Movies like To Return
If you like "To Return" you are looking for black comedy, emotional and touching movies about / with death, rape, child abuse, twists and turns, lust, adultery and ghost themes of Comedy and Drama genre shot in Spain or UK.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
To Return (2006)
112K
Original name: Volver
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. A former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene and both daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to help comfort them.
Style:
black comedy, emotional, touching, erotic, visually stunning, psychological, humorous, stylized, visual, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
death, rape, child abuse, twists and turns, lust, adultery, ghost, secret, vengeance, woman urinating, neighbor, women, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, incest, family relations, abusive father, cover up, family secret, life & death, secrets, parents and children, self discovery, uncover truth, european ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, europe, barcelona, venezuela ...
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to To Return
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, weird and complex films with plots about runaway, relationships, dysfunctional family, culture clash, loneliness, storytelling and dialogue mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like To Return: Talk to Her (2002), Secrets & Lies (1996), The Dressmaker (2015), The Celebration (1998), The Skin I Live In (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
121K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.
Style:
independent film, realistic, touching, dark comedy, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, birth mother, adoption, great ending, family secret, bittersweet, working class, loneliness, black, women, foster child, child care ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
bullying, women, fashion, dressmaker, small town, murder mystery, mother daughter relationship, revenge, memory, illegitimate daughter, accidental death, seamstress ...
Time:
1950s, 1900s, year 1951, 50s
Place:
australia, oceania, milan italy, france, new york ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech ...
Style:
black comedy, cerebral, dark comedy, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
dogme 95, family secret, incest, child abuse, hotel, haunted by the past, pedophile, suicide, birthday party, drunkenness, birthday, party ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, erotic, homoerotic, stylized ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, murder, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, passion, gay interest, gays and lesbians, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he ...
Style:
touching, sad, epic, inspirational, cult classic ...
Plot:
coming of age, hide and seek, death of sister, neighbor neighbor relationship, child, youth, children, jazz, train, male nudity, parachutist, police officer ...
Time:
year 1991, future, 90s, near future
Place:
france, europe, germany, dover england, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Style:
sexy, humorous, talky, melancholic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
farce, infidelity, female protagonist, twists and turns, satire, adultery, mental health, suicide attempt, frustration, couple relations, women, actress ...
Time:
80s, year 1998, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, latin america
Similarity:
44%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Almodóvar has described his fourth film as a homage to Italian Neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekenetic child. The film, set in the towerblocks around Madrid, depicts female ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, surreal, stylized, mind bending ...
Plot:
dark humor, dysfunctional family, male pubic hair, prostitute, grandmother grandson relationship, elevator, exhibitionist, pedophilia, dressmaker, male nudity, domestic abuse, heroin ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, madrid, germany, iberian peninsula, europe ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, emotional, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, filmmaking, jealousy, making love, destructive relationship, couple relations, betrayal, aspiring actress, alter ego, screenwriter, tragic love, blind character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
madrid, spain, ibiza, iberian peninsula, europe ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
High Heels is a murder mystery comedy centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo and her daughter Rebecca, a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life when she comes to perform a concert. ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, art house, sexual, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, transvestism, obsession, who done it, guilt, lgbtq, mother daughter reunion, women, couples, family relations, mother daughter relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 70s
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, caribbean ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, tear jerker, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, grave, pregnant teenager, babysitter, theater, female bonding ...
Time:
2020s, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard ...
Style:
feel good, sexy, dark comedy, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cleaning lady, dysfunctional family, dark humor, suicide, family business, new job, police investigation, family relations, workplace, family problems, single parent, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, california
Similarity:
31%
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:
erotic, clever, art house, hispanic, contemplative ...
Plot:
writers, women, obsession, suicide attempt, love and romance, novelist, daily life, surrealism, old woman, parent child relationship, journal, family problems ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, tokyo, madrid
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.
Style:
sexy, erotic, dark comedy, controversial, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, obsession, porn star, sex scene, obsessive love, sensuality, porn actress, female pubic hair, fetish, kidnapping, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, sex ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Almodovar's first film of life in Madrid during the punk era and not one for the squeamish. He covers everything from drugs and sexual violence, to female masochism.
Style:
social, sexual, cult classic, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, lesbian, woman peeing, woman urinating, rape, rape and revenge, gays and lesbians, marijuana, gay, homosexual, transvestite, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Style:
touching, melancholic, black comedy, independent film, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
suicide, dysfunctional family, cancer, funeral, mother daughter relationship, family secret, family in crisis, incestuous relationship, family drama, suicide of father, pills, addiction ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, peru, oklahoma city, southern usa, midwest ...
Similarity:
30%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film, talky ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pedophile, couple relations, father son relationship, family relations, sisters, character study, dark humor, family problems, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa, miami, israel ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia becomes pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, sexy, dark comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
sexuality, passion, sex scene, infidelity, love, pregnancy, jealousy, love triangle, sex, dysfunctional family, male nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
spain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and ...
Style:
touching, humorous, emotional, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, infidelity, family drama, family gatherings, childhood home, homecoming, children, family relations, loneliness, family home, brother sister relationship, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Alternately tragic and comic, an exploration of the complexities of love in both its brightest and darkest corners. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year, the film is set in the privileged beach community of East ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, erotic, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, unfaithful wife, sex scene, writers, unfaithfulness, masturbation, female nudity, writer's life, dysfunctional family, older woman younger man sex, cheating wife ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style:
touching, depressing, sad, poignant, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, teenage daughter, bittersweet, dying mother, family drama, grief, father daughter relationship, family relations, beach, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, death ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, iran, california
Similarity:
27%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, cheerleader, childhood, character study, redemption, family relations, nursing, parents and children, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
Style:
black comedy, independent film, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, small town, insomnia, adultery, self destructing, infidelity, family relations, erotic scene, forbidden love, extramarital affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Style:
dark comedy, erotic, surreal, social, hispanic ...
Plot:
satire, lgbt, gays and lesbians, drug addiction, nun, religion, forbidden love, heroin addiction, gay, lgbtq, surrealism, catholic church ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
witty, funny, dark comedy, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, eccentricity, dark humor, eccentric family, writers, sex, forbidden love, incest, dalmatian, satire, parents and children, uptight character ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
cynical, talky, depressing, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nudity, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, greed, secrets, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Style:
sincere, melancholic, depressing, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, family drama, complex characters, loneliness, infidelity, depression, human nature, parents and children, adultery, teenage life, sarcasm, cancer ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
25%
Related movie lists
