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Daybreak (2003)
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Original name: Om jag vänder mig om
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then Richard's wife learns he cheated her with Sofie. Meanwhile ugly hag Anita trades drugs to afford a taser to use on her ex Olof and his former physiotherapist. Workaholic builder Anders is disgusted by his grieve-deranged client Knut's plan and decides to spend time on his family, not just money.
Style:
psychological, sincere, touching, bleak, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, family problems, crumbling marriage, family relations, parents and children, couples, love affair, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, couple relations, husband wife relationship, drug addiction, love and romance, society, promotion, human nature, hopes, unfulfillment, christmas, friendship, party, priest, house ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
europe, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and gloomy films with plots about couples, unfulfillment, family problems, crumbling marriage, family relations, couple relations and infidelity mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Daybreak: The End of Summer (1961), Mouth to Mouth (2005), Prague (2006), Open Window (2006), Morlang (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, infidelity, family business, dishonesty, parents and children, couples, human nature, love and romance, small business, love, sister sister relationship, extramarital affair ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, kyoto japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts. Meanwhile, the rest of her family is falling apart, and her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, rescue, youth, drug abuse, life turned upside down, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, society, prostitute, drug addiction ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father, evolves into the story of a brake-up. With the dead father lurking in the background, secrets gradually emerge threatening to destroy their marriage.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
marriage, love, infidelity, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, resentment, couples, parents and children, dishonesty, unfulfillment, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
czech republic, denmark, europe, central europe, prague
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rape, female nudity, introspection, family problems, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, couple relations, haunted by the past, family in crisis, flashback ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
betrayal, couple relations, art, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, dishonesty, vengeance, love and romance, crumbling marriage, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Place:
ireland, europe, netherlands, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
Style:
realistic, emotional, offbeat, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, writers, marriage, infidelity, husband, wife, adultery, violence, marital crisis, mistress, youth ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s
Place:
bay area, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
184
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Michèle shares her life with Paul, her husband and work colleague. She has a lover, Thomas, a musician with whom she has been having a passionate affair for some time. Attracted by Thomass non-conformity and lust for life, Michèle abandons her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, family relations, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Style:
sexy, serious, talky, psychological, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage. She leaves this husband to marry Jake, and his career takes off. A few years and at least one child later, Jo is deeply depressed, breaking ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, emotional, clever ...
Plot:
writers, children, depression, family relations, trauma, angry, kitchen sink realism, blues, mental disorder, existentialism, dialogue, marriage ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home—a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. After a while, Ingrid starts to feel the presence of her husband in the flat when he is ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, touching, art house, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
voyeur, blindness, fetish, losing-it hero, loneliness, imagination, blind woman, fetish sex, female nudity, reality vs fantasy, loss of eyesight, strong sexual content ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, oslo norway
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy Porter (Branagh), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Thompson), and her aristocratic best friend Helena Charles (Redmond). Cliff (Horan), an ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy ...
Plot:
dance, life is a bitch, social misfits, working class, family in crisis, social differences, down on your luck, society, couple relations, betrayal, unfulfillment, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
50s, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, breakup, couples, life is a bitch, downfall, unfulfillment, job seeking, down on your luck, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Phillipe and Esther live an apparently idyllic life with their daughter, Elise. In an attempt to preserve this bliss, Phillipe decides that he and Esther should each have affairs, being sure to tell each other openly about them. The plan backfires ...
Style:
sincere, tense, bleak, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
swinger couple, sexual relations, female pubic hair, swinger, family problems, family life, husband wife relationship, dishonesty, couples, older man younger woman marriage, bare breasts, prison ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, society, introspection, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain. She becomes especially concerned about one inmate, Kate, regarded as difficult and withdrawn, but whom the other inmates credit with mysterious healing powers.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Australia, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, sincere, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
couples, infidelity, crumbling marriage, marriage, adultery, family relations, pregnancy, family life, sister sister relationship, love and romance, siblings relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, east asia, paris france, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, tear jerker, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, couple relations, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, marriage, empathy, society, journey, rivalry, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, abusive husband, family relations, family problems, love and romance, obsession, unfulfillment, redemption, infidelity, couples, rape, human nature ...
Time:
50s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sincere, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, stylized, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, introspection, follow your dream, hopes, human nature, family problems, family relations, couples, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, illness, architect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, rome italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, suspense, sentimental
Plot:
life turned upside down, love affair, family life, couple relations, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, under the surface, family problems, teenage life, family in crisis, parents and children, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, starting over, single parent, teenage life, family problems, death in the family, youth, introspection, hopes, parents and children, family in crisis, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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