Movies like The Woodsman
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The Woodsman (2004)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Style:
disturbing, harsh, sincere, rough, psychological, emotional, controversial, gloomy, sexy, intense ...
Plot:
pedophilia, friendship, sexual perversion, starting over, ex convict, psychology, police officer, suspicion, factory worker, anger, warden, haunted by the past, psychiatrist, society, social misfits, human nature, going straight, temptation, self esteem, depression, character study, sexualized violence, found footage, sex, prison ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, philadelphia
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Most similar movies to The Woodsman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, melancholic and interesting films with plots about storytelling, mentor, loneliness, brutality, runaway, friendship and redemption mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Woodsman: Boy A (2007), Mysterious Skin (2004), The Hunt (2012), Sleepers (1996), Head Burst (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, heartbreaking, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, childhood, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, redemption, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, melancholy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, manchester
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, depressing, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
child abuse, gay, homosexual, coming of age, sexual abuse, pedophilia, homosexual rape, child molestation, youth, male rape, homosexuality, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1981, year 1987 ...
Place:
kansas, new york, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, psychological, sad, controversial ...
Plot:
injustice, teacher, life turned upside down, false accusation, child abuse, divorce, pedophile, social injustice, friendship between men, choir, divorced man, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, suspenseful, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, child abuse, childhood, vengeance, rape, courtroom drama, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, pedophilia, friendship, revenge, murder trial ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new york yankees, manhattan new york city
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Markus is a handsome and respectable architect who has a secret: he is a pedophile. Despite feeling disgust of himself, Markus can't help but feel attracted to young boys. When he thinks he won't be able to suppress his deepest feelings, ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, tense, lgbt cinema
Plot:
pedophile, pedophilia, little boy, gay lead character, identity crisis, single mother, suicidal tendency, psychotherapy, architect, family relations, depression, co worker co worker relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside ...
Style:
serious, neo noir, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
small town, friendship, dysfunctional family, murder, redemption, mental institution, death threat, father figure, mental illness, homosexual, domestic violence, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
arkansas, usa
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21%
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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20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, compassionate, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, depression, addiction, psychiatry, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family, youth, teenage life, self discovery ...
Place:
new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style:
talky, intense, stylized, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
abusive husband, starting over, adolescence, family relations, hitchhiker, couple relations, human nature, parents and children, love affair, life is a bitch, self discovery, couples ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, new york state, haiti ...
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.
Style:
erotic, sexy, disturbing, satirical, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher, loneliness, sexual promiscuity, adultery, sex scene, depression, sexual abuse, one night stand, sexual relations, looking for love, self discovery, sexual humiliation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1975, year 1976
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Movies like American Beauty
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, psychological, bleak, emotional, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
prison, murder, teacher, coming of age, dysfunctional family, writers, prison life, family relations, theft, unlikely friendships, suburbs, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
phoenix arizona, california, paris france, italy, new york ...
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, domestic violence, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, life is a bitch, pedophile, children, sexual assault, family in crisis ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The filmed adaptation from David Benioff's novel of the same name. Set in New York, a convicted drug dealer named Monty has one day left of freedom before he is sent to prison. Anger, blame, frustration, betrayal, guilt and loneliness are ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, depressing, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
friendship, drugs, organized crime, drug lord, race against time, drug dealer, betrayal, gangsters, redemption, freedom, russian mafia, mistrust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, depressing, serious, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, ex convict, fondling, drug abuse, addiction, support group, mother daughter relationship, drugs, women, starting over, warden, drug addiction ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, delaware, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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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, psychological, touching, compassionate, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
loneliness, depression, drug addiction, obsession, suicide, friendship, suicide attempt, support group, drugs, mental illness, tragedy, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, tijuana mexico, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Mystic River similar movies
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Style:
disturbing, melancholic, controversial, compassionate, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
pedophilia, coming of age, adolescence, sex with a minor, sexual exploration, sexual abuse, child abuse, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, racism, sexuality, neighbor ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, year 1991
Place:
california, austin texas, usa, houston texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A three-character ensemble piece set within the confines of a tawdry motor lodge in Lansing, Michigan. After 10 years apart, three disparate people come together to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. Intrigued, we ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, sincere, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, obsession, high school, manipulation, friends, childhood sweetheart, guilt, drugs, blackmail, criminal, love triangle, confession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, oakland california
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 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:
gloomy, art house, disturbing, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
incest, suicide, family secret, child abuse, hotel, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, birthday, depression, party, birthday party, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
denmark, europe
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18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent. Written ...
Style:
talky, psychological, sexy, dramatic, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
prison, gang, hip hop, art, bittersweet, life philosophy, justice, marijuana, drug addiction, mental illness, revenge, redemption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship ...
Style:
depressing, bleak, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abuse, domestic violence, redemption, depression, rage, violence, marital rape, society, frustration, brutality, social problems, abusive husband ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Films like Sleepers
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, depressing, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
grief, friendship, dealing with death, mental illness, tragic event, friends, loss of loved one, alone, buddies, psychology, mental disorder, loss ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, heartbreaking, sad ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, teenager, childhood, children, vengeance, dysfunctional family, family relations, loss of son, family problems, haunted by the past, family in crisis ...
Place:
new jersey
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drugs, death of pet, heroin, heroin addict, drug use, loneliness, life philosophy, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, ...
Style:
realistic, talky, splatter, disturbing, stylized ...
Plot:
alcoholic, alcohol abuse, drug addiction, drugs, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, addiction, support group, heroin, drug addict, death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, new york, los angeles
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18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, erotic, thought provoking, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, sex, sex addict, sexuality, sexual dysfunction, sexual relations, suicide attempt, masturbation, threesome, lifestyle, brother sister relationship, erotica ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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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.
Style:
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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18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
sexual, sexy, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, housewife, love affair, small town, sexual pleasure, extramarital affair, cheating wife, dysfunctional family, suburbs, strong sexual content, parenthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, boston, usa
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sexy, depressing, emotional ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, working class, love and romance, coma, depression, loneliness, society, youth, life is a bitch, hopes, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, flanders
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Style:
emotional, intense, touching, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, bad mother, dysfunctional family, women's prison, manipulation, teenage life, murder, loneliness, mental illness, women, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, depressing, emotional, twist ending, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, loss of child, murder, suspense, sexual abuse, childhood, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, child abuse, death in the family, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston
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18%
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