Movies like Johanna

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Johanna (2005)
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Johanna (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Hungary
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep. Touched by grace, Johanna cures patients by offering her body. The head doctor is frustrated by her continued rejection of him and allies himself with the outraged hospital authorities. They wage war against her but the grateful patients join forces to protect her. This is a filmic and musical interpretation of the Passion of Joan of Arc.
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, experimental, offbeat, sexual, sexy
Plot: prostitute, hospital, medical, life is a bitch, addiction, rehabilitation, doctors and patients, drug abuse, coma, nurse, opera, old man, fire, girl, morphine, doctor, drug addiction, patient, sexual relations, strong female presence, unfulfillment, superhuman powers, sex scene, television, nudity ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: europe
Keyword: doctors

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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 life is a bitch, addiction, drug abuse, unfulfillment, society, couples and drugs/alcohol mostly in Drama, Musical and Romance genres. Some movies like Johanna: A Caretaker's Tale (2012), Delta (2008), Morphine (2008), Dealer (2004), Cremaster 5 (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Caretaker's Tale (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A custodian in a housing project discovers that a naked, mute woman he found in one of his apartments has miraculous healing powers.
Style: serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: older man younger woman sex, father son relationship, sexual relations, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, nudity, hot and sexy, age difference, young love, older man young girl relationship, female nudity, mute or deaf ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
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100%
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Delta (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man comes home to meet his mother and sister after many years away. He finds his mother living with a new boyfriend, and his sister to be grown-up. He begins to settle down in this new place by building a new home for himself on the delta. But ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, emotional, erotic ...
Plot: incest, forbidden love, brother sister incest, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, isolation, life is a bitch, obsession, sexual relations, village, homecoming ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, hungary
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38%
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Morphine (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, morphine, doctor, urban decay, drug addiction, civil war, hopelessness, world war one, hardship, loneliness, rivalry ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.9
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Dealer (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In an impressive follow up to his debut film Forest, Benedek Fliegauf tells the uncompromising story of a day in the life of a drug dealer. His clients include the leader of a religious sect, a friend who needs a final fix, a former lover who has ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, stylized, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, life is a bitch, misfit, estrangement, social misfits, drug dealing, society, overdose, nihilism, underground, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, hungary
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Cremaster 5 (1997)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: Cremaster 5 (55 min, 1997) is a five-act opera (sung in Hungarian) set in late-ninteenth century Budapest. The last film in the series, Cremaster 5 represents the moment when the testicles are finally released and sexual differentiation is fully ...
Style: experimental, independent film, serious, surreal, mind bending ...
Plot: surrealism, nudity, violent content, wizards and magicians, redemption, love and romance, hopes, unfulfillment, gender, imaginary, human nature, introspection ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, hungary, budapest
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.2
 325
Cocaine Angel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A week in the life of a young drug addict.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, mumblecore ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, downfall, drug dealing, hopes, lifestyle, fired from the job, going straight, prostitute, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Most High (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: losing-it hero, rehabilitation, downfall, addiction, family problems, under the surface, couples, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug, drug addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The End of Innocence (1990)
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, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, rehabilitation center, addiction, power relations, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Breaking Glass (1980)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's ...
Style: thinking, psychotronic, serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, rock and roll, club, unsettling, rock music, rock star, music business, satire, rocker, alienation ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
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25%
The Music Man (2007)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, islamic ...
Plot: addiction, musician, rise and fall, couple relations, drug abuse, rehabilitation, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, tragic hero, music, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Tosca (2001)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under Antonio Pappano.
Style: emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: opera, couples, tragic love, tragic hero, love and romance, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, dishonesty, manipulation, concert, basement, ballet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Porcelain Horse (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Paco Chavez's life is careless and charming. It's a life of illicit drugs and a forbidden love affair he carries with Lucia, his former high school sweetheart, now married to another man. One night, Paco and his younger brother Luis, enter ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: forbidden love, love affair, addiction, life is a bitch, love and romance, family relations, drug abuse, drug dealing, parents and children, brother brother relationship, nudity, brothers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ecuador, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Mainline (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot: redemption, dysfunctional family, family relations, couples, family problems, rehabilitation, hopes, life is a bitch, addiction, drug abuse, parents and children, lovers apart ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, iran, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.8
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Made in Ash (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A grittily realistic tale of prostitution at an Eastern European border town
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sexy, sexual ...
