Movies like Happy End 2009

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Happy End (2009)
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Happy End (2009)
Original name: Les Derniers jours du monde
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Robinson, appropriately named as we will soon discover, is on vacation in Biarritz with his wife. What follows is the story behind the loss of his arm, a story that becomes increasingly bizarre and eventually apocalyptic, leading us down a narrative path of labyrinthine complexity. The resulting film is an extraordinary feat of imagination and daring, set against the backdrop of a world on the verge of destruction.
Style: atmospheric, serious, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, offbeat, non-linear, mind bending
Plot: virus, snow, husband wife relationship, contamination, apocalypse, poison, father daughter relationship, end of the world, death, suicide, couple relations, vacation, obsession, on the road, love and romance, fall in love, chases and races, couples, chaos, post apocalypse, love, female nudity, war, erotica, distopia ...
Place: france, spain, europe
Keyword: french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, apocalyptic, suspenseful and realistic films with plots about couples, apocalypse, epidemic, chaos, danger, post apocalypse and post apocalyptic mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Comedy genres. Some movies like Happy End: 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011), Phase 7 (2010), The Chef's Wife (2014), The New Eve (1999), It's All About Love (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
Style: serious, apocalyptic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: end of the world, couples, introspection, couple relations, chaos, danger, sexual relations, disaster, global warming, post apocalypse, friendship, artist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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95%
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Phase 7 (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Inside a quarantined apartment building a man must protect his pregnant wife from his new neighbors.
Style: suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, tense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: epidemic, quarantine, apartment building, neighbor, survival, virus, chaos, confined, isolation, disease, couple relations, escapades ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The Chef's Wife (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Marithé works in a training center for adults. Her mission: to help other people to change direction in their work and to find their vocation. Carole, who lives and works in the shadow cast by her husband, Sam, an energetic and talented ...
Style: humorous, tragicomedy, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, teaching the ways of the world, couples, fall in love, infidelity, self fulfillment, chef, restaurant, food, marital infidelity, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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The New Eve (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Camille is an emancipated 30-something woman who has no desire to settle down and have a family, preferring to coast along on a succession of ephemeral relationships and one-night stands. However, her lifestyle fails to satisfy her fully, and in a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sexual, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: lesbian sex, obsession, pregnancy, drunkenness, female nudity, lesbian, adultery, sister in law sister in law relationship, lesbian relationship, gender, love and romance, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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It's All About Love (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, Canada, Spain, USA, Japan, Sweden, UK, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: end of the world, cloning, lovers on the run, dystopian future, couple relations, danger, life is a bitch, chaos, estrangement, divorce, post apocalypse, climate change ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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68%
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King Lear (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Bahamas, France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A descendant of Shakespeare attemps to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Style: spiritual, independent film, surreal, realistic, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, post apocalypse, apocalypse, royalty, spirituality, epidemic, distopia, dancing, tragic love, mental illness, parents and children, resort ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: france, europe, switzerland, chernobyl
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Empty (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A suspenseful drama about a young couple on a road trip who get caught in the midst of a worldwide gas shortage.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: couple relations, chaos, social differences, on the road, couples, life is a bitch, danger, escapades, global warming, distopia, apocalypse, epidemic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Light of My Life (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Style: apocalyptic, ambiguous ending, bleak, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot: post apocalypse, epidemic, father daughter relationship, virus, distopia, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, child in peril, forest, girl, immunity, parents and children ...
Time: year 2019
Place: persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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One Hundred Mornings (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive this crisis.
Style: psychological, serious, atmospheric, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot: survival, infidelity, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, couple relations, betrayal, danger, human nature, vestiges of humanity, chaos, couples ...
Time: future
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful ...
Style: apocalyptic, spooky, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, disaster, dystopia, post apocalyptic, distopia, apocalypse, natural disaster, wasteland, doomsday, 666, desolation, monster ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Malevil (1981)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, wasteland, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, nuclear explosion, confined ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Parts Per Billion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the ...
Style: emotional, bleak, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: apocalypse, survival, chaos, virus, couple relations, post apocalypse, danger, love and romance, couples, epidemic, fiance fiancee relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: future, near future, 21st century
Place: usa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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On the Beach (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain ...
Style: tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: nuclear, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post nuclear, post apocalypse, survival, heroic mission, race against time, chaos ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: australia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's ...
Style: apocalyptic, controversial, disturbing, depressing, offbeat ...
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, virus, survival, distopia, post apocalyptic, disaster, wasteland, epidemic, railway, quarantine, natural disaster ...
