Movies like Raven's End
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Raven's End (1963)
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Original name: Kvarteret Korpen
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the middle of this film, about the working class in pre-world war II Sweden, is Anders who wishes to become an author. His father who is a notorious dreamer and liar, and his mother, who struggles to keep their family alive.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
writers, social injustice, family relations, dysfunctional family, working class, teenage protagonist, aspiring writer, life is a bitch, follow your dream, couples, deadend life, society, ambition, family problems, down on your luck, unwanted pregnancy, writer's life, factory worker, family feud, artists and showbiz, couple relations, football, gambling, pregnancy, past ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936, 30s
Place:
europe, sweden, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and gloomy films with plots about family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, couples, couple relations and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Raven's End: The Baby Carriage (1963), Mad Ship (2013), The Serpent's Way (1986), Waiting for the Tenor (1998), Nobody Owns Me (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A tale of young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant.
Plot:
teenage girl, 18 year old, pregnancy, working class, independence, teenager, unwanted pregnancy, birth, adulthood, teenage pregnancy, high society, working class family ...
Place:
europe, sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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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:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot:
immigrants, family relations, life is a bitch, society, working class, unemployment, couple relations, unfulfillment, prairie, down on your luck, ship
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
countryside, sexual abuse, nude, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, strong sexual content, down on your luck, dysfunctional family, woman in danger, parents and children, peeping tom ...
Time:
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Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The author Thomas meets his childhood friend Hoffman on an autumn night in 1997. They decide to let a dream come true: to make a film of a play by Thomas, Veranda for a Tenor, with Hoffman in the lead role. The story takes us back to the summer of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Plot:
alcohol abuse, friendship, friendship between men, bittersweet, couples, introspection, artists and showbiz, writer's life, couple relations, terminal illness, filmmaking, writers ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
europe, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, disorder, youth, single parent, life turned upside down, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, addiction, children, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a mysterious stranger with ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
family problems, couple relations, mysterious character, couples, parents and children, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, family in crisis, down on your luck, life turned upside down, family relations, wine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa’s small hourly wage, they are nevertheless thrilled to learn that Melissa is pregnant. Then their situation deteriorates, and their tenuous ...
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Plot:
oral sex, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, poverty, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, couple relations, introspection, down on your luck, working class, disability ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. He is a bitter man and he shows, through flashbacks, how spiteful, conniving and treacherous his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
aging, dysfunctional family, family relations, father son relationship, writers, terminal illness, crumbling marriage, human nature, unfulfillment, writer's life, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left ...
Style:
gloomy, realistic, serious
Plot:
poverty, alcoholic, farm, coming of age, human nature, social misfits, society, couple relations, hopes, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
estrangement, life is a bitch, writer's life, single parent, couple relations, family problems, family in crisis, relationship vs career, couples, alcohol abuse, crumbling marriage, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intelectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.
Style:
serious, surreal, sincere, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
dysfunctional family, alcohol abuse, self destructing, family relations, life is a bitch, alcoholic father, family problems, redemption, addiction, parents and children, father son relationship, alcoholic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
starting over, redemption, haunted by the past, family relations, society, parents and children, human nature, family problems, dysfunctional family, hopes, life is a bitch, estrangement ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
infidelity, crumbling marriage, vengeance, family problems, introspection, dishonesty, redemption, couple relations, family relations, couples, parents and children, love affair ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
optimism, family relations, hopes, society, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, village, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives. The couple's children, ten-year-old Biscuit ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, couples, life is a bitch, couple relations, death in the family, parents and children, dealing with death, dysfunctional family, family crisis, mourning, reconciliation ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
unemployment, ambition, relationship vs career, lifestyle, self discovery, downfall, infidelity, survival, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, working class, society ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The wife and son of an unemployed, foul-tempered man suffer under ever-worsening domestic violence. One day while his father is taking a nap, the young son decides to take matters into his own hands. In a panic, the wife and son both believe the man ...
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serious, emotional, touching, realistic, psychological
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, assassination, couple relations, working class, parents and children, unemployment, love and romance, immigrants, society, addiction ...
Time:
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Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts. Meanwhile, the rest of her family is falling apart, and her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, rescue, life is a bitch, youth, drug abuse, parents and children, life turned upside down, society, teenage prostitution, first sex ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, couple relations, family problems, society, death in the family, social decay, pregnancy, love and romance, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, painter, art ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Story:
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realistic, serious, sincere, touching, emotional ...
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44%
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Over the course of a year, in a small town scarred and beaten down by industrialization, Tonda and Monika, friends since childhood, come to experience what life might be like if they could be with one another – which they seemingly can't. Or ...
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Time:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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