Movies like Revolutionary Road
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
224K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style:
bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, crying, bleak, sad, emotional, serious, romantic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
adultery, marriage, abortion, mental illness, infidelity, dysfunctional family, depression, death of wife, under the surface, family problems, cheating wife, midlife crisis, existentialism, deadend life, family drama, female nudity, office, sex in car, passion, loneliness, unhappy marriage, sex scene, destiny, unfulfillment, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1955, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, year 1948
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, connecticut, california
Keyword:
feminist film, dreams
Most similar movies to Revolutionary Road
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, crying and sincere films with plots about couples, love, love and romance, husband wife relationship, kiss, adultery and infidelity mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Revolutionary Road: Blue Valentine (2010), Little Children (2006), Marriage Story (2019), Last Night (2010), American Beauty (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
touching, romantic, psychological, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, dysfunctional family, depression, couple relations, lust, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, love story, marital problem, relationships, alienation, strong sexual content ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city
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89%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
sexual, sexy, disturbing, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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86%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.
Style:
thought provoking, sad, art house, funny, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot:
divorce, parent child relationship, infidelity, marriage, father son relationship, troubled marriage, theatre director, lawyer, courtroom, husband wife conflict, actress, heartwarming ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
Style:
melancholic, heartbreaking, sentimental, sexy, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, temptation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, love story, relationships, unfaithful husband, love and romance, old love, unfaithful wife, trust, moral dilemma ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, france, philadelphia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
melancholic, thought provoking, dark comedy, sexual, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, nymphet, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, older man young girl relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her ...
Style:
depressing, realistic, existential, visually appealing, cerebral ...
Audience:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Story:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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Story:
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Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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26%
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Story:
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Story:
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