Movies like Parents 2007
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Parents (2007)
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Original name: Foreldrar
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her.
Style:
melancholic, realistic, independent film, psychological, tense, art house
Plot:
parent child relationship, parenthood, family drama, character study, adoption, everyday life, marital problem, loneliness, betrayal, midlife crisis, infidelity, family secret, female protagonist, male protagonist, regret, empathy, intimate, getting home, infertility, custody, working class, guilt, identity, revenge, urban ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
scandinavia, reykjavik iceland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and psychological films with plots about intimate, character study, female protagonist, small town, regret, family drama and grief mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Parents: Nereikalingi žmonės (2008), Harry's Daughters (2005), Suzie (2009), Rencor (2002), The Second Time (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A mentally ill young woman Valda convinces herself that a boy growing up in an orphanage is her child. Following the footsteps of a thousands Lithuanians, she immigrates to Ireland to earn money to save him. "Loss" portrays the beauty and ...
Style:
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Plot:
boy, secrets, tragedy, loss, immigration, adoption, migration, humanist, custody battle, grief, identity, loneliness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
ireland
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 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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63
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, road movie ...
Plot:
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322
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Chelo Zamora, middling singer, agreed to spend the summer working in restaurants in the Valencian beach Cullera, could not imagine being reunited with Toni, a guy who shares a dark past. Moved by his desire for revenge, Chelo attempt to ruin ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, suspense, existential, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, stalking, character study, obsession, guilt, secrets, moral ambiguity, identity, regret, deception, realism, cat and mouse ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, turin italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, bleak, realistic, period drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, domestic abuse, dysfunctional family, trauma, female protagonist, family secret, character study, emotional abuse, guilt, social issues, realism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, melancholic, tension
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
LifeStories is a film about 6 short stories taking the audience through the lives of the protagonists. Oscillating between joy, companionship, loneliness, camaraderie, guilt and unadulterated love.
Style:
emotional, anthology, realistic, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, loneliness, love, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, everyday life, companionship, guilt, mature, regret ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A couple mutually decide to give their baby up for adoption to go back to living their separate lives.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, sincere, melancholic
Plot:
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An estranged father returns with plans to open a bar with the son who still harbors resentment towards him.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
insomnia, family drama, character study, longing, slice of life, loss, grief, mother son relationship, memories, intimate, loneliness, regret ...
Time:
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Place:
lebanon, middle east
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
west germany
Similarity:
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173
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
motherhood, domestic drama, character study, identity, female protagonist, gender roles, intimate, realism, family secret, trauma, friendship, intimacy ...
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Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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377
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Taru elää ratsutilalla harmonista elämää miehensä Harrin ja tytärpuolensa Ninnin kanssa. Kaikki muuttuu, kun Ninni loukkaantuu hevosonnettomuudessa. Kymmenen vuotta sitten Ruotsiin lähtenyt Ninnin biologinen äiti Eve kutsutaan paikalle ...
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, art house
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, reflective, melancholic, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, grief, loneliness, isolation, coping, midlife crisis, identity crisis, mature, claustrophobia, small town, everyday life ...
Place:
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119
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Soviet Union
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
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Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, serious, realistic, melancholic, offbeat
Plot:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, emotional, bleak, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Brett Cornell learns that the mother of a child he is alleged to have Fathered 5 years prior, has died in an accident, he heads south to try and take custody of the daughter that he never knew. Brett takes to desperate measures to make it in ...
Style:
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Plot:
family drama, fatherhood, child custody, custody battle, foster home, single father, character study, second chance, moral dilemma, male protagonist, redemption, parenthood ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, suicide attempt, murder, sexual abuse, relationships, problem, male female relationship, investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, character study ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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567
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in Rotterdam. One evening, when she is assaulted after meeting a local, Natalia asks Ita, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
migrant worker, female protagonist, immigration, urban, small village, survival, moral ambiguity, exploitation, assault, social realism, class struggle, friendship ...
Place:
romania, belgium, flanders
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