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Saltwater (2000)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension
Plot:
father son relationship, family relations, grief, family drama, life is a bitch, problem, family problems, family business, financial problem, satire, money problems, financial crisis, debt, small town, realism, mourning, loss of spouse, character study, teenager, responsibility, working class, siblings, slice of life, empathy, bittersweet ...
Place:
ireland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, emotional, psychological and melancholic films with plots about bittersweet, family relations, family drama, small town, slice of life, intimate and satire mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Saltwater: Highly Functional (2017), Today We Fix the World (2022), Double Parked (2000), Brighton 4th (2021), I Never Cry (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When he discovers his guardian is dying, an autistic twenty-something travels across country to bring back a deluded, has-been country singer, believing that a personal performance will inspire his guardian to live.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
autism, road trip, empathy, satire, autist, problem, autism spectrum disorder, family problems, compassion, character study, hopes, determination ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
David Samaras, "el Griego", is the general producer of the popular talk show "Hoy se arregla el mundo", where supposedly ordinary people resolve relationship, couple, friendship, work, parent and child conflicts. The most ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, satirical, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fatherhood, self discovery, father and son, father, family drama, parent child relationship, search for father, family problems, satire, introspection, biological father, parenting ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, coming of age, juvenile delinquent, teenager, child abuse, parent child relationship, life is a bitch, family life, money problems, family relations, relationships, family problems ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, USA, Monaco
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows Georgian ex-wrestler’s journey to Brooklyn, New York. His aim is to get his son out of a gambling debt. He meets people who help him and people who ignore him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, intercultural ...
Plot:
father son relationship, gambling debt, immigrant, family drama, life is a bitch, gambler, financial problem, debt, needing money, father and son, money problems, family problems ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he had saved money for the car he had promised her. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical, emotional ...
Plot:
personal growth, father daughter relationship, self discovery, coming of age, loss, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, family reunited, female protagonist, satire, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
poland, ireland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil, Uruguay, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world.
Style:
satirical, emotional, captivating, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
family drama, motherhood, parenthood, parents and children, husband wife relationship, family relations, grownups, satire, family life, father son relationship, lifestyle, slice of life ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
29%
129
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A single mother named Maria unespectedly inherits an hotel from her deceased father, where she will find the truth about her past while she tries get the business going.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, relationships, problem, family problems, family relations, satire, resort hotel, family business, hotel, business, hotel manager ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Loïc Le Tallec never really took care of his son. When the latter disappears in a road accident, Loïc is devastated. He has only one idea in mind: to find the one who lives now with the heart of his son. He falls on Hugo, a young man that this ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
heart transplant, father son relationship, father, father son estrangement, transplant, fatherhood, family drama, grief, loss, accident, satire, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Monica Chowdry, a National Spelling Bee champ…from 15 years ago. Life hasn’t quite panned out as expected for Monica since her big win. When her estranged older brother returns home to help care for their sick mother, the siblings ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, heartfelt, melancholic ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, brother, mental health, family drama, problem, family relations, relationships, teenage life, brother sister reunion, family problems, satire, estranged brother ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, mourning, loss, grief, satire, dysfunctional family, loss of wife, relationship problems, family problems, obsession, memory, character study ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with the death of his father while trying to make new friends in an unfamiliar place, after his mother gets a job transfer.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, child, mother son relationship, childhood, grief, child protagonist, loss, coming of age, adolescence, grownups, friends, teenage life ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, parents and children, life, family problems, confronting the past, father son relationship, family relations, relationship problems, revelation, dealing with the past, relationships, guilty conscience ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
To-il tutors high school student Ho-hoon, but she soon falls in love with him and gets pregnant. The film unfolds a series of playful happenings when To-il embarks on a journey to find her birth father for the wedding, though she is living with her ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, family problems, relationships, family relations, problem, relationship problems, satire, unwanted pregnancy, pregnant woman ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film describes the relationship between a father and his two motherless sons in Ireland, and how it changes when their aunt from London arrives.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, tension, melancholic
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, family bonds, brothers, realism, loss, grief, small town, healing, family secret, slice of life, reconciliation ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the death of their father, three siblings return to the family home where they grew up. They intend to sell it and follow their very different paths. But as memories surface in every corner, a fear of getting rid of the past and an impulse to ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A partially mute man dreams of performing on stage in dramas but often keeps falling in trouble with the villagers due to his eccentric ways. By contrast, his son is a responsible man who dreams of climbing up the ladder and making something of his ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, love and romance, relationships, family relations, changing lives, in love, lifestyle change, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, love interest ...
