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Hands of a Mother (2016)
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Original name: Die Hände meiner Mutter
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus. When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him when he was a little boy. Markus and his wife Monika find themselves confronted with an ugly truth of the kind you wouldn’t think a mother capable of.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspense
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape, parent child relationship, domestic violence, dysfunctional family, family secret, childhood trauma, child abuse, psychotherapy, mental illness, husband wife relationship, repressed memory, shame, birthday party, violence, family problems, childhood memory, confronting the past, family relations, memories, secret past, tragic past, dealing with the past, troubled past, boat ...
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Most similar movies to Hands of a Mother
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, disturbing, suspense and captivating films with plots about family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, female nudity, child abuse and relationships mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Hands of a Mother: Father Is a Dog (2010), The Allegation (2021), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), Return to Innocence (2001), Three Sisters (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, bleak
Plot:
relationship problems, family problems, child abuse, abusive relationship, domineering father, brother brother relationship, domestic violence, father and son, violence, father, power relations, overbearing parent ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 225 min.
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Story:
25 defendants, 300 trial days and a legal scandal that has gone down in the history of jurisprudence: In this thrilling legal drama, bestselling author Ferdinand von Schirach transports the so-called "Worms Trials", a German legal scandal ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense
Plot:
sexualized violence, true crime, rape, child abuse, court, scandal, violence, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, legal action, domestic violence, trial ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An 11 year old girl accuses her father of incest.
Style:
historical drama, independent film, crying
Plot:
child abuse, boy, anal rape, father daughter incest, incest, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, accusation, repressed memory, trial, father daughter relationship, liar ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, man boy relationship, coming of age, courtroom, sexual abuse, pedophilia, life is a bitch, redemption, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father’s birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jinseob’s abnormal behavior, and the past of the three ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family problems, sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, relationships, life is a bitch, confronting the past, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, women, troubled past, tragic past ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A weekend in the Bavarian Alps. 25-year-old Hannes meets his father after 8 years of separation in a little mountain hut. By the influence of their very different girlfriends Ann and Lavinia, the stage-director-father and his actor-son cautiously ...
Style:
sincere, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
redemption, family relations, courage, guilt, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, estranged father, male female relationship, compassion, anger, irreverence, cabin in the woods ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The memories of Guiga, from early childhood to young adulthood: his family, relatives, friends, fears, dreams and reality in a still provincial city of Salvador, Bahia, from the 50s to the 70s.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
coming of age, memories, puberty, boy, erotica, family problems, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, relationships, family relations, flashback sequence, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1997. Young car mechanic Iván lives in a godforsaken village in eastern Hungary. He looks after his mentally disabled sister Eszter and earns extra money smuggling diesel oil from Ukraine. The siblings' coexistence is disrupted by a tragic ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
rape and revenge, incest, rape victim, brother sister relationship, smuggling, small town life, teenage rape, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, mental illness ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Philippines
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kim-Dusik, who committed a murder in Korea, fled to Manila and has lived there nearly 15 years. He lives with his Filipino wife, Medusa, and their 15-year old son, Philip. Dusik, his irresistible yearning for his mother, turns into violence ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
father son relationship, marital abuse, rape, murder, male female relationship, domestic violence, dysfunctional family, violence, family problems, violent, life is a bitch, father and son ...
