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The Girl on the Train (2009)
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Original name: La fille du RER
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The Girl on the Train is a 2009 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne fails the interview but falls into a relationship with Franck, a wrestler whose dreams and claims of being in a legitimate business partnership Jeanne is only too happy to believe. When Franck is arrested, he turns on Jeanne for her naivety; she's stung and seeks attention by making up a story of an attack on a train. Is there any way out for her?
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
anti semitism, false accusation, destructive relationship, society, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism, seduction, railway, train, coming of age, wrestling, family relations, parents and children, couples, media, suburbs, love, lawyer, police, subway, rich man, wealth, drug traffic, wrestler ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and sincere films with plots about family relations, couples, unfulfillment, couple relations, parents and children, society and family problems mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Girl on the Train: A Butterfly Kiss (2011), Little Jerusalem (2005), Cet amour-là (2001), Irene (2009), Hadewijch (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
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Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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serious, touching, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
religious faith, convent, hopes, koran, love, muslim, religions or cults, self discovery, clergy, human nature, youth, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
enigmatic, meditative, compassionate, depressing, stylized ...
Plot:
unemployment, greed, self discovery, character study, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, couple relations, down on your luck, family problems, husband wife relationship, thief ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, france, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sincere, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
cyclist, life is a bitch, couple relations, hopes, disability, parents and children, human nature, misfit, human spirit, redemption, family relations, new love ...
Time:
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Place:
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58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, thought provoking, touching, social ...
Plot:
immigrant, friendship, family relations, parents and children, fighting the system, youth, rebellion, society, deportation, illegal immigrant, teenager, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, couples, family relations, friends, social relations, couple relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
51%
193
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:
sexy, realistic, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
parents and children, couples, family problems, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, cancer, rock, strong female presence, female pubic hair, bullfighting ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany, france, greece, athens greece
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Philippe lives in a world controlled by a caste system. Those who play the "game" correctly become higher and more powerful. Phillipe plays the game well but his wife wants him to return to reality. Its a love story after marriage.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, stylized, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
couple relations, introspection, fighting the system, crumbling marriage, human nature, social decay, society, estrangement, life is a bitch, couples, dark humor, emotionless ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
human nature, teenage life, family problems, youth, society, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, rebellion, juvenile delinquency, rebelliousness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
41%
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, marseille
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, marseille, south of france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the worst of them: Her unstoppable family has decided, by any ...
Style:
emotional, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, divorce, family gatherings, family problems, parents and children, love and romance, human nature, couples, family relations, siblings relations, countryside, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, rome italy, europe, brittany
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, austria
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, psychological, crying ...
Plot:
unemployment, immigrant, working class, society, unfulfillment, workplace, parents and children, fired from the job, coming of age, lady, supportive coworker, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, offbeat
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, pregnancy, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, unfulfillment, dishonesty, marriage, love, rivalry, realism, compromise ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Switzerland, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, family life, teenage life, self discovery, introspection, hopes, parents and children, siblings relations, mother daughter relationship, arab, youth ...
Place:
tunisia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
missionary, couples, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, working class, terminal illness, disorder, family relations, tragic hero, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sexual, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
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