Plot: prostitute, roommate, life is a bitch, down on your luck, sex, seamstress, nudity, innocence lost, romani people, female protagonist, exploitation, sexual content
Time: 21st century
Place: slovakia, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.4
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Drunks (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, ...
Style: independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, drug addiction, drug, addiction, alcohol abuse, drinking, recovery, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, drug addict, heroin ...
Time: 90s
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23%
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The Caretakers (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.
Style: psychotronic, serious, realistic, psychological, disturbing
Plot: medical, hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, psychopath, kitchen sink realism, medicine, nurse, kids in trouble, power relations, disability, terminal illness ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: europe, ireland
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23%
 6.8
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Pure (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, drug addiction, friendship ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
This Beautiful City (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end. Chatter from a dinner party in Harry and Carol’s nouveau riche condo drifts through an open balcony door, as two freebase cokeheads, Pretty and Johnny, have a party on their own in the alley below. As ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, suspense, erotic ...
Plot: prostitute, unhappy marriage, introspection, destructive relationship, family problems, infidelity, addiction, drug abuse, couple relations, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Hip Moves (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hervé is a lonely man who lives only for his self-defense courses. Fired from the zoo where he works because he depresses the animals, he becomes a night watchman in a factory. To pass the time, he watches the comings and goings of a strange pair ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: obsession, pregnancy, prostitute, unfulfillment, hospital, nightshift, love, couples, society, lonely, gays and lesbians, dull life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Street Days (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A middle-aged, unemployed heroin-addict, Checkie, loiters on the Tbilisi street outside his son’s school, where he himself was once a promising student. His wife, meanwhile, struggles to pay the tuition and understand her husband’s lack of ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: addiction, drug, moral dilemma, street life, betrayal, friendship, society, down on your luck, drug abuse, realism, dishonesty, blackmail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, tbilisi
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22%
Without Destination (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: coming of age, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, society, sexual abuse, drug abuse, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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In My Pocket (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A harrowing journey down the dark spiral of drug addiction. As Stephen Jameson's carefully constructed life slowly falls apart, his belief system is shattered when he discovers that he's no longer the functioning addict that he once was.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: addiction, drug addict, drug abuse, life is a bitch, pills, couples, society, introspection, drug addiction, recovery, drug, junkie ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Vegetarian Cannibal (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Danko Babic is an ambitious and amoral gynaecologist at Croatia's leading fertility clinic. When his colleague Bantic is appointed as head of the clinic, Babic starts a secret war to overthrow his rival. Distracted by his ruthless campaign he ...
Style: tense, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot: doctor, gynecologist, hospital, medicine, doctors and patients, workplace, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, nurse, abortion, clinic, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: croatia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Mighty Angel (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy ...
Style: serious, cynical, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, addiction, rehabilitation, haunted by the past, clinic, writer's life, hopes, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, alcoholism, depression, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
We All Fall Down (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this dark independent drama, Michael (Darcy Belsher) is an out of work actor who has been trying to pull himself out of a downward spiral of drug abuse that set in after the death of his mother. Michael's best friend Kris (Martin Cummins) ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: drug abuse, life is a bitch, downfall, addiction, best friend, actor's life, unfulfillment, youth, prostitute, volunteer, biopic, performer's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver
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22%
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Glass Lips (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This dialog-free film, originally presented as 33 short films, is an experimental, bizarre set of meditations and flashbacks of the grotesque.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, estrangement, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, dull life, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, wrongfully committed, dysfunctional family, homecoming, oedipus complex ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.9
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The Doctor (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that ...
Style: psychological, sentimental, touching, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot: hospital, medical, cancer, medicine, doctor, redemption, health, doctors and patients, coldhearted, nurse, tumor, brain tumor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Dark Places (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Keri Walker is a drug-addicted prostitute who ends up killing her latest john in self-defense. She finds shelter at a place run by a couple who find pleasure in others' pain. The haven house turns into a hell house and Keri must do whatever she ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: prostitute, murder, life is a bitch, danger, addiction, drug abuse, couples, gory, sexual relations, gay, freak, death ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink ...
Style: touching, uplifting, serious, realistic
Plot: friendship, hospital, nurse, coming of age, terminal illness, child illness, boy, wrestling, youth, life is a bitch, human spirit, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Looking for Alexander (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.
Style: psychological, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: uncover truth, haunted by the past, police detective, family problems, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, parents and children, memory loss, a vision, hospital, coma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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