Movies like Wanda

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Wanda (1970)
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Wanda (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Wanda, after a string of abusive relationships, abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal (Michael Higgins).
Style: independent film, road movie, depressing, existential, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy, southern gothic, weird ...
Plot: low self esteem, feminist, women, loneliness, poverty, female protagonist, thief, alcoholic, addiction, drug addiction, girl, nervous breakdown, affair, love letter, social outcast, sex crime, dialectical materialism, family relations, religion, prostitution, shooting, attempted rape, promiscuity, heist, parents and children ...
Time: year 1970, 60s
Place: pennsylvania, usa
Keyword: feminist film, americana, movie theatre

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and gloomy films with plots about life is a bitch, society, family relations, husband wife relationship, bar, female nudity and hopes mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Wanda: Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Skins (2002), Ironweed (1987), Chrystal (2004), Vera Drake (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.
Style: road movie, independent film, cult classic, depressing, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug abuse, junkie, addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug, on the road, friendship, dark humor, drug addict, beat generation, recovery ...
Time: 70s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1971
Place: usa, portland oregon
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95%
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Skins (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, gloomy, contemplative ...
Plot: native american reservation, vigilantism, native american, brother brother relationship, family relations, arson, vandalism, life is a bitch, homecoming, american football, social relations, human nature ...
Time: year 2002
Place: nebraska, montana, idaho, asia, south dakota ...
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81%
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Ironweed (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery ...
Style: touching, intense, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, homeless, mental illness, redemption, alcoholism, halloween, couple relations, best friend, parents and children, rich and poor, buddies, human nature ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, year 1987, 1910s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Chrystal (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Man (played by: Billy Bob Thornton) is still in shock many years after a devistating accident takes the life of his only son and perminantly injures his wife. After all of these years the man finaly comes home to his still married wife (Played by: ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot: life is a bitch, haunted by the past, starting over, dysfunctional family, homecoming, death in the family, family in crisis, addiction, grief, american south, missing child, white trash ...
Time: year 2004
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Vera Drake (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style: sincere, depressing, bleak, compassionate, contemplative ...
Plot: abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, pregnancy, neighbor, injustice, miscarriage, life is a bitch, double life, character study, abortionist, family life ...
Time: 50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, europe, dunkirk, burma ...
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Turn the River (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style: realistic, psychological, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: billiards, gambling, kidnapping, family relations, family problems, hopes, dysfunctional family, addiction, parents and children, estrangement, introspection, starting over ...
Time: year 2007
Place: canada, new york, usa
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76%
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Joe the King (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style: emotional, harsh, tense, rough, grim ...
Plot: coming of age, children, dysfunctional family, child abuse, working class, youth, boy, redemption, poverty, childhood, corporal punishment, debt ...
Time: year 1999, 70s, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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God's Pocket (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, rough, neo noir ...
Plot: working class, urban ghetto life, uncover truth, investigation, life turned upside down, down on your luck, society, life is a bitch, suspicion, death, neighborhood, irish mob ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an ...
Style: bad ending, depressing, emotional, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: life is a bitch, depression, tragedy, eviction, immigrant, justice, tragic event, suicide, american dream, character study, complex characters, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2003, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: san francisco, persia, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
What Alice Found (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A poor young woman is recruited by a friendly couple traveling in an RV into becoming part of the dark world of truck stop prostitution.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, talky
Plot: prostitute, on the road, adultery, family life, small town, on the run, social misfits, society, youth, cons and scams, pimp, friendship ...
Time: year 2003
Place: new hampshire, massachusetts, florida, usa, georgia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Frozen River (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, native american, working class, survival, christmas, snow, courage, parenthood, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, canada, new york state, usa, quebec
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59%
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Faces (1968)
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.
Style: art house, intense, black and white, independent film, talky ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, prostitute, feminism, feminist, sex, male nudity, drinking, thoughtful, minimalism, cheating, social outcast, time travel ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, 60s
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59%
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Sonny (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, disturbing, erotic ...
