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Animal Heart (2009)
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Original name: Cœur animal
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Suddenly he thinks her alone, his wife. This person whom he doesn't know how to love and who is now falling prey to a gnawing disease. This woman whom he knows so little about and whom he would like to be with him. Right now, Just like before.
Style:
rough, captivating
Plot:
violence, domestic violence, jealousy, village life, tragic love, family problems, battered wife, power relations, forbidden love, male female relationship, jealous man, jealous husband, husband wife relationship, countryside, battered woman, villager, marital strife, family tragedy, jealous spouse, female nudity, sex scene, female pubic hair, forced sex, husband hits wife, beaten up ...
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Most similar movies to Animal Heart
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about male female relationship, relationships, family problems, female nudity, relationship problems, husband wife relationship and family relations mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Animal Heart: Beyond the Horizon (2019), The Animal's Wife (2016), Swingers (2007), Murdered By My Boyfriend (2014), Fragments of Love (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Summer '76, there's a heatwave and the Swiss countryside is drying out at top speed. In this stifling environment, Gus who is thirteen years old and son of a farmer, sees both his family environment and his innocence relentlessly breaking. ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
lgbt, summer, relationship problems, family problems, father son relationship, farming, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, grownups, family life, problem solving, farm hand ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced into marriage with a ferocious shantytown thug.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
rape, forced marriage, domestic abuse, family relations, relationships, violence, relationship problems, male female relationship, violent, life is a bitch, forbidden love, family problems ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Nicolas (Sébastien Boivin) lives a rather harmonious relationship with Valérie (Natasha M. Leroux), punctuated visits to a swinger club of the city. During a supper with two couples of friends, the audacious Valerie reveals her desire to introduce ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
jealous husband, swinger, open relationship, cheating wife, friendship, jealousy, infidelity, husband wife relationship, couple relations, open marriage, couples, sexual relations ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Drama telling the true story of what happens to a teenage girl when she falls in love with the wrong man. The everyday story of young love turns dark and sinister when the handsome and charming stranger seeks to dominate every aspect of the young ...
Style:
social, captivating, heartbreaking, crime drama, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
domestic violence, jealousy, real life, abusive relationship, murder, relationship problems, marital problem, relationships, jealous man, troubled marriage, jealous spouse, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, Colombia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Rodrigo, a piano-tuner and former composer fallen on hard times, begins a love affair with the soon-to-be-married Susana. When a bomb in the city of Medellín nearly kills them, Rodrigo and Susana surrender to their attraction and fall into each ...
Style:
sexy, eros, erotic, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
cheating fiancee, seductress, sex, hot and sexy, obsession, jealousy, ex couple relations, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, relationships, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film is the filmed version of Pál Závada's novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller. The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south-eastern Hungary. It tells ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
world war one, forbidden love, relationships, family problems, marital problem, husband wife relationship, love triangle, dysfunctional marriage, love affair, war for independence, relationship problems, family relations ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Gisela is a young wife and mother, living in a working class German Housing Scheme. She is a supermarket cashier, her husband a delivery driver. The marriage is stale but together they are working their way up into the middle class. George and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
romantic triangle, love triangle, forbidden love, relationship problems, love affair, opposites attract, jealousy, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, tragic love ...
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Lisa is a young designer from Paris. She is starting to work as an independent designer and she wants to make a fashion show. A friend of her, a girl named Hêlin persuades Lisa to make the show in Diyarbakir, telling her that in there you can find ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
fashion show, fashion model, fashion, fashion designer, model, fashion industry, couple relations, life is a bitch, jealousy, tragic love, jealous man, infidelity ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A film by Bernard Rose, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy with music by Ludwig Van Beethoven. Edgar Hudson meets Abby, a concert pianist, at a dinner party. Abby is involved with someone else but that doesn't stop the two from acting upon their ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, sexual abuse, obsession, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dysfunctional marriage, nudity, infidelity, erotica, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Centers on a passionate and complicated love story that connects three small-town people trying to survive solely on their labor. Aydanur is a young woman living in Anatolia who wants to break away from whatever life has--or doesn't have--to ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, relationship problems, love and romance, romantic triangle, love triangle, love affair, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family relations, love interest, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mladen (44) Belgrade born, is a timeshare salesman at Montenegrin Holiday resort. He is having an affair with his colleague, Sonja (40), who is married to Metod (50) the chief sales manager who learns about his wife's infidelity. He assigns ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
affair, forbidden love, coworker, adultery, intrigue, male female relationship, relationship problems, employer employee relationship, love affair, co worker co worker relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
These three stories are about sex, relationships and fantasy. A couple in their 30's is looking to satisfy their sexual fantasies, so they invite a nurse to join them for a threesome. A nurse falls in love with the wrong man, an old doctor ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
sexual desire, love interest, love story, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, sexual attraction, husband wife relationship, forbidden love, mistress, love, sexual fantasy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, bleak
Plot:
relationship problems, family problems, child abuse, abusive relationship, domineering father, brother brother relationship, domestic violence, father and son, violence, father, power relations, overbearing parent ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
1942 - Fritz and Emma are hiding Albert, a Jewish refugee, at their remote farm. Since their marriage has remained childless, Fritz asks Albert to sleep with Emma and conceive a child on his behalf.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
cuckolded husband, wife pregnant by another man, impotent husband, cuckold, world war two, farm, dysfunctional marriage, jealousy, family problems, husband wife relationship, wartime, family relations ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
To try to raise money for her choir's trip to China, Anna poses nude for an ageing artist and upon seeing the finished results goes on a journey of self discovery.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere
Plot:
open marriage, impotent husband, art, family problems, relationship problems, cheating wife, love and romance, love story, male female relationship, love interest, relationships, couple relations ...
