Movies like The Mourning Forest

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The Mourning Forest (2007)
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The Mourning Forest (2007)
Original name: 殯の森
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A caregiver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, spiritual, independent film, slow cinema, aesthetic
Plot: retirement home, travel, forest, sadness, old man, relationships, life is a bitch, old age, male female relationship, relationship problems, family problems, cross country trip, underground, spirit, minimalism, woman, nature, death, tree, female director
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and thrilling films with plots about relationship problems, relationships, male female relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations and couple relations mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Mourning Forest: Suzaku (1997), Beyond the Known World (2017), Hanezu (2011), About Her Brother (2010), The Last Bus (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Suzaku (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the ...
Style: slow cinema, independent film, aesthetic
Plot: village, family relations, coming of age, woman, underground, slice of life, tunnel, mountain, nature, incest overtones, minimalism, little girl ...
Time: year 1997, 70s
Place: japan
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Beyond the Known World (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in search for her.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: travel, missing child, male female relationship, obsessive quest, relationships, family problems, family in crisis, marital crisis, husband wife relationship, family relations, relationship problems, disappearance
Place: india
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Hanezu (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on a Japanese novel written by Masako Bando, the story revolves around Kayoko who lives with one man (Tetsuya) but is in love with another (Takumi).
Style: serious, sincere, contemplative, realistic, slow cinema ...
Plot: village, social differences, village life, human nature, society, social relations, love, male female relationship, pregnant woman, sculptor, pregnancy, mountain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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About Her Brother (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Ginko’s younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, human nature, family problems, bittersweet, unfulfillment, redemption, family feud, brother sister relationship, relationships, relationship problems, problem solving, living together ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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The Last Bus (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, road movie
Plot: travel, old man, loss of family, loss of wife, road trip, senior citizen, last wish, elderly man, loss of spouse, life is a bitch, old age, country ...
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The Lady Improper (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A woman with a seemingly ideal life, Siu Man is abandoned by her husband partly due to her fear of intimacy. After several life crises, she decides to reboot her life by taking over her father’s restaurant. Siu Man eventually finds herself ...
Style: sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: relationships, couple relations, family problems, romantic relationship, life, restaurant, chef, cooking and food, restaurant owner, female protagonist, love and romance, male female relationship ...
Place: japan
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The Animal's Wife (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced into marriage with a ferocious shantytown thug.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: violent, violence, tragic love, forbidden love, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, dysfunctional family, relationships, relationship problems, male female relationship
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The Road to Galena (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: life is a bitch, family problems, introspection, social problems, problem, male protagonist, love affair, relationships, marital problem, self discovery, relationship problems, male female relationship
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A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies)
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
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Raman Thediya Seethai (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The path of true love does not run smooth in this movie about love, expectations, and the range of abilities and access that different people have in this world.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, relationships, love story, family relations, couple relations, life is a bitch, love affair, family problems, relationship problems, love interest, fight, love ...
Place: india
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The Pension (2018)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 113 min.
Story: The four stories that possibly or impossibly can be happened in the pension; The parents who lost their child go to the pension with poison where the killer stays with his family; The husband and wife on a trip who are growing tired of their married ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, anthology
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
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Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
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The Stonebreaker (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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Nanayo (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: nature, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, new life, self discovery, female protagonist, introspection, great ending, buddhist monk, job, woman ...
Place: thailand
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: drunken man, male nudity, drunk, humiliation, disgraced, relationship problems, naked in public, small village, life is a bitch, family problems, infamy, ex girlfriend
Place: japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
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Style: semi autobiographical, thrilling, captivating, psychological
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Style: dramatic, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
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Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
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After the Waterfall (2010)
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Duration: 94 min.
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Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 94 min.
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Country: India
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Style: anthology, psychological, disturbing, captivating
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Duration: 94 min.
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