Movies like Hell 2005
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Hell (2005)
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Original name: L'Enfer
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, erotic, touching, islamic, bleak, non-linear
Plot:
childhood trauma, false accusation, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, family problems, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, disability, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, wrongful conviction, weirdo, siblings, misfit, couples, mute or deaf, siblings relations, revenge, female nudity, suicide, daughter, flashback, parallel story, mysterious character ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Most similar movies to Hell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations, estrangement, dysfunctional family and unfulfillment mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Hell: Sisters (2009), Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005), The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008), The Wolberg Family (2009), The Cruel Embrace (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
sisters, family relations, family problems, youth, introspection, parents and children, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, self discovery, obsessive quest, single parent, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
italy, lyon, europe, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman spends time with her developmental disabled sister after the death of their father.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious
Plot:
mentally challenged, disability, lifestyle, family relations, couples, family life, dysfunctional family, misfit, love and romance, family problems, siblings relations, bus ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline without his wife's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sad, gloomy ...
Plot:
down syndrome, haunted by the past, disability, child illness, family problems, parents and children, crumbling marriage, love and romance, obsession, hidden identity, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, pittsburgh
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
26%
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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:
25%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, family in crisis, lovers reunited, dysfunctional family, writer's life, haunted by the past, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, relationships, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After learning that her sister, Faith (Cameron Diaz), has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe (Jordana Brewster), an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home to travel to Europe. Phoebe hopes to discover and experience the ...
Style:
sexy, touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
suicide, death, fall in love, teenage life, love and romance, family relations, couples, on the road, haunted by the past, youth, human nature, sister ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, paris france, france, san francisco
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, love and romance, youth, parents and children, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, secret, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor lives in Vienna with Annette, his beautiful Austrian wife and their daughter Pamela. It’s spring. Fleeing his work, Victor spends his days outside: he plays with Pamela, pays a visit to Annette’s parents, loiters in the park with the drug ...
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
drug addiction, father daughter reunion, family relations, teenager, redemption, parents and children, addiction, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, austria
Similarity:
22%
738
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But as the festivities come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, homecoming, family gatherings, under the surface, parents and children, estrangement, strong female presence, family problems, siblings relations, male nudity, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, a woman returns home to care for her sister.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
country girl, lawyer, sister, estrangement, family relations, introspection, siblings relations, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
21%
895
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of a destiny. Suzanne's and her family's. The ties that bind them, keep them together, and the love she pursues... to the point of leaving everything behind.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, bleak
Plot:
passionate love, love affair, family life, family problems, dysfunctional family, parents and children, fall in love, coming of age, single parent, siblings relations, youth, working class ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, homeless, family relations, youth, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, pregnancy, drifter, destiny, false accusation ...
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
couples, family relations, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, family in crisis, unfulfillment, love and romance, dealing with death, obsession, reputation, oppression ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The prestigious Danish filmmaker Bille August, winner of an Academy Award and two Palme d'Or in Cannes, returns with a highly personal drama. Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
terminal illness, family relations, family life, life is a bitch, family problems, siblings relations, couple relations, parents and children, family gatherings, couples, euthanasia, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the worst of them: Her unstoppable family has decided, by any ...
Style:
emotional, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, divorce, family gatherings, family problems, parents and children, love and romance, human nature, couples, family relations, siblings relations, countryside, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, rome italy, europe, brittany
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
family life, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family gatherings, society, hopes, small town, death in the family, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A successful author, Liz, searches for her daughter, Rachel, in the Sinai Desert. There she meets a Bedouin storyteller who relays the unusual love story of a Western tourist and the son of a Bedouin Sheik named Najim. Their relationship is torn ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love affair, culture clash, haunted by the past, forbidden love, estrangement, couples, family problems, missing child, parents and children, on the run, danger, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A tale of deliverance. Laura, 27 years old, lives alone in the outskirts of a large town. She learns that her father is in a coma, after a serious car accident. She decides to visit him at the hospital as a last opportunity to settle old scores, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, car accident, family secret, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, grandfather granddaughter relationship, hospital, husband wife relationship, coma, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
20%
292
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An Israeli man searches for his father in France.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, estrangement, family problems, investigation, hopes, parents and children, midlife crisis, haunted by the past, gays and lesbians, redemption, aging ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, estrangement, terminal illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Yazi Tura (Toss Up) is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the "Cevher the Ghost", a young ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, art house, bleak
Plot:
soldier, military, haunted by the past, homecoming, living with parents, friendship, misfit, life is a bitch, danger, friends, disability, ex military ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A drama centered on two men at different states in life: Ertan, an ex-con who is trying to make amends for his past actions and Mikail, a teen-aged drug runner an aspiring musician.
Style:
sincere, realistic, emotional, serious, bleak
Plot:
hidden identity, going straight, follow your dream, ex convict, family relations, hopes, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family problems, youth, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vienna, austria, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support even though she longs for and independent and ordinary life. ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, sister, disability, family problems, split personality, siblings relations, mental illness, family relations, family life, schizophrenic, schizophrenia, sisters ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alzbeta and Tina are sisters bound by jealousy and love, an unspoken history hovering over them like a dark cloud. It is this history that compels Alzbeta to refuse Tina's help in finding a better life, until the day arrives that forces them to ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
jealousy, sibling relationship, haunted by the past, family relations, envy, betrayal, couples, sister sister relationship, rivalry, au pair, couple relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, slovakia, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
clinic, parent child relationship, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, parents and children, therapy, mother daughter relationship, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
asthma, parents and children, family relations, estrangement, family problems, aging, dysfunctional family, hopes, black, love, women, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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