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The House of Bernarda Alba (1987)
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The House of Bernarda Alba (1987)
Original name: La casa de Bernarda Alba
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.
Style: touching, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, vintage
Plot: obsession, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, couples, family problems, family in crisis, death in the family, unfulfillment, dealing with death, death, house, jealousy, suicide, tragedy, mother daughter relationship, tradition, half sister, death of father, death of husband, oppression, reputation, mourning, authoritarianism, domineering mother ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe

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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, parents and children, family in crisis, couples, death in the family and dealing with death mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The House of Bernarda Alba: My Friend & His Wife (2006), Morning (2010), Never Die (2012), Alpha Male (2006), Angel's Fall (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The House of Bernarda Alba (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, ...
Plot: illicit affair, tragedy, authoritarianism, tradition, jealousy, suicide, mourning, death of husband, reputation, domineering mother, oppression, half sister ...
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My Friend & His Wife (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two young men, Ye-joon and Jae-moon, have been close friends since doing military service together. Ye-joon has lately worked his way up to becoming a successful financier, while the unambitious Jae-moon has opted for a much less conspicuous route. ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: family in crisis, family relations, unfulfillment, family problems, parents and children, couples, crumbling marriage, best friend, love triangle, tragedy, betrayal, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
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Morning (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family problems, starting over, redemption, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, family in crisis, death in the family, death of child, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Never Die (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Chayo returns to her hometown to care for her elderly mother and cope with her death. Surrounded by love and sublime beauty, Chayo has to give up something that as a woman and mother is inalienable. That will be the price of her freedom.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, parents and children, tradition, elderly, unfulfillment, death in the family, homecoming, female protagonist, day of the dead, mother daughter relationship, grandmother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Alpha Male (2006)
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, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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Angel's Fall (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style: psychological, sincere, touching, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: family problems, life is a bitch, love and romance, parents and children, dull life, death in the family, alienation, women's issues, turk, sexual content, chance, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
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The Grief of Others (2015)
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, couples, family problems, couple relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, death in the family, dealing with death, dysfunctional family, family crisis, mourning, reconciliation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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46%
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Aunt Tula (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Ramiro, a bank clerk and father of two young children, has been left, after his wife's death, in the care of Tula, his sister-in-law. From the novel by Miguel de Unamuno, Miguel Picazo (" Dark dreams of August ") premieres as director ...
Style: serious, realistic, biting, touching, bleak ...
Plot: society, master and servant, unfulfillment, nanny, family relations, family problems, couples, power relations, death in the family, singleness, attempted rape, love letter ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: spain, europe
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Torn (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: life turned upside down, police investigation, family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, shopping mall, death in the family, terrorism, dealing with death, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Dream and Silence (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Oriol and Yolanda live in Paris with their two daughters. During a vacation they suffer a car accident that will change their lives.
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, family problems, introspection, life turned upside down, accident, architect, death, funeral, school teacher, loss of daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, catalonia
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43%
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Nicholas' Gift (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fact based drama about an American couple on vacation in Italy in 1994 with their two children who are attacked and shot by highway bandits. Shortly they discover that their son is brain dead. The parents are then faced with the hard decision to ...
Style: spiritual, depressing, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: heartwarming, youth, serial killer, family relations, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dealing with death, transplant, family problems, death in the family, family in crisis ...
Time: 90s
Place: italy, europe
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41%
Stopped on Track (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style: realistic, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, hospital, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, children, wife, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
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Anything You Want (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Leo is immediately set adrift by his new found responsibilities as a single parent, a feeling that is made doubly distressing when Dafne, herself understandably confused and heartbroken by her mother's absence, asks for an ...
Style: uplifting, serious, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, single father, family problems, family in crisis, law firm, death in the family, death of mother, ethical dilemma, youth, switching roles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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39%
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The Lighthouse (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two Argentine sisters, Memé and Aneta, lose their mother in a car crash. Memé, the elder, is also left lame with one badly scarred leg. The orphaned girls go to Uruguay to stay with their aunts. The sisters often bicker, but they are actually very ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching
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Time: 90s
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One Day You'll Understand (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
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Time: 80s, 20th century
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Hell (2005)
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Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
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Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
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What Girls Learn (2001)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 115 min.
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Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
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Duration: 92 min.
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Country: UK, USA
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Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional
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Place: europe, denmark
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Look Back in Anger (1989)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
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