Time: future
Place: england, northern england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Mutants (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A nasty virus has spread throughout the human race turning the population into something ...else. After a brief setup (and a messy hit and run) we’re introduced to an ambulance and its four occupants. Sonia (Helene de Fougerolles) and Marco ...
Style: scary, tense, bleak, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mutation, mutant, infection, zombie apocalypse, snow, survival, deadly virus, zombie, love and romance, life is a bitch, supernatural, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The End (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of old friends gets together for a weekend in a mountain cabin. Years have gone by and yet nothing seems to have changed between them. But lurking behind the laughter and stories is a murky episode from the past that continues to haunt them. ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, apocalyptic, minimal cast ...
Plot: survival, haunted by the past, friendship, chaos, isolation, danger, distopia, post apocalyptic, wilderness survival, post apocalypse, end of the world, epidemic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Collapsed (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, family in danger, life is a bitch, on the run, woods, chaos, gory, disease, dystopia, virus ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
21 Nights with Pattie (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: During the height of summer, Caroline, a forty-year-old Parisian and mother, arrives in a small village in the south of France. She must hastily organize the funeral of her mother, a flighty lawyer, whom she barely used to see. Caroline is welcomed ...
Plot: male pubic hair, dead body, public nudity, male nudity, swimming pool, skinny dipping, female nudity, sex scene, male objectification, writers, mushroom, frigidity ...
Place: south of france
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43%
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Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot: zombie, epidemic, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, extinction, infection, survivor, isolation, death, chaos, danger, mutant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Maggie (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to ...
Style: touching, scary, bleak, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, father daughter relationship, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, zombie apocalypse, small town, transformation, post apocalyptic, terminal illness, danger, supernatural ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa, midwest
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43%
The Flower of My Secret (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Marisa Paredes is Leocadia ("Leo") Macias, a woman writing “pink” romance novels under the alias of Amanda Gris that are very popular all across Spain. Unlike her romantic novels, her own love life is troubled. Leo has a less than ...
Style: clever, erotic, sensual, hispanic, art house ...
Plot: women, writers, obsession, suicide attempt, love and romance, surrealism, daily life, old woman, novelist, parent child relationship, couples, family problems ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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42%
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Week-ends (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It sometimes takes little to spoil a weekend in the country. A simple misunderstanding in a supermarket parking lot, a bad reaction, and there you go, everything is awry. Nothing is going well for Christine. Jean leaves her. Her oldest friends, ...
Style: emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot: friendship, introspection, couple relations, self discovery, breakup, disorder, family problems, countryside, couples, family crisis, old woman, rural setting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Goodbye World (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a mysterious cyber-attack cripples civilization, a group of old college friends and lovers retreat to a remote country cabin, where they must cope with an uncertain future while navigating the minefield of their shared past.
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, apocalyptic, captivating, grindhouse ...
Plot: survival, apocalypse, social relations, chaos, couple relations, danger, human nature, cyberspace, hacker, post apocalyptic, end of the world, group of friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Ex-Wife of My Life (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Six years after their split, a woman attempts to get her ex-husband back by unusual means.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: lovers reunited, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, pregnancy, couple relations, lifestyle, disorder, love and romance, couples, screwball, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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41%
The Role of Her Life (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Freelance writer in a fashion journal, Claire meets Elisabeth Becker, a movie star. Everything separates them, their characters, their relationships with men, and of course money. Claire is hired as Elisabeth's personal assistant.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: actor's life, love triangle, lifestyle, looking for love, society, showbiz, couples, love and romance, celebrity culture, social differences, boss and employee, employer employee relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Family Resemblances (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
Style: talky, witty, realistic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: family relations, suburbs, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, love and romance, family history, husband wife relationship, irony, hypocrisy, food, restaurant ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Bilingual Lover (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to ...
Style: humorous, erotic, sentimental, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, hidden identity, couples, disorder, obsession, love, fetish, health, architecture, sex, eroticism, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: spain, barcelona, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
For the Good of Others (2010)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Diego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to others' pain. He has switched off from his work, his partner and his commitment as a father. Over the course of a disturbing meeting, Diego is ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological, social ...
Plot: supernatural, hospital, doctor, doctors and patients, memory loss, intrigue, healing power, estrangement, rivalry, couple relations, society, health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, realistic
Plot: unrequited love, friendship, tragic love, friends, countryside, estate, artists and showbiz, actor's life, love, broken heart, theater, afterlife ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his wife and one makes a new life with another woman.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, witty, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: introspection, love triangle, love affair, couples, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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