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The Architect (2008)
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Original name: Der Architekt
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes he has made in his personal life. An intense drama in which the four members of the family travel to a mountain village to bury Georg's mother. They get stranded in bad weather. This unexpected isolation throws new light on the past and present life of the parents and the two almost-adult children.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, poignant, reflective
Plot:
male nudity, female nudity, masturbation, funeral, architecture, infidelity, family drama, illegitimate child, midlife crisis, family reunited, estranged father, confrontation, character study, domestic drama, betrayal, mature, isolation, legacy, guilt, identity, small village, intimate, ethical dilemma, claustrophobia, reconciliation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
alps
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Most similar movies to The Architect
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and reflective films with plots about female nudity, female full frontal nudity, male nudity, intimate, bittersweet, character study and male pubic hair mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Architect: Giraffes (2013), Amazon Forever (2004), Hotel Coppelia (2021), Laurentia (2011), The secret of yolanda (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Colombia, Panama
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lía and Manuel live illegally in a closed house. Tania, trying to regain her rights over the space that her uncle left her, intends to evict them. But the couple is not ready to leave and Tania decides to retrench on the top floor of the house. The ...
Plot:
woman peeing, woman urinating, love triangle, female pubic hair, lesbian subtext, male pubic hair, sexual tension, hurricane, threesome, peeping tom, menage a trois, poetry ...
Place:
havana cuba
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nicholas is a young cinematographer, shooting a documentary about the ancient tribal ritual in an Indian village near the Amazon, where he fell in love with the daughter of a chief, at the same time more and more like the side of the original ...
Style:
intercultural, serious, melancholic, educational, tense ...
Plot:
amazon rainforest, deforestation, rain forest, amazon, environmentalism, community, conservation, ecology, activism, tradition, spirituality, realism ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
prostitution, forced prostitution, female nudity, lesbian relationship, sex worker, prostitute, brothel, masturbation, rape, threesome, american soldier, society ...
Time:
60s
Place:
dominican republic
Similarity:
100%
169
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young quebecer descends into alienation and depression.
Style:
existential, melancholic, psychological, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
strong sexual content, unsimulated sex, alienation, loneliness, identity, depression, identity crisis, isolation, introspection, coming of age, male protagonist, realism ...
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Time traveler Frank is picked up by Luise and Theo while on their way to Berlin. Frank wants to find author Laura Luna and take her to the future with him. Frank finds Laura and they become a couple, but Luise shows up and makes it a menage a trois.
Style:
affectionate, melancholic, philosophical, existential
Plot:
travel, immortality, love triangle, companionship, jealousy, time travel, polyamory, seduction, european, literary, bisexuality, identity ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A beautiful deaf-mute is courted by both her riding instructor and personal guardian in this hot-and-heavy romance story.
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, period drama
Plot:
love triangle, desire, romantic rivalry, passion, jealousy, sexual tension, seduction, obsession, secret, beauty, female masturbation, horse riding ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Wolfi is in his mid-40s and wants to revisit the good old days with his three best buddies in the Provence, where life is good. Little does he realize that his old chums are in the middle of growing up for real, bringing their wives and kids and all ...
Style:
realistic, tension, dark comedy
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, troubled marriage, male bonding, birthday party, machismo, dark humor, bromance, parenthood, nostalgia, domestic drama, bittersweet ...
Place:
provence
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dermatology professor Marie-Claire is embarking on a new project linking skin cells and sexuality, when unexpected events disrupt her professional, family and intimate life.
Style:
erotic, psychological, captivating, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
interracial sex, slutty woman, male female relationship, teenage sexuality, scientist, horny wife, older woman younger man sex, jealousy, doctor, marriage, research, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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483
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Summer 1900, Switzerland.
Elisabeth, 17, is about to take her vows when the sudden death of her older sister forces her to leave the convent and return to the family farm. Stifled by the suffocating and strict rules of the village, walking in her ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
female pubic hair, mountain, death of sister, desire, convent, nun, diary, female protagonist, loss of sister, nudity, snow, faith ...
Time:
1900s, year 1900, 19th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A brutal assault changes Marieke's life. She leaves her familiar city rhythms for the solitude of a isolated house in the countryside. Her irrational fears on the frozen farm are a constant struggle. As spring's orchestra begins, her ...
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
isolation, countryside, female protagonist, healing, solitude, dark past, slow burn, character study, resilience, minimalism, intimacy, rebirth ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Maria and Herbert Schubert have been married for 35 years. They want to celebrate their anniversary with their children at their weekend home. The harmony within the family turns out to be an illusion. Maria isn't the only one planning to leave ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
dysfunctional family, relationships, marriage crisis, midlife crisis, family drama, family secret, family reunited, separation, infidelity, regret, intimate, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Director Gotz Spielmann follows his acclaimed thriller Revanche with this visually captivating character study, in which a family reunion at a mountainside inn lays bare old wounds and reveals long-held secrets.
Style:
bleak, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
introspection, family drama, character study, family secret, intimate, getting home, jealousy, sibling rivalry, bittersweet, illness, regret, small town ...
