Movies like Baby 2002
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Baby (2002)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Alice is given a parenting exercise at school which changes her understanding of the world in a way she never expected.
Style:
emotional, dark, disturbing, controversial, intense, independent film, tragic
Plot:
coming of age, strip club, teenage pregnancy, sexual awakening, father daughter conflict, murder, incest, mature, adolescence, sexploitation, moral ambiguity, family tragedy, ethical dilemma, domestic drama, betrayal, small town, realism, confrontation, character study, male friendship, toxic masculinity, escape, isolation, parenting, single father ...
Place:
germany, netherlands
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Most similar movies to Baby
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, intense, tense and disturbing films with plots about moral ambiguity, psychological drama, isolation, character study, small town, coming of age and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Baby: She Deserved It (2010), Right to Kill? (1985), Für den unbekannten Hund (2007), Life Imprisonment (1988), Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Linda is a teenage girl whose own insecurities and frustrations lead her to viciously act out against others. By inviting Linda‘s boyfriend to her birthday party, Susanne unknowingly sets off a chain of horrific events. Is Linda a product of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark drama, intense, tragic ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cruelty, bullying, murder, brutality, victimization, peer pressure, revenge, social commentary, school, jealousy, moral ambiguity, teenage angst ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
Style:
emotional, dark, tense, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
incest, child abuse, true crime, patricide, abusive father, domestic abuse, family drama, trauma, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, grief, courtroom drama ...
Time:
80s
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Almost casually, the young concrete worker Bastian kills a tramp. The police believe it was an accident and so the murder remains undiscovered for the time being.
Style:
independent film, bleak, tense, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, ethical dilemma, accidental killing, cover up, working class, aftermath, social realism, realism, secrets ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The childhood traumas of a solitary young man have a determinative effect on the formation of his personality and sexual behavior and have turned him into a rapist with the angelic face. One day, the young man, Giorgos, confides his secret to a ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
serial rapist, sexual abuse, psychological trauma, rape, violence, mental illness, sex addict, character study, police investigation, cat and mouse, obsession, urban ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Leslie's husband Steve is a brute and she wants out, at least she thinks she does. Her lover Elizabeth agrees that Steve needs to go away, so they plot his murder. Meanwhile their friend Cliff can't seem to get used to the idea that his ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, crime drama, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, on the run, love triangle, female protagonist, escape, betrayal, fugitive, moral ambiguity, manipulation, female friendship, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While two young teachers are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast they are overwhelmed by a sudden attack. Back home, they try to deal with the trauma in their own ways until a surprising encounter changes everything.
Style:
emotional, romantic, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
couples, rape, revenge, assault, female nudity, trauma, sexual assault, lynching, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
37-year-old Irina, a doctor who returns home after serving a long sentence in prison. In order to start a new life and return to the society, Irina has to earn the trust of the people close to her. But does she need a place in such a society?
Style:
dark, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, doctor, character study, wrongful accusation, branding iron, prejudice, social injustice, alienation, haunting, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
75%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jonathan, a kind-hearted young man, is released from prison due to lack of evidence. He returns to his mother who lives in a small house by the dunes. Jonathan wants to forget the past and is determined to become a different and better person. But ...
Style:
suspense, controversial, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
pedophilia, pedophile, forbidden sex, coming of age, mature, character study, longing, sexual desire, relationship problems, branding iron, coercion, temptation ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Ann Hui's darkly realistic Night and Fog starts at the end of the story: a man murders his wife and, based on statements by unreliable witnesses, the film goes on to investigate how things could have got this far and what kind of man was able ...
Style:
bleak, dark, dramatic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, domestic violence, tragedy, family tragedy, abuse, killing, cold blooded murder, murder of wife, murder of family, murder of a family, violent, murder of a woman ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Jeanne has lived in a farm commune since she was two years old. Her mother and father live in city communes and rarely visit. This is one of the commandments given by Otto, who rules the commune: children are to grow up without ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
utopia, society, commune, coming of age, female protagonist, adolescence, totalitarianism, forbidden love, rebel, social issues, totalitarian regime, love interest ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Won-Sool is an adult man with cerebral palsy. His daughter Jaya is his pride and joy. Jaya though is bullied at school and even worse things happen to her. Won-Sool later decides to get revenge on his daughter's tormentors.
Style:
suspense, rough, suspenseful, bad ending, psychological ...
Plot:
bullying, father daughter relationship, cerebral palsy, disability, revenge, protective father, family drama, mockery, brutality, single father, injustice, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, bullying, hate crime, teenage life, psychological trauma, teenager, criminal, terrorism, changing lives, terrorist attack, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Goliat is set in a small industrial town somewhere in Sweden. When Roland is sentenced to prison, his son, 16-year old Kimmie, is expected to provide for the family by taking over his dad's criminal business. This is a task he's not ready ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
small town, youth, coming of age, working class, teenager, moral ambiguity, family drama, loss of innocence, social realism, character study, legacy, poverty ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
62%
608
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Story of two con men, Boorman and his younger assistant Laarmans, who are trying to sell companies their non-existing magazine.
