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Counterparts (2007)
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Counterparts (2007)
Original name: Gegenüber
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Teacher Anne and policeman Georg are thought of as the perfect couple. However, appearances are deceptive: one of them is covered with scars and bruises. But which one is the abuser?
Style: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, emotional, serious, suspenseful
Plot: marriage, family problems, sex scene, couples, police officer, conflict, unsupportive spouse, love, family relations, society, sex with friend's wife, dominant woman, fight, teacher, helplessness, adoption, violence spree, couple relations, female nudity, bare breasts, cuckold, sexually dissatisfied wife, woman on top, dysfunctional marriage, bossy wife ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, psychological, serious and captivating films with plots about family relations, couples, family problems, couple relations, society, parents and children and love mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Counterparts: The Policeman's Wife (2013), A Dad for Christmas (2006), A Night for Dying Tigers (2010), A Quiet Little Marriage (2008), Prague (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Policeman's Wife (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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A Dad for Christmas (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his consent, so he takes his son to his grandmother's house to fight for custody.
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Time: 21st century
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A Night for Dying Tigers (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer Beals), and assorted siblings gather for a dinner to bid Jack farewell and good luck on his trip up the river. But the party ...
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Time: 21st century
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A Quiet Little Marriage (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Quiet Little Marriage is the love story of Dax and Olive, who manage to find harmony even as they juggle family, romance and intimacy, but that all changes the night she asks him for a baby. Writer/director Mo Perkins’ intense and profound, raw ...
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: pregnancy, family problems, couple relations, family relations, parents and children, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love, rivalry, sexual relations, crumbling marriage, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Denmark
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Story: Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father, evolves into the story of a brake-up. With the dead father lurking in the background, secrets gradually emerge threatening to destroy their marriage.
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Plot: love, marriage, family relations, infidelity, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, dishonesty, couples, resentment, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: czech republic, denmark, europe, central europe, prague
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
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54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.
Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, immigrant, self discovery, family problems, society, against the rules, life is a bitch, conservative, reconciliation, parents and children, unhappy marriage, abusive father ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, turkey, europe, berlin germany, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Renovation (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Tessa opens her luxurious clinic with a big party. She is smart, beautiful, savvy, and happily married with an intelligent adolescent son. But appearances are deceptive. In reality, her marriage is falling apart, her house renovation is a disaster ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: cheating wife, infidelity, renovation, loveless marriage, unhappy wife, family problems, crumbling marriage, manipulation, unfulfillment, surgery, old friend, trap ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The New Year Parade (2008)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 85 min.
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Style: realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, couple relations, crumbling marriage, parents and children, family life, family in crisis, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, breakup, young lovers ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
Style: emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, uplifting ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
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47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as ...
Style: saga, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
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45%
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
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Place: japan
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34%
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A Doll's House (1973)
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