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Bright Women (2022)
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Original name: Brillantes
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to protect herself and her family.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, melancholic
Plot:
motherhood, parent child relationship, female protagonist, moral dilemma, single mother, capitalism, housekeeper, sacrifice, working class, moral ambiguity, social realism, empathy, domestic drama, survival, loyalty, resilience, identity, slice of life, intimate, betrayal, community, surrogate family
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Bright Women
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, melancholic and tense films with plots about intimate, resilience, social realism, slice of life, working class, empathy and female protagonist mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Bright Women: Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo (2024), Not on My Watch (2017), Ilayaraja (2019), Sink (2018), Twelve Thousand (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story follows Hassan and his dog, Rambo, as they embark on a quest to save Rambo from Hassan's vengeful landlord, whom the dog attacked. Through his challenging journey across Cairo to find a safe haven for Rambo, Hassan confronts his ...
Style:
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Place:
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A single mother gets entangled in a web of lies to protect her sons.
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suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
single mother, parent child relationship, protective mother, deception, family relations, family problems, social problems, single parent, life is a bitch, female protagonist, financial problem, children ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
77%
446
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
Plot:
loan shark, poverty, family drama, small town, empathy, moral dilemma, survival, working class, sacrifice, slice of life, desperation, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. He takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it’s the only way he can ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
character study, struggle, working class, resilience, blue collar, unemployment, survival, empathy, family drama, social realism, social commentary, economic crisis ...
Place:
london
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69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While he loses his clandestine work, and because he believes that Maroussia and him will no longer be able to love each other as well, Frank leaves to earn as much as she: twelve thousand, just what it takes to have a year before them. No more no ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
employment, working life, poverty, working class, realism, urban, slice of life, intimate, resilience, character study, social realism, sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
57%
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:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Megh is a married person, who works as manager of a tea estate in North Sikkim. In a certain crisis he became jobless and struggles to make ends problems of his life because there are not many options for livelihood around in the hills. He fights to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, scenic, melancholic
Plot:
struggle, resilience, empathy, poverty, hopes, unemployment, perseverance, family bonds, slice of life, sacrifice, parenting, recovery ...
Place:
kolkata
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53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raise her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
prostitution, mother son relationship, prostitute, prostitute mother, female protagonist, single mother, motherhood, family drama, financial problem, blind ambition, money problems, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Angela's deafness raises concerns during her pregnancy regarding connecting with her daughter. Post-delivery, partner Héctor supports her as she learns to mother in a society lacking adequate accommodations for the hearing-impaired.
Style:
heartfelt, melancholic, tense
Plot:
motherhood, deafness, parenting, female protagonist, sign language, domestic drama, pregnancy, family relations, resilience, intimate, social realism, adaptation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young married couple from heartlands face ideological divide. Varalakshmi, grounded homemaker values steady income. Laxman, jobless husband seeks shortcuts for entrepreneurial dreams.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
domestic drama, middle class, unemployment, gender roles, aspiration, sacrifice, social commentary, small town, slice of life, intimate, entrepreneurship, working class ...
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48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Milutin’s harmony of life collapses when his wife Magdalena experiences a car accident, defending her body of a one-year-old son who was entrusted with the care of Milutin. Magdalena remains immobile. Love between Milutin and Magdalena has always ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Jackie tries to rebuild her life with her children while facing an unplanned pregnancy. Backlash from fellow church members when she resolves to give the baby up for adoption causes her to question her faith.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 90s, Isabella was eighteen and a star. 20 years later, she is still singing those same songs in small town bars with her son Bruno, playing guitar. It's because of him that her career stopped. At least it's what she tells herself.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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908
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Movie in collections
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Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
tehran, iran
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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emotional, heartfelt, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two workers are having a leisurely conversation. More and more often people see in the sky red tails of comets, wonder creatures appear from nowhere and a roar is said to be coming from the underground. What is the meaning of it all? – asks one of ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
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Country: Nepal
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Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, suspenseful
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