Style:
satirical, period piece, tense
Plot:
con artists, scam, fraud, manipulation, deception, moral ambiguity, scheming, ethical dilemma, betrayal, corruption, realism, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A success-hungry lawyer meets a young sister and brother suffering from domestic abuse and digs into their case.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
child murder, redemption, lawyer, murder, police investigation, death of child, violence, death, life is a bitch, trauma, confession, child abuse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
62%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Trouble starts when Lars, a 25-year-old with few prospects for the future, discovers that an older man is fooling around with the teenage boys in his suburb. A terrible rage is triggered in Lars, and he embarks on a crusade to stop the abuser. But ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspenseful, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
pedophilia, child abuse, predator, obsession, vigilante, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, escalation, gay, revenge, male protagonist, justice ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film follows a famous scientist (Bruno Cremer) who rules over his errant disabled daughter (Emmanuelle Debever) with an iron fist. He's meticulous and tyrannical, while she is impetuous but equally cruel in her own immature way.
Style:
art house, grim, serious, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
female nudity, abusive father, family drama, psychological trauma, dysfunctional family, family secret, family tragedy, repression, emotional manipulation, claustrophobia, character study, social commentary ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After his mother's death, 17-year-old Sven moves in with his dad Achim, a taxi driver, who had divorced his mother several years earlier. It is not easy for Achim to get used to an adolescent around the house, especially since Sven hardly ...
Style:
disturbing, intense, dark, suspenseful, psychological horror
Plot:
pedophilia, parent child relationship, father son relationship, gay, sexual abuse, unsettling, family tragedy, taboo subject, family drama, evidence, grief, guilt ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A thriller about a man haunted by a past trauma...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
trauma, identity crisis, secrets, memory loss, post traumatic stress, flashback, slow burn, mature, claustrophobia, character study, amnesia, isolation ...
Place:
germany, morocco
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Conflict-avoidant Thomas just wants a relaxing holiday in the Swiss Alps. But, it's a slippery slope from the beginning. In an effort to repair his own family ties and to impress his boss, he takes his family and his employer's daughter ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, intense, tragic
Plot:
responsibility, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, tragedy, guilt, domestic drama, family conflict, character study, crisis, accident, violence, slow burn ...
Place:
swiss alps
Similarity:
54%
283
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrücken, moves to Berlin with his lover, Roland. They begin to renovate an apartment and their happiness seems almost complete. What Roland doesn’t know is that, while secretly checking out Berlin’s night life, Lars ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, gay interest, lgbt, nurse, poisoning, secrets, serial killer, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships, love interest, hidden truth ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Directed by Basar Sabuncu.
Style:
disturbing, sad, dark, grim, intense ...
Plot:
toxic relationship, psychological abuse, obsession, patriarchy, character study, repression, sexual perversion, gender roles, jealousy, sexual abuse, isolation, loneliness ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sophie Humbert - a famous criminal attorney who heads a prestigious law firm that does a good deal of work for the Police Commission - decides to take over the pro bono defense of Gabriel Etchegaray, a petty criminal who's just confessed to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
defense attorney, courtroom, murder, lawyer, court case, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, murder suspect, affair, society, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, grim, intense ...
Plot:
sexual awakening, rape, rape victim, coming of age, abuse, dysfunctional family, trauma, unsettling, incest, violence, violent, child abuse ...
Similarity:
52%
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:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is sentenced to death. A damning indictment of the death penalty and the manipulative behaviour of the media.
Style:
dark, bleak, grim, tense, controversial ...
Plot:
murder, death penalty, death sentence, child murder, media manipulation, media circus, execution, ethical dilemma, punishment, factory, courtroom, working class ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alex, Fedja, Timo and Lara are four troubled teens for whom the upcoming Christmas eve isn't a time of peace and joy: Since they all have a history of escalating family conflicts, they'll be spending the holidays not at home, but in a ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
psychotherapy, christmas, youth, psychiatry, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, mental health, coming of age, psychiatric ward, adolescence, mental patient, troubled youth ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school. While no one knows what actually happened between the two boys, the incident triggers a series of events, forcing parents and school staff into ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot:
elementary school, accusation, obsession, redemption, child protagonist, teenager, social problems, life is a bitch, adolescence, teenage life, small town, misunderstanding ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Shot in sex dens of Berlin, pleasure and pain become one in this stylish tribute to the sleazy cinema of Jess Franco. Nadine Pape (A WARRIOR'S CREED) stars as Marie - a teenage vagabond whose lust for life will lead her to the bed of the ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, intense, art house ...
Plot:
sexual awakening, lesbian romance, sadism, abuse, toxic relationship, manipulation, domination, obsession, coming of age, mysterious stranger, coercion, control ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately to change their lives, but are unable to escape their destiny.
Style:
bleak, intense, psychological, tense, neo noir
Plot:
dysfunctional family, violence, revenge, hitman, murder, social realism, secrets, adultery, working class, fate, betrayal, periphery ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
47%
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