Movies like The Affair 2004

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The Affair (2004)
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The Affair (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A lonely housewife finds new life in a liaison with a free-spirited man in this romantic drama. Isolated in a remote home, Jean (Kelsey Oldershaw) feels suffocated in her marriage to uptight architect Paul (Horatio Ledon). An affair with her husband's exact opposite -- an unrestrained bohemian named Viggo (Andy Mackenzie) -- leads to a newfound feeling of liberation, but ultimately, Jean must forge her own path to happiness.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: adultery, affair, marriage, love triangle, male female relationship, marital infidelity, family problems, marital crisis, dysfunctional marriage, marital problem, relationships, forbidden love, romantic relationship, jealousy, family relations, self discovery, love affair, infidelity, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, love interest, married couple, romantic triangle, marriage crisis, architecture ...

Most similar movies to The Affair

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about relationship problems, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, family relations, relationships, family problems and marital problem mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Affair: The Deal (2022), The Guest (2021), With/In: Volume 2 (2021), Jadviga's Pillow (2000), Tempting Fate (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Deal (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Kat and Borja appear to be a perfect couple, but as in every marriage they keep secrets, lies and infidelities that will come to light the night an unexpected visitor arrives.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller
Plot: unhappy marriage, marital infidelity, cheating wife, adulterous husband, intrigue, family secret, adultery, adulterer, family problems, dysfunctional marriage, affair, infidelity ...
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100%
 7.1
 58
The Guest (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Alicia and Enrique are a young married couple somewhat distanced from each other. Their relationship is threatened when Carlota, a friend of Alicia's from long ago, comes to visit and stays with them for a while.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: love triangle, relationship problems, marriage, marital infidelity, marriage crisis, love and romance, husband wife relationship, forbidden love, life is a bitch, intrigue, troubled marriage, couples ...
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41%
With/In: Volume 2 (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directors to first-timers, all provided with the same iPhone and basic gear to bring their visions to life.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, anthology
Plot: male female relationship, one night stand, relationship problems, marital infidelity, husband wife relationship, couple relations, family relations, relationships, infidelity, marital problem, married couple, marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Jadviga's Pillow (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The film is the filmed version of Pál Závada's novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller. The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south-eastern Hungary. It tells ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: adultery, world war one, relationships, dysfunctional marriage, marital problem, husband wife relationship, family problems, love triangle, forbidden love, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Tempting Fate (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gabby's picture perfect marriage to Elliott is jeopardized when she meets Matt, a handsome younger man who ignites a fire and desire within her. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: relationship problems, marital problem, forbidden love, male female relationship, romantic relationship, husband wife relationship, love story, marriage crisis, love triangle, love interest, romantic triangle, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Ever After (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: couples, marriage, unhappy marriage, family relations, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, marriage crisis, marital problem, family problems, relationship problems, relationships ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Shadow People (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dan and Gretchen, a couple with a secretive past and a failing relationship, rent a guest house from another couple in California's San Fernando Valley. But jealousy and betrayal turn a casual friendship into a game of manipulation and ...
Style: captivating, psychological, erotic
Plot: unhappy marriage, open marriage, cheating wife, infidelity, swinger couple, seductress, relationships, dysfunctional marriage, love story, husband wife relationship, adultery, romantic relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.4
 195
The Swing (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 35-year-old Michal has a beautiful wife Anna and daughter Justine. It does not bother him, however, fall in love with a sensual and rebellious Carolina. The man did not want a divorce, but it also wants to opt out of a new passion. The situation is ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: swinger couple, unfaithful husband, neglectful husband, unhappy marriage, adulterer, adulterous husband, love triangle, love interest, seductive woman, marital problem, love affair, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Everyone Loves Alice (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A love triangle between a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's everyday lives, it creates a pressure wave that changes the lives of everyone.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: affair, family relations, star crossed lovers, relationship problems, marital problem, love affair, love triangle, marital infidelity, relationships, love interest, love and romance, marital crisis ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Whole Truth (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Paola began an affair with a surgeon who is irresistibly drawn. But her husband is police and is investigating the death of this man's last lover.
Style: captivating, enigmatic, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot: cheating wife, murder investigation, love triangle, husband wife relationship, killings, infidelity, murder, tragic love, investigation, female protagonist, forbidden love, secret ...
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28%
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Emily & Tim (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: marriage, love and romance, family life, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, relationships, family problems, love interest, male female relationship, family relations, couple relations, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Silent Storm (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, enigmatic
Plot: romantic relationship, love triangle, marital problem, male female relationship, family problems, romantic triangle, marital crisis, love interest, relationships, female protagonist, marriage, love and romance ...
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
After the Waterfall (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: cheating wife, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, relationships, family relations, pregnant wife, infidelity, mysterious disappearance, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, police investigation ...
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, emotional, teen ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: mistress, sensuality, older woman younger man relationship, love affair, love, love triangle, stepmother stepson relationship, milf, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationship problems, family problems ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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100%
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Mass (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, sad ...
