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The Man Who Laughs (2012)
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Original name: L'homme qui rit
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During a winter storm, Ursus offers shelter to two orphans, Gwynplaine and Déa; some years later, they are still living together. Gwynplaine has become a famous star, but his success threatens his relationships with Déa and Ursus.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
disfigured face, orphan, social differences, love and romance, society, social misfits, haunted by the past, rising to stardom, noble, disfigurement, blind girl, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, love, wolf, queen, snow, suicide, blind man, theater, duchess, palace, letter, blindness, son ...
Time:
17th century
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Most similar movies to The Man Who Laughs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about love and romance, society, family relations, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, unfulfilled love and couples mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Man Who Laughs: Great Expectations (1974), When the Night (2011), A Simple Heart (2008), Closed for Winter (2009), Raja (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella. Pip learns the rewards of both vindictiveness and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
charles dickens, youth, rich and poor, lost love, napoleonic era, hopes, coming of age, orphan, love and romance, criminal heroes, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, london
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After meeting during their vacation, two young people with solitary lives suddenly come into a relationship that could benefit both of them.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, love and romance, fall in love, unfulfilled love, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfulfillment, mountain, holiday, snow, brother brother conflict, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, she gives love to all those who surround her: Mathilde's ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
social differences, friendship, family relations, hopes, family life, unfulfilled love, power relations, friends, master and servant, introspection, women, lesbian ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An emotional and poetic story of Elise, a beautiful young woman haunted by a tragic event in her youth. As Elise attempts to piece together the mystery of her sister's disappearance at the beach, twenty years before when both were children, she ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
Plot:
missing child, self discovery, haunted by the past, hopes, sister sister relationship, journey, redemption, secret, friendship, liberation, society, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Raja is a nineteen year old orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush gardens and palm trees. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is a cross-cultural drama ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
opposites attract, unlikely couple, social differences, fall in love, couples, obsession, love and romance, youth, society, orphan, destructive relationship, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, memory loss, investigation, haunted by the past, flashback, family relations, society, family life, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family relations, mental illness, businessman, family problems, family in crisis, unfulfillment, supportive spouse, mental disorder, terminal illness, love, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
wedding, broken heart, parents and children, pregnancy, love and romance, society, social differences, couple relations, unfulfillment, couples, rich man, sailor ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
france, marseille, south of france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ayse/Eleni who is a member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her early ages. However, the events that happen cause her to face her own past.
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, deportation, village life, immigrant, haunted by the past, culture clash, love, identity, nostalgia, elderly, love and romance, elderly lovers ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
greece, turkey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiralling recession.
Style:
realistic, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
love and romance, couple relations, couples, society, working class, introspection, solitude, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, bittersweet, love, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama centered on the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, poignant
Plot:
massage, disability, blindness, massage parlor, love and romance, misfit, love, blind man, flirting, humanity, friendship, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Morocco, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic
Plot:
rebellion, rebelliousness, teenage life, love and romance, youth, society, teenage love, discrimination, feminism, political unrest, orphan, little girl ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, year 1984
Place:
morocco, africa, middle east, belgium
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Korean immigrant falls in love with her best friend while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country.
Style:
realistic, emotional, contemplative, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, society, youth, women of color, love, couples, refugee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, estrangement, homecoming, introspection, small town, unfulfillment, lifestyle, profanity, bar fight, ambition, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Aged eight, Victoria spends a night in the home of a wealthy white family; years later, she encounters them again and her life is changed forever.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
interracial couple, adoption, family life, family relations, youth, society, hopes, parents and children, rich and poor, class differences, family reunited, awkward situation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man stands in front of a mirror. The night belongs to him. Every evening, he appraises his appearance, attired in a new shirt, leaves his apartment and waits in a poorly lit alleyway for his johns. One night he meets a female prostitute of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, suspense, queer cinema
Plot:
society, gays and lesbians, prostitute, unlikely couple, love and romance, gender, social misfits, love triangle, fall in love, sexual relations, one night stand, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have put her at odds with family and friends. Faced with her own mortality, and desperate to find solace, she goes on the run. In ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
aging, family relations, couple relations, on the run, elderly, haunted by the past, nursing, youth, introspection, love and romance, parents and children, couples ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After suffering an emotional breakdown in a public place, a young man vows to quit the chaotic city life and never leave his apartment. He quickly discovers that in todays world all his needs can be easily met: sexual satisfaction via the internet, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, offbeat ...
Plot:
confined, opposites attract, losing-it hero, mental illness, isolation, impossible love, estrangement, couples, love and romance, misfit, eviction, programmer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, gang, dishonesty, society, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, rich and poor, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa, africa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, best friend, couples, single parent, orphan, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: Autism. But when he meets a dancer named Alexia, the two discover together that the toughest fight may be not be of the body, but of the heart.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sexual, humorous ...
Plot:
autism, true love, unlikely couple, love affair, society, social differences, athlete's life, lifestyle, love and romance, friendship, fall in love, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An unhappy single mother in Norway's Pakistani expatriate community begins to ignore her young son in favor of placating a Swedish filmmaker she thinks could change her life for the better.
Style:
sexy, eros, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
female nudity, looking for love, destructive relationship, human nature, single parent, love and romance, family relations, social misfits, unfulfillment, society, culture clash, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The aging Eszter clarify outstanding relationship.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, love and romance, life turned upside down, hopes, society, estrangement, destiny, misfit, estate, female protagonist, lost love, heartbreak ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
hungary, central europe, europe
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of two small town boys from different sides of the tracks: 1950's childhood and self-redemption. Young "Whitey" Black (so called because of a tuft of blanched hair on the left side of his head) lives in poverty with his ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, feel good, emotional, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, christmas, friendship, self discovery, social differences, terminal illness, haunted by the past, parents and children, society, life is a bitch, family life, child illness ...
Time:
50s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Days before his birthday and weeks before his wedding, Tate Bradley, a twenty-five year old, African-American man attempts to commit suicide. He survives the ordeal, but from his actions, it is obvious that "Something is Killing Tate." The ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, touching, cerebral ...
Plot:
african american, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, society, hopes, life is a bitch, interracial relations, relationship problems, curses spells and rituals, suicide attempt, suicide, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
tragic love, fall in love, couple relations, injustice, culture clash, unfulfillment, innocence lost, society, love and romance, couples, power relations, doomed love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Estonia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anne leaves Estonia to come to Paris as a caretaker for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago. Anne soon realizes that she is not wanted. All Frida wants from life is the attention of Stéphane, her younger former lover. ...
Style:
witty, touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
elderly, friendship, love and romance, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, power relations, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, emigration, loneliness, immigrant, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, estonia
Similarity:
18%
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