Movies like Limbo 2010
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Limbo (2010)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sonia arrives in Trinidad with her two children to join her husband Jo who is working as an oil engineer. On the surface she lives a life of luxury in a large houses with servants. The days are uneventful and blend together into an everlasting holiday, where the women nurse their superficial relationships over cocktails poolside – the perfect climate for self-delusion.
Style:
serious, realistic, melancholic, atmospheric, existential, gloomy, moody, period drama
Plot:
couples, family problems, introspection, social relations, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, unfulfillment, children, loneliness, isolation, female protagonist, alienation, character study, repression, midlife crisis, identity crisis, slow burn, social satire, oil industry, colonialism, love affair, monastery, strong female presence, school, swimming pool ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean
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Most similar movies to Limbo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and touching films with plots about unfulfillment, couples, family problems, infidelity, crumbling marriage, couple relations and introspection mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Limbo: Betrayal (2012), Heaven's Heart (2008), Cruel But Necessary (2005), The Afterlight (2009), The Bird (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, infidelity, adultery, husband and wife, cuckolded husband, confession, dishonesty, love and romance, sex scene, married woman, female pubic hair, extramarital affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, society, introspection, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A suburban housewife uses a hidden camera to compulsively record everyone around her.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, voyeurism, love affair, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, estrangement, dull life, love and romance, single parent, crumbling marriage, obsessive quest, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Andrew and Claire, a young couple attempting to restart their live, moves to an isolated school house in farm country, their neighbors and nature itself, trigger a surprising chain of events
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, couples, farm, introspection, haunted by the past, couple relations, family problems, estrangement, starting over, crumbling marriage, countryside, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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109
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman, withdrawn from life, rescues a live bird that had been trapped in the wall of her apartment.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, art house, existential ...
Plot:
estrangement, strong female presence, restaurant, loneliness, isolation, solitude, character study, female protagonist, alienation, symbolism, slow burn, intimate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three stories intertwined which occur in a single day. The day Ines discovers she is pregnant, Antonia decides to abandon her family and Marian realizes she is going to die.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
pregnancy, friendship, friends, couples, family problems, family relations, introspection, woman in danger, singleness, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A middle-age woman recovers from a serious car accident.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
introspection, rehabilitation, accident, starting over, family relations, estrangement, hopes, unfulfillment, couples, trauma, recovery, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, catalonia, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love affair, midlife crisis, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, illicit affair, confession, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, life turned upside down, love affair, love triangle, dishonesty, journalism, crumbling marriage, couple relations, destructive relationship, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany, france, greece, athens greece
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lam Yiu Kwok, a Hong Kong secondary school teacher is facing a mid-life crisis. While he has only his pride and Chinese poetry to fall back on, his peers are successful businessmen and professionals who flaunt their extravagant lifestyles at reunion ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
love affair, love triangle, moral dilemma, infidelity, couples, breakup, tragic love, love and romance, family problems, teachers and students, midlife crisis, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ebbo and Vera Velten have spent the better part of the past twenty years living in different African countries. Ebbo is the manager of a sleeping sickness programme. His work is fulfilling. Vera, however, feels increasingly lost in Yaounde’s ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, getting home, plague, heroes, couple relations, couples, unfulfillment, destructive relationship, colonialism, family relations, homecoming, doctor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A math teacher from Bucharest and his lover go out for a picnic to relax. The film follows what happens after an accident occurs and the two characters argue about how to handle the situation. Things take a twist and as the victim becomes an part ...
Style:
tense, clever, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
prostitute, manipulation, infidelity, introspection, mysterious character, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couples, couple relations, woods, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tale of obsession and jealousy
Style:
realistic, intense, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, songwriter, character study, betrayal, lie, infidelity, male protagonist, mature, domestic drama, love triangle, jealousy, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
couples, introspection, working class, social differences, family problems, human nature, society, gender, unfulfillment, loneliness, blackmail, marital problem ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
23%
404
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Henrik Ibsen's enduring drama about a Nordic femme fatale - a neurotic, controlling, strong-willed woman who is nonetheless alluring to the males in her town. She is a solitary woman in a society held together by kinship and class. If she had ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
girl, manipulation, femme fatale, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, feminism, love and romance, introspection, dishonesty, human nature ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975
Place:
europe
Similarity:
22%
253
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression.
Style:
realistic, serious, period piece, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, working class, unemployment, life is a bitch, society, couple relations, unfulfillment, prairie, great depression, drought, family drama ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on Beth and Mark, a couple struggling to conceive, and Mark's unexpectedly helpful affair with Louise.
Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, touching, semi serious ...
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, infidelity, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, dull life, love and romance, dishonesty, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home.
Style:
art house, independent film, psychological, realistic, serious
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, nudity, affair, female nudity, extramarital affair, wedding ring, archaeologist, church, physician, hospital, art ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, london
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A married woman — seeking to purify herself through a "disconnection vow" — leaves her husband and returns to her parents’ home, but finds a situation far from the peace and quiet she had imagined.
Style:
semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, disorder, dull life, breakup, introspection, couples, nothing goes right, strong female presence, parents and children, homecoming, unfulfillment, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
22%
482
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
betrayal, couple relations, art, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, dishonesty, vengeance, love and romance, crumbling marriage, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Place:
ireland, europe, netherlands, spain
Similarity:
21%
128
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Their men went to the North in search of their destiny, while they stayed.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
immigrant, social relations, bittersweet, gender, village life, family problems, strong female presence, family in crisis, homecoming, society, isolation, intimate ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl, who leaves her husband to search for her true identity. She doesn't quite know what she wants, but at least she knows what she's escaping from. Soon ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, identity crisis, urban, character study, social commentary, escape, murder, social realism, loneliness, isolation, suspicion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Kaoru Fukazawa is a manga artist. His manga series was published for eight years, but has now finished. He doesn't have any ideas for his next work. His situation seems bleak, with his editor seeming to not care about him anymore and his ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, dramatic, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
infidelity, desperation, relationships, prostitute, secret, job, life, business, melancholy, writer's block, loneliness, downfall ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Miguel travels to Pontevedra, his hometown, with the request of serching for some locations for a movie. His trip takes him back to the place where he grew up, meeting up with some old friends, but also leads him to the possibility of a new ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, serious, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, love and romance, fall in love, introspection, workplace, self discovery, workplace situations, hopes, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
hotel, couple relations, losing-it hero, alcohol abuse, unfulfillment, writer's life, dull life, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, disintegration, black ops, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
aging, self discovery, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, elderly, marriage, retirement, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
20%
345
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Adrift begins with the wedding of Duyen and Hai. Duyen is a beautiful tourist guide and translator who marries Hai, a taxi driver who is two years her junior. Duyen thinks the marriage will make her happy but it turns out more difficult, especially ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
couple relations, closeted lesbian, lgbt, couples, infidelity, sexual relations, self discovery, forbidden love, unfulfillment, family problems, estrangement, tour guide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her. After uncovering disturbing new ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, dating, divorce, husband, wife, feminist, cheating, friendship, starting over, support group, sexual content, manipulation ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Similarity:
20%
260
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, nudity, religions or cults, family problems, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1992, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
20%
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