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My Joy (2010)
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Original name: Счастье моё
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A routine run for a truck driver turns into a nightmare he can’t escape in this psychological drama from filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa. Georgy (Viktor Nemets) is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man (Vladimir Golovin) with disturbing stories about his younger days in the Army. After next picking up a young woman (Olga Shuvalova) who works as a prostitute and is wary of the territory, Georgy finds himself lost, and despite asking some homeless men for help, he’s less sure than he was before of how to make his way back where he belongs. As brutal images of violence and alienation cross the screen, Georgy’s odyssey becomes darker and more desperate until it reaches an unexpected conclusion.
Style:
road movie, disturbing, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, dread, slow cinema, aesthetic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, life is a bitch, on the road, countryside, nothing goes right, social relations, disorder, human nature, underground, suicide, character study, village, village life, down on your luck, unfulfillment, thief, prostitution, driver, lady, corruption, insanity, backwoods, mute, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, russian
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Most similar movies to My Joy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and tense films with plots about life is a bitch, society, family relations, murder, deadly, social relations and village mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like My Joy: Wolfy (2009), One Night (2012), Manila (2009), Aurora (2010), Los Muertos (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs after her mother as she has no idea how to live without her. ...
Style:
realistic, rough, tense, neorealism, disturbing ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, little girl, werewolf, loneliness, negligence, parents and children, family relations, ex convict, alcohol abuse, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, ...
Style:
serious, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
murder witness, witnessing a crime, murder, neighbor neighbor relationship, uncover truth, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, introspection, moral dilemma, couples, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
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100%
170
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. In the "Day" segment, Piolo Pacual portrays the role of William, a drug addict who tries to rebuild his sense of self and reconnect with the people around him. ...
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, touching, neo noir ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, downfall, on the run, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, human nature, boss and employee, gang, addiction, drug abuse, chases and races, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping next room. Waste land on the city outskirts: behind a line of abandoned trailers, the man silently watches what ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, midlife crisis, family relations, factory worker, parents and children, unfulfillment, naked man, big city, underground, post apocalypse, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, starting over, parents and children, on the road, self discovery, confined, isolation, family relations, jungle, murder, curses spells and rituals, minimal dialogue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monday morning. Paul Wertret, 50, heads off to his job as a manager at the International Credit and Trade Bank. He arrives at 8 o'clock on the dot, as usual. He enters a meeting room, takes out a gun and kills two of his bosses. Then he locks ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, sincere, non-linear ...
Plot:
bank, introspection, losing-it hero, unlikely criminals, rivalry, workplace, road not taken, workplace situations, boss and employee, murder, suicide, business ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
During the final winter of WWII, as displaced persons return to their former homes in the Soviet Union, an 8-year-old boy is left alone when his mother dies en route.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, road movie ...
Plot:
orphan, youth, little boy, on the road, wartime life, life is a bitch, human nature, society, world war two, death of mother, social injustice, boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
family relations, countryside, nudity, family problems, life is a bitch, down on your luck, parents and children, dysfunctional family, woman in danger, castration, women, son ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
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169
Genre: Drama
Country: Côte d'Ivoire, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Run escapes... He just killed the Prime Minister of his country. In order to do so, he had to act as if he was a crazy man, wandering through the city. His life comes back by flashes; his childhood with Tourou when his dream was to become a rain ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
assassination, haunted by the past, on the run, life is a bitch, prime minister, flashback sequence, rivalry, danger, society, escape, moral ambiguity, trauma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to ...
Style:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, dishonesty, haunted by the past, clergy, life is a bitch, family relations, priest, native, american indian, winter, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young farmer in Central France tries to sustain his spiritual connection to the land amid the crushing pressures of modern agriculture in this brooding drama.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
farm, estrangement, countryside, workplace situations, workplace, society, nothing goes right, down on your luck, life is a bitch, tradition, chore, solitude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Abel lives with his mother in a small town on the outskirts of Barcelona. His life, grey and boring, is based on the small family business, his mother's house, his girlfriend's bed, and the town bars. However under an appearance of quiet ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, family relations, murder, mental illness, social relations, family life, store, small town, gory, small town life, insanity, health ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Drawing inspiration from the death-squad murders of several Gypsy families in Hungary in 2008, director Bence Fliegauf's chilling and unforgettable real-life horror story follows a family whose dreams of emigration and escape are suddenly, ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, slow cinema ...