Similarity:
24%
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dora Welles is an imaginative college grad ready to experience all the excitement of life. Instead she finds herself in snowy upstate New York caring for her reclusive great aunt (who has lived a much more exciting life than anyone realizes).
Style:
poignant, semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aunt niece relationship, self discovery, coming of age, personal growth, family drama, family life, romantic relationship, relationships, family relations, female protagonist, adolescence vs adulthood, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three siblings find themselves in their childhood home. There is one thing the mother must say. These are the days before Christmas. There is also a girl, who finds herself living those days with them. It looks so familiar. There is an expectation ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
christmas, siblings, family secret, secret, family drama, childhood home, family reunited, brother sister relationship, family relations, problem, siblings relations, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and ...
Style:
thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological, comedy drama ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, father son relationship, satire, wedding, father, marriage, male female relationship, grownups, relationships, family relations, problem, father and son ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During a dysfunctional family's chaotic pilgrimage to a spiritual shrine, their elderly patriarch goes missing.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, comedy drama, road movie ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pilgrimage, family conflict, family drama, changing lives, life is a bitch, relationship problems, relationships, travel, journey, problem, family relations ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Set in Kanhangad, a modest town in North Kerala, arrangements are underway for Vijayan's second daughter, Suja's engagement. On what should be a perfect ceremony, the bride is having second thoughts, her father is in a financial mess, and ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, wedding, family secret, satire, wedding planning, engagement, family drama, realism, family relations, husband wife relationship, love affair, social problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The film is about the hard lot of a woman with an extraordinary character, who tries to raise her children and win back her husband, who left family for another woman, after return from the war.
Style:
emotional, comedy drama, melancholic, realistic, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
sadness, family drama, broken family, empathy, bittersweet, father son relationship, reconciliation, nostalgia, intimate, personal growth, social realism, slice of life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
caucasus, eastern europe, armenia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An advocate of sex, but not of marriage, bachelor Daegyu (played by singer-turned-actor Im Changjeon), 26, produces bootleg music albums for a living. One day, he comes across a plucky, nine-year-old boy named Jeon Ingwon (played by Lee Inseong) who ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, boy, parent child relationship, parenthood, family drama, changing lives, relationships, family relations, lifestyle change, fatherhood, paternity revealed ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After losing his wife and three kids, all Kyle wants is to mourn in peace. Unfortunately, his family insists on helping him.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, humorous, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, isolation, funeral, family conflict, dysfunctional family, depression, death, mourning, grief, sadness, aftermath, bereavement ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Claire and Maurice have to take the whole family to Claire's father's funeral. This tightly knit family is not only composed of Claire's vegetarian son, Alex, who's secretly fond of Maurice's daughter, Lucie, the teenage ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
road trip, satire, funeral, kids and family, parents and children, family drama, dysfunctional family, inheritance, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, social satire ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A boy feels neglected by his parents because they grieve for his older brother, who went missing in the aftermath of the second world war.
Style:
emotional, tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
loss of son, family relations, traumatic experience, family business, guilty conscience, mourning, grief, family drama, post war, trauma, coming of age, isolation ...
Time:
50s, post world war two, 1940s, 1950s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
mourning, family secret, grief, family drama, funeral, mature, flashback, road trip, intimate, regret, siblings, small town ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
problem, dream, filmmaker, satire, character study, midlife crisis, personal growth, struggling artist, alcoholism, divorce, friendship, mature ...
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