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Backdoor (2000)
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Original name: Πίσω Πόρτα
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Romania
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Athens 1966. Dimitris, 13, unexpectedly loses his father. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, the boy gets carried away and decides to skip childhood in order to stand by her. When he feels ready, he has to claim his mother back from an up-and-coming star of the military regime. A brutal coming-of-age story, where Dimitris reacts in vengeance, changing thus the course of Greek history...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
stepfather, coming of age, second marriage, revenge, teenager, friendship, coup d'etat, prostitute, dictatorship, death of father, mother son relationship, gay, erotica, boy, little boy, tank, female nudity, male nudity, first sex, brothel, lsd, sexuality, bare breasts, masturbation, syphilis ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to Backdoor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, psychological, captivating and suspense films with plots about coming of age, female nudity, teenager, boy, gay, bare breasts and sexuality mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Backdoor: Open Seas (2018), Sanctuary (2015), Boy (2011), Children of the Salt (2018), The Summer I Turned 15 (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A coming of age story of three young friends during their student years in Amsterdam.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, female nudity, student, death, group of friends, hot and sexy, friendship between boys, love triangle, father son relationship, partying, female pubic hair ...
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.
Style:
sad
Plot:
stepfather, boy, violence, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boyhood, nationalism, distopia, traumatic childhood, little boy, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 1968
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
734
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
18-year old Christian has just graduated from high school. At his summer job he is seduced by the 36-year old single mother Sanne. Soon he is drawn into a world of sensuality and his acquaintance with Sanne turns into an intense love affair which ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, sincere ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, single mother, male female relationship, teenager, jealousy, female nudity, breakup, age difference, erotica, male nudity, mother son relationship ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An old man, in the agony of death, asks his children to cremate his body and scatter the ashes in the sea. Willing to fulfill the last wish of the elderly, as a rite of passage the youngsters unknowingly transgress the traditions of their father. ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
incest, teenage sexuality, brother sister kiss, sex with sister, incestuous sex, sexual relations, coming of age, loss of father, death of father, family life, social problems, sexuality ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
venezuela
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story Peter is telling the about a special summer, when he is invited over to summer holiday from bickering parents, to his aunt and uncle in the country. He's been there before, but this summer was quite one to remember.
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescent boy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, puberty, dead body, teenage sexuality, sexuality, boyhood, age difference, male female relationship, little boy, boy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young boy loses his innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison during the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev regime.
Style:
bleak, psychological, grim, historical drama, existential ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, prison, stalinism, perestroika, brutality, gay, torture, sadism, trauma, survival, violence, authoritarianism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The perfect world of a small family breaks, when Can discover that his mother works in a brothel. In a maelstrom of anger, guilt and despair Mother and son are forced to forgive himself.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, sexy
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, prostitute, dysfunctional family, family problems, mother daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, single mother, family secret, family relations, single parent, social problems ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and torment of regret.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, teenager, relationship problems, life is a bitch, teenage life, social issues, relationships, uncle, social problems, family problems, little boy ...
Similarity:
30%
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178
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
trailer home, coming of age, teenager, relationship problems, road trip, prostitute, relationships, male female relationship, travel, first sexual experience, teenage sexuality, male rape victim ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
While visiting his recently-divorced father, Wylie discovers the camera and video diaries of Clayton. With his college friends over, Wylie begins to explore his desires through daydreams and reality. His roommate Greg is the object of his obsession. ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
father son relationship, gay, male nudity, gay interest, gay crush, erotica, lgbtq, sexual awakening, sexual tension, self discovery, obsession, college life ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, rough, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, boy, mother son relationship, coming of age, male nudity, sexual curiosity, sex with a minor, older woman teenage boy sex, puberty, corrupt politician, sex with mother ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1982, 70s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
26%
351
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
It’s summer and the beginning of the long vacation period for eleven-year-old Martin, who lives on a farm, and, at a loss, observes his family’s disintegration : his mother lives locked-up in her room ; his older brother, who he adores, drowns ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, gay, kids and family, unhappy marriage, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, social problems, parents and children, father son relationship, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual relations, boy, coming of age, gay, first sexual experience, teenage life, divorced parents, teenager, tennis, athlete's life, friendship, prodigy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young Algerian paperboy with friends and associates of all ages on both sides of the conflict experiences history leading up to the March 1962 independence of Algeria, witnesses ruthless violence perpetrated by French and Arabs, sees his French ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
coming of age, war for independence, friendship, algerian war, struggle for survival, war, wartime life, patriotism, wartime, life is a bitch, friends, railroad ...
