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Lost Persons Area (2009)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man trying to keep himself afloat and marry the woman he loves sees all that's dear to him threatened in this drama. Marcus (Sam Louwyck) works as a maintenance man for a Belgian power company, keeping lines and electrical towers in repair along a thinly populated area with a few low-income neighborhoods scattered across the plains. Marcus has been living with his pretty girlfriend Bettina (Lisbeth Gruwez) for quite some time; she runs a diner, and they have a nine-year-old daughter Tessa (Kimke Desart) who seems to live in a world of her own. Marcus's boss is Hungarian émigré Szabolcs (Zoltan Miklos Hajdu), and when Marcus is seriously injured on the job, Szabolcs steps in to do his work. However, after meeting Bettina, Szabolcs decides to move into Marcus's personal life as well as his professional life.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, captivating, bleak, serious, gloomy, independent film
Plot:
family relations, estrangement, parents and children, family life, workplace, human nature, unfulfillment, love, accident, father daughter relationship, working class, youth, life is a bitch, family problems, loneliness, desert, handicapped, mother, adultery, childhood, bus, rabbit, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, lost ...
Place:
europe, belgium, rotterdam netherlands
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, estrangement and family life mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Lost Persons Area: Stopped on Track (2011), All Is Forgiven (2007), Balancing Act (2012), The Cruel Embrace (1987), Those Who Remain (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, germany
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, austria
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, breakup, couples, life is a bitch, downfall, unfulfillment, job seeking, down on your luck, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nicole (Marianne Basler) gives birth to a mentally challenged boy after she is gang-raped by American soldiers at the close of World War II in this grim dramatic tragedy. Young Ludo is hidden in the attic of the family home and continues to yearn ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot:
mental disorder, estrangement, family problems, kids in trouble, family relations, human nature, mentally challenged, single parent, misfit, mentally unstable, youth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, self discovery, love, couples, friendship, fall in love, relationships, life changing, parents and children, supportive spouse ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
childhood, dysfunctional family, family life, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems, estrangement, youth, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, alcohol abuse, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, car accident, family secret, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, alcoholic, society, alcohol abuse, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, family problems, sick mother ...
Time:
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Place:
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895
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Au milieu de nulle part, une cité ouvrière vidée de sa population depuis quelques années déjà. Pourtant, certains habitants ont décidé d'y rester, plus par choix que par nécessité, parce que c'est là qu'ils sont nés et ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
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Place:
france, europe, maghreb, south of france
Similarity:
24%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family problems, single parent, unfulfillment, confined, youth, woods, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, family business, family relations, parents and children, workplace, disagreement, aging, unfulfillment, loss of partner, store, estrangement, israeli ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
homestead, family relations, power relations, estrangement, family problems, farm, social relations, human nature, countryside, family life, family in crisis, village life ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
738
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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426
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
couple relations, accident, family problems, couples, family relations, small town, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, parents and children, police officer, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. She gradually got estranged from her family, but ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, serious
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, parents and children, mental illness, unfulfillment, aging, family problems, lawyer, getting home, love, village, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
friendship, family life, family relations, buddies, friends, terminal illness, life is a bitch, bittersweet, rivalry, fighting illness, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, belgium, europe, ghent
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Style:
saga, realistic, costume drama, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family business, fall in love, workplace, society, parents and children, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, victorian england, rivalry, impossible love, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
392
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Canada, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
europe, france, usa, virginia, switzerland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
20%
442
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mother is dying and invites her family to spend a few days in a chalet in Austria. In the isolation of the snow-covered mountains, old wounds are reopened and the family ties crumble steadily through quarrels and irritations.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, semi serious, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, family life, family problems, infidelity, hidden truth, resentment, parents and children, family gatherings, terminal illness, unfulfillment, couples, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, europe
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a rural family's inner lives and their relationship to a harsh and shifting landscape.
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
estrangement, human nature, extramarital affair, adultery, family life, coming of age, farm, love and romance, unfulfillment, cheating wife, deaf, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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, slow cinema ...
Plot:
family in crisis, parents and children, introspection, family problems, family relations, life turned upside down, accident, architect, school teacher, death, funeral, loss of daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, catalonia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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