Movies like Rust and Bone
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Rust and Bone (2012)
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Original name: De rouille et d'os
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style:
sexy, emotional, sad, sentimental, touching, realistic, depressing, heartbreaking, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disability, french, love, illegal fistfight, redemption, ex boxer, killer whale, relationships, complex characters, family relations, tragic event, single parent, human spirit, opposites attract, unlikely couple, female nudity, sex with neighbor, parent child relationship, coming of age, love affair, desperation, animal training, struggle, hopes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe, riviera, california, nice france
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Most similar movies to Rust and Bone
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, emotional and reflective films with plots about loneliness, storytelling, relationships, mentor, runaway, life & death and depression mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Rust and Bone: Two Days, One Night (2014), The Immigrant (2013), Head-On (2004), The Waterdance (1992), X+Y (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, sincere, serious, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, employer employee relationship, solidarity, workplace, loss of job, character study, guilt, working class, female protagonist, poverty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, france, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Style:
atmospheric, harsh, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
prostitution, immigrants, survival, immigration, corruption, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, performance, society ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
poland, latin america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.
Style:
psychological, emotional, bleak, harsh, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, love, marriage, culture clash, love story, drugs, relationships, loneliness, sex, love affair, mentally unstable, rebellion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, turkey, hamburg germany, berlin germany, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An oft overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as ...
Style:
realistic, touching, thought provoking, emotional, talky ...
Plot:
disability, friendship, paraplegic, rehabilitation, life philosophy, love and romance, human spirit, human nature, society, hopes, physical disability, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
autism, coming of age, mathematics, child prodigy, teenager, prodigy, death of father, disability, adolescence, mentor, family relations, social misfits ...
Time:
year 1996, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, taiwan, asia, taipei
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100%
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Me Before You similar movies
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, feel good, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
small town, food, loneliness, restaurant, workplace, self discovery, bittersweet, hospital, nude, waitress, seduction, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york state
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37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, touching, sexy, romantic ...
Plot:
love, infidelity, love story, love triangle, hospital, relationships, adultery, extramarital affair, destructive relationship, car accident, crumbling marriage, life philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate ...
Style:
depressing, bleak, sad, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot:
single father, redemption, terminal illness, death, parenthood, immigrants, family relations, suffering, life is a bitch, cancer, parents and children, reconciliation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, canada, senegal, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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:
sentimental, sad, touching, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, death, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, infidelity, hospital, love story, relationships, life & death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
Style:
talky, realistic, sexy, art house, visually appealing ...
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, boredom, solitude, female nudity, summer, self discovery, friendship, summer vacation, children, depression, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo, ireland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Ireland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special ability to communicate with the men on board and especially with her patient as they share intimate ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, compassionate ...
Plot:
blind character, love, disability, friendship, nurse patient relationship, depression, haunted by the past, loneliness, factory, relationships, love story, complex characters ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, ireland, denmark, eastern europe ...
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36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
emotional, touching, romantic, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, dysfunctional family, depression, couple relations, lust, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, love story, marital problem, relationships, strong sexual content, melancholy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
Style:
emotional, psychological, enigmatic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, redemption, gay, self discovery, fall in love, love affair, compassion, lgbt, family problems, memory loss, haunted by the past, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will come up, and will be ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, thought provoking, erotic, affectionate ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, aging, hospital, father daughter relationship, nude, runaway, secrets, adaptation, relationships, character study, sexual abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. ...
Style:
emotional, stylized, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, extramarital affair, marriage, friendship, adultery, love affair, cheating wife, betrayal, lust, cheating, forbidden love, character study ...
Place:
england, europe, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers, and slowly acclimates to her new ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sexy, stylized, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
self discovery, coming of age, friendship, bittersweet, stripper, nude, shoplifting, adaptation, honest, life, character study, life & death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, tokyo, new jersey, tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sexy, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, teenage life, teenager, love and romance, youth, dysfunctional family, sexuality, honest, visceral, solitude ...
Place:
australia, new south wales, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, ...
Style:
emotional, sweet, realistic, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
single parent, coming of age, disability, deaf, friendship, father son relationship, life & death, stranger, abusive husband, boy, letter, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might ...
Style:
feel good, heartbreaking, romantic, touching, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
french, youth, love, game, love hate relationship, best friends in love, friendship, friends, love story, friends in love, relationships, prank ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style:
bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, bleak, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
adultery, marriage, abortion, mental illness, infidelity, dysfunctional family, depression, death of wife, under the surface, suburbs, family problems, existentialism ...
Time:
50s, year 1955, 1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place:
california, usa, paris france, new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Style:
thought provoking, gloomy, touching, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bully, bullying, father son relationship, friendship, revenge, divorce, loneliness, bomb, childhood, parenthood, youth, society ...
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africa, sudan, denmark, europe, london ...
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34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
meditative, psychological, surreal, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, couples, suicide attempt, philosophy, loneliness, family relations, love affair, life turned upside down, marriage, crumbling marriage, hopes, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, paris france, connecticut, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betty Blue, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg, a repairman moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, obsessive love, sexuality, sensuality, love, borderline personality disorder, mental illness, sex scene, love story, insanity, sex, desire ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, paris france, spain, europe
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34%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, emotional, talky, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
adoption, women, pregnancy, lawyer, family relations, mother daughter relationship, existentialism, manipulation, parents and children, estrangement, hopes, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 1973, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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34%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Films like One Day
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
They recount their impressions to the Interviewer. They met through a magazine ad, She and He. They corresponded through the Internet. He responded to her ad seeking someone to fulfil her fantasy for "a pornographic affair". This is their ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, talky, sexual, non-linear ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sex, sexual relations, love, love affair, relationships, sex scene, hotel, life philosophy, loneliness, art, life & death, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tokyo, europe, france, paris france
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34%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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sexy, sincere, erotic, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, teacher student sex, couples, obsession, teachers and students, sexuality, infidelity, love and romance, hedonism, teacher, adultery ...
Time:
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Place:
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34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with ...
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girls' night, chick flick
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Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
immigrants, single father, family relations, u.s. mexico border, american dream, truck, father son relationship, single parent, parenthood, character study, working class, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, mexico, southern california, usa ...
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34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in harmony with ones ideals, committing to a lover, giving up a ...
Style:
talky, emotional, melancholic, ironic, meditative ...
Plot:
friendship, betrayal, midlife crisis, unlikely friendships, complex characters, writers, human nature, love and romance, couple relations, couples, depression, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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