Movies like The Secret Lives of Dentists
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The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, emotional, talky, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, adultery, dysfunctional family, character study, human nature, couple relations, lifestyle, dishonesty, jealous spouse, love and romance, couples, society, family problems, crumbling marriage, mentally unstable, husband wife relationship, suspense, dentist, suburbs, infidelity, catastrophe, business, doctors, relationships, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york state
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out talky, realistic, melancholic and complex films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, depression, dysfunctional family, mentor, redemption and catastrophe mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Secret Lives of Dentists: The Daytrippers (1996), Faces (1968), The Weather Man (2005), Shoot the Moon (1982), One True Thing (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station ...
Style:
realistic, talky, clever, humorous, witty ...
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dysfunctional family, marriage, adultery, family relations, suburbs, infidelity, drunkenness, chance meeting, multiple storylines, mentor, maze, depression ...
Time:
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Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.
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intense, art house, biting, talky, sexy ...
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dysfunctional family, suspense, prostitute, sex, male nudity, women, time travel, social outcast, feminism, melancholy, nude, cheating ...
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20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
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realistic, sincere, emotional, depressing, semi serious ...
Plot:
weatherman, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, introspection, relationship vs career, father son relationship, family problems, solitude, character study, hopes, father, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
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realistic, emotional, sexy, enigmatic, stylized ...
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, marital crisis, family relations, writers, marriage, infidelity, adultery, violence, character study, catastrophe, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Style:
touching, melancholic, emotional, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, tragedy, relationships, women, life, parenthood, honest, parents and children, unfulfillment, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
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34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, feel good, thought provoking ...
Plot:
friendship, alcohol abuse, salesman, addiction, unemployment, bittersweet, loneliness, character study, tragedy, self discovery, starting over, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, new jersey, texas, usa, phoenix arizona
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34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys ...
Style:
road movie, sad, depressing, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, wedding, on the road, family life, existentialism, depression, life philosophy, parenthood, philosophy, workplace, changing lives, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, colorado, california, kansas, denver colorado
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, mental illness, family relations, divorce, character study, psychology, life philosophy, parenthood, family gatherings, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The film follows one day in the lives of the Tyrone family, each member is troubled and has been damaged by alcohol and/or drugs. In addition, they have issues with each other that lead to fights and an inability to reconcile completely with one ...
Style:
tense, depressing, talky, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, addiction, family relations, alcohol abuse, drug addiction, redemption, actor, lifestyle, actor's life, human nature, family life, morphine ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
ireland, connecticut
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.
Style:
psychological, touching, sexy, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
incest, child molester, incest rape, farm, dysfunctional family, women, tragedy, domineering father, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, adultery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here portrayed as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience ...
Style:
talky, realistic, clever, sentimental, sexy ...
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writers, coming of age, friendship, adoption, dysfunctional family, world war two, family relations, father daughter relationship, culture clash, betrayal, life philosophy, adolescence ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, tokyo, france, new england, europe
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, meditative, talky, depressing ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, writers, philosophy, depression, eavesdropping, psychology, psychiatrist, human nature, self discovery, dysfunctional family, infidelity, melancholy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, small town, single mother, character study, childhood, introspection, love and romance, family secret, parents and children, free spirited, hopes, workplace romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york state, new york
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An elderly beekeeper and Vietnam vet must rescue his daughter-in-law and protect his grandchildren from killers.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, atmospheric, enigmatic, light ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, prison, beekeeper, farm, family bonds, culture clash, tragedy, beautiful scenery, betrayal, crime gone awry, death, depression ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, orlando florida, usa
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, meditative, compassionate, depressing ...
Plot:
unemployment, greed, self discovery, character study, life is a bitch, down on your luck, society, couple relations, dishonesty, family problems, husband wife relationship, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, france, switzerland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic ...
Style:
talky, sexy, dramatic, intellectual, light ...
Plot:
male nudity, friendship, redemption, violence, catholicism, morality, mentor, revenge, relationships, justice, multiple storylines, secrets ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, europe, italy, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery ...
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emotional, touching, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, homeless, mental illness, redemption, halloween, couple relations, rich and poor, parents and children, life is a bitch, human nature, buddies, best friends ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
new york, usa
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, ...
Style:
melancholic, sincere, psychological, serious, touching ...
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, adultery, pregnancy, family relations, couples, family life, love and romance, siblings relations, family problems, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, tokyo, paris france
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30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
Style:
psychological, emotional, enigmatic, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bus, high school, mother daughter relationship, life philosophy, redemption, character study, investigation, life is a bitch, youth, teenage life, haunted by the past, teacher student relationship ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
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realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
transsexual, gender, gender bending, sexuality, depression, society, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment, lgbtq, dysfunctional family, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, illinois
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black (Mel Gibson) begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter (Anton Yelchin) pushes for his ...
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touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, depressing ...
Plot:
depression, mental illness, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, psychology, mental disorder, solitude, suspense, adaptation, happy ending, family relations, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
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emotional, talky, intense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, friendship, women, abortion, family relations, multiple storylines, couples, family problems, couple relations, human nature, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An oft overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as ...
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realistic, touching, thought provoking, emotional, talky ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980's, Debby Miller (Uma Thurman) goes out in New Jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with "hysterical blindness".
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psychological, stylized, serious, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
friendship, working class, loneliness, character study, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, single parent, looking for love, family problems, lifestyle, getting home ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, tokyo, usa
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
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art house, talky, sexual, sexy, scenic ...
Plot:
architecture, architect, artist, art, infidelity, obsession, painter, insanity, cancer, tragedy, paranoia, melancholy ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in ...
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atmospheric, depressing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
alcoholic, depression, dysfunctional family, addiction, greed, introspection, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, alcohol abuse, one day ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While the shy, reclusive Earl spends his free time watching movies, the cockier Tully works his way through a succession of short-term affairs and an ...
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Plot:
small town, coming of age, friendship, womanizer, lifestyle, young lovers, introspection, youth, society, couples, family problems, haunted by the past ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, europe, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sexy, compassionate ...
Plot:
loss of child, death in the family, marriage, grief, estrangement, tragedy, memory, redemption, support group, family problems, unlikely relationship, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930's. They establish their family in ...
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touching, sexy, entertaining, clever, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, immigrants, father son relationship, prison, nude, marriage, death of wife, family bonds, dysfunctional family, prejudice, adaptation, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
1920s, 50s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
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29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Style:
talky, emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, adultery, friendship, depression, loneliness, love triangle, family relations, couples, family problems, parents and children, friends, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, vermont
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