Movies like Dust 1985
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Dust (1985)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A South African spinster (Jane Birkin) murders her father (Trevor Howard) after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape and revenge, murder, rape, loneliness, feminist, servant, heartache, minimal dialogue, angst, homestead, obsession, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, farm, interracial relations, society, strong female presence, workplace, boss and employee, power relations, violent content, female nudity, father ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place:
south africa, africa
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Most similar movies to Dust
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and bleak films with plots about family relations, parents and children, society, life is a bitch, family problems, murder and hopes mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Dust: The Cruel Embrace (1987), Almayer's Folly (2011), Sounds of Sand (2006), Chocolate (1988), Ladygrey (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nicole (Marianne Basler) gives birth to a mentally challenged boy after she is gang-raped by American soldiers at the close of World War II in this grim dramatic tragedy. Young Ludo is hidden in the attic of the family home and continues to yearn ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot:
mental disorder, estrangement, family problems, kids in trouble, family relations, human nature, mentally challenged, single parent, misfit, mentally unstable, youth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A tale of an occidental merchant, Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
racism, obsession, parents and children, family relations, tragic hero, society, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, ambition, hopes, rivalry, gambling ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
asia, cambodia
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the ...
Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
militant, survival, life is a bitch, family in danger, on the road, starvation, parents and children, desert, escapades, social relations, emigrant, survivor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany, Cameroon
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, realistic, semi autobiographical, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, colonialism, interracial relations, youth, coming of age, culture clash, imperialism, farm, woman, master servant relationship, hyena, priest ...
Time:
1950s, year 1988, 80s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
africa, france, paris france
Similarity:
50%
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286
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Estelle fights to maintain her sense of self while sleeping with Angus for money.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, bleak
Plot:
uncover truth, haunted by the past, under the surface, society, life is a bitch, interracial relations, community, male nudity, social relations, mentally challenged, female nudity, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, single parent, disorder, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, youth, parents, children, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interracial relations, social relations, dishonesty, society, law enforcement, lifestyle, murder, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, family values, strong female presence, society, death sentence, murder, feminist, media, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, middle east, india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
dishonesty, family relations, introspection, rivalry, hopes, vengeance, parents and children, homecoming, political corruption, haunted by the past, strong violent content, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
dominican republic, latin america
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
working class, society, life is a bitch, family relations, small town, unemployment, rivalry, social relations, parents and children, down on your luck, siblings relations, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, hokkaido
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war crime, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, death in the family, love and romance, against humanity, society, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, germany, middle east
Similarity:
48%
463
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave that place because there's too much work. Hester, however, gets attracted to Katherine and ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, gay, female bonding, couples, couple relations, friendship, woman in danger, heist, small town, small town life, countryside, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, psychological, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
racism, forbidden love, society, interracial relations, love affair, power relations, isolation, gang, father daughter relationship, violence, rape, professor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
homestead, family relations, power relations, estrangement, family problems, farm, social relations, human nature, countryside, family life, family in crisis, village life ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Air Force officer (Kris Kristofferson) returns to his father (Brian Keith), son and remarried wife (JoBeth Williams) in Vermont after 17 years in Vietnam.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
vietnam war, high school football, vietnam veteran, grief, family relations, war veteran, chaos and mayhem, captivity, homecoming, military life, anti war, parents and children ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, thailand
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dorsvloer vol Confetti tells the story of young Katelijne, who grows up in a religious family in the countryside in Zeeland. Based on the novel by Franca Treur.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, farm, family relations, corporal punishment, religions or cults, parents and children, society, village life, church, wedding, rural setting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
netherlands, belgium
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family's journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, 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, trouble, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this made-for-tv movie, an adopted woman decides to find her birth mother. Her search leads her to a shocking discovery that she has to face and why her upbringing was not an easy one.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
dilemma, mixed race, interracial rape, women, custody, parenting, parents, interracial, interracial relations, strong female presence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
environmental, biology, farm, contamination, ecology, family relations, environmentalism, family problems, dishonesty, hopes, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
41%
297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, redemption, destiny, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, family life, parents and children, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
courtroom, murder, family problems, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, courtroom drama, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, legal, patricide, false accusation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
38%
260
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, nudity, religions or cults, family problems, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1992, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
37%
441
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The friendship of two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – begins to fall apart under the stress of a changing world.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
farm, friendship, teenage life, social relations, social differences, family relations, youth, love and romance, coming of age, friends, interracial relations, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl ...
Style:
touching, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, misfit, society, life is a bitch, hopes, rehabilitation, parents and children, forced into action, jail, punishment, rape, prison ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, starting over, parents and children, on the road, self discovery, confined, isolation, family relations, jungle, murder, curses spells and rituals, minimal dialogue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
35%
831
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
elderly, introspection, murder, parents and children, estrangement, gender, society, family relations, life, small town life, relationships, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, macedonia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Cambodia, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film centers around a young French widow and her two adolescent children attempt to carve out a meager life for themselves by farming rice fields alongside the ocean in French Indo-China in the 1930's. Their efforts are hampered each year ...
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
nudity, corruption, dam, lack of money, landowner, social differences, righting the wronged, fighting the system, parents and children, interracial relations, teenage life, rich and poor ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
cambodia, indochina, asia
Similarity:
34%
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