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The Exalted (2024)
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Original name: Cildenie
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, Greece, Latvia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, shaking the foundation of their life together. Can she come to terms with this new reality about her husband?
Style:
psychological, emotional, reflective, tense, intercultural
Plot:
organist, relationships, betrayal, female protagonist, secrets, trust, scandal, marital crisis, marriage, betrayal of trust, corruption, family drama, moral dilemma, european, intimacy, reputation, identity, investigation, classical music, urban, slow burn, infidelity, legacy, language barrier, small town ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
germany, latvia
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Most similar movies to The Exalted
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, tense, psychological and captivating films with plots about betrayal, identity, slow burn, small town, moral dilemma, family drama and secrets mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Exalted: Imprisoned (2015), Anaagarigam (2011), I Love You... But I Lied (2015), Bonobo (2014), Long Shadows (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica, Colombia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate.
Style:
emotional, psychological, tense, intense, realistic
Plot:
prisoner, family drama, prison, family conflict, confined, young girl, secret relationship, taboo, prison life, moral dilemma, female protagonist, empathy ...
Place:
costa rica
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Story of a newly married professor who suffers his whole life for having an affair with his student.
Style:
serious, tense, emotional, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
professor, abuse of power, marriage, student, infidelity, teacher student relationship, affair, adultery, relationships, moral dilemma, betrayal, scandal ...
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Most relationships have secrets, but what if the lies are huge – will the relationship be destroyed forever? Each episode of this hourlong series tells two stories, based on actual events, in which lies lead to consequences for the people ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, dramatic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
relationships, lie, secret, betrayal of trust, trust, betrayal, family secret, secrets, family drama, couples, relationship problems, family relations ...
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88%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A happily married young couple must carefully evaluate their relationship and trust in one another, plus own moral standing when a potentially seedy yet highly financial offer is presented to them in a time of recession.
Style:
realistic, psychological, tension, independent film, suspense
Plot:
marriage, financial crisis, couples, relationships, moral dilemma, infidelity, character study, moral ambiguity, temptation, trust, young couple, secrets ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost child custody for her little son. She shows some interest ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
relationships, raf, terrorism, guilt, male female relationship, life is a bitch, love affair, couple relations, tragic past, confronting the past, ex convict, secrets ...
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Colombian woman moves to Miami to marry an ambitious politician, in an attempt to leave her troubled past behind.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama, tense ...
Plot:
politician, couples, love story, troubled past, couple relations, love affair, political activism, ambition, relationships, male female relationship, changing lives, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man (Rogers) with a wife (Bedelia) and two daughters and a flourishing career is visited by a woman (Chen) whom he had an affair with when he was in Vietnam. Who reveals to him that they have a son and that she wants him to take him (their son).
Style:
realistic, sentimental
Plot:
affair, fatherhood, family drama, marital crisis, war veteran, custody, responsibility, reconciliation, moral dilemma, identity, small town, suburban life ...
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician ruined by scandal, and their passion is rekindled. In "Table Number Seven" a ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, psychological, tense, reflective ...
Plot:
hotel, loneliness, scandal, small town, female protagonist, love, boarding house, moral dilemma, reputation, bittersweet, intimate, unrequited love ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A young woman's birthright hides a dark secret.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, dark secret, secrets, seduction, seductress, lifestyle, life philosophy, identity, family secret, revelation, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, tense
Plot:
piano teacher, female protagonist, marriage, women, relationships, choice, betrayal, love triangle, infidelity, heartbreak, moral dilemma, musician ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mia, in attempts to make it in a male-dominated sports journalism industry, begins to expose the dark underbelly of high school sports in her small hometown. Now, she must choose between her loyalties to her town and her career aspirations.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, small town, corruption, moral dilemma, journalism, high school sports, choice, intrigue, professional sports, secret, investigative reporter, female reporter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Mani, a master’s student, returns to the reserve in northern Quebec where she grew up. Her painful past resurfaces. Resolved to reintegrate into the community, she gets involved in the debate around a referendum on allowing the free sale of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
american indian, getting home, independence, women, smuggler, bootlegging, ethnic conflict, problem, conflict, female protagonist, life is a bitch, class conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Christopher Nolen's "The Good Life" is the story of Jacques and Marianne Vandelay, a highly successful African American couple. They are happy but both are keeping dark secrets from each other.
