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The Seventies (2002)
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Original name: Dekada '70
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, historical drama, bleak, poignant, reflective, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
martial law, dictatorship, family drama, political repression, activism, relationships, kids and family, family relations, family life, life is a bitch, social problems, social issues, resistance, human rights, social realism, coming of age, patriarchy, bittersweet, underground movement, literary, torture, strong female character, fascism, suspicion, political activism ...
Place:
the philippines
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, melancholic and thrilling films with plots about family relations, coming of age, life is a bitch, family drama, relationships, family problems and social problems mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Seventies: Little Ones (2022), The Movie of My Life (2017), Leila (2018), Shadow Behind the Moon (2015), Castle of Dreams (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Camille a 16 years old pregnant girl was placed in a maternal center by the Judge. She became friends with Alison, an immature young mother, and fought against the authority of Nadine, an educator as passionate as she was disillusioned.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, intense
Plot:
motherhood, young mother, teenage pregnancy, teenage protagonist, adolescence, family problems, life is a bitch, kids and family, mother love, female protagonist, pregnant teenager, young girl ...
Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
brazil
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47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the eldest, left to study hair in Paris. Three days before Christmas, Nedjma receives a terse SMS from ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, missing daughter, family drama, relationships, sister, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, life is a bitch, social problems, immigration, character study ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, bleak, reflective ...
Plot:
lie, life is a bitch, relationship problems, conflict, couple relations, relationships, social problems, wartime, social realism, armed conflict, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his son and his daughter away. But to which destination when he has not managed to build the castle of ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
father son relationship, father daughter relationship, dead mother, mourning, grief, family drama, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family life, family problems ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman ...
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, period piece, political drama
Plot:
martial law, escape plan, prison escape, torture, corruption, prison life, social injustice, wrongful imprisonment, resistance, oppression, human rights, brutality ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1977
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Actress Zhang Ziyi, actor-and-director Wu Jing, comedian Shen Teng, and actor-and-director Xu Zheng come together to direct four short films as part of a new anthology drama paying tribute to China’s families.
Style:
anthology, captivating, psychological, historical drama, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Place:
china
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34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Meena stubbornly refuses to speak. She loves a man from a lower caste. Her family thinks she is possessed and the spell is cast out of her. The day begins, a road movie starts, as religious fervour and insane misogyny are narrated in passing.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, superstition, family drama, forbidden love, love story, class society, in love, social issues, love interest, love and romance, social differences, family disapproval ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood, youth, family relations, society, social issues, identity, memory, adaptation, reminiscence, literary, autobiography, homecoming ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
33%
351
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
It’s summer and the beginning of the long vacation period for eleven-year-old Martin, who lives on a farm, and, at a loss, observes his family’s disintegration : his mother lives locked-up in her room ; his older brother, who he adores, drowns ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
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345
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
male female relationship, problem, brothers, relationships, family relations, brother brother relationship, priest, life is a bitch, faith, brother, small town, coming of age ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, life is a bitch, confronting the past, troubled past, family problems, father and son, father, family relations, tragic past, relationships, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, social, exciting, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
punjabi, motherhood, mother son relationship, relationships, mother, family drama, bonding, problem, family relations, parent child relationship, life, family problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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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:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
relocation, adolescence, coming of age, parents, marital crisis, family drama, problem, family relations, relationships, teenage life, relationship problems, brother brother relationship ...
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
28%
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Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, psychological, thrilling, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The year is 1933, and society has certain expectations of how young women should behave. 17-year-old Maren is wild and unruly and is in turn sent to the women's institution at Sprogø to become more compliant. The stay at Sprogø has the ...
Style:
psychological, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, teenager, relationships, teenage life, social issues, social problems, sorority, teenage girl, coming of age, friendship, confined, isolation ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true headline-generating story of the five-year-old Cuban boy who is the sole survivor of a refugee boat that sunk in a storm on its way to the U.S.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
eccentric family, custody battle, media circus, family drama, teenager, father son relationship, life is a bitch, family problems, sole survivor, wealthy family, social problems, family relations ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Raama Raavanan is a 2010 film based on the novel Manomi by Madhavikutty. It is directed by Biju Vattappara and produced by Rafi Mathira under the banner Ifar International. It stars Suresh Gopi, Mithra Kurian, Nedumudi Venu, Biju Menon, Sudheesh, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant, intercultural ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
orphan, love, relationships, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, problem, love story, male female relationship, relationship problems, love interest, forbidden love ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shadows and Faces tells the story of a young girl who is separated from his shadow puppetry performer father during the ethnic conflict between Cypriot Greeks and Cypriot Turks in 1963.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, historical drama, emotional ...
Plot:
ethnic conflict, father daughter relationship, village, separation from family, female protagonist, family relations, father and daughter, social problems, cultural conflict, parents and children, life is a bitch, child protagonist ...
Place:
cyprus, turkey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Liliana decides to return to Uruguay she will have to face up to a new dilemma, perhaps the last great dilemma of her life: To choose between supporting a collective case for female prisoners, raped during the time of the dictatorship, or to ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, getting home, family relations, female protagonist, dictatorship, relationships, mother son reunion, homecoming, parents and children, relationship problems, kids and family, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
uruguay, south america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A taxi driver, already struggling to support his wife and children, finds an abandoned baby in the back of his cab.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, heartfelt, realistic ...
Plot:
abandoned baby, secrets, resilience, fatherhood, family drama, marital problem, taxi, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Estela and her mother Clota must travel from Junín, where they live, to the town of Costa Bonita, in Necochea, to see some apartments that Estela's father has inherited from her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, road movie ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, relationships, inheritance, town, mother, family relations, women, character study, family drama, motherhood, intimate, slice of life ...
Similarity:
25%
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