Movies like The Happy Ending
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The Happy Ending (1969)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons), a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don't know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers. Great supporting cast includes John Forsythe, Teresa Wright, Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Bobby Darin, Tina Louise, Dick Shawn, and Nanette Fabray.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, touching, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
midlife crisis, couples, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, love and romance, impossible love, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, husband wife relationship, female friendship, adultery, mother daughter relationship, suicide attempt, unhappy marriage, feminist, bored housewife, prostitute, wedding, feminism, best friends, infidelity, suburbs ...
Time:
60s
Place:
bahamas, colorado, denver colorado
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about family problems, couples, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, infidelity, love and romance and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Happy Ending: The Babysitters (2007), All You Need (2001), Heaven's Heart (2008), Fathers and Sons (2005), Satisfaction (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, erotic, bleak, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
infidelity, prostitute, older man younger woman relationship, adultery, statutory rape, teenage sexuality, sex, dark humor, marital problem, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, social decay ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Beth's life was going backwards. Her husband suddenly walks out on her, she has an alcoholic mother, an ambivalent father and so she decides to begin making a change by going back to school in order to take charge of her life.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, emotional, talky
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, drunkenness, thanksgiving, social decay, lifestyle, family problems, family gatherings, family life, parents and children, human nature, couple relations, society ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style:
psychological, realistic, talky, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, couples, best friends, anniversary, family problems, introspection, unfulfillment, society, couple relations, marriage ...
Place:
sweden, denmark, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
single parent, infidelity, family relations, dysfunctional family, couples, life is a bitch, family problems, estrangement, elderly, gender, love and romance, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san diego california, miami, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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A provocative drama that explores modern marriage at its midpoint. Through the lens of one couple, Neil Truman and his wife, Grace, this series answers the question, “What do you do when having it all is not enough?” by delving into their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
crumbling marriage, couple relations, marriage, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, dishonesty, under the surface, male escort, adultery, infidelity, family problems, marital problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, starting over, love triangle, breakup, working class, dysfunctional family, love affair, human nature, hopes, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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:
21st century
Place:
italy, venice
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23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Astitva is a bold film with adultery. An ambitious male chauvinist and his loving wife are happily married but the guy is not able to give time to the family as he want to make it big in life. His work is of paramount importance to him. His work ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, social ...
Plot:
seduction, independence, husband wife relationship, family relations, dysfunctional marriage, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, breakup, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her. After uncovering disturbing new ...
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, dating, divorce, feminist, cheating, friendship, starting over, support group, twentysomething life, midlife crisis, infidelity, college ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Contemporary story of a couple whose marriage has gone astray, partly due to the infidelity of both partners and also the fact that their eldest son was killed in a car accident 8 years before.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
road trip, family problems, human nature, introspection, dysfunctional family, crumbling marriage, elderly, unfulfillment, hopes, on the road, interracial relations, couples ...
Place:
california, usa, connecticut
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
stillbirth, couple relations, life turned upside down, family problems, couples, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, death of child, adultery, drunkenness, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage. She leaves this husband to marry Jake, and his career takes off. A few years and at least one child later, Jo is deeply depressed, breaking ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, clever, touching ...
Plot:
writers, children, family relations, depression, existentialism, mental disorder, marriage, strong female presence, love and romance, couple relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman and her teenage son move back in with her mother to work together in the family bridal business.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, talky, realistic
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unlikely couple, hopes, family problems, family relations, teenage life, lifestyle, single parent, introspection, crumbling marriage ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Via the New York Times: "To all outward appearances, Edna Cormick (Martha Henry) is the perfect housewife.... She's married to a man who'll stand up in public and say, "This is my wife," so that there'll be no confusion ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
feminist, infidelity, mental illness, murder, hospital, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment, feminism, family relations, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, melancholic, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
beauty salon, family relations, betrayal, estrangement, family life, couples, midlife crisis, obsession, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, feminism, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A restaurant owner leads a double life.
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
sex addict, sexual humiliation, sexual relations, husband wife relationship, addiction, interracial sex, infidelity, rough sex, adultery, prostitute, female nudity, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested.
Style:
talky, serious, realistic, clever, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, pregnancy, friends, family problems, thirtysomething life, couples, journalism, gender, battle of the sexes, best friends, lifestyle, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
80s
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Everything Put Together is a 2000 film directed by Marc Forster starring Radha Mitchell and Megan Mullally.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, redemption, pregnancy, family problems, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, terminal illness, family life, social decay, babies and infants, female friendship ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, love affair, life turned upside down, love triangle, obsession, crumbling marriage, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, sweden, greece, germany, athens greece
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, elderly lovers, youth, family life, estrangement, family problems, couples, love and romance, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, feminist film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, feminist, love triangle, satire, adultery, marital problem, housewife, isolation, women, child abuse, domestic violence, abuse ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
new york
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
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serious, realistic, touching, cult film
Plot:
nude model, infidelity, marital crisis, older woman younger man relationship, nightclub, female nudity, couples, family problems, unfulfillment, love and romance, lifestyle, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.
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realistic, psychological, atmospheric, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
society, estrangement, human nature, suburbs, dull life, couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, lifestyle, one day, multiple storylines, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline without his wife's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sad, gloomy ...
Plot:
down syndrome, disability, haunted by the past, family problems, parents and children, crumbling marriage, love and romance, obsession, child illness, hopes, hidden identity, unfulfillment ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighbors, oblivious to their marital troubles, assemble at their house for a 4th of July Weekend party.
Style:
talky, semi serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
marriage, mental disorder, suburban life, pregnancy, relationship vs career, suburbs, midlife crisis, breakup, dysfunctional family, couple relations, infidelity, human nature ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A marriage counselor's personal and professional life becomes complicated after she enters into a relationship with one of her clients.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, psychological, sentimental
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adultery, cheating wife, family problems, couples, moral dilemma, couple relations, life turned upside down, dysfunctional family, disorder, human nature, obsession, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.
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intense, art house, biting, talky, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Drama - A career woman stuck in an unhappy marriage struggles to find happiness. - Chuti Tiu, Kipp Shiotani, Dana Lee
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sincere, realistic, tense, serious, touching ...
Plot:
culture clash, couple relations, unsupportive spouse, crumbling marriage, sexual content, rebelliousness, couples, relationship vs career, misfit, infidelity, unfulfillment, immigrants ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
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small town, interracial relations, small town life, family relations, family life, fall in love, homecoming, estrangement, social relations, couples, family problems, feminism ...
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Place:
usa, north carolina
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