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 ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Twins, identical in appearance but different in soul. A double female point of view, narrated between Italy and the Middle East, between the affirmation of identity and the risks that people are willing to take to get what they want.
Style:
emotional, intercultural, multicultural, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
twins, identity, self discovery, female protagonist, identity crisis, character study, sisterhood, risk, ambiguity, secrets, family drama, coming of age ...
Place:
italy, middle east
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old boy, whose single mother moved her family from the big city to a small town, begins to suspect that a stranger who befriends his family is not who he initially appears to be. Harry Hamlin, Graham Green, Rebecca Jenkins and Trevor ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, emotional, realistic
Plot:
small town, suspicion, coming of age, mistrust, child protagonist, paranoia, outsider, family drama, threat, secrets, betrayal, protective mother ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Three unrelated families, each dealing with failed marriages, are drawn into chaos by a woman with a troubled past. As they face unpredictable challenges, they must decide whether to accept their fate or break free and forge a new path.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, friendship, divorce, healing, slice of life, marital crisis, troubled past, family drama, changing lives, self discovery, relationship problems, marital problem ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
butcher, male bondage, immigrant, alienation, survival, immigration, migrant worker, exploitation, death threat, social problems, slavery, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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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:
64%
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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:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A beautiful father-son duo navigates love, betrayal, and redemption amidst a betting mafia and police chase, unveiling a heartfelt journey of debts and dreams.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, sentimental, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, family honor, redemption, male protagonist, grief, forgiveness, moral dilemma, responsibility, mourning, loyalty, police chase ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Colombian girl, who studies law in France, arrives to Sarajevo in order to write a study about the War Crimes Tribunal. Unexpectedly she finds herself in the center of the intimate tragedy of her new friend, a native woman.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
problem, female protagonist, relationship problems, grief, loss, war crime, european, mature, bosnian war, female friendship, memory, friendship ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, moral ambiguity, family drama, guilt, identity, urban
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An heir goes for the property of his family in his predecessor and search of the gold
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, twisted, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heir, inheritance, family drama, legacy, treasure hunt, family secret, greed, betrayal, estate, buried treasure, obsession, investigation ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David conceals a dark secret which caused the family to leave England ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, dramatic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, family secret, secrets, small town, friendship, outsider, isolation, motherhood, betrayal, racism, intimate, identity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, canada
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A lorry driver gives a lift to a stranger, unaware of the consequences of this action. Yakobi, a lorry driver works at a dairy farm. He marries Saritha without anyone's knowledge and they have a baby. One day, a stranger named Muthu asks Yakobi ...
Style:
tension, suspense, grim, psychological
Plot:
trust, stranger, secrets, deception, betrayal, family drama, dairy farm, character study, moral dilemma, parenthood, everyday life, small town life ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Heather and Sarah Ann were growing up they told each other every secret. But Heather left their small town on the last day of high school vowing never to return. Forced to come back when her father becomes ill, the young documentary filmmaker ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
wedding, getting home, wedding planning, father daughter relationship, small town, female friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, friends, relationships, friendship, girlfriend, women ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A love story between a husband and wife who got lost, and not just because of a betrayal.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
infidelity, domestic drama, marriage, love story, love affair, couple relations, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
corruption, corrupt system, integrity, justice, ethics, moral dilemma, small town, betrayal, power struggle, investigation, social issues, whistleblower ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This is the story of Mityo and his son Vasko, who live in a poor area, near to the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek Border. Mityo had lost everything that has mattered to him – his wife, his work, the confidence of his son, Vasko. In order to get him back, ...
Style:
melancholic, crime drama, grim, intense, tense ...
Plot:
poverty, fatherhood, moral dilemma, forgiveness, family drama, redemption, father son relationship, guilt, secrets, smuggling, grief, loss ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Celess and Tina play the game too well to be considered your average gold diggers. And they're winning too. But when the jaw-dropping secret they both share is exposed, the same shovel that got them out of the dirt could very well bury them.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
golddigger, secret, female friendship, secrets, black, women, money, female protagonist, betrayal, moral ambiguity, intrigue, deception ...
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