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Lotgenoten (2013)
197
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
When womanizer Remco Albrecht celebrates his 65st birthday he has to deal with people from his past whom he would rather ignore.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, reflective, wistful, nostalgic
Plot:
aging, character study, birthday party, relationships, midlife crisis, family secret, introspection, regret, confrontation, bittersweet, morality, infidelity, nostalgia, family reunited, reconciliation, intimate, dark humor, satire, social commentary, slow burn, small town, dog, lesbian, revenge, female nudity ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Lotgenoten
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and psychological films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, midlife crisis, regret, relationships, character study and slice of life mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Lotgenoten: Loser (1996), All the Beauty (2016), Breathing Lessons (1994), One Last Thing (2018), Marita (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
185
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
23 year old Jame Dean Ray is a small time drug dealer bent on self destruction. The product of a broken home, Jimmy refuses help from those around him and spends his final hours hanging out and selling drugs with of course and occasional robbery.
Style:
dark, crime drama, grim, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, drug dealer, self destructing, tragic hero, moral ambiguity, anti hero, character study, violent death, tragedy, downbeat ending, addiction, regret ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sarah (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen) and David (Magnus Crepper) meet for the first time in ten years when she arrives at his summer residence. David needs help finishing a play, which turns out to be a dramatization of their long, troublesome ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, psychological, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
intimate, breakup, longing, bittersweet, introspection, regret, character study, identity, midlife crisis, realism, young love, infidelity ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Style:
realistic, emotional, road movie, melancholic
Plot:
reconciliation, married couple, funeral, road trip, introspection, character study, intimate, reflection, communication, soul searching, memories, nostalgia ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
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500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Diego is hosting a farewell party in his house before he leaves on a trip that no one knows about.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, house party, introspection, intimate, relationships, bittersweet, friendship, regret, single, identity, character study, slice of life ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Director Gotz Spielmann follows his acclaimed thriller Revanche with this visually captivating character study, in which a family reunion at a mountainside inn lays bare old wounds and reveals long-held secrets.
Style:
bleak, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
introspection, family drama, character study, family secret, intimate, getting home, jealousy, sibling rivalry, bittersweet, illness, regret, small town ...
Place:
alps, austria
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Elias is at a toy fair in Paris. His wife Ingrid and his entire family are waiting for him to come home. They have organized a surprise party for his 60th birthday. Unaware of their plans, Elias decides to stay in Paris and celebrate his birthday on ...
Style:
reflective, realistic, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
midlife crisis, family drama, family conflict, character study, reconciliation, acceptance, aging, introspection, urban, family gatherings, bittersweet, regret ...
Place:
paris france, copenhagen, denmark, france
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, estrangement, father, family relations, search for father, family drama, father son reunion, absent father, relationships, estranged father, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Esteban and Molly have been married for over twenty years. On a cold morning in June the couple realizes they have hit rock bottom and that their relationship is not what it once was. Marriage examines the different aspects that make a man and a ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, couples, lifestyle, gay love, gay marriage, love affair, social problems, lgbt, love story, wedding, society ...
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Three siblings have all reached a point of their life, at which they realize the need to quickly change some things before they step into the second half of their lifetime. In the midst of chaos, insufficiency and loss they are searching for the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, family drama, siblings, family relations, siblings relations, coping, introspection, changing lives, lifestyle change, family problems ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
male nudity, masturbation, female nudity, funeral, infidelity, illegitimate child, family drama, architecture, midlife crisis, estranged father, family reunited, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, indie film, reflective ...
Plot:
baseball, ex athlete, hometown, ex couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love interest, love affair, troubled past, love and romance, romantic relationship, love story, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sudden tragedy hits a wealthy middle-class family from North-East Italy. Tensions, hidden secrets and small hypocrisies emerge.
Style:
suspense, tension, noir, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
tragedy, secrets, uninvited guest, mansion, husband wife relationship, wealthy family, family secret, secret, tragic event, family relations, family problems, family tragedy ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Maria and Herbert Schubert have been married for 35 years. They want to celebrate their anniversary with their children at their weekend home. The harmony within the family turns out to be an illusion. Maria isn't the only one planning to leave ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
dysfunctional family, relationships, marriage crisis, midlife crisis, family drama, family secret, family reunited, separation, infidelity, regret, intimate, bittersweet ...
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376
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, art house
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, relationships, character study, children, isolation, alienation, summer vacation, family secret, intimate, repression, bittersweet ...
Place:
east germany
Similarity:
34%
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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, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, love affair, love interest, love and romance, husband wife relationship, family problems, couple relations, family life, marital problem ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 1950s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's about a man that gets tired of his meaningless life and finds a way to escape from it pretending to be dead.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
faked death, escape, existentialism, identity crisis, character study, father daughter reunion, kids and family, parents and children, father daughter relationship, family reunited, changing lives, presumed dead ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When rebellious 16-year-old Grace takes off, her exasperated mum and dad enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
teenage rebellion, family drama, road trip, coming of age, parent child relationship, family relations, family problems, relationships, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An offbeat yet serious family drama about coming home, arrested development and infidelity.
Style:
reflective, serious, realistic, melancholic, offbeat
Plot:
infidelity, getting home, family drama, arrested development, betrayal, house, homecoming, midlife crisis, mature, personal growth, intimate, loss ...
Similarity:
31%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man and a kid are discovering beauty in life.
Style:
art house, emotional, melancholic, existential, period piece
Plot:
father daughter relationship, children, loneliness, loss, getting home, relationships, bonding, alienation, intimate, nostalgia, humanism, mourning ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
29%
467
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, loneliness, scientist, family drama, professor, estrangement, introspection, reconciliation, family relations, parenting, empathy, aging ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
29%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten years after the death of a close friend, a group of Yale graduates who formed a secret society to make the world a better place reunite, only to discover how far from their ambitious, selfless goals they have strayed. Brett Cullen, Jessica Hecht ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, melancholic, tense
Plot:
friendship, college, introspection, human nature, friends, last wish, haunted by the past, character study, grief, mourning, secrets, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Thirty-year-old twins Jenna and Joni find out that their father has a third child. Sister Jóna lives in Iceland. The siblings' meeting will change everyone's world, relationships and future. As each searches for meaning in their own ...
Style:
emotional, reflective
Plot:
relationships, siblings, character study, family drama, twins, intimate, half sister, identity, identity crisis, reconciliation, realism, bittersweet ...
Place:
iceland, finland
Similarity:
28%
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