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Graduation (2016)
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Original name: Bacalaureat
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding. Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK. She just has to pass her final exams – a formality for such a good student. On the day before her first written exam, Eliza is assaulted in an attack that could jeopardize her entire future. Now Romeo has to make a decision. There are ways of solving the situation, but none of them using the principles he, as a father, has taught his daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, serious, captivating, social, suspenseful, thought provoking, art house, postmodern, beautiful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, graduation, infidelity, attorney, corruption, assault, motorcycle, ethical dilemma, police, family relations, marital separation, husband wife relationship, teenager, hospital, abortion, single mother, exam, honesty, police investigation, surveillance camera, asking for help, relationships, past, father, underground ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
romania, transylvania, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Graduation
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and captivating films with plots about police, murder, husband wife relationship, corruption, family relations, father daughter relationship and betrayal mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Graduation: R.M.N. (2022), The Odds (2010), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Vera Drake (2004), Heaven Knows What (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium, Sweden
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his Transylvanian village. He wishes to involve himself more in the education of his son, Rudi, left for too long in the care of his mother, Ana, and to rid him of the ...
Style:
interesting
Plot:
female nudity, racism, hanging, hitchhiking, death of father, contaminated water, migrant worker, suicide, marital separation, separated parents, adulterous husband, suicide by hanging ...
Time:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A couple of Las Vegas police officers live a life almost as wild as the crimes they investigate.
Style:
detective, captivating, psychological, thrilling, crime thriller ...
Plot:
police, investigation, criminal, married couple, police investigation, police detective, husband wife relationship, police officer, couple relations, couples, family relations, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
Similarity:
28%
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:
depressing, period piece, compassionate, contemplative, grim ...
Plot:
abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, injustice, miscarriage, neighbor, rape, double life, character study, mission, understanding, family problems ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, europe, melbourne, dunkirk ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
Style:
erotic, independent film, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
heroin addict, drug addiction, love story, drug addict, addiction, cocaine, drug, love, mental disorder, relationships, problem, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A cop named Cristi must go undercover to trail teen Victor who is suspected of selling pot in the north-eastern city of Vasliu.
Style:
serious, sincere, contemplative, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, police investigation, workplace situations, police detective, power relations, fighting the system, law enforcement, workplace, against the rules, husband wife relationship, drug dealer ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Séléna is chief of the Marseille police. Respected and feared by his men, his sole enemy seems to be himself, along with his 300 pounds. Strangled by the bursting straight-jacket of his body, tortured by his past, he leads a solitary life in a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, fall in love, haunted by the past, obsession, law enforcement, love and romance, physical appearance, murder investigation, obese, overweight, fraud, cooking and food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, marseille
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic psychologist Grace is asked by police to determine the guilt or innocence a man who killed his ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, investigation, false accusation, family problems, couples, law enforcement, legal, dishonesty, memory loss, single parent, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, an adoring wife and mother is taken hostage during a robbery and brutally murdered.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, killing spree, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, human nature, family life, small town, family in crisis, heist ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
depressing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, politics, courtroom, poverty, small town, corrupt mayor, alcohol abuse, drunk, alcoholism, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin (Ed Harris) tries to protect his empire.
Style:
clever, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
shakespeare, law enforcement, family relations, gang, uninhibited rivalry, infidelity, master criminal, police corruption, betrayal, parents and children, rivalry, biker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A rebellious teen is reunited with her father, a small time Taipei gangster, causing him to question his life of crime.
Style:
crime drama, bleak, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, gangster, cop, police officer, teenager, father, teenage daughter, teenage girl, loss of mother, father and daughter, adolescent girl, death of mother ...
Place:
taipei, taiwan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The final installment in director Lucas Belvaux's trilogy follows Pascal, a cop who sees a return to credibility in the capture of escaped convict Bruno--who in turn is harbored by Pascal's morphine-addicted wife Agnes. Pascal's ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, bleak, art house ...
Plot:
terrorist, police corruption, drug dealing, haunted by the past, introspection, moral dilemma, downfall, drug abuse, addiction, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, fugitives ...
Similarity:
25%
791
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A famous writer is violated in a sex-movie-theatre. He had a date with Roos, a young student who works also as a prostitute. Quickly it becomes clear that more students are active in the prostitution. Enough reason for Hannah and her team to go ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, haunted by the past, gain trust, parents and children, law enforcement, college, prostitution, rivalry, danger, urban, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ghent, europe, belgium
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
child abduction, parent child relationship, foster home, kidnapping, abduction, son, domestic drama, foster child, adopted son, runaway, mother and son, mother son reunion ...
Time:
90s, year 2001, year 1994
Place:
harlem, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On the verge of retirement, Commissioner Gintas must undertake the investigation of a series of heinous murders, a dangerous task that could expose the many dirty secrets of several prominent members of the social elite of a small Lithuanian town.
Style:
bleak, crime thriller, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
political corruption, investigation, small town, dark past, police commissioner, serial killer, elite, suicide, cover up, investigator, corruption, murder mystery ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
lithuania, eastern europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a physician is murdered, his eldest daughter is accused of the crime, but the man's seductive new wife may not be all that she appears.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, twisted, dark, detective ...
Plot:
murder, false accusation, stepmother, physician, daughter, investigation, motive, accusation, suspect, deception, father daughter relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the suburb of Lille, Stéphane holds a tobacco shop with his father, Maurice, a retired military officer. Although feeling trapped in his marriage, Stéphane doesn't want to leave his wife, Elise, a lawyer, and is currently having an affair ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, psychological
Plot:
family drama, guilt, infidelity, ethical dilemma, family secret, adultery, moral ambiguity, betrayal, suburbs, social realism, midlife crisis, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style:
neo noir, talky, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
border, immigrant, corruption, u.s. mexico border, murder, kidnapping, illegal immigrant, moral ambiguity, police, husband wife relationship, dark hero, hitman ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, el paso texas, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
adultery, family drama, dysfunctional family, prostitution, white slavery, mafia, murder, nightlife, sister sister relationship, dying, moral dilemma, sex trafficking ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A married man (Michel Bouquet) who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
Style:
art house, realistic, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
woman strangled to death, illicit affair, affair, murder, guilt, middle class, forgiveness, nude girl, exodus, dialogue, time travel, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to ...
Style:
tense, captivating, political thriller, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, assassination, political unrest, father daughter conflict, haunted by the past, years of lead, daughter, father and daughter, social problems, teenager, insurgent, life is a bitch ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The kidnapping 77-year-old man in Argentina forces his daughter to return to Buenos Aires after years of exile abroad.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, state affairs, missing person, politics, confined, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, exile, dictatorship, family drama, moral ambiguity, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
black man white woman relationship, interracial marriage, depression, taxi driver, drug dealer, criminal, multiple storylines, husband wife relationship, marital problem, life, actor, interracial romance ...
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
41K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
Style:
emotional, sincere, captivating, sexy, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
moral dilemma, real estate agent, eviction, single father, motel, financial crisis, dysfunctional family, human nature, workplace, parent child relationship, workplace situations, finance ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, orlando florida, california, boston ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon is a garage sale shopping expert whose sharp observation skills allow her to uncover valuable antiques, as well as help her local police department solve mysteries. Jennifer is asked to make a home delivery for a customer, but she ...
Style:
serious, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
amateur sleuth, husband wife relationship, murder, serial killer, police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, murder investigation, crime scene, novelist, fortune telling, psychic ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds ...
Style:
realistic, clever, touching, anthology, feel good ...
Plot:
unrequited love, midlife crisis, father son relationship, gang, rescue, dysfunctional family, interracial friendship, class differences, compassion, african american, husband wife relationship, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, arizona, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young police chief Sandra Mohr returns to her hometown of Graz with a bad feeling. Together with her new boss, Sascha Bergmann, she is tasked with solving the death of a journalist who was planning to write an article on abuse of office and nepotism.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, thrilling, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, crime solving, problem, uncover truth, sleuth, police procedural, corruption, murder, abuse of power ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
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