Time:
60s
Place:
algeria
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovenia
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
On New Year's Day, two preteen boys wind up in the apartment of Katerina, a teacher from their school, along with her friends, Stepan and David. As the older trio bickers, drinks and flirts, the boys gain eye-opening insight into the adult ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
underage drinking, pedophilia, children, teenage boy, friendship, friendship between boys, sexual awakening, teenager, sexual harassment, sex, sexualized violence, boy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The memories of Guiga, from early childhood to young adulthood: his family, relatives, friends, fears, dreams and reality in a still provincial city of Salvador, Bahia, from the 50s to the 70s.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
coming of age, memories, puberty, boy, erotica, family problems, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, relationships, family relations, flashback sequence, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bonjour tristesse: Teenager Luc lives with his mother Liliane and his little brother Paul in Paris, has to cope with the fact that his mother is a prostitute and practically raise his brother alone. Luc is disillusioned. One day, little Paul wants ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, teenager, teenage boy, romantic friendship, teenage love, family relations, relationships, teenage life, love story, love affair, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
25%
575
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a remote wooded island, a young woman becomes caretaker to an old man in a vegetative state. Her isolated routine devolves into a struggle with sexuality, guilt and loss.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexuality, teenage sexuality, woman, wheelchair bound, man in a wheelchair, relationship problems, teenage girl, nursing, teenager, care, life is a bitch, sexual relations ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Debbie's boyfriend Bobby has left for Guatemala for three months and Debbie is expecting a boring summer. But then she hasn't considered her neighbours and their 15-year old son Johnny.
Style:
erotic, independent film
Plot:
erotica, teenage sex, age difference, neighbor, sexuality, bisexual, lesbian, male nudity, bisexual woman, female pubic hair, hand job, nudity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Yeo-jin and Jae-yeong are two teenage girls who are trying to earn money for a trip to Europe. To reach this end, Jae-yeong is prostituting herself while Yeo-jin acts as her pimp, setting her up with the clients and staying on guard for the police. ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, coming of age, murder, couples, vengeance, parents and children, female friendship, revenge, illegal prostitution, family relations, redemption, love and romance ...
Place:
east asia, germany, europe, south korea, korea ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sensitive 12-year-old Alf is the low man on his class' totem pole, and he's sick of it. Forming a secret, Machiavellian alliance with another student who also has grown weary of being bullied, he hatches a plan to throw a wrench into the ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
boy, bullying, children, friendship between boys, friendship, coming of age, revenge, fight, scandinavian girl, violence, school, retribution ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
Similarity:
22%
894
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Vidal family is spending a summer on Catalonia’s gorgeous Costa Brava with their Alzheimer-affected grandmother Ángela. Overprotected and shy, 14 year-old Nora goes through a difficult time after her parents’ separation, but what looked ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
teenage girl, summer, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, friends, adolescence, unlikely friendships, grownups, female protagonist, girlfriend, teenage life, summer vacation ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Lila is experiencing an ennui-filled Brooklyn summer. She awkwardly wears a Kabuki-esque mask of sunscreen at the beach and plays third wheel to Chiara, her more experienced friend, and Chiara’s boyfriend, Patrick. Determined to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, teenage girl, youth, first sex, sexual attraction, sexual desire, self discovery, best friend, friendship, wooing, hot guys ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The coming of age story of a boy that after a traumatic event is taken to beautiful Cuernavaca, where he has to find his father while trying to adapt to life with his grandmother, who has problems of her own.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
grandmother grandson relationship, gay, coming of age, boy, father son relationship, family problems, dysfunctional family, boyhood, kids and family, family relations, grownups, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story beginns on 24 October 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis. The Second World War with its hardships and bombs...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
coming of age, vandalism, store, rebellion, shoplifting, tomb, smoking, voyeurism, teacher, boy, female nudity, gay ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In an idyllic wine region at the foot of the Swiss Alps lives Rico with his two daughters and his wife Anna. The charming daughter, Lili, brings turbulence into the so far harmonious family life because of the awakening of her sexuality. Her father ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
coming of age, sexuality, father daughter relationship, family relations, family problems, sexual tension, father and daughter, relationships, relationship problems, parents and children, family life, sexual relations ...
Place:
swiss alps
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A beautiful reporter gets caught up in the deadly and erotic world of an online 'murder club' in this red-hot thriller.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, sexy
Plot:
strip club, erotica, murder, murderer, hitman, reporter, seduction, eroticism, online dating, private club, police, female nudity ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In an Illinois farming community, Lyle lives quietly with his wife Amy. But their life is set spinning when Lyle's friend Vernon visits with his girlfriend Juliette. Soon Lyle and Juliette have embarked on a passionate affair which has the town ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, independent film
Plot:
closeted homosexual, male female relationship, adultery, eroticism, sex scene, sexuality, virgin, adult virgin, society, relationships, family problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
boy, political conflict, ethnic conflict, little boy, child, post war, teenager, muslim, life is a bitch, military, coming of age, children in wartime ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kosovo, eastern europe, balkan, serbia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The plot revolves around Bernard – a schoolfriend of Olivier's who is preparing for his bac – discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home. He spends a night in Olivier's bed (where ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
jealousy, seduction, high school student, writers, suicide attempt, adolescence, coming of age, illegitimacy, running away from home, learning the truth, bad influence, stepfather stepson relationship ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
21%
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