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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, sentimental, independent film, sad, touching, heartbreaking, depressing, compassionate, erotic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disabled person, disability, sex, illegal fistfight, orca, ex boxer, amputee, relationships, family drama, opposites attract, redemption, killer whale, sex on first date, animal trainer, physical disability, character study, complex characters, boxing, family relations, tragic event, female nudity, bare breasts, single parent, unlikely couple ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, cote d'azur, south of france, french riviera, europe, riviera, 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 sexy, realistic, serious and melancholic films with plots about nude, love, couples, kiss, cigarette smoking, female nudity and depression mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Rust and Bone: From the Land of the Moon (2016), Two Days, One Night (2014), The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012), Ava (2017), Annette (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
unrequited love, twists and turns, female protagonist, pain, mountain, war veteran, delusional woman, doctor, marriage, baby, soldier, passionate love ...
Time:
post world war two, 50s, future, 1950s
Place:
provence, south of france, somalia, france, alps
Similarity:
100%
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:
sincere, independent film, depressing, serious, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, loss of job, workplace, employer employee relationship, guilt, poverty, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium, ethiopia, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.
Style:
heartbreaking, touching, sad, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love story, musician, grief, terminal illness, love, depression, atheism, relationships, coping, cancer, passion, child cancer ...
Time:
year 2012, near future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
belgium, scandinavia, europe, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight
sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend
their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, erotic, art house, touching ...
Plot:
beach, teenage girl, summer vacation, first love, coping, nudism, female nudity, nightmare, female pubic hair, underage sex, tough girl, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, oral sex, courtroom, prison, baby, murder, singing, male female relationship, comedian, parents and children, music, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
31K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
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, sweet, teen, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
autism, mathematics, coming of age, child prodigy, teenager, death of father, prodigy, disability, adolescence, mentor, family relations, social misfits ...
Time:
year 1996, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire, taiwan, asia, taipei
Similarity:
100%
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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:
depressing, sexy, breathtaking, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, ethnicity, marriage, sex, immigrant, love story, relationships, culture clash, passion, extramarital affair, marriage of convenience, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
Similarity:
16%
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:
sexy, romantic, emotional, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, depression, dysfunctional family, couple relations, lust, husband wife relationship, passion, crumbling marriage, sexual content, lovers, love story, sex ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, brooklyn new york city, florida
Similarity:
28%
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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:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, borderline personality disorder, sexuality, sex scene, nudity, obsessive love, mental illness, love story, crazy love, public nudity, desire, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.
Style:
sexy, serious, erotic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lovers apart, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, sex scene, youth, childhood sweetheart, lovers reunited, female nudity, mother daughter relationship, teacher student relationship, teenage love, letter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1999, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, normandy, marseille ...
Similarity:
27%
98K
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, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
single father, redemption, death, cancer, terminal illness, parenthood, immigrant, birthday, family relations, suffering, life is a bitch, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, south america, iran, senegal ...
Similarity:
27%
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:
erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love affair, adultery, infidelity, passion, housewife, child abuse, small town, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, perversion, temptation, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
26%
24K
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.
Style:
sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, obsession, teacher student sex, male teacher female student affair, couples, infidelity, love and romance, male female relationship, hospital, love story, hedonism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, lesbian relationship, lovers, lesbian teen, lesbianism, love, sex, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, sensual, non-linear, psychological ...
Plot:
divorce, infidelity, sex, rape, adultery, wedding, husband wife relationship, wedding night, sex scene, relationships, orgy, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
france, sardinia, sicily, europe, senegal ...
Similarity:
25%
39K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, lust, adultery, sexual tension, older woman younger man sex, sexual relations, sexuality, female sexuality, love affair, mother son relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
25%
329K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
love, disability, love story, fall in love, love and romance, caregiver, quadriplegic, death, enemies to lovers, euthanasia, handicapped, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, paris france, switzerland, mallorca ...
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
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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, sad, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
marriage, abortion, adultery, depression, passion, death of wife, destiny, under the surface, dysfunctional family, deadend life, mental illness, existentialism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, connecticut, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, naughty, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex, sex scene, nudity, lust, sexual relations, erotica, porn, female masturbation, hopes, waitress, strong sexual content, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
mediterranean sea, spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, valencia spain ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, emotional, psycho sexual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
obsession, sex, teacher, sex scene, older man younger woman sex, erotica, woman urinating, female pubic hair, marriage proposal, midlife crisis, sexuality, sexual relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, france, europe
Similarity:
24%
250K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, cynical, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, adultery, love affair, lovers, passion, marriage, sex, stripper, couples, photographer, desire ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
24%
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:
heartbreaking, sweet, sentimental, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
single parent, disability, family drama, passion, friendship, father son relationship, boy, stranger, ship, passionate love, little boy, letter ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and ...
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug abuse, heroin, addiction, junkie, love story, destructive relationship, obsession, life is a bitch, drug, drug addict, mentor, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, melbourne, new zealand
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lady, sex, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, passion, female pubic hair, forbidden love, affair, sensuality, unhappy marriage, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, riviera, europe, france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She's 16, and men ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, crying, retro, anthology ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
female nudity, infidelity, bare breasts, dysfunctional family, looking for sex, extramarital affair, coming of age, promiscuous daughter, sexual promiscuity, man hits a woman, nudity, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
24%
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:
sexy, touching, emotional, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenager, self discovery, teenage life, love and romance, dysfunctional relationship, sexual awakening, runaway, youth, menage a trois, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
australia, new south wales, california, new zealand
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Malta, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, depressing, melancholic, artsy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
voyeur, hotel, voyeurism, self pity, depression, manuscript, borderline personality disorder, sexual frustration, female nudity, male nudity, nudity, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s
Place:
france, peru
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style:
depressing, sexual, disturbing, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, loneliness, casino, alcoholism, prostitute, alcohol abuse, prostitution, depression, self destructing, tragedy, alcoholic, medical ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
Similarity:
24%
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