Place:
alps, austria
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A new house in a new town could mean the beginning of a phase of domestic bliss for a small family. Nina, a doctor, has taken a few days off. Her husband Frieder is busy laying tiles, while their daughter Charlotte plays in her new room. But Nina is ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, ambiguous ending, slow cinema, erotic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, alienation, female protagonist, character study, infidelity, sex, midlife crisis, isolation, home improvement, renovation, symbolism, brother sister relationship ...
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
When womanizer Remco Albrecht celebrates his 65st birthday he has to deal with people from his past whom he would rather ignore.
Style:
realistic, emotional, reflective, melancholic, wistful
Plot:
aging, character study, birthday party, family secret, regret, midlife crisis, confrontation, bittersweet, introspection, relationships, infidelity, reconciliation ...
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sarah (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen) and David (Magnus Crepper) meet for the first time in ten years when she arrives at his summer residence. David needs help finishing a play, which turns out to be a dramatization of their long, troublesome ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, psychological, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
intimate, breakup, longing, bittersweet, introspection, regret, character study, identity, midlife crisis, realism, young love, infidelity ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The slightly self-indulgent artist Thorvald collapses during an interview made in celebration of his 80th birthday and dies shortly after. But in spite of his death Thorvald can still follow those left behind. From a distance, and for better or ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, existential, satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
death, angel, family drama, dying and death, character study, father son conflict, legacy, afterlife, grief, bittersweet, vanity, relationships ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother (Lou Castel), mother (Emmanuelle Riva) and pregnant lover (Angela Molina).
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, semi autobiographical
Plot:
suicide, twins, character study, grief, mourning, loneliness, existential crisis, midlife crisis, family secret, infidelity, small town, provincial life ...
Time:
year 1982
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Italy, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After many years working far from home, Mila is forced to temporarily leave her seaside mansion—and her secret romance—to return to her family in a remote Polish village. But the long-awaited reunion is far from what she imagined. As tensions ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric
Plot:
remote village, mother daughter relationship, family drama, getting home, homecoming, reconciliation, bittersweet, character study, confrontation, mature, isolation, identity crisis ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
23%
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Mother Lissy, father Gerd, son Tom and daughter Ellen: the members of the Lunies family are estranged. But confronted with death, they finally meet each other again.
Style:
poignant, reflective, dark comedy, tragicomedy
Plot:
family drama, mortality, terminal illness, grief, family reunited, regret, reconciliation, mourning, acceptance, humanism, intimacy, retirement home ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Follows Ingrid, Ian and Ivy, three unique strangers who find each other in an uninhabited condominium. They discover they actually have a lot in common, and start wondering where they might be each other's salvation.
Style:
independent film, tense, melancholic, modern fairy tale
Plot:
female pubic hair, male nudity, isolation, intimacy, intimate, character study, redemption, moral ambiguity, urban, confined, minimalism, male pubic hair ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his ...
Style:
realistic, reflective, melancholic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, character study, alienation, identity crisis, alcoholism, male protagonist, social realism, domestic drama, slow burn, boredom, intimate, mature ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Grieving her mother’s death and her own failing marriage, Lexi boards a plane from London to Los Angeles in search of the estranged father who abandoned her when she was three years old. Based out of a seedy Hollywood motel, she follows a tenuous ...
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, contemplative, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male pubic hair, grief, self discovery, family drama, character study, search for father, estrangement, intimate, abandonment, bittersweet, slice of life, ambiguity ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of longtime married couple Lena and Tore, who need to deal with Lena's sudden lost of biographical memory due to amnesia.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male pubic hair, female pubic hair, amnesia, memory loss, identity, explicit sex, female protagonist, self discovery, retrograde amnesia, marriage, alienation, switching roles ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, estrangement, father, family relations, search for father, family drama, father son reunion, absent father, relationships, estranged father, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
19%
376
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, art house
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, relationships, character study, children, isolation, alienation, summer vacation, family secret, intimate, repression, bittersweet ...
Place:
east germany
Similarity:
19%
833
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A former East German boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect on his life when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
boxing, ex boxer, father daughter relationship, mortality, character study, als, terminal illness, redemption, illness, reconciliation, loss, bittersweet ...
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, east germany
Similarity:
19%
264
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three intertwining stories about women, who end up in a psychiatric clinic...
Style:
tense, sensitive, erotic, sensual, queer cinema
Plot:
mental health, intimate, honest, character study, conflict, friendship, lesbian, self discovery, healing, therapy, single, trauma ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
To inform each personally about her impending death, Mies summons her three daughters home. The three half-sisters April, May and June, each of whom has a different father, start to question their lives: "Where are we at in life? What do we ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mother, family drama, mother daughter estrangement, sister sister relationship, family problems, sisters, women, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, estrangement, family relations, estranged sister ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned Saori and her mother years before. Now her father's young lover Haruhiko shows up to tell Saori that her father is dying of cancer. Still angry ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, compassionate ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, lgbtq, female protagonist, gay father, gay asian, gay parent, family relations, estrangement, family drama, father and daughter, gay, money problems ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
19%
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