Plot:
gypsy, racism, family in danger, social decay, life is a bitch, realism, society, social misfits, danger, murder, family life, secret place ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, hungary
Similarity:
34%
164
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After studying in Paris, the young doctor François moves to Beauval, where single-family houses are lined up monotonously. He quickly becomes the focus of a group of young people, led by the charismatic Cédric and Matthieu, his assistant. The gang ...
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mind game, mysterious character, teenage life, danger, gang, youth, juvenile delinquency, social relations, life is a bitch, woman, teenager, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style:
art house, islamic, depressing, controversial, contemplative ...
Plot:
iranian, persian culture, illness, village, village life, countryside, down on your luck, split personality, losing-it hero, society, life is a bitch, mentally unstable ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
iran, persia, asia, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The simple narrative is a thread woven among the deeply spiritual images of the countryside and cottage.
Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, depressing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
art, biopic, countryside, childhood, youth, mother and son, landscape, mental disorder, artist, minimal dialogue, spirituality, underground ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Benjamin Levi (Bruno Cathomas) is a Bavarian cattle dealer traveling to pre-World War II Germany on his annual trip to a remote farming village. Levi hopes to do some business and, more importantly, win the hand of the lovely Lisbeth (Caroline ...
Style:
thought provoking, biting, bleak, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, society, survival, life is a bitch, injustice, village life, social differences, isolation, wartime life, village, countryside ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Sascha lives in a village on the Kola Peninsular in northern Russia and dedicatedly manages what is left of an old collective farm. He gets on well with his farm workers who respect him and also tolerate his more or less clandestine love-affair with ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
farm, society, injustice, social relations, rebelliousness, rebellion, rivalry, hopes, village life, social problems, moral dilemma, philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt's disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.
Style:
disturbing, contemplative, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, hell, introspection, moral dilemma, human nature, family relations, disorder, life turned upside down, heroes, parents and children, surrealism, father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interracial relations, social relations, dishonesty, society, law enforcement, lifestyle, murder, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, alcoholic, society, alcohol abuse, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, family problems, sick mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A film between fiction and reality, highlighting questions about group dynamics and established hierarchies. A group of people meet for their high school reunion 20 years later. One of them talks about her being bullied and outcast and soon the ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
bullying, life is a bitch, human nature, adulthood, haunted by the past, social relations, misfit, breaking point, disorder, childhood trauma, party, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Switzerland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
Style:
thought provoking, contemplative, slow cinema, serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, misfit, starting over, urban ghetto life, addiction, decolonization, husband wife relationship, military coup, lost love ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
portugal, canada, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
30%
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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:
sincere, serious, contemplative, realistic, aesthetic ...
Plot:
village, village life, social differences, society, human nature, social relations, love, male female relationship, mountain, pregnant woman, sculptor, pregnancy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Director Eva Sørhaug (Cold Lunch) reveals the rage and violence lurking beneath seemingly tranquil domesticity in her bold and uncompromising sophomore feature.
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
family problems, family relations, danger, violence spree, domestic disturbance, divorce, violent content, under the surface, breaking point, rape, killing, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
hotel, couple relations, losing-it hero, alcohol abuse, unfulfillment, writer's life, dull life, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, disintegration, black ops, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Taxi driver Jose begins his night shift bent on revenge after his brother's murder at the hands pf a violent gang. But when an accident brings him unexpectedly closer to his party-girl fare Angela, the damaged pair must struggle against forces ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, bleak, rough, tense ...
Plot:
murder, partner, danger, gang, vengeance, life is a bitch, chases and races, city life, revenge, doom, reluctant partners, urban ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three women, all strangers to each other, meet in a dress boutique. One of the three is approached by the male proprietor as she is shoplifting a garment. When he approaches her the other two join her in beating the man to death. Other female ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, mind bending, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
feminist, feminism, murder, women, flashback, psychiatrist, trial, girl power, gender, sisterhood, philosophy, solidarity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
30%
606
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
human spirit, starting over, hopes, family life, danger, escapades, ocean, survival, sea, climbing, rock climbing, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, morocco
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fundamentalist sect member BeckyLyn is accused of killing her husband. Queenie, another wife in the polygamist sect, doesn't believe BeckyLyn is capable of such violence and desperate to prove her innocence reaches out to her excommunicated son ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
polygamy, murder, false accusation, righting the wronged, society, religions or cults, church, estrangement, uncover truth, arranged marriage, religion, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, utah
Similarity:
29%
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