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Donkey (2009)
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Original name: Kenjac
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is 1995. The summer when the war operation Storm will take place. Boro, who is going to be forty in a year and a half, with his wife Jasna and son Luka goes to his home village Drinovci, Herzegovina, after seven years. He wants to see his brother who managed to leave Sarajevo with his family. Boro knew that his brother was wounded, but when he sees him after many years, he discovers that the brother will spend the rest of his life in wheel chair. Boro constantly fights with Jasna, and he doesn't speak at all to his father Pako, whom he blames for his mother's death. In two weeks in August 1995, Boro will solve the years long dispute with his father, he will learn to be a better husband and a father.
Style:
tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
family conflict, fatherhood, mediterranean, family relations, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, death of mother, brother brother relationship, family drama, father son estrangement, mother son relationship, getting home, reconciliation, midlife crisis, parenthood, healing, family secret, sibling relationship, village life, lake, donkey, wheelchair, psychological drama, return home, family secrets
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
serbia, bosnia herzegovina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and tense films with plots about family drama, family relations, father son relationship, family secret, reconciliation, intimate and small town mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Donkey: Digger (2020), Sisters Apart (2008), All About the Levkoviches (2024), Anemone (2025), Early Winter (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Jonny visits his father Nikitas in his cabin in the woods after 20 years, the hermit ignores him. But to prevent the muddy ground from being pulled out from under their feet for reasons of profit, father and son must dig deep into it...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, neo western ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family conflict, father son conflict, mountain, forest, estrangement, dysfunctional family, countryside, relationship problems, family problems, father son estrangement, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A generous and stubborn elderly boxing coach gets along with everyone except his own son. They're reunited after the death of the old man's wife and forced to face old grievances.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, boxing, family drama, loss of spouse, mourning, reconciliation, regret, forgiveness, elderly man, bittersweet, small town ...
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67%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Place:
northern england, ireland
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, betrayal, midlife crisis, marital infidelity, jealousy, domestic drama, suspicion, relationship problems, family problems, suspicion of adultery, marital problem, problem ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fuke visits his uncle Idriz and aunt Sabira to fix a broken boiler. He soon finds out there's a lot more that needs to be repaired. Idriz and Sabira aren't ready to accept the loss of their only son in the Balkan war, seven years earlier. ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, art house, tear jerker
Plot:
balkan war, family drama, grief, loss, mourning, intimate, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, healing, reconciliation, getting home ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
compassionate, brutal, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
62%
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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Italy, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After many years working far from home, Mila is forced to temporarily leave her seaside mansion—and her secret romance—to return to her family in a remote Polish village. But the long-awaited reunion is far from what she imagined. As tensions ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric
Plot:
remote village, mother daughter relationship, family drama, getting home, homecoming, reconciliation, bittersweet, character study, confrontation, mature, isolation, identity crisis ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Drama starring Norma Aleandro, Conrado Valenzuela, Fabio Aste
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, isolation, estrangement, dictatorship, family drama, relocation, death of mother, grief, coming of age, loss of innocence, child protagonist, social realism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, oregon, latin america
Similarity:
60%
237
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A family of a father, a mother and their son is looking forward to go on vacation. On the way they experience an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down.
Style:
captivating, realistic, emotional, melancholic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
introspection, family drama, character study, family secret, intimate, getting home, jealousy, sibling rivalry, bittersweet, illness, regret, small town ...
Place:
alps, