Movies like The Sense of an Ending

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The Sense of an Ending (2017)
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The Sense of an Ending (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him re-think his current situation in life.
Style: psychological, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
Plot: father daughter relationship, revenge, jealousy, memory, letter, pregnancy, dream, suicide, childbirth, flashback, ex husband ex wife relationship, mysterious past, family relations, danger, aging, school, book, old man, moving, senior citizen, bookstore, narration, lesbian, masturbation, male masturbation ...
Time: 21st century

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and realistic films with plots about family relations, father daughter relationship, flashback, drinking, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship and memory mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Sense of an Ending: The Father (2020), Strange But True (2019), Don't Tell (2005), Elizabeth Is Missing (2019), Waterland (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Father (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style: sad, psychological, emotional, philosophical, social ...
Audience: date night
Plot: alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, human spirit, alone in the world, memory, aging ...
Time: 2020s, year 1937
Place: nebraska, london
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95%
Strange But True (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, pregnant woman, woman, pregnant girlfriend, family problems, unplanned pregnancy, relationships, family secret, secret, mysterious girl, unwed pregnancy ...
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86%
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Don't Tell (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe ...
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot: incest, nightmare, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, family relations, sexual abuse, self discovery, introspection, couples, family problems, haunted by the past, couple relations ...
Time: year 2005
Place: usa, los angeles, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: missing person, senior citizen, dementia, alzheimer's disease, flashback, disappearance, old woman, forgetfulness, female protagonist, aging, girlfriend, sister ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Waterland (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious, offbeat ...
Plot: teacher, high school, haunted by the past, teachers and students, self discovery, power relations, couples, introspection, couple relations, friendship, father son relationship, mental illness ...
Time: 90s, 1940s, 70s, year 1992, 1920s ...
Place: england, pittsburgh, europe, london, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
The Good Father (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bill Hooper -- bitter after a messy divorce -- tries to help a friend gain custody of his child any way he can.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, family relations, family problems, breakup, courtroom drama, legal action, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, dysfunctional marriage, custody battle, father son relationship, divorce ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Style: enigmatic, psychological, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot: investigation, dual identity, husband wife relationship, murder of wife, assassination plot, guilt, ambiguity, publisher, murder disguised as suicide, private detective, writers, missing person ...
Place: stockholm sweden, berlin germany, amsterdam
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62%
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King Lear (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Style: thought provoking, bleak, psychological, rough, independent film ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, greed, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, betrayal, rivalry, family relations, parents and children, life philosophy, life & death, revenge ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Waiting for the Miracle to Come (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: An aspiring trapeze artist discovers a cryptic letter, written once by her recently deceased father, that leads her to a gold mine in a remote California desert.
Style: art house, captivating, psychological, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: father daughter relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, letter, husband wife relationship, elderly couple, female protagonist, elderly man, male female relationship, couple relations, family relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Who Are You People (2023)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After trying and failing to seduce her teacher, 16-year-old Alex runs away from her boarding school. Trying to seek out the biological father her mother has always kept hidden from her.
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: father daughter relationship, search for father, parents and children, family problems, teenager, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, life is a bitch, teenage girl, secret, teenage life ...
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother, who died of a supposed overdose in the house more than 30 years ago.
Style: serious, sentimental, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: danger, haunted by the past, love and romance, overdose, grandmother, neighbor, uncover truth, investigation, nightmare, mysticism, writers, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Book of Vision (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, UK, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr. Anmuth's Book of Vision. Henry gets involved in her life and is forced to confront his own nature, as Eva faces the biggest decision of her life.
Style: psychological, enigmatic, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: patient, doctor, life, reading someone else's diary, doctors and patients, female protagonist, physician, time, dream, diary
Time: 18th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Keys to the House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parents and children, single parent, estrangement, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, hopes, redemption, family relations ...
Time: year 2004
Place: germany, italy, europe, berlin germany, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
All I See Is You (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves.
Style: disturbing, captivating, enigmatic, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, blonde, blind woman, married couple, medication, promise, lie, fear, doctor, loss of eyesight, car accident, twists and turns ...