Plot: tragedy, church, forgiveness, parents, grief, violent, mass murder, loss of child, multiple perspectives, relationship problems, backfire, marital problem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 4K
Meadowland (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals as Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations, falling deeper into her own ...
Style: psychological, melancholic, captivating, rough, stylized ...
Plot: loss of child, missing child, self harm, disappearance, kidnapping, drug use, family relations, extramarital affair, couples, lonely, feeling, woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tom White (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Tom White is an architect who chooses to become homeless despite an seemingly otherwise successful life. However, it soon becomes clear that not everything is as it appears at work. Tom chooses a different path and cuts ties with his normal life.
Style: interesting
Plot: architect, mental breakdown, homelessness, male nudity, nervous breakdown, male pubic hair, mugging, flirting, bare chested male, drunken man, drunken woman, mental disorder ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Obsessed with a Married Woman (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Jane Seymour makes a six-course meal of her starring role as a magazine editor in Obsessed With a Married Woman--indeed, her performance is the only tangible reason for sitting through this artistically bankrupt TV movie. The story contrives to have ...
Plot: mistress, infidelity, adultery, writers, male female relationship, magazine editor, affair, obsession, husband wife relationship, terrorizing, magazine, unfaithfulness
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Laruan (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Thea, Rene’s wife, always invites her other man, Geoff, over dinner for them to make out in the house. But when a new woman, Camille, enters the picture, Thea’s wild and crazy gameplay changes.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: sex scene, cheating wife, husband wife relationship, sexually dissatisfied wife, dysfunctional marriage, lovers, mistress, cuckold, seductive woman, intrigue, love triangle, affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Sangre de mi tierra (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: American drama series about two rival family wine farmers in Napa, California.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: family relations, relationships, love and romance, feud, love triangle, wine, forbidden love, family problems, family feud, vineyard, romantic relationship, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Chain Reaction (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Marta's surprise birthday party sets in motion a spiral of tragic events.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: love affair, male female relationship, relationships, relationship problems, love and romance, wedding preparations and rituals, romantic relationship, love interest, love triangle, romantic triangle, love story, female nudity ...
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26%
The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: separation, relationships, male female relationship, unrequited love, family relations, parents, husband wife relationship, marital problem, family problems, marriage crisis, relationship problems, crumbling marriage ...
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25%
Seducción (aka Secreto De Amor) (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mexican feature film
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: professor, seductress, teacher student romance, male teacher female student affair, teacher student relationship, marital problem, affair, relationships, adultery, infidelity, marital infidelity, relationship problems ...
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25%
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The Beautiful Neighbor (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki, and an ordinary housewife, Eriko, who has a happy family, causes Eriko's serene daily life to fall apart. Eriko's husband, Shinji becomes the target of ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: relationship problems, lifestyle change, male female relationship, love triangle, relationships, romantic relationship, seduction, husband wife relationship, marital infidelity, family relations, love affair, romantic triangle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Otilia Rauda (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Otilia is both blessed with a body that is the epitome of feminine perfection and cursed by an ugly mole that mars her beautiful face. The juxtaposition between fabulous beauty and disfigurement proves unsettling for the villagers and she grows up ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: female nudity, cuckold, unhappy marriage, disfigured face, sexual tension, venereal disease, relationship problems, dysfunctional marriage, troubled marriage, husband wife relationship, marital problem, marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A House on Fire (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A House on Fire follows brilliant doctor and mother Deborah Green (Stephanie March) who had the epitome of a picture-perfect life with two children, an adoring husband (Shaun Benson) and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood. But behind the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional
Plot: unhappy marriage, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, relationships, dysfunctional marriage, marital crisis, troubled marriage, family relations, family life, female protagonist, family problems, marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.3
 81
The Key (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A disillusioned Los Angeles based married couple's twisted sexual relationship is told exclusively through their own private journal entries. What results is a visually stunning exploration of obsession, desperation, and lust in this deeply ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, independent film
Plot: diary, sexual repression, erotica, husband wife relationship, lust, marriage, jealousy, artist, adultery, love hate relationship, sexual fantasy, marital crisis ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.8
 130
Gisela (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gisela is a young wife and mother, living in a working class German Housing Scheme. She is a supermarket cashier, her husband a delivery driver. The marriage is stale but together they are working their way up into the middle class. George and ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: love triangle, opposites attract, relationship problems, romantic triangle, jealousy, forbidden love, love affair, love interest, tragic love, relationships, love and romance, romantic relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
What's Between Us (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After eighteen years of marriage, Alice finds herself confronted with the fact that her husband Frank feels more and more attracted to men. Not only Frank, but also she and their three children undergo an irreversible change.
Style: captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: gay husband, gay, unhappy marriage, lgbt, husband wife relationship, closeted homosexual, gay interest, family relations, internet dating, marital problem, family problems, marriage crisis ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Summer in Portugal (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Portugal
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Workaholic hotel architect effectively drifted apart from his family. He interrupts the latest, Moroocan project to spend a holiday with his wife Liane in Lisbon, but is delayed. Friendly local interior decorator João, a widower, enjoys hosting ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: adultery, infidelity, love affair, cancer, romantic relationship, seduction, male female relationship, relationship problems, forbidden love, love triangle, love story, seductress ...
Place: portugal, lisbon portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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