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If Someone Had Known (1995)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.
Style:
tense, serious, emotional, realistic, detective
Plot:
abusive husband, abusive relationship, murder, marital abuse, teenager, dead man, domestic violence, teenage girl, husband wife relationship, physical abuse, police arrest, teenage daughter, father dislikes daughter's boyfriend, wife beater, dead husband, young mother, obsession, pregnancy, couples, legal, danger, family problems, woman in danger, courtroom drama, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and psychological films with plots about husband wife relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, murder, couples, domestic violence and deadly mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like If Someone Had Known: The Burning Bed (1984), No One Would Tell (1996), The Promise (1999), Dangerous Intentions (1995), Black and Blue (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, psychological, non fiction, biting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
domestic violence, marital rape, abusive relationship, junior high school, feminist, sexualized violence, courtroom drama, abusive husband, mental health, wife beater, resistance, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, abuse, abusive relationship, fatal attraction, murder, high school life, high school, love, abusive husband, true crime, domestic abuse, wrestler ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the ...
Style:
non fiction, serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
abusive husband, domestic violence, woman in danger, marital abuse, abusive relationship, feminism, strong female presence, society, legal action, fighting the system, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
abusive relationship, murder, danger, starting over, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance, hopes, family relations, injustice, family problems, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
True story of an abusive husband's obsession with his wife and daughter.
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive relationship, abduction, husband hits wife, husband wife relationship, obsession, marital abuse, pregnancy, bowling, employee, drug, pregnant woman ...
Place:
oklahoma, nashville tennessee, colorado, tennessee
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
Style:
independent film, emotional, psychological
Plot:
abusive husband, husband hits wife, stalker, domestic violence, wife, abusive relationship, obsession, family relations, husband wife relationship, coffee, man hits a woman, abused woman ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapped, hostage, marital abuse, abuse, battered wife, abusive husband, obsession, hostage situation, abusive relationship, family relations, family problems, starting over ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two psychologist try to demonstrate that a man is a pedophile and has abused many children.
Style:
tense, serious, erotic, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
child abuse, sexual cruelty, lawyer, abuse, investigator, criminal justice, love, youth, suburbs, courtroom, pedophile, psychologist ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
abuse, murder, wedding planning, hotshot lawyer, hopes, fighting the system, life is a bitch, family problems, courtroom drama, arranged marriage, husband wife relationship, lawyer ...
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom drama, death penalty, biopic, dishonesty, fugitives, legal, confined, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman is delighted to have given birth to a baby girl but her life is turned into a nightmare when she goes missing. The police mount a frantic search but to the woman's horror she finds out that it's herself who is the main suspect.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
faked pregnancy, wife, love, pregnancy, kidnapping, family problems, family relations, couples, death in the family, rescue, danger, dealing with death ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
playboy, female nudity, murder, obsession, nude model, true crime, photograph, fame, rise and fall, movie business, jealous husband, couple relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 1978, 70s
Place:
vancouver, canada, california, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
musician's life, price of fame, pop star, music, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, couple relations, addiction, celebrity culture, fall in love, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, legal, trial, prejudice, court, australian outback, religious persecution, injustice, false accusation, investigation, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A women meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, realistic, bleak
Plot:
abusive husband, marital rape, abusive relationship, best friend, pregnancy, family relations, fall in love, couples, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets Paris' wife Hannah. A former schoolteacher, she made the mistake of her life when she married ...
Style:
neo noir, biting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
redneck, rape, abusive husband, lawyer, children, domestic abuse, paranoia, abuse, relationships, marital abuse, law, family relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, pregnant teenager, lifestyle, teenage life, family in crisis, hopes, high school, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester (Mass.) High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, motherhood, high school, teenager, mother daughter relationship, investigation, social relations, journalism, society, teenage life, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician, domestic violence, african american, black woman, biopic, singer, violence against women, abusive husband, rape victim, african american woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, year 1993 ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, california, africa, new york ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the book Crossed Over: A Murder/A Memoir by Beverly Lowry, Crossed Over tells the true story of a woman, Beverly Lowry, who after the tragic hit-and-run death of her teenage son, sinks into a deep depression. Lowry and her supportive ...
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
obsession, family problems, hopes, life is a bitch, human nature, murder, estrangement, redemption, friendship, curses spells and rituals, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, texas, usa
Similarity:
18%
1K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
Style:
political, independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
biopic, political corruption, women, girl, corruption, politics, violent content, profanity, power relations, blind ambition, workplace, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style:
enigmatic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, couples, world war two, young lovers, love, scientist, science, storytelling, life philosophy, love and romance, catastrophe, death ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place:
new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, serial killer, marital abuse, voyeur, women, sexualized violence, killing spree, abusive husband, age difference, sex crime, abusive relationship, rape ...
Time:
19th century, year 1985, 1880s
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and young daughters missing. Authorities soon zeroed in on Matthew's wife, Mary, as the prime suspect ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective
Plot:
marital rape, murder, investigation, social relations, small town, domestic violence, serial killer, preacher, trial, under the surface, biopic, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.
Style:
slasher, realistic, serious, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage daughter, murder, trial, betrayal, courtroom, lawyer, teenage girl, domineering mother, drug addiction, minefield, marriage, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, rough
Plot:
missing person, police officer, missing wife, murder, murder suspect, couple relations, husband wife relationship, funeral, woman killed, couples, cop, patrolman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, kansas city
Similarity:
17%
19K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style:
black and white, psychological, atmospheric, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, drug abuse, judaism, showbiz, addiction, biopic, rise and fall, adult humor, courtroom, drug addiction, civil rights, drug ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1974, 50s, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger (1985) concentrates on Ellis's (Richardson) short-lived relationship with motor-racing driver David Blakely (Rupert Everett).
Style:
independent film, disturbing, neo noir, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
obsession, single mother, true crime, nightclub, revenge, jealousy, abusive relationship, execution, murder, death sentence, women, death penalty ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1985, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
england, europe, london, california, tokyo
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
child abuse, abuse, false accusation, fighting the system, courtroom drama, family problems, injustice, legal action, legal, life is a bitch, dishonesty, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
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