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Our Mother's House (1967)
 7.2
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Our Mother's House (1967)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father (Dirk Bogarde) returns.
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, offbeat, slasher, social, tense, suspense, psychotronic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, danger, single parent, homecoming, dishonesty, kids in trouble, parents and children, siblings relations, secret, death of mother, children, orphan, mental disorder, adoption, coming of age, dead mother, angry, family relations, large family, sibling relationship, con man, death in the family ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: england, london

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, youth, dysfunctional family, danger and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Our Mother's House: Mother's Boys (1993), Secret Ceremony (1968), Norfolk (2015), Stoker (2013), Dummy (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Secret Ceremony (1968)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A tormented rich girl hires a sex worker to act as her mother.
Style: slasher, dark, deep, tense, psychological ...
Plot: prostitute, stepfather, mental illness, psychotic, mental disorder, twists and turns, female psychopath, underground, daughter, grieving mother, prostitution, couple relations ...
Time: 60s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 4.2
 252
Norfolk (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent hunting, fishing and daydreaming. Out-of-nowhere, disrupting this tranquility, a mysterious intense figure ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: teenage life, hitman, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family in crisis, youth, life is a bitch, family relations, isolation, father son relationship, mercenary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 6.7
 114K
Stoker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style: psychological, gothic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: antisocial behavior, danger, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, family problems, lolita, fatal attraction, family relations, estate, masturbation, mental illness ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
 6.9
 336
Dummy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack transforms a life ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, humorous, gloomy
Plot: youth, kids in trouble, brother brother relationship, teenage life, family relations, family in crisis, family problems, death in the family, death of mother, coming of age, mental illness, sibling relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 7.2
 11K
The War Zone (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Style: disturbing, bleak, rough, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Plot: incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, dysfunctional family, incestuous relationship, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, incest rape, small town, innocence lost ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Nobody Owns Me (2013)
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 Ã…sa ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, youth, family relations, single parent, disorder, family problems, dysfunctional family, children, addiction, parents ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.4
 716
Bright Angel (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
Style: road movie, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: destructive relationship, family problems, on the road, jail, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, siblings relations, parents and children, brother, marital problem, hidden treasure ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, montana, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 3K
Being Cyrus (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Sethna family resides in the hills of Panchgani. A retired sculptor Dinshaw heads the family of Dinshaw's wife Katy , brother Farokh, sister-in-law Tina and second brother Fardoonjee . When the bizarre Cyrus comes into their lives, it is ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, parents and children, dishonesty, manipulation, family relations, siblings relations, drifter, apprentice, family drama, devious, win over, under the surface ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.7
 341
Bypass (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?
Style: touching, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, realistic ...
Plot: life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, society, parents and children, family relations, youth, down on your luck, terminal illness, urban, working class, criminal
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Secret Agent (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian goverment, an agent provacateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to ...
Style: psychological, harsh, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, politics, bomb, secret agent, murder mystery, police inspector, conspiracy, sabotage, state affairs, undercover, danger ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1880s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Cruel Embrace (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Nicole (Marianne Basler) gives birth to a mentally challenged boy after she is gang-raped by American soldiers at the close of World War II in this grim dramatic tragedy. Young Ludo is hidden in the attic of the family home and continues to yearn ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy, touching ...
Plot: mental disorder, parents and children, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, isolation, kids in trouble, family relations, estrangement, family problems, single parent, misfit, mentally challenged ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 4.7
 320
Annie's Garden (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In front of his 15-year-old son, a father loses his temper and strikes his younger daughter, thinking she's trying to run away from him. Jump ahead ten years: the dad is dead, the mom is gone, and the son, Luke, is raising his now grown sister, ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: bad father, small town, life is a bitch, youth, family problems, family relations, small town life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, journal, secret, death of father ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
When Andrew Came Home (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, sad
Plot: kids in trouble, kidnapping, coming of age, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, parents and children, captivity, family problems, estrangement, danger, confined, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic
Plot: dangerous attraction, obsession, woman in danger, family relations, couples, parents and children, murder, sociopath, store, danger, ambulance, suffocated to death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.8
 511
Missing at 17 (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: rescue, adoption, danger, parents and children, family relations, woman in danger, life turned upside down, age difference, strong female presence, estrangement, teenage life, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.8
 609
Playback (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A detective must uncover the truth behind the death of his daughter. But the truth hits close to home.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: investigation, riddles and clues, family relations, estrangement, danger, murder, parents and children, death in the family, father daughter relationship, police detective, murder investigation, porn industry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.0
 1K
Honour (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: hitman, danger, on the run, family relations, family problems, woman in danger, parents and children, aryan brotherhood, chases and races, woman, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 6.0
 6K
Hellion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: motocross, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, social worker, death of mother, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.3
 2K
Autumn Blood (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother - who ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: teenage rape, rape, youth, orphan, social relations, isolation, child in peril, coming of age, family relations, teenage life, vengeance, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, teen ...
Plot: friendship, leaving home, youth, society, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, secret place, family problems, teenage life, parents and children, dysfunctional family, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: missing child, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, danger, imaginary friend, kindergarten, journalism, family relations, missing daughter, single parent, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 1965, 60s
Place: london, england, britain, america, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Blood and Ties (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, uncover truth, investigation, moral dilemma, danger, hidden identity, woman in danger, parents and children, single parent, reporter, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 5.2
 423
Come Morning (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Set in rural Arkansas in 1973, Come Morning is the tragic story of Frank and his 10-year-old grandson and the hunting accident that forever changes their lives.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: woods, coming of age, countryside, father son relationship, hunting, corpse, death, manslaughter, danger, youth, country, dead body ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
For the Love of a Child (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary ...
Style: touching, disturbing, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot: child abuse, orphan, rescue, danger, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, parents and children, selflessness, family relations, family problems, adoption, abuse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Catch Me Daddy (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Laila, a girl on the run from her family is hiding out in West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. When her brother arrives in town with a gang of thugs in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her darkest night.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: on the run, family relations, bounty hunter, gang, woman in danger, family problems, violent content, death of brother, chase, runaway, dysfunctional family, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Man Inside (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, bleak, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, gangster, haunted by the past, parents and children, danger, athlete and trainer, escape from reality, family problems, starting over, boxing, rivalry, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.5
 9K
Undertow (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style: harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, murder, brutality, tragedy, homelessness, danger, lifestyle, parents and children, violence, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Style: emotional, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: couples, family in danger, redemption, homecoming, domestic disturbance, family relations, life turned upside down, family in crisis, estrangement, mentally unstable, hopes, disorder ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951
Place: missouri, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
 514
Runaway (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, teenage life, on the run, obsession, family problems, investigation, hiding, small town, fall in love, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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