Movies like The Yellow Scarf

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The Yellow Scarf (2000)
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The Yellow Scarf (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 59 min.
Story: The main character - a man who suffers from alcoholism - wants to change his tumultuous life. The day before Christmas Eve he receives a gift from his son - a yellow scarf. A gift is a kind of talisman he receives from loved ones, and every time he loses it. When after another banquet he falls into delirium, his ex-wife and secretary bring him to his mother. She helps him to sober up and arranges holiday celebration for two of them. She gives her son another yellow scarf, in belief that it will help him break the pernicious habit.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: christmas, alcoholic, crisis, drunkenness, drunkard, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, businessman, ex husband ex wife relationship, drinking, alcoholism, drinking alcohol, scarf
Place: poland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and suspense films with plots about family problems, life is a bitch, social problems, family relations, relationship problems, relationships and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Yellow Scarf: Playing Hard (2018), The Mighty Angel (2014), Interlude (2016), Up Among the Stars (2018), A Distant Cry from Spring (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Playing Hard (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, sincere
Plot: addiction, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, social relations, social problems, female protagonist, women, alcohol abuse, society, female alcoholic, alcoholic, generation gap ...
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95%
The Mighty Angel (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy ...
Style: serious, cynical, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, addiction, rehabilitation, haunted by the past, clinic, writer's life, hopes, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, alcoholism, depression, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
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71%
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Interlude (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Sofia, recently separated, takes her daughters to a small coastal town. Each one in their own universe, live the interlude as a challenge to free themselves and face their fears.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film
Plot: mother daughter relationship, separation, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, family life, breakup, mother and daughter, single mother, relationship problems, life is a bitch, relationships ...
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63%
Up Among the Stars (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Víctor is a film director who is overcome by his own misfortunes. He is an alcoholic, unemployed and terribly depressed, largely because of the death of his wife. However, Victor is still the best in one thing: telling fantastic stories to his ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: father son relationship, filmmaker, life is a bitch, ambition, social problems, family relations, father and son, money problems, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, family problems, life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies)
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: farm hand, widow, family problems, murderer, relationship problems, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, murder mystery, family relations, secret ...
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56%
Resisting Life (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Mexico City, 1960. Aurelia lives happily with her family. Just before the birth of her third daughter, her husband dies in an accident. Years later, Leonor, the oldest daughter, has quit her studies to help her mother support the household. Beatriz, ...
Style: surreal, psychological, captivating
Plot: family relations, estrangement, family problems, surrealism, social problems, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, relationship problems, kids and family, family life, parents and children, alienation
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50%
The Animal's Wife (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced into marriage with a ferocious shantytown thug.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: violent, violence, tragic love, forbidden love, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, dysfunctional family, relationships, relationship problems, male female relationship
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50%
The Mothers of Chico Xavier (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, mystical
Plot: spiritualism, family problems, lifestyle, social problems, multiple storylines, women, female protagonist, social issues, relationship problems, investigative reporter, medium
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50%
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Life After You (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: drug, drug overdose, life is a bitch, family tragedy, family problems, parents and children, social problems, loss of child, loss of family member, drug abuse, tragedy, family relations ...
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The Gravedigger's Wife (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Somalia, Qatar
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: illness, family problems, life is a bitch, social problems, money problems, family relations, fighting illness, needing money, husband wife relationship, money, afro
Place: africa, somalia
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48%
Any Crybabies Around? (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: drunken man, male nudity, drunk, humiliation, disgraced, relationship problems, naked in public, small village, life is a bitch, family problems, infamy, ex girlfriend
Place: japan
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47%
The Road to Galena (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: life is a bitch, family problems, introspection, social problems, problem, male protagonist, love affair, relationships, marital problem, self discovery, relationship problems, male female relationship
Place: maryland, washington d.c.
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47%
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Paper Angels (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An abused wife leaves her alcoholic husband and moves with her children to another town. There their lives become entwined with another family in trouble.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, bullying, single mother, christian, family problems, relationship problems, family relations, family life, social problems, mother son relationship, parents and children, inspiration ...
