Movies like The Weekend 1999
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The Weekend (1999)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who had also been Lyle`s lover. Marian, who is still inconsolable after losing Tony to AIDS, is upset when Lyle brings his new boyfriend, a young artist, Robert. Meanwhile, the situation is just as tense at the Kerr`s neighbors' house, where oft-widowed, free spirit Laura Ponti gets a surprise visit from her resentful, angry daughter, Nina, and her married lover, Thierry. Matters worsen when the battling mother-daughter duo joins the Kerr household for a dinner party, where the pain-riddled diners engage in a messy emotional showdown.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, contemplative
Plot:
lgbt, aids, gay interest, mourning, loss of lover, pregnancy, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, midlife crisis, couples, gays and lesbians, dysfunctional family, love affair, family problems, breakup, terminal illness, lifestyle, family in crisis, gender, crumbling marriage, haunted by the past, estrangement, lovers reunited ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, family problems, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, couples, family in crisis and love and romance mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Weekend: Particles of Truth (2003), The Event (2003), Surrender, Dorothy (2006), And Then There Was One (1994), Wild Iris (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, family life, haunted by the past, mental illness, human nature, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, couples, estrangement, addiction ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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serious, sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, terminal illness, family problems, couples, gays and lesbians, human nature, life is a bitch, gender, euthanasia, aids, unfulfillment, couple relations ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, family problems, best friends, haunted by the past, parents and children, couples, orphan, starting over, hopes ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
And Then There Was One - The tragic and true story of a family dealing with AIDS is re-told in this heart-wrenching drama. Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris star as Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple. After struggling ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, gloomy, emotional
Plot:
aids, love, crumbling marriage, gender, ego clash, couple relations, babies and infants, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, gays and lesbians, human spirit, hopes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
471
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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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:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, interracial relations, small town life, family relations, family life, fall in love, homecoming, estrangement, social relations, couples, family problems, feminism ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
georgia, new york, usa
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69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sexy, uplifting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man's terminal illness reunites him with his estranged brother.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, life is a bitch, drug abuse, unfulfillment, family in crisis, death in the family, haunted by the past, lgbt, gay interest, brother brother relationship, death of father, aids ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, sexual abuse, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, hopes, redemption, domestic disturbance, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family's journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Our Sons is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret as two mothers of gay sons, one of whom is dying of AIDS. As a small town waitress, Ann-Margret's character must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.
Style:
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Plot:
hollywood, aids, family relations, father son relationship, family problems, showbiz, terminal illness, infidelity, artists and showbiz, dealing with death, dysfunctional family, family life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, emotional, psychological, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the divorce from Michael, Tessa raises her daughters Kate and Lara alone. None of them can stand Michael's new young wife Carolyn, a model. But when Tessa learns that she's suffering from cancer and soon will die, she tries to get ...
Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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