Plot: gigolo, prostitute, older woman younger man relationship, pimp, haunted by the past, parents and children, family life, military life, society, ex soldier, homosexual, age-gap relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 2002, year 1981
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Sweet Nothing (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for ...
Style: melancholic, realistic, serious, independent film, crying ...
Plot: drug addiction, drug abuse, loneliness, family problems, family relations, downfall, introspection, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, misfit, money, addiction ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Grace & Mercy (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In poor health and dead broke, Grace has a plan to provide a future for her young daughter. With the help of her sister Mercy, she robs her former employer. But an alarm goes off during the robbery and they escape into a nearby church. They hold the ...
Style: touching, serious, uplifting, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: hostage, church, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, self discovery, clergy, fugitives, introspection, life is a bitch, on the run, criminal heroes, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Drunks (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, ...
Style: independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, drug addiction, drug, addiction, alcohol abuse, drinking, recovery, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, drug addict, heroin ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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At Close Range (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Based upon the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., his son, and his brothers; together, they constituted one of suburban Philadelphia's most notorious crime families during the 1970's. Their criminal activities ranged from burglary, theft... ...
Style: neo noir, disturbing, tense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: rape, organized crime, small town, father son relationship, sociopath, revenge, violent, gang, murder, violence, psychopath, serial killer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Sins of the Father (2002)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
Style: realistic, rough, emotional, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: racism, investigation, moral dilemma, introspection, haunted by the past, legal, rebellion, society, injustice, parents and children, hopes, civil rights ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Lilya lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working ...
Style: bleak, depressing, sad, harsh, brutal ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: human trafficking, poverty, prostitution, suicide, sexual abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, teenage prostitution, teenage life, youth, rape, slavery ...
Time: year 2002
Place: europe, denmark, russia, soviet union, eastern europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Once Were Warriors (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A drama about a Maori family lving in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
Style: disturbing, brutal, depressing, controversial, realistic ...
Plot: gang, children, dysfunctional family, relationships, child abuse, indigenous people, ghetto, violent, sexual abuse, redemption, working class, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: new zealand, oceania
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51%
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In the Bedroom (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. He is involved ...
Style: realistic, bleak, heartbreaking, depressing, suspense ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, age difference, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, revenge, grief, family drama, small town, jealousy, family relations, character study, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: maine, detroit, new england
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49%
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Steel City (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: police, family life, family relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, couple relations, introspection, youth, redemption, siblings relations ...
Place: usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Iowa (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, drug addiction, drug addict, drug dealing, pregnancy, rape, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, misfit, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Untouched (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal investigation, life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, murder, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Ash Wednesday (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Style: intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: organized crime, betrayal, gangster, violence, murder, love triangle, couple relations, haunted by the past, love and romance, dishonesty, siblings relations, irish mob ...
Time: 80s, year 2002, year 1983, year 1980
Place: new york, ireland, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Strays (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rick (Diesel) is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather (Lanza), a neighbour. Rick takes the opportunity to escape his boring life style with her, but soon ...
Style: cult classic, tense, serious, realistic
Plot: urban, drug dealer, hunting, redemption, gang, male nudity, fall in love, social misfits, coming of age, hopes, introspection, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.9
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Pixote (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot: prostitution, street kid, sex with a minor, boy, coming of age, children, anal rape, child rape, breast feeding, loneliness, homeless, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro, africa, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
40%
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Normal Life (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: love, lovers on the run, relationships, bank, robbery, destructive relationship, bookstore, women, woman with a gun, good girl gone bad, book, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 12K
Sherrybaby (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a ...
Style: independent film, bleak, depressing, serious, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: drug abuse, parole officer, prison, ex convict, fondling, addiction, drug addict, mother daughter relationship, support group, orgasm, bare breasts, starting over ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: new jersey, delaware, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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