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Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
Original name: Cronaca di una morte annunciata
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Colombia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.
Style: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot: vengeance, erotica, investigation, village, wedding, rain forest, canceled wedding, strong sexual content, prostitute, twins, murder, family relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, village life, couples, small town, social relations, siblings relations, haunted by the past, small town life, dishonesty, destructive relationship, nudity, violent content ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: latin america, colombia
Keyword: colombian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and gloomy films with plots about murder, life is a bitch, family relations, couples, love and romance, female nudity and deadly mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Chronicle of a Death Foretold: No One Writes to the Colonel (1999), Cold Light (2004), Dancing in the Dark (1986), Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979), The Green Room (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: pension, colonel, hopes, parents and children, small town, family relations, couple relations, downfall, haunted by the past, family life, small town life, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1940s
Place: latin america, mexico
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Cold Light (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, europe
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Dancing in the Dark (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Via the New York Times: "To all outward appearances, Edna Cormick (Martha Henry) is the perfect housewife.... She's married to a man who'll stand up in public and say, "This is my wife," so that there'll be no confusion ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: feminist, hospital, infidelity, murder, mental illness, violent content, unfulfillment, feminism, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: fascism, artist, world war two, painter, world war one, anarchist, biopic, world war, italian fascism, solar eclipse, revolt, strike ...
Time: year 1979, 1930s, year 1936, year 1935
Place: italy, naples italy, europe, turin italy, new york ...
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The Green Room (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The ...
Style: spiritual, emotional, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: death, tragic love, memory, spirituality, love story, reporter, amor, trauma, dying and death, world war one, love and romance, investigation ...
Time: year 1978, 1920s
Place: france
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Les corps impatients (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Paul and Charlotte are in love. Charlotte discovers she has a grave malady and Paul supports her. But Paul is also attracted to Ninon, another girl. Charlotte accepts Paul to have an affair with her, and the three start a difficult and ambiguous ...
Style: serious, psychological, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: betrayal, life is a bitch, tragic hero, infidelity, love triangle, love and romance, terminal illness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, unfulfillment, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, menage a trois ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Lolita's Club (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The plot follows the story of twin brothers, one is a coldhearted violent police officer, the other is a helpless romantic with a mental disability. The two brothers are tragically involved with a prostitute who works in the bordello that gives the ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: prostitute, twins, nudity, police corruption, murder, family relations, on the run, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, nightclub, brother brother relationship, teenage prostitute ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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Due East (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar (Bryant) who has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, contemplative ...
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Eye of the Stranger (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Time: 90s
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We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: family relations, family life, family problems, couples, love and romance, life is a bitch, family in crisis, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, loneliness, fear, trouble ...
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Waiting for the Clouds (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: family relations, deportation, village life, village, immigrant, haunted by the past, culture clash, memories, love, identity, nostalgia, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: greece, turkey
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The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
Style: neo noir, surreal, mind bending, psychological, serious ...
Plot: glamour, surrealism, revenge, rape, murder, alcohol abuse, vengeance, investigation, love and romance, obsession, life is a bitch, rape and revenge ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: france, marseille
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
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