Movies like Freeway 2011

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Freeway (2011)
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Freeway (2011)
Original name: Voie rapide
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Alex, 25 years old, lives a life divided between his custom car that he pampers to the point of insanity, his friends, his girlfriend, whose baby girl he had under duress, and his job as a forklift operator. An exclusive passion, with its rituals and codes, with no real place for his girlfriend Rachel and their child. A rather comfortable and carefree life. But one night, on the highway, he has an accident. But his passion for speed will change everything.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot: life turned upside down, couples, moral dilemma, couple relations, friendship, male female relationship, family crisis, family problems, family in crisis, disorder, police officer, police, hospital, suicide, bowling, accident, guilt, car, death of son, hit and run
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and captivating films with plots about couples, couple relations, family problems, family relations, life turned upside down, family in crisis and unfulfillment mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Freeway: Belleville-Tokyo (2010), Three Worlds (2012), Week-ends (2014), Missing William (2014), Dearest (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Belleville-Tokyo (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Un couple se dirige vers un train en partance pour Venise. Sur le quai, Julien annonce à Marie qu’il part en rejoindre une autre et s’en va, la laissant seule à Paris, enceinte. Bouleversée, Marie se refuse à être victime de cette ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Three Worlds (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Al, a young man from a modest background is about to marry his boss’ daughter, along with succeeding him as the head of a car dealership. One night, while coming back from his bachelor party, he is guilty of a hit-and-run accident, urged by his ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Week-ends (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It sometimes takes little to spoil a weekend in the country. A simple misunderstanding in a supermarket parking lot, a bad reaction, and there you go, everything is awry. Nothing is going well for Christine. Jean leaves her. Her oldest friends, ...
Style: emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot: friendship, introspection, couple relations, self discovery, breakup, disorder, family problems, countryside, couples, family crisis, old woman, rural setting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, normandy
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Missing William (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story follows Abby, a thirty-something artist living in Rhode Island caring for her husband William after he's tragically injured in a bar fight. As she attempts to coax him back to health, James, her childhood sweetheart and unrequited ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, sentimental, indie film ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dearest (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Drawing on remarkable true stories, Peter Chan delivers a moving drama about child abduction in China. Huang Bo stars as a father whose young son disappears in the streets of a big city. He sets out on a search across China, stopping at nothing to ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, tense
Plot: kidnapping, life turned upside down, uncover truth, family problems, parents and children, missing child, danger, couples, adoption, couple relations, family in crisis, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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The Policeman's Wife (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: accident, couple relations, family problems, domestic violence, family relations, couples, small town, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, parents and children, police officer, mother daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
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Plot: terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, love, self discovery, couples, friendship, fall in love, parents and children, life is a bitch, family relations, supportive spouse ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bad Girl (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
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Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dream and Silence (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Oriol and Yolanda live in Paris with their two daughters. During a vacation they suffer a car accident that will change their lives.
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, family problems, introspection, life turned upside down, accident, architect, death, funeral, school teacher, loss of daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Letter (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: portugal, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.2
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Among Us (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a mysterious stranger with ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Dinner (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and among each other? Will the ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, biting, talky ...
Plot: family gatherings, life turned upside down, family life, parents and children, couples, under the surface, family problems, couple relations, siblings relations, family in crisis, disorder, suspicion ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.4
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Melbourne (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.4
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Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 2K
Chromophobia (2005)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 136 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
A Better Life (2011)
Genre: Drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Insecure (2014)
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Endless Night (2015)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Germany
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Duration: 94 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Style: psychological, serious, realistic, atmospheric, bleak
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32%
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The Frost (2009)
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