Movies like Ordinary People 2016

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Ordinary People (2016)
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Ordinary People (2016)
Original name: Pamilya Ordinaryo
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min.
Story: ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a month into parenthood, their child is stolen from them. In order to retrieve the child, the young couple is forced to take desperate measures.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tragic ending, tagalog, crying, tragic
Plot: child, family relations, husband wife relationship, money, violence, child abduction, missing child, mother child relationship, twists and turns, sex scene, homeless, poverty, teenage pregnancy, gays and lesbians, life lesson, teenager, running, transvestite, theft, kidnapped child, stolen money, young mother, juvenile delinquent, street
Place: the philippines
Keyword: filipino

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, disturbing, suspenseful and tense films with plots about family relations, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, society, poverty, teenager and family problems mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Ordinary People: Ember (2016), We Are Never Alone (2016), Son of Sofia (2017), Gebo and the Shadow (2012), Pororoca (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ember (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
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We Are Never Alone (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the Czech provinces, a handful of people come together: a paranoid prison guard, his hypochondriac neighbour and the latter’s silent, despairing wife, a lovesick nightclub manager and a stripper who is a ...
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Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
Story: Luz Cuevas baby daughter Delimar disappeared in 1997 after their house caught fire during a party, The police reported that she was killed in the fire. However, Cuevas suspects that she was kidnapped and that the fire was staged by an outsider. Six ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, touching, hispanic
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Son of Sofia (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: 11-year-old Misha is coming from Russia to Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games to live with his mother. He does not know there is a father waiting for him.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, suspense, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: child, stepfather stepson relationship, husband wife relationship, child protagonist, friendship, family relations, disorder, life is a bitch, parents and children, gay, greek, stroke ...
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Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: poverty, honor, family relations, family problems, parents and children, society, thief, accountant, missing child
Time: 2010s, 19th century
Place: france, portugal
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Pororoca (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Cristina and Tudor have founded a happy family with their two children, Maria and Ilie. They are in their thirties and live an ordinary life in a nice apartment in a Romanian town, but one Sunday morning when Tudor takes his kids to the park, Maria ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: missing daughter, child abduction, children, child, missing person, husband wife relationship, little girl, mysterious disappearance, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family relations, father daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
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Minor (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: High school student Jen Guilarman lives in misery with her abusive mother and her mom's lesbian lover. Looking for some escape, she aims to join an all-girl gang which first requires her to undergo a sexual rite. Jen only has one man in mind, ...
Style: unusual plot structure, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, touching ...
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Time: 21st century
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Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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