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Those Secrets (1992)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.
Style:
noir, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
call girl, prostitution, double life, secret life, motherhood, mature, female protagonist, character study, domestic drama, loneliness, taboo, temptation, shame, family conflict, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, women's issues, betrayal, nightlife, sensuality, urban, suburban life, scandal, gender roles, cautionary tale ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to Those Secrets
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and captivating films with plots about urban, character study, infidelity, betrayal, moral ambiguity, female protagonist and psychological drama mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Those Secrets: Co-ed Call Girl (1996), Mr. Vincent (1997), On the Road with Judas (2007), Cruel But Necessary (2005), Winner Take All (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Thanks to a roommate's practical joke, bookish college student Joanna Halbert finds herself signed up with a Malibu-based escort service which promises her big money and an easy ride. Instead, she becomes entangled in a web of corruption, ...
Style:
period piece, detective
Plot:
escort, college student, prostitution, female protagonist, sexploitation, exploitation, loss of innocence, manipulation, prostitute, call girl, secret life, double life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
malibu california, california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tale of obsession and jealousy
Style:
realistic, intense, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, songwriter, character study, betrayal, lie, infidelity, male protagonist, mature, domestic drama, love triangle, jealousy, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A successful New York businessman leads a double life as a computer thief.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, crime drama ...
Plot:
split personality, unlikely criminals, fall in love, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, opposites attract, criminal heroes, satire, double life, moral ambiguity, deception ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A suburban housewife uses a hidden camera to compulsively record everyone around her.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, voyeurism, love affair, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, estrangement, dull life, love and romance, single parent, crumbling marriage, obsessive quest, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.
Plot:
housewife, gambling addiction, obsession, female protagonist, domestic drama, character study, suburban life, secret life, gender roles, financial ruin, small town, women's issues ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man (Shatner) going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one (Shepherd) and he thinks he has it all. That is until her pimp starts hounding him.
Style:
suspense, crime drama
Plot:
pimp, prostitute, midlife crisis, blackmail, affair, infidelity, extramarital affair, prostitution, husband, secrets, call girl, guilt ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman is faced with a tough decision to stay with her husband and father of her son who is cheating on her. She takes a vacation where she runs into an old flame and begins to rekindle their chemistry. Torn between the two, she intends to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, betrayal, self discovery, dishonesty, couples, marital crisis, old love, motherhood, affair, introspection, relocation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Beneath Jim Marshall's veneer as the all-American father and husband, lies a long suppressed desire that is about to ruin his idyllic family. When Elaine Marshall (Jean Smart) catches her husband and his lover in a hotel room, her anger quickly ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay husband, gender, secret relationship, unfaithful husband, love, infidelity, family relations, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, suburban life, suburbs, family life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A few years ago, when Tomomi (Hiroko Akune) was on the way home from school, she saw her friend Keiko (Misaki Mori) about to be raped by a man. Tomomi hit the man in the head with a stone and saved Keiko. In the present, Keiko, has buried her ...
Style:
bleak, captivating, thrilling, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
female nudity, sexual abuse, prostitution, trauma, sex work, character study, survival, female friendship, guilt, mature, alienation, street life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three short stories about women & men relationship.
Style:
anthology, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
mature, addiction, alcoholism, domestic drama, character study, bittersweet, thoughtful, urban, loneliness, separation, intimate, gender roles ...
Place:
new york, paris france
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A call girl marries a politician only to have her secret life cause complications.
Style:
erotic drama, romantic drama, erotic, sexy, independent film
Plot:
double life, prostitution, female protagonist, secret past, sexual tension, erotica, prostitute, seduction, infidelity, sexploitation, identity crisis, taboo ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some ...
Style:
serious, bleak, captivating, dramatic
Plot:
plastic surgery, prostitution, identity crisis, mature, social outcast, alienation, female protagonist, bullying, body transformation, transformation, asian prostitute, deformity ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mrs. Wong knows her husband is carrying on an affair, but for the sake of their marriage and autistic son, she has chosen to silently endure. However, the mistress comes to disturb them, and in the end, Mr. Wong leaves home after a fight. Feeling at ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
marital infidelity, unfaithful husband, husband wife relationship, autism, domestic drama, family conflict, life is a bitch, male female relationship, problem, family relations, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and ...
