Movies like Madame Brouette

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Madame Brouette (2002)
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Madame Brouette (2002)
Original name: L'extraordinaire destin de Madame Brouette
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Canada, Senegal, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mati, a divorced mother of a young daughter, makes a living selling bric-a-bric from a wheelbarrow and dreams of opening a snack bar. But she falls for the charms of Naago, a cop, and it's only when the Tajaboom festival (at which women and men switch roles) arrives that her opportunity for escape emerges.
Style: tense, rough, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot: police corruption, pregnancy, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, destructive relationship, survival, murder, womanizer, family relations, life is a bitch, couples, society, single parent, dishonesty, physical abuse, women in society, african, blaxploitation, infidelity, down on your luck, tough heroes, immigrant, police officer, friendship, death ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: africa

Most similar movies to Madame Brouette

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, humorous and gloomy films with plots about couples, love and romance, infidelity, family relations, friendship, couple relations and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Madame Brouette: A Dangerous Woman (1993), In This Tricky Life (2001), Juha (1999), Two Family House (2000), Almost Peaceful (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the ...
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: infidelity, murder, love triangle, betrayal, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty, female protagonist, masturbation, aunt, stealing ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
In This Tricky Life (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, exciting, romantic ...
Plot: infidelity, prostitute, hopes, love and romance, fall in love, social decay, dysfunctional family, looking for love, downfall, womanizer, single parent, life is a bitch ...
Place: spain, barcelona, europe, uruguay, catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Juha (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Style: black and white, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: countryside, love triangle, bittersweet, urban, city life, infidelity, couples, life is a bitch, couple relations, dishonesty, innocence lost, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Two Family House (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family ...
Style: touching, sincere, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: working class, friendship, culture clash, love and romance, society, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples, down on your luck, pregnancy, love, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Almost Peaceful (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. ...
Style: sincere, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: family relations, anti semitism, holocaust, survival, human spirit, starting over, haunted by the past, hopes, life is a bitch, couple relations, moral dilemma, society ...
Time: 1940s, year 1946, post world war two
Place: paris france, france, europe, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Empty Days (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An executive and a dowdy working-class woman, both unemployed, married and parents meet at a supermarket. They become friends but find it hard to accept that they may be in love with each other.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot: infidelity, unemployment, friendship, society, love and romance, fall in love, dishonesty, life is a bitch, friends, couples, love affair, sexual content ...
Time: 90s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but ...
Style: clever, art house, anthology, contemplative, psychological ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: female nudity, infidelity, marriage, love, glamour, love and romance, love affair, affair, passion, relationships, new love, daily life ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Carmen (2005)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 122 min.
Story: U-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense
Plot: opera, murder, tragic love, dangerous attraction, vengeance, crimes of passion, love affair, love triangle, couples, destructive relationship, dishonesty, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Hyenas (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Senegal, France, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent ...
Style: laugh out loud, realistic, semi serious, biting, cynical ...
Plot: african, economist, treasure hunt, blaxploitation, satire, politics, dishonesty, rise to the top, unfulfillment, society, love and romance, ambition ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: africa, senegal
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Elective Affinities (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of the place comes undone with the visitor's attraction to someone.
Style: emotional, gloomy, serious, realistic
Plot: dysfunctional marriage, extramarital affair, infidelity, age difference, young love, unfaithful wife, pregnancy, death of husband, cheating wife, comedy of manners, husband wife relationship, divorce ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: europe, africa, italy, tuscany, venice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, Nigeria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in this heart-warming cross-cultural romantic comedy set in the idyllic South of France. Nimi, a beautiful Nigerian single mother to son Sammy, is under pressure from her family to find a suitable husband and who ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous ...
Plot: interracial couple, white male black female relationship, interracial love, interracial, family relations, single parent, interracial relations, cultural difference, fall in love, estrangement, couples, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: africa, france, south of france
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46%
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My Man (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot ...
Style: sexy, realistic, semi serious, talky, cynical ...
Audience: adult
Plot: erotica, prostitution, nymphomania, sex, prostitute, voyeur, love, playboy, infidelity, eroticism, temptation, sexy girl ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: lyon, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Right Way (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Amy and David are two underachievers from suburbia. Amy has had a rough life raised by her neglectful drug addicted single mother. David has been raised in a more conventional family, but his lack of motivation has driven his father crazy. When Amy ...
Style: realistic, surreal, touching, controversial, independent film ...
Plot: materialism, unwanted pregnancy, lifestyle, family relations, drug abuse, mental illness, parents and children, single parent, life is a bitch, society, couples, surrealism ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Karmen Gei (2001)
Genre: Musical, Romance, Drama
Country: Senegal, France, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, stylized, erotic ...
Plot: escape, femme fatale, women's prison, murder, lesbian, dangerous attraction, couples, love and romance, destructive relationship, obsession, dishonesty, prison life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, senegal