Place:
manila philippines, korea
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Yuri and Takumi are brother and sister who faced unusually harsh treatment by their father. An act of brutality keeps them extremely close together until an older couple occupy the house where their secret was buried.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, sincere
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family problems, brother sister relationship, family relations, male female relationship, life is a bitch, tragic past, tragic love, family secret, relationship problems, confronting the past, brother sister incest ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
couples, sexual assault, husband wife relationship, relationships, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, marital reconciliation, pregnant wife, violence, marriage, pregnancy ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
They want to get away from each other, but they clasp each other even more firmly. They seek to save appearances at all force. The more they laugh, the quieter it gets around them. The cracks in the family picture widen until an inescapable secret ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
unfaithful husband, marital infidelity, dysfunctional family, gay son, gay, family problems, family relations, father daughter relationship, kids and family, adultery, eccentric family, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, missing person, murder, forbidden love, female nudity, implied incest, child abuse, investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, asia, usa, vietnam, san francisco
Similarity:
47%
237
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Elisa (Claudia Pons) lives with her father (Hans Richter) in Spain following the breakup of her parents. Elisa goes to a fair with her father, and meets one of his friends (Jordi Gracia), a successful jeweler. Days later, a change ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
child rape, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, family relations, troubled past, confronting the past, tragic past, shame, haunting, coming of age ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
family relations, family secret, domineering husband, flashback, troubled past, tragic past, dysfunctional family, bereavement, family life, life is a bitch, eccentric family, dealing with the past ...
Time:
80s, 2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mother daughter relationship, tragic past, dark past, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot:
depressed woman, postpartum depression, psychoanalysis, husband wife relationship, fear, writer's life, family relations, parents and children, tragic past, family problems, writers, psychological trauma ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, bleak, sexual ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, child abuse, incest, swimming pool, lawyer, family relations, under the surface, parents and children, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, illicit affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a New York lawyer returns to his Boston hometown to reunite his dying friend with his young son, he is forced to finally confront a childhood trauma.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing
Plot:
father son relationship, relationships, reunited friends, last wish, life is a bitch, troubled past, psychological trauma, confronting the past, traumatic experience, tragic past, children, lawyer ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The dysfunctional twenty-three years old Sarah takes her six year old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and lowlife ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, rough, depressing ...
Plot:
child abuse, pedophile, rape, child molester, child rape, child molestation, prostitute, sex, coming of age, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, society ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
indiana, asia, tennessee
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by ...
Style:
sincere, serious, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, family relations, parents and children, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, housewife, berlin wall, stasi, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Adam and Zooey have been trying to have a baby for several months, only to end up pregnant after a rape. Unsure of the parentage of their child, they decide to have the baby anyway.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, sexy, experimental
Plot:
pregnant from rape, pregnancy, rape, pregnant woman, pregnant wife, rape victim, sex, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, family relations, relationship problems, family problems ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Judith decides to go on her own to the salsa-dancing night, even though her boyfriend, with whom she goes there every week, can’t accompany her. A stranger, with whom she briefly dances, offers to walk her home. Next morning, upon returning home, ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, rape victim, sexual assault, trauma, problem, violence, sexual abuse, rape, violent, unsettling, justice, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
45%
154
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age drama, sin, conscience and responsibility take center stage when 28-year-old protagonist confesses to his part in a rape ten years earlier. Wracked by guilt, his itemization of the choices that led to his crime are ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
redemption, rape, sexual abuse, revenge, attempted rape, sexualized violence, violence, rape and revenge, trauma, guilt, violent, criminal ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Four stories showing how individuals are able move forward after being abused as children.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, anthology, independent film ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
child abuse, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, domestic violence, violence, violent father, multiple storylines, social problems, dysfunctional family, brutality, family problems, violent ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A new mother is haunted by postpartum depression. Based on a true story.
Plot:
incestuous relationship, repressed memory, sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse, therapy, sexual cruelty, illicit affair, childhood memory, depression, memory, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
45%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young married couple, not knowing how to deal with their new adopted son's behavior, decides to give him back.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
young couple, married couple, adopted son, foster parent, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, marital crisis, adoptive father adopted son relationship, young lovers, family problems ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman sexually assaulted by her new boss's brother-in-law tries to move on as if nothing happened, but the night weighs heavily on her mind and body.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
rape, female protagonist, relationships, love, trauma, sexual assault, male female relationship, relationship problems, employer employee relationship, rape victim, silence, introspection ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The perfect world of a small family breaks, when Can discover that his mother works in a brothel. In a maelstrom of anger, guilt and despair Mother and son are forced to forgive himself.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, sexy
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, prostitute, dysfunctional family, family problems, mother daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, single mother, family secret, family relations, single parent, social problems ...
Similarity:
44%
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