Movies like Sweetie
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Sweetie (1989)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew, consulting a fortune teller and then falling in love with a man because of a mole on his face and a lock of hair; then, falling out of love when he plants a tree in their yard. Sweetie is plump, imperious, self-centered, and seriously mentally ill. The parents see none of the illness, seeing only their cute child. Kay mainly feels exasperation at her sister's impositions. Slowly, the film exposes how the roots of Sweetie's illness have choked Kay's own development. Can she be released?
Style:
psychological, surreal, sexy, thought provoking, intellectual, enigmatic, bleak, emotional, dark, slasher ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mental illness, male nudity, women, feminist, obsession, catastrophe, twists and turns, psychology, natural disaster, relationships, loneliness, writers, art, car chase, crazy, beautiful scenery, sisters, lone hero, fantasy world, brutality, runaway, claustrophobia, childhood, girl ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, weird and visually appealing films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, catastrophe, mentor, runaway, pornography and dysfunctional family mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Sweetie: Your Sister's Sister (2011), Holy Smoke (1999), The House of Yes (1997), Soft Fruit (1999), 8 ? Women (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after the death of his brother. At their remote cabin, Jack's drunken encounter with Hannah, Iris' sister, kicks off a revealing stretch of days.
Style:
romantic, sincere, emotional, sexy, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
relationships, lesbian, love, love triangle, love affair, twists and turns, life philosophy, sex, sister sister relationship, friendship, fall in love, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington state, washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, sexual, satirical ...
Plot:
guru, religion, adultery, brainwashing, women, psychology, battle of the sexes, tourist, jealousy, cult, self discovery, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that Jackie Kennedy's ...
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humorous, absurd, surreal, dark, talky ...
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incest, dysfunctional family, mental illness, thanksgiving, family relations, family problems, brother sister incest, twins, sarcasm, female protagonist, eccentric family, secrets ...
Time:
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Place:
virginia, washington d.c.
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72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks ...
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humorous, allegory, gloomy, affectionate, visually appealing ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, working class, nude, male nudity, australian, satire, suspense, car, cathartic, twists and turns, parenthood, assassination ...
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90s
Place:
tokyo, australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" ...
Style:
surreal, erotic, sexy, talky, clever ...
Plot:
surrealism, erotica, brothel, lust, bdsm, nude, sex, death, obsession, prostitution, male nudity, adaptation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, europe, switzerland, geneva switzerland, japan
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66%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, talky, light, artsy ...
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Plot:
fashion, farce, fashion show, multiple storylines, art, fashion model, love and romance, lifestyle, media satire, lovers reunited, nude, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Marisa Paredes is Leocadia ("Leo") Macias, a woman writing “pink” romance novels under the alias of Amanda Gris that are very popular all across Spain. Unlike her romantic novels, her own love life is troubled. Leo has a less than ...
Style:
clever, sexy, erotic, art house, meditative ...
Plot:
women, writers, obsession, suicide attempt, love and romance, loneliness, dysfunctional family, life philosophy, life & death, friendship, existentialism, life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.
Style:
disturbing, experimental, art house, surreal, controversial ...
Plot:
mental illness, dysfunctional family, schizophrenia, dogma, psychology, surrealism, misfit, skating, abusive father, nude, male nudity, eccentricity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ken Sherry, a radio personality from Brisbane, moves to the small country town of Sun Ray to take over the local radio station as a retreat from city life and his past.He moves next door to love-starved sisters Vicki-Ann and Dimity Hurley. They are ...
Style:
satirical, talky, semi serious, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
radio dj, loneliness, eccentricity, transformation, disorder, love triangle, small town life, womanizer, small town, sister sister relationship, food, character study ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Place:
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63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it ...
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sisters, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, childhood, betrayal, redemption, adaptation, parenthood, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family problems ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
Style:
ironic, humorous, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adaptation, artist, couples, self discovery, society, lifestyle, bittersweet, love, ambition, loneliness, art, fashion show ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his ...
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Plot:
rivalry, jewish, father son relationship, greed, secrets, existentialism, family problems, parents and children, ambition, estrangement, religions or cults, moral dilemma ...
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their ...
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Audience:
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Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
pregnancy, child abuse, pedophilia, coming of age, abortion, sexual abuse, runaway teen, sexuality, teenage life, runaway, disability, suicide ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Style:
clever, witty, talky, bleak, affectionate ...
Plot:
twists and turns, melancholy, writers, catastrophe, drugs, genetics, dark hero, greed, life & death, dark humor, psychiatry, sexualized violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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