Similarity:
24%
732
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hattie is a television film on the life of the British comic actress Hattie Jacques, played by Ruth Jones, her marriage to John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst) and her affair with their lodger John Schofield (Aidan Turner).
Style:
captivating
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, lovers, forbidden love, husband wife relationship, husband wife conflict, jealousy, relationship problems, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, love triangle, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A sexy daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean. Naturally, many sexual liaisons are ...
Style:
captivating, sexploitation film
Plot:
sexploitation, affair, plan, intrigue, seductress, sexual attraction, sexual relations, father daughter relationship, sexy woman, male female relationship, relationships, social problems ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tomas is happy as family father, raising teen son Milan (as his knavish buddy) and running-especially gastronomically- a club with his mother Nike, whose absences to take course aiming for career progress causes tension. Covering for Milan's ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
father son relationship, fatherhood, adultery, family drama, search for father, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, relationships ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A lonely housewife finds new life in a liaison with a free-spirited man in this romantic drama. Isolated in a remote home, Jean (Kelsey Oldershaw) feels suffocated in her marriage to uptight architect Paul (Horatio Ledon). An affair with her ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
marital infidelity, marriage, adultery, affair, marital crisis, family problems, male female relationship, marital problem, dysfunctional marriage, love triangle, married couple, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Philippines
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kim-Dusik, who committed a murder in Korea, fled to Manila and has lived there nearly 15 years. He lives with his Filipino wife, Medusa, and their 15-year old son, Philip. Dusik, his irresistible yearning for his mother, turns into violence ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
father son relationship, marital abuse, rape, murder, male female relationship, domestic violence, dysfunctional family, violence, family problems, violent, life is a bitch, father and son ...
Place:
manila philippines, korea
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After realizing that his wife has been cheating on him, mild-mannered stamp maker Tae-han leaves his small seaside town of Naksan determined to track down his wife's lover, a taxicab driver from Seoul named Joong-sik. During one of the most ...
Style:
road movie, captivating, erotic, entertaining
Plot:
jealousy, husband wife relationship, relationships, adultery, family relations, male female relationship, love and romance, romantic rivalry, romantic triangle, sex scene, asian, naked breasts ...
Place:
south korea, rotterdam netherlands, seoul
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Toni leads a normal life with his wife Paola but full of enthusiasm and passion. The chance meeting with the young and wealthy Chiara will rekindle in him the desire to redeem himself and to realize his secret dream: to become an artist. The paths ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
affair, lovers, love triangle, love story, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, love affair, intrigue, couple relations, love interest ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Otilia is both blessed with a body that is the epitome of feminine perfection and cursed by an ugly mole that mars her beautiful face. The juxtaposition between fabulous beauty and disfigurement proves unsettling for the villagers and she grows up ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot:
female nudity, older man younger woman marriage, female pubic hair, cuckold, unhappy marriage, disfigured face, venereal disease, sexual tension, relationship problems, dysfunctional marriage, marriage, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young couple in love: Rebecca (32) and her boyfriend Julian (34) are expecting their first child and are full of pleasant expectation. As Rebecca gives birth to a healthy boy their luck seems to be perfect. But instead of the unconditional ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
postpartum depression, depression, family problems, motherhood, kids and family, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, problem, family relations, male pubic hair, male nudity ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
couples, sexual assault, husband wife relationship, relationships, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, marital reconciliation, pregnant wife, violence, marriage, pregnancy ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A husband and wife marriage counselor team provide relationship and sexual therapy to a married couple.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
erotica, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, sexual content, marital problem, marital crisis, sexual relations, marriage counselor, sex, married couple, couples ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Florist Ae-ran and forensics investigator Min-ho from the Public Prosecutor's Office both have a family that everyone wants. However, Min-ho can't handle bed time so Ae-ran starts a 'challenge game' in which she seduces and has ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
sexual relations, love interest, cheating wife, female protagonist, cheating girlfriend, marriage crisis, infidelity, erotic fantasy, relationships, sexual desire, family problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
21%
187
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man is diagnosed terminally ill and having only a limited time to live he decides to inflict pain and suffering on an ex-girlfriend in an attempt to teach her the value of life.
Style:
suspense, rough, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
captive woman, incest, brother sister incest, captive, forbidden sex, male pubic hair, obsession, sex with brother, kidnapping, insanity, terminal illness, kidnapped woman ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Willy's quest to find Marlena, his lost love, takes him from Mexico to Canada, where he is hired as a seasonal worker at the Bécotte farm, near Montreal. Several destinies intersect, worlds collide, tensions rise and moments of magical realism ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
forbidden love, drug cartel, in love, love interest, star crossed lovers, gang, relationships, criminal, organized crime, criminal gang, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
canada, mexico, montreal
Similarity:
21%
129
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ayyanar, a barbarian, beats up innocent people and rapes women. He gets married to Alagamma, a pretty girl, who hates him initially, but later decides to transform him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
patriarchy, victimization, toxic masculinity, village life, domestic violence, sexual abuse, relationships, male female relationship, life is a bitch, changing lives, confronting the past, violence ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
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