Style:
period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
embezzlement, character study, housewife, midlife crisis, female protagonist, ethical dilemma, secret life, adultery, bank clerk, moral ambiguity, loneliness, identity crisis ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
infidelity, couples, looking for love, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, redemption, haunted by the past, bittersweet, heartbreak, troubled marriage, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of a judge who lives a double life, and stays married to two women for more than 15 years. While one knows nothing of the other, his second wife doesn't care that he is married already as long as he comes home to her as well. ...
Style:
tragic ending, intense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
bigamy, infidelity, love triangle, betrayal, double life, marriage, lie, family drama, duplicity, tragedy, secrets, judge ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman, scared by motherhood and her new born baby, runs away from her home and family to find a shelter at her upstairs neighbour's place.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, parent child relationship, female protagonist, family conflict, domestic drama, character study, hiding place, identity crisis, social realism, compassion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.
Style:
period piece
Plot:
father son conflict, prostitution, family drama, forbidden love, scandal, family secret, infidelity, betrayal, rebellion, mature, reputation, urban ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, tragic
Plot:
murder, private detective, infidelity, adultery, couples, family problems, dishonesty, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, true crime, under the surface ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Through a period of five days, the story follows intertwined characters who live in false serenity and rather chaotic general order.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, love and romance, couple relations, couples, contests and competitions, chaos and mayhem, character study, adultery, betrayal, infidelity, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two friends are involved in the male escort business. One starts an honest relationship with one of his clients. The other cheats on his girlfriend and has his many scams catch up to him.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
nightlife, love and romance, lifestyle, gigolo, unfulfilled love, cons and scams, prostitute, infidelity, wooing, buddies, destructive relationship, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul, korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When her teenagers head off to camp and her husband abruptly leaves her to begin a new family, Lila is left to her own curious and chaotic devices for a summer in her rural home in the Catskill mountains.
Style:
sincere, melancholic, sentimental, light, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, father daughter relationship, marital separation, domestic drama, character study, infidelity, loss, grief, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
38%
59
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alexa is very attentive to her customer's requests, but soon realizes that prostitution has limited long term career potential...
Style:
independent film, sensual, erotic drama
Plot:
female protagonist, prostitution, sex work, brothel, redemption, pimp, escape attempt, escape, betrayal, manipulation, nightlife, danger ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
37%
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189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
addiction, drug traffic, temptation, drug dealer, drug use, loss of innocence, family tragedy, urban, cautionary tale, moral ambiguity, desperation, character study ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The story of three women and the circumstances that led each to get involved in prostitution as call girls.
Style:
realistic, period piece, psychological, intense, retro ...
Plot:
sex work, prostitution, sexuality, character study, women's issues, prostitute, exploitation, survival, taboo, branding iron, urban, social realism ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
36%
175
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A horror-movie actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, detective, independent film
Plot:
love triangle, character study, midlife crisis, forbidden romance, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, unrequited love, bittersweet, loneliness, mature, obsession ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
This film is about domestic violence.
Style:
serious, intense, realistic, tragic
Plot:
domestic violence, women's rights, domestic drama, abusive husband, marital abuse, psychological abuse, toxic relationship, control, fear, female protagonist, trauma, marriage ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When money, affairs, power and lies collide, Nicole Wright, a beautiful and successful music CEOs life is about to crumble in front of her. While leaving her husband and son, the lies that have built her music empire is threatening to tear her down. ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
music industry, deception, infidelity, cheating wife, affair, lie, betrayal, secrets, lifestyle change, problem, social problems, changing lives ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A strikingly bold portrait of oppression and high tension in suburban America. It is the story of Sahira Abdel-Karim (Osuna), a young Egyptian-American woman in a California wedged between two distinct worlds, haunted by memory and bount by ...
Plot:
gender roles, family conflict, female protagonist, claustrophobia, female empowerment, isolation, identity crisis, patriarchy, female nudity, coming of age, moral ambiguity, family relations ...
Place:
southern california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paul Keller (Steven Pasquale - "Rescue Me") is a hedge fund manager with a gambling problem who is fired after a bad deal costs his firm millions. Shut out of the job market, he and his wife Vicky (Caroline Dhavernas - ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, gambling, couple relations, prodigy, couples, partner, dishonesty, life turned upside down, character study, fired from the job, addiction, bookies ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
34%
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