Movies like Dancing in the Dark 1986
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Dancing in the Dark (1986)
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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 as to who she is. Edna has no identity without Harry, an ambitious, successful salesman who seems to love and care for Edna long after other men might become worried about her housewifely obsessions... Edna is reviewing her life - in neatly chronological flashbacks - from the room in the psychiatric hospital where she's been confined ever since Harry's sudden death."
Style:
independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
feminist, murder, hospital, mental illness, infidelity, feminism, family relations, love and romance, couples, love affair, family problems, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, unfulfillment, couple relations, violent content, food, businessman, death, past, doctor, jealousy, adultery, telephone call, woman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and gloomy films with plots about couples, infidelity, love and romance, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, dishonesty and family problems mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Dancing in the Dark: Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001), The Other Woman (2008), Daybreak (2003), You (2007), Heaven's Heart (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Style:
sexy, serious, talky, psychological, clever ...
Plot:
dogme 95, mental illness, depression, family problems, starting over, family relations, mentally unstable, dogma, real world, dysfunctional family, human nature, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jill Plumley left her brilliant job as journalist when she married Derek, am important layer with a brilliant career. Now Jill is university teacher. But everything changes when she receive a message from her husbands' secretary and she start ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love triangle, couples, love affair, murder, investigation, rivalry, dishonesty, unfulfillment, adultery, blonde, love ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
54%
184
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Michèle shares her life with Paul, her husband and work colleague. She has a lover, Thomas, a musician with whom she has been having a passionate affair for some time. Attracted by Thomass non-conformity and lust for life, Michèle abandons her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, family relations, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
52%
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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, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, society, introspection, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple in a failing marriage begin to cheat on each other using the power of the internet.
Style:
realistic, sexy, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
cheating wife, couple relations, infidelity, couples, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, sexual relations, affair, illicit affair, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
52%
155
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending
Plot:
couple relations, infidelity, murder, love affair, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch, who done it, dangerous attraction, alcohol abuse, debt, father figure ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father, evolves into the story of a brake-up. With the dead father lurking in the background, secrets gradually emerge threatening to destroy their marriage.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
marriage, love, infidelity, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, resentment, couples, parents and children, dishonesty, unfulfillment, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
czech republic, denmark, europe, central europe, prague
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, church, love affair, investigation, family problems, couples, fall in love, infidelity, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, love and romance, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new york
Similarity:
51%
419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
51%
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, independent film ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, life turned upside down, love affair, love triangle, dishonesty, journalism, crumbling marriage, couple relations, destructive relationship, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany, france, greece, athens greece
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
couple relations, family relations, elderly, retirement home, fall in love, family problems, infidelity, haunted by the past, terminal illness, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
iraq, canada
Similarity:
51%
712
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, breakup, crumbling marriage, love and romance, family problems, sister, death in the family, sister sister relationship, female nudity, alienation, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
482
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
betrayal, couple relations, art, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, dishonesty, vengeance, love and romance, crumbling marriage, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Place:
ireland, europe, netherlands, spain
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love affair, midlife crisis, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, illicit affair, confession, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
50%
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 ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, couples, unfulfillment, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, love and romance, unsupportive spouse, crumbling marriage, couple relations, impossible love, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
bahamas, denver colorado, colorado
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Noir thriller from Vancouver plays out a destructive friendship between a depressed housewife and her childhood friend to an ugly conclusion.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, obsession, investigation, femme fatale, haunted by the past, family problems, police detective, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
betrayal, jealousy, infidelity, dysfunctional family, society, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, human nature, couples, family problems, clergy, countryside ...
Time:
year 2004, 1930s, pre world war two
Similarity:
50%
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864
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:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, social ...
Plot:
independence, seduction, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, family relations, family problems, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, love and romance, breakup, infidelity, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home.
Style:
art house, independent film, psychological, realistic, serious
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, nudity, affair, female nudity, extramarital affair, wedding ring, archaeologist, church, physician, hospital, art ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.
Style:
slasher, realistic, serious, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage daughter, murder, trial, betrayal, courtroom, lawyer, teenage girl, domineering mother, drug addiction, minefield, marriage, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Switzerland
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to the Valley of Abraham. Carlo loves her, but decides to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, romantic
Plot:
family problems, couples, introspection, love and romance, unfulfillment, obsession, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, obsessive quest, society, couple relations, social differences ...
Time:
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Place:
portugal
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Colombia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, sincere, gloomy, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
vengeance, female nudity, canceled wedding, rain forest, investigation, erotica, wedding, village, couples, social relations, family relations, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.
Style:
psychological, rough, disturbing, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
prostitute, infidelity, survival, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, family problems, destructive relationship, danger, life is a bitch, small town, sex, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, vancouver
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An architect and his wife see their relationship challenged.
Style:
sexy, captivating, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, montreal, quebec
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
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:
tense, sexy, realistic, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, marriage, husband wife relationship, adultery, under the surface, infidelity, marital problem, couples, cheating wife, dating, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
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:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on Beth and Mark, a couple struggling to conceive, and Mark's unexpectedly helpful affair with Louise.
Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, touching, semi serious ...
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, infidelity, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, dull life, love and romance, dishonesty, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
48%
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:
contemplative, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, dating, divorce, husband, wife, feminist, cheating, friendship, starting over, support group, sexual content, manipulation ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Similarity:
48%
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