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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
38K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Style:
sexy, depressing, erotic, fairy tale, heartbreaking, independent film, existential, psychological, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, incest, sexy girl, bus, small town, family problems, grief, small town life, winter, law, adultery, flashback, betrayal, redemption, bus accident, breast feeding, car accident, tragedy, lawsuit, disability, dealing with death, erotica, physical disability, death, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 1990s
Place:
canada, british columbia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about husband wife relationship, redemption, storytelling, depression, mentor, dialogue and death mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Sweet Hereafter: Alone (1999), Babel (2006), Morvern Callar (2002), Little Boy Blue (1997), The Son's Room (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maria, whose parents live in the country, cannot stand her father's authoritarian ways and moves to the city. She finds a job as a cleaner and tries to survive in a wretched apartment in the shabby part of a big city. She is pregnant, and the ...
Style:
touching, serious, erotic, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot:
hospital, mother in law son in law relationship, pregnancy, loneliness, drinking, parents and children, society, relationships, sex scene, making love, redemption, friendship ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
spain, europe, andalusia, tokyo
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100%
328K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, inspirational, sincere, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, redemption, woman urinating, cultural difference, deaf girl, desert, mexican border, sex, death, destiny, language barrier, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Morvern Callar wakes on Christmas morning to discover that her troubled boyfriend has committed suicide, leaving behind the unpublished manuscript to his first novel and a sum of money intended to pay for his burial. Instead, Morvern attempts to use ...
Style:
erotic, talky, psychological, serious, touching ...
Plot:
self discovery, christmas, writers, desert, friendship, supermarket, life philosophy, road trip, friends, couple relations, best friend, twentysomething life ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s
Place:
scotland, spain, ibiza, europe, united kingdom
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, missing person, murder, forbidden love, female nudity, implied incest, child abuse, investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, asia, usa, vietnam, san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, depressing, meditative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychoanalysis, loss of son, regret, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, grief, psychology, parents and children, overcoming, redemption, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, stylized, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
redemption, small town, incest, single parent, adultery, hopes, newspaper, depression, isolation, reporter, starting over, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
canada, nova scotia, newfoundland, atlantic ocean, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, compassionate, depressing, disturbing ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, guilt, loneliness, family relations, coma, family life, family problems, crumbling marriage, couple relations, single parent, society, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2001
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
Style:
contemplative, touching, philosophical, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, love and romance, existentialism, death, hospital, illness, relationships, love story, dealing with death, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting ...
Style:
black comedy, contemplative, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
sex crime, drowning, witch hunt, female pubic hair, tantrum, dairy farm, nurse, death, swimming, pond, women's prison, accident ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, chicago, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lust, sex, nudity, desire, erotica, unfaithful wife, rape, older woman younger man, disability, obsession, strong sexual content ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1990, year 1970 ...
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, sarajevo ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, meditative, clever, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
redemption, destiny, infidelity, philosophy, couples, adultery, attorney, happiness, false accusation, love affair, human nature, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Josh is an ordinary teen living in an ordinary suburb. One morning he finds his friend's dead body. Next, he discovers that three more friends also have killed themselves, leaving him out of their pact. As the sole survivor, Josh becomes more ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, life is a bitch, youth, lifestyle, family relations, parents and children, sex scene, making love, depression, friendship, loneliness, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
348K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style:
cerebral, clever, depressing, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, social problems, human nature, child prodigy, coincidence, depression, sex, cancer, fictional game show, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, terminal illness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, last wish, grief, road trip, memory, life, family relations, male friendship, self discovery, parents and children, partner, last will and testament ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, australia, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style:
depressing, sad, heartbreaking, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
sadness, family drama, loneliness, suicide attempt, depression, loss, death, uncle nephew relationship, dysfunctional family, guardian, nephew, grief ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
massachusetts, boston, nebraska, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the ...
Style:
meditative, depressing, emotional, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
prison, coming of age, dysfunctional family, murder, teacher, prison life, writers, family relations, theft, parents and children, investigation, loss of sibling ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
california, paris france, italy, phoenix arizona, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Style:
depressing, touching, gloomy, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, grief, love and romance, heroin, haunted by the past, coping, loss of spouse, funeral, drug addiction, childhood, character study, best friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, emotional, factual, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, feminism, sexual harassment, small town, lawsuit, rape, feminist, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
Similarity:
100%
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2K
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 ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, young lovers, coming of age, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, womanizer, youth, society, couples, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
nebraska, europe, usa, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Style:
sexy, erotic, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adult filmmaking, insurance, husband wife relationship, dark humor, exhibitionism, female nudity, family relations, love and romance, nothing goes right, couple relations, disorder, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, intense, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, redemption, character study, justice, alcoholic, legal action, court, legal, corruption, moral dilemma ...
Time:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, UK, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Style:
disturbing, sad, bleak, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, sex, love story, love, marriage, crazy love, obsession, depression, tragic love, sex with a stranger, melancholy, self sacrifice ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, nebraska, europe, scottish highlands
Similarity:
100%
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, emotional, melancholic, realistic, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, grief, relationships, homecoming, tragedy, family drama, argument ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Style:
depressing, realistic, emotional, heartbreaking, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, holocaust survivor, survival, pawnshop, concentration camp, haunted by the past, flashback, self harm, redemption, life philosophy, against humanity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa, germany, manhattan new york city, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
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, sexy, sad, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
loss of child, grief, death in the family, estrangement, tragedy, death of child, support group, memory, death of son, marriage, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Style:
depressing, heartbreaking, sentimental, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
loneliness, sex, drug addiction, obsession, depression, mental health, suicide, friendship, mental disorder, dead child, loss of wife, suicide attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
100%
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
Style:
serious, touching, psychological, emotional, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
redemption, introspection, novelist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, guilt, car accident, boy, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, loss of son, writers, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
childhood, divorce, child, dysfunctional family, unsupportive parent, custody battle, marriage, family in crisis, family problems, crumbling marriage, starting over, crumbling relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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