Movies like Hermafrodita

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Hermafrodita (2009)
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Hermafrodita (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based in the 1960's, in a small village of the Dominican Republic, Maria, a hermaphrodite, is born. She is brought up by her grandmother in a racial environment. She experiences her first love with La Melaza an assassin who seeks refuge in her town. Her childhood best friend Wanda tries to break up the two due to her jealousy and love for Maria. Maria's life takes a turn when La Melaza discovers her dual-sexuality.
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: intersex, village, hermaphrodite, secret, murderer, family relations, life is a bitch, sexual relations, teenage life, society, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, social misfits, countryside, social relations, gender, gender issues, desire for fame, sexual content, jealousy, church, seamstress, caribbean sea, friend ...
Place: caribbean, dominican republic

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about family problems, social problems, family relations, life is a bitch, society, relationship problems and social relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Hermafrodita: A Distant Cry from Spring (2018), Hounded on a Carnival Monday (2002), Young Adult Matters (2020), Balloon (2019), Resisting Life (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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95%
Hounded on a Carnival Monday (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: revenge, dictatorship, social relations, male female relationship, sexual relations, mother daughter relationship, family problems, social problems, life is a bitch, sexploitation, family relations, attempted seduction ...
Place: colombia
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58%
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 ...
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56%
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Balloon (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On the Tibetan grasslands, Darje and Drolkar live a serene and ordinary life with their three sons and the grandfather. A condom sparks a series of embarrassment and dilemma, breaking the harmony of the family. What matters more in the circle of ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: existentialism, family relations, religious, religious faith, relationship problems, faith, religious fanaticism, society, religious intolerance, life is a bitch, kids and family, dysfunctional family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.9
 134
PorNO (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Story: Max films his friends having lecherous fun at his own birthday party; unaware of how it will change his life. Just out of high school, by haphazard, he becomes a big porno producer. His father, a principled police major, chases porno makers, not ...
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: porn industry, adult filmmaking, social relations, father and son, relationship problems, father son relationship, pornographic video, family problems, social problems, fighting crime, family relations, lechery ...
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52%
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 165
Little Gay Boy (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, experimental, avant garde ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, father son relationship, desire for fame, lgbtq, gay love, family problems, family relations, teenage life, relationship problems, teenager ...
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51%
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 477
Commitment (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Asli, a young mother who is trying to find a nanny to get back to work, finally meets young Gulnihal. Gulnihal is also a mother. With Gulnihal coming into her life, Asli faces her secrets which she has been avoiding herself.
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: mother, nanny, social problems, family life, relationship problems, introspection, secret, family relations, family problems, motherhood, family secret, working mom ...
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51%
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Christmas. Uncensored (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Nowadays Lithuania, the country with strong traditions of Catholicism and society's negative attitude to minorities (homophobia). The tragicomedy is built through the destiny of a young woman Anna, whose secret lights out during the Christmas ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: christmas eve, family secret, sex with brother in law, sex with sister in law, social relations, lgbt, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, society, family relations, christmas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Fisherman's Diary (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cameroon
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A 12-year old girl - Ekah (Faith Fidel) is inspired by the story of the youngest Noble Peace Prize Winner - Malala Yousafzai's. She is determined to go to school in a village of fisherman where the education of a girl child is considered to be ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot: father daughter conflict, society, family problems, women's rights, social problems, social issues, father daughter relationship, teenager, direction and purpose, small village, lifestyle, female protagonist ...
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46%
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(S)He (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: (S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: lgbt, gender issues, gender, parents and children, social issues, social problems, gender roles, life is a bitch, transgender woman, transvestite, society, gender bending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.1
 203
The Judgement (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 110 min.
Story: "Ai-Fak" is the story about Fak, a young Thai man who leaves the monkhood to care for his ailing father. When he returns home, he finds his father has married a much younger woman. She is very beautiful, but she is also mentally ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, stepmother, insanity, mentally challenged, mentally unstable woman, desperation, family problems, relationship problems, family relations, mental illness, adaptation, relationships ...
Place: thailand
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44%
 6.2
 19
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.3
 35
Pink (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set in a run-down bar named "Pink," movie follows the lives of people surrounding the bar including its owner Ok-Ryun.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: protest, social problems, loss of job, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, society, small town, workplace, small town life, social issues, urban setting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.0
 43
This Town (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This Town is in part a social commentary, giving us some scary insight into todays youth but also reflecting the points of view of different generations. At heart, the movie asks the viewer to decide if these characters are right or wrong in their ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: womanizer, social problems, multiple storylines, family problems, society, small town, social relations, friends, family relations, city life, lifestyle, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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41%
Te amo (made in Chile) (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sam returns to Chile from the USA after his parents divorce. Left with a sexually-abusive nanny, he makes friends with some other neglected kids: Isabel, whose mother suffers from depression after the disappearance of her father and brother, and ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: teenager, teenage protagonist, group of friends, dysfunctional family, family problems, life is a bitch, teenage life, homecoming, relationship problems, social misfits, social problems, bisexuality ...
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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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40%
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Layla M. (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Jordan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots, joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: islam, jihad, muslim, teen rebel, juvenile delinquency, teenage girl, life is a bitch, social misfits, suspicion, white trash, society, relationship problems ...
Place: netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.4
 18K
Our Story (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A son tries to restore the honour of his father, who was imprisoned during the 1980 military coup.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: lifestyle change, family relations, coup d'etat, changing lives, parents and children, social relations, social problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, coup, family problems, family life ...
Place: middle east, turkey
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37%
 5.8
 444
Bad Hurt (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in their Staten Island home. Their eldest son is suffering from the physical and psychological effects of ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: secret, family problems, family conflict, husband wife conflict, family relations, marital crisis, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family secret, relationship problems, marital problem, conflict
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Life, Above All (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
Style: touching, serious, emotional, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: child prostitution, poverty, little girl, human spirit, family relations, estrangement, social relations, family problems, hopes, social misfits, society, youth ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Side Job. (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: orphan, prostitute, money problems, family problems, social relations, prostitution, life is a bitch, loss of family, family tragedy, loss of mother, tragic event, social problems ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Long Day's Journey Into Night (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece pulls back the curtain on the Connecticut home of the Tyrone family, where deep-seated resentments and bourbon-fueled tirades cause a family to expose their darkest natures. Starring ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: family problems, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, large family, family relations, family crisis, eccentric family, family secret, life is a bitch, social problems, dance
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Dark Was the Night (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: loss of father, teenager, loss of husband, family problems, life is a bitch, single mother, mother son relationship, teenage life, family relations, family tragedy, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: psychotherapist, family problems, psychotherapy, family relations, society, family life, social relations, father daughter relationship, psychology, lifestyle, teenage daughter, doctors and patients ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: mental health, relationship problems, couple relations, family problems, problem, murder mystery, life is a bitch, murderer, male female relationship, murder
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.4
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Tre tocchi (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a particular audition and in their personal life. With about 6 actors this delivers a broad picture of Italian life in which the question what it means to ...
Style: captivating, humorous, psychological
Plot: mafia, social problems, athlete's life, relationship problems, family problems, family life, lifestyle, family relations, society, life, social relations, gender ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.0
 427
Care (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia.
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: single mother, life is a bitch, family problems, female protagonist, single parent, women, social problems, family relations, single woman, mother daughter relationship
Place: united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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