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Mark Bamford's thought-provoking comedy explores the ever-present friction between class, race and faith in modern-day South Africa, tracing the intersection of multiple lives. A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: interracial relations, pregnancy, love affair, love triangle, couples, family problems, hopes, single parent, society, couple relations, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Three Sisters (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, rough, touching ...
Plot: family problems, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, infidelity, small town, human nature, unfulfillment, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time: 1900s
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Heartbeat (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The beautiful and talented Adrian is a writer for one of America's most popular TV soap operas. She is also pregnant, and when she refuses to abort her baby, Adrian's selfish husband deserts her. It falls to one of the soap opera's ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, pregnancy, family relations, relationship vs career, crumbling marriage, forbidden love, unfulfillment, producer, passion, love, dilemma, parents ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Leaving Metropolis (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: David is a painter with painter's block who takes a job as a waiter to get some inspiration. He falls for hunky diner owner Matt, who falls just as hard back. But Violet, Matt's wife is a complicating factor! Toss in David's best ...
Style: sincere, tense, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: love affair, friendship, love triangle, dangerous attraction, destructive relationship, couples, crumbling marriage, obsession, lifestyle, terminal illness, painter, lgbt ...
Place: winnipeg, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Duane Hopwood (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Style: emotional, realistic, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, redemption, couples, family problems, parents and children, down on your luck, addiction, hopes, unfulfillment, breakup, divorce, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: coming of age, infidelity, gambling, immigrant, strong female presence, family problems, couples, family relations, gays and lesbians, couple relations, gender, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1989, 1940s
Place: new york, china, asia, usa, america ...
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39%
Kings and Queen (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Nora Cotterelle, a woman in her 30s is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens. While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced and has a son, Elias, whose father is dead. Nora's present relationship ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: terminal illness, adoption, family relations, parents and children, destiny, love and romance, single parent, couple relations, musician's life, life is a bitch, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Alila (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Life in a flimsy Tel Aviv apartment complex is a sour urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. The character's lives overlap and collide. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot: couple relations, family relations, family problems, immigrant, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, social relations, culture clash, social differences, infidelity, working class, strong female lead ...
Place: palestine, middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.1
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Sweet Dreams (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Danish Marie and Irish Sophie come ashore in Northern Scotland. After another drunken night they are ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, psychological, semi serious
Plot: pregnancy, hospital, couples, fall in love, estate, alcohol abuse, mistaken identity, down on your luck, surrogate mother, love, friends, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Last Kiss (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Giulia (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Carlo (Stefano Accorsi) have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of ...
Style: romantic, melancholic, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, pregnancy, betrayal, loneliness, relationship problems, adulthood, human nature, love, hopes, dishonesty, coming of age, marriage ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Love After Love (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life becomes less appealing.
Style: contemplative, thought provoking, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: love triangle, infidelity, adultery, couples, dark humor, family problems, breakup, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, love and romance, dishonesty, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous, christian film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, family problems, couple relations, friendship, black, dishonesty, breakup, lifestyle, unfulfillment, infidelity, remarry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bahamas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.8
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Big Bad Love (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he has problems with alcohol. Yet even when Leon ...
Style: surreal, serious, rough, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: breakup, terminal illness, family problems, unsupportive spouse, tragic hero, family in crisis, estrangement, couples, writer's life, hopes, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: usa, vietnam, mississippi, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.3
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Dark Eyes (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks filmed almost entirely in creams, whites, and ochers, the clownish and superfluous Romano Patroni leaves his wife's ...
Style: romantic, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: anton chekhov, femininity, alcoholic, circus, love story, european, literary, family relations, husband wife relationship, love, betrayal, couples ...
Time: year 1987, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Sam the Man (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Before he broke out with the J.D. Salinger-esque Tadpole in 2002, producer-turned-director Gary Winick filmed this little-seen relationship drama. Fisher Stevens stars as the title character, a writer with one novel under his belt who can't ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couples, infidelity, love and romance, looking for love, lifestyle, dishonesty, womanizer, estrangement, breakup, profanity, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
All the Wrong Reasons (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An ensemble film about four everyday people: a store manager, a security guard, a fire fighter and a clerk who struggle in the aftermath of trauma.
Style: realistic, serious, humorous, captivating, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: couple relations, family relations, couples, single parent, starting over, store, husband wife relationship, adultery, single mother, amputee, trauma, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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