Movies like A Serious Man
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A Serious Man (2009)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, cynical, ironic, meditative, talky, bleak, melancholic, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
jewish, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, teacher, suburban life, professor, rabbi, divorce, religion, life, neighbor, existentialism, suburbs, synagogue, jewish family, marijuana, eccentricity, character study, desperation, family problems, lifestyle, nothing goes right, mysticism, orthodox jew, boy with glasses ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 1960s
Place:
minnesota, usa, poland, california, canada, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out weird, melancholic, talky and reflective films with plots about loneliness, dialogue, melancholy, depression, storytelling, relationships and character study mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like A Serious Man: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Squid and the Whale (2005), About Schmidt (2002), Margaret (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
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meditative, atmospheric, clever, bleak, depressing ...
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Place:
new york, usa, chicago illinois, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
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talky, sincere, thought provoking, depressing, absurd ...
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divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teacher student relationship, adultery, marriage, teenager, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
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road movie, sad, depressing, meditative, melancholic ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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psychological, emotional, enigmatic, melancholic, thought provoking ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
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talky, cynical, depressing, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nude, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, secrets, greed, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with ...
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Audience:
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Place:
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
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Audience:
teens
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of ...
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, serious ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Germany
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Story:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Story:
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