Place: bangkok thailand, barcelona, spain, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Out of Blue (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
Style: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, danger, serial killer, deep south, mind meld, loss, grief, mysticism, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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UV (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: murder, family relations, hidden identity, danger, dishonesty, estate, stranger, paranoia, mysterious past, disorder, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, saint tropez, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Wetherby (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
Style: independent film, psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: loneliness, angst, heartache, memory, solitude, obsession, investigation, world war two, adultery, spinster, dinner party, school teacher ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: yorkshire, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Margaret Lea, a young biographer, attempts to interview writer Vida Winter, whose health is deteriorating. Vida has previously denied access to the secrets of her life and childhood home. Vida tells her story to Margaret, helping Margaret to ...
Style: gothic, captivating, serious, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family secret, family relations, twins, writer's life, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, sibling relationship, writers, storytelling, secret past, dark past ...
Place: england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Queen of Earth (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.
Style: psychological thriller, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot: vacation, friendship, depression, promise, party, lesbian subtext, memory, mental illness, doctor, jealousy, danger, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Rose Plays Julie (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An adopted Dublin girl sets out to find her birth mother in London, despite knowing the woman has no desire to meet with her.
Style: melancholic, humorous, touching, disturbing, sentimental ...
Plot: mother daughter relationship, revenge, father daughter relationship, foster child, girl, female warrior, sex with daughter, women, family relations, violence, husband wife relationship, love and romance ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Scent of Rain & Lightning (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a young woman learns her parents' killer has been released from jail, she is forced to revisit old wounds while discovering the destructive power of hate and the true cost of family secrets fully revealing themselves.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, extraordinary
Plot: murder investigation, secret, dysfunctional family, mysterious past, uncover truth, revenge, female protagonist, murder, hate, secret revealed, investigation, tragic past ...
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43%
The Trouble with Being Born (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Elli is an android and lives with a man she calls her father. Together they drift through the summer. During the day they swim in the pool and at night he takes her to bed. She shares his memories and anything else he programs her to recall. ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, missing child, philosophy, isolation, robot, implanted memory, pedophilia, memorabilia, memory, father daughter relationship, family relations, mysterious past ...
Place: vienna
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42%
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Afterschool (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A prep-school student (Ezra Miller) accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, independent film, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, kids in trouble, teenage life, misfit, social misfits, coming of age, social relations, drug abuse, youth, life is a bitch, voyeurism, violence ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006, 1900s, 2000s
Place: connecticut, manhattan new york city, new york
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41%
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Marjorie Prime (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: husband wife relationship, old woman, doctor, marriage, aging, flash forward, friendship, dead husband, couple relations, family relations, love, redemption ...
Time: near future, future, year 1979
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Beautiful Kate (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories ...
Style: stylized, realistic, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: forbidden love, brother sister incest, dysfunctional family, incest, past, brother sister sex, taboo sex, siblings relations, homecoming, haunted by the past, incestuous relationship, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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39%
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Dark River (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot: guilt, death of father, haunted by the past, farm, twists and turns, family home, father daughter incest, homecoming, dysfunctional family, memory, farmhouse, police ...
Time: 2010s
Place: yorkshire
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38%
Alexandra's Project (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, murder, female masturbation, unhappy wife, mental illness, family relations, birthday, family problems, family in crisis, dishonesty, male nudity, nudity ...
Place: australia
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36%
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Lady Macbeth (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style: psychological, cynical, costume drama, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot: forbidden love, secret lover, sex scene, infidelity, cruelty, adultery, father in law daughter in law relationship, loveless marriage, english countryside, male nudity, neglectful husband, horse ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era, year 1865
Place: england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hired to steal a rare painting from one of most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: art, art critic, museum, female nudity, painting, murder, painter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, art collector, villa, thief, escapades ...
Time: future, year 1968, year 1955
Place: milan italy, italy, minnesota, new york
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35%
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Implanted (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When your memory lies, how do you find the truth?
Style: surprise ending
Plot: medical, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, car accident, suicide, flashback, father son relationship, hospital, death, brother sister relationship, memory, dream ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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