarity:
42%
387
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Laura is spending a few days at her beach house to supervise the construction of a barbecue shed. One afternoon, she seduces the chief builder, who never returns. Over the following days, the builders continually invade her home – until Laura ...
Style:
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Plot:
tragic romance, horny woman, employer employee relationship, slow burn, class conflict, relationships, relationship problems, lifestyle change, family problems, male female relationship, tragic love, marital problem ...
Similarity:
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321
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
investigation, missing daughter, mother love, female nudity, missing person, mother daughter relationship, reality versus fantasy, missing girl, private investigation, mysterious disappearance, missing child, obsession ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a tragedy shatters her plans for domestic bliss, a seemingly typical Southern newlywed gradually transforms into a spiritual seeker, quietly threatening the closest relationships around her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
tragedy, character study, grief, female protagonist, loss, family problems, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, social problems, intimate, mourning ...
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41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While two young teachers are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast they are overwhelmed by a sudden attack. Back home, they try to deal with the trauma in their own ways until a surprising encounter changes everything.
Style:
emotional, romantic, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
couples, rape, revenge, assault, female nudity, trauma, sexual assault, lynching, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
germany
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, romantic, emotional ...
Plot:
couples, relationships, african american, secrets, family secret, family problems, love and romance, male female relationship, family relations, romantic relationship, husband wife relationship, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Nacho and Lucía celebrate 20 years of marriage and decide to celebrate by embarking on a fabulous sailboat. Before the trip, they are assailed by the fear of excessive intimacy and they add Nacho's best friend, Ramiro and his girlfriend Cleo. ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
sailboat, husband wife relationship, isolation, marital crisis, character study, mature, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, love affair, satire, couples ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An orthodox youngster and a free-spirited lady fall in love, only to understand that they are different in all aspects of life. How do they realise their complex requirements and mistakes?
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, love, independent woman, character study, opposites attract, love story, social problems, couples, cultural difference, relationship problems, male female relationship, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense, existential ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female protagonist, pregnancy and birth, writers, lifestyle, social climber, unplanned pregnancy, problem, male female relationship, family relations, writer's life, mental health ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller
Plot:
paranoia, obsession, suspicion, surveillance, cat and mouse, stalking, airport, confrontation, alienation, isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julian Jons is a talented but troubled young artist. He has just been released from an asylum, where he has spent the last seven years for the murder of Anna, his girlfriend/model. Attempting to start painting again, he is pursued by journalist ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, tense, grim ...
Plot:
artist, obsession, mental illness, dark past, character study, guilt, trauma, murder mystery, secrets, investigation, alienation, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
alcoholism, female protagonist, ex convict, tragic event, social problems, tragic past, problem, murder, dark past, recovering alcoholic, life is a bitch, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
To avoid facing her heavy past, a young woman with a borderline personality tries to seduce her strange neighbor. A singular love story between these two lonely and wounded souls is born, but will it be enough to save them from themselves?
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
seduction, relationships, male female relationship, troubled past, neighbor, attempted seduction, neighbor neighbor relationship, couple relations, love affair, tragic past, female protagonist, confronting the past ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Soo-hyeon and Hye-ji are sitting on a pile of debt thanks to their husband and father who ran away in the middle of the night. Tae-san the loan shark demands the money no matter what. He rapes the mother and daughter and requires them to join ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
rape, prostitution, debt, mother daughter relationship, sexual harassment, money, exploitation, sexploitation, violence against women, money problems, social problems, erotica ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour ...
Style:
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Plot:
mental institution, cult leader, mental illness, illness, psychiatry, character study, ethical dilemma, doctor, social problems, unconventional method, moral ambiguity, alienation ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Teresa changes her vacation plans to spend the summer with Ani, her mother. Living together day and night after so many years is not easy for either of them. Accustomed to living alone, it is difficult for them to agree on even the small things of ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A student diver risks her scholastic future and relationship with her father when she dates a moody transfer student consumed by their romance.
Style:
romantic drama, tense, psychological thriller, indie film, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A loving young creative couple, Max and Anna, experience inexplicable difficulties which tears their relationship apart.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Plot:
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Place:
south africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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