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46%
Tammy's Always Dying (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A daughter's attempt to care for her ornery, ailing mother.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: family problems, mother and daughter, life is a bitch, alcoholic mother, female alcoholic, alcohol abuse, mother daughter relationship, moral dilemma, terminal illness, family relations, female protagonist, bad mother ...
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Rebirth (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story: After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
Style: captivating, psychological, sad
Plot: relationship problems, social problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, tragic event, kidnapping, abduction, family life, tragic past, family tragedy, kidnapper, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Not on My Watch (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A single mother gets entangled in a web of lies to protect her sons.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: parent child relationship, female protagonist, life is a bitch, deception, financial problem, social problems, family problems, mother son relationship, single parent, single mother, family relations, jeweler
Place: paris france
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44%
The Street Where We Live (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "I'm just two paychecks away from being on the street." In the aftermath of the nation's financial crisis, Mary, a single mom with two kids, finds herself faced with that exact situation when the factory where she works closes ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: poverty, working class, social problems, financial crisis, life is a bitch, mother son relationship, fired from the job, crisis, family in crisis, financial problem, family relations, money problems ...
Place: midwest, ohio
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43%
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She Walks (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An illegal Chinese immigrant and her teenage daughter are held captive in their home after a stranger breaks in.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: mother daughter relationship, prostitution, mysterious stranger, mysterious man, prostitute, illegal prostitution, family problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, family relations, street prostitution, life is a bitch ...
Place: paris france
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42%
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The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: daughter, father daughter relationship, children, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, teenage life, changing lives, social problems, dysfunctional family, teenager, kids and family ...
Place: estonia
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41%
A Christmas Winter Song (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter, just in time for Christmas.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: christmas, life is a bitch, coping, male female relationship, christmas season, christmas spirit, love story, family relations, family problems, musician, love affair, musician's life ...
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41%
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Changeover (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A girl grieving the horrific loss of her parents moves in with relatives, who try their best to welcome her into the family.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: mental health, post traumatic stress disorder, relationship problems, family relations, loss of father, post traumatic stress, family life, life is a bitch, loss of family, family problems, uncle niece relationship, loss of mother ...
Place: north carolina
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41%
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Blast Beat (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: family relations, immigrant, social problems, brother brother relationship, life is a bitch, brothers, father son relationship, new life, mother son relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, brother ...
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40%
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Blind Spot (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story: BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: mental illness, childhood trauma, depression, psychological trauma, psychotic, psychology, mother and daughter, family problems, relationship problems, social problems, parents and children, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
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39%
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Virgin 2: Not a Porn Movie (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Story: A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: life is a bitch, teenage girl, teenage life, money problems, violence, family problems, teenage protagonist, society, teenager, juvenile delinquency, social problems
Place: indonesia
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38%
The Fallen Angel (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: "No Longer Human" tells the story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, manga
Plot: painter, estrangement, relationships, social misfits, life is a bitch, social problems, socially awkward, alienation, relationship problems, tramp, slutty attitude, junkie ...
Place: tokyo
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36%
Flesh and Blood (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mixing fiction and reality, filmmaker Mark Webber tells the story of a man who returns home from prison and attempts to rebuild his life in his impoverished Philadelphia neighborhood.
Style: realistic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: family problems, junkie, confronting the past, father son relationship, politician, parents and children, political activism, dysfunctional family, social problems, family relations, tragic past, mother son relationship ...
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35%
The Continent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A road movie that follows three young men yearning after their ideals.
Style: road movie, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: road trip, marriage crisis, crisis, self discovery, family in crisis, relationship problems, life is a bitch, family problems, marital crisis, introspection, travel, island
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33%
Little Red Wagon (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, charity, little boy, generosity, donation, social problems, family conflict, social issues, social activism, life is a bitch, child, family problems ...
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33%
When Time Got Louder (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.
Style: lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: lgbt, relationship problems, sexual desire, female protagonist, family problems, life is a bitch, love affair, relationships, family relations, forbidden love, brother sister relationship, woman ...
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33%
Young Adult Matters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, teenage life, social misfits, society, relationship problems, female homosexuality, poverty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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