Movies like Parents
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Parents (2016)
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Original name: Forældre
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kjeld and Vibeke, a middle-aged Danish couple, aren’t entirely certain who they are without their son. Esben has recently moved away from home; their identities unmoored in his absence. Attempting to recapture the vigor and magic of their younger days, they move out of their house and into the old, pre-parenthood apartment where they first fell in love. Recapturing their youth is changing them in strange and unexpected ways.
Style:
emotional, reflective, sentimental, melancholic, romantic drama, psychological, comedy drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, midlife crisis, aging, nostalgia, couples, second chance, family drama, bittersweet, age regression, memory, self discovery, intimacy, identity, regret, slice of life, magic realism, body swap, mother son incest, male nudity, bare breasts, male full rear nudity, jealous husband, young couple, husband wife relationship, awkward situation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
copenhagen
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Most similar movies to Parents
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, reflective and psychological films with plots about bittersweet, nostalgia, regret, intimate, slice of life, second chance and midlife crisis mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Parents: Late Bloomers (2011), Bubblegum (2017), Dream State (2018), The Leap (2005), Lost and Found (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
aging, self discovery, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, couple relations, unfulfillment, elderly, marriage, retirement, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss. It makes him think of the time he was 13 and his girlfriend got him to jump off the balcony of her ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, existential, poignant, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
illness, dark humor, life & death, terminal illness, coming of age, midlife crisis, memory, bittersweet, flashback, intimate, tragedy, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Elias is at a toy fair in Paris. His wife Ingrid and his entire family are waiting for him to come home. They have organized a surprise party for his 60th birthday. Unaware of their plans, Elias decides to stay in Paris and celebrate his birthday on ...
Style:
reflective, realistic, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
midlife crisis, family drama, family conflict, character study, reconciliation, acceptance, aging, introspection, urban, family gatherings, bittersweet, regret ...
Place:
paris france, copenhagen, denmark, france
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Polish Psychological Drama
Style:
reflective, existential, philosophical, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, mortality, character study, memory, mountain, friendship, fear of death, male friendship, crisis of faith, nostalgia, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
THE LAST PASSPORT takes place in a passport office...or so you think. George Miller is a 70 year old man who through a variety of encounters, takes us on a journey through his mysterious past to show us we are not all that different.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, reflective, philosophical ...
Plot:
self discovery, humanity, life lesson, memory, identity, single, mentor, magic realism, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of Venice Beach. They enter Oddities, a store where the gypsy ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, tear jerker, reflective, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
father son relationship, cancer, travel, grief, family drama, life & death, loss, bittersweet, nostalgia, memory, self discovery, magic realism ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, China
Duration: 280 min.
Story:
Liu and Deng are a couple both in their 70s who have been married for nearly half a century and lived in a small inland city of China. The family of Liu and Deng is a typical ordinary family of China. The eldest daughter Liqin, divorced with a ...
Style:
reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
elderly, aging, marriage, nostalgia, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, commitment, intimacy, sacrifice, resilience, road trip ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Three couples from different economic backgrounds find ways to fix their relationships.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic
Plot:
couples, marriage, family drama, personal growth, communication, realism, self discovery, social differences, slice of life, forgiveness, gender roles, intimacy ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two former lovers find themselves struggling for shared closure as one of them prepares to stage a play about the unspeakable tragedy that tore them apart decades ago.
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
family tragedy, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, secret, confronting the past, tragic past, bittersweet, secrets, forgiveness, flashback, lost love ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 47 year old Christian man on the other side of an unwanted divorce thinks back on his first love from high school and wants to see her again.
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, sentimental, melancholic, christian film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christian, flashback, divorce, regret, first love, heartbreak, lost love, longing, high school romance, nostalgia, bittersweet, reminiscence ...
Time:
70s, 2000s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
On a fateful night amidst the rugged Texan landscape, Charles(60s), a biker recovering from a painful divorce, crashes into a valley and there he encounters a mysterious little girl. What unfolds that night, sets Charles on an unexpected and ...
Style:
reflective, atmospheric, psychological, road movie, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, redemption, motorcycle, soul searching, character study, second chance, slow burn, intimate, aging, valley
Place:
texas
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Decades post-high school, Ram and Jaanu meet at their school's reunion and explore their past thoughts consisting of affection, care, depth and grieve all over the period of one evening.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
relationships, childhood love, nostalgia, male female relationship, problem, high school reunion, relationship problems, bittersweet, longing, lost love, memory, reflection ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
social problems, relationships, problem, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, marital problem, introspection, male protagonist ...
Place:
washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vida and Bane are married couple who have been living in Scandinavia for a long time. They have successful careers, enough money for a decent life and a dog, but they do not have children.
Style:
realistic, reflective, emotional, melancholic, comfort
Plot:
couples, relationships, marriage, intimate, childlessness, domestic drama, communication, slice of life, nordic, real life, longing, bittersweet ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling back to the place where they fell in love -- only to arrive at the point of their sudden ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tragic ending, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mortality, death, marital crisis, troubled marriage, marital problem, marriage, married couple, unhappy marriage, literary, fatal accident, sudden death, loss ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Esteban and Molly have been married for over twenty years. On a cold morning in June the couple realizes they have hit rock bottom and that their relationship is not what it once was. Marriage examines the different aspects that make a man and a ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, couples, lifestyle, gay love, gay marriage, love affair, social problems, lgbt, love story, wedding, society ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Recently retired accountant Richard Flicker attends a life-drawing class and his world is turned upside down when he encounters free-spirited Amelia, the spitting image of a long lost love from decades ago. Grappling with a troubled home front, ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
second chance, lost love, accountant, retirement, midlife crisis, changing lives, love story, romantic relationship, lifestyle change, couples, male female relationship, relationships ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Riichi Takamiya drives the midnight bus between Tokyo and snow-swept Niigata, where he lives. Just as the relationship with his younger girlfriend is about to bloom, his emotionally desperate ex-wife suddenly reappears.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
divorced man, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, family drama, midlife crisis, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, family life, kids and family, family problems ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
train travel, relationships, nostalgia, ex husband, travel, marriage, memory, bittersweet, intimate, realism, personal growth, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata, mumbai india
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, motivational
Plot:
responsibility, self discovery, family drama, personal growth, sacrifice, redemption, male protagonist, midlife crisis, second chance, parenting, resilience, intimate ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Dev, a software employee traveling to Mangalore, meets a talkative girl named Divya en route, and both strike a chord. Dev offers a ride to the coastal town and shares his life story during the journey, filled with three love stories. .
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
true love, heartbreak, male female relationship, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, love story, looking for love, couples, relationship problems, love interest, broken heart ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chaurahen (Crossroads), a film directed by Rajshree Ojha, who previously directed Aisha, in addition to two other popular specialty projects, boasts an impressive ensemble cast that includes Soha Ali Khan, Victor Banerjee, veteran Bollywood actress ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, couple relations, haunted by the past, dealing with death, family problems, love and romance, death in the family, life, loss, relationships, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mumbai india, kolkata, india
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, nostalgia, journey, female protagonist, resilience, unrequited love, self discovery, promise, reminiscence, introspection, intimate, bittersweet ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
While waiting for her first child, young teacher Masha Pavlova suddenly decides that her husband does not understand her, and therefore does not respect her interests. Having ceased to understand each other, the couple divorced. Nikolai, who once ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, loneliness, divorce, marriage, domestic drama, intimate, slice of life, regret, family drama, unrequited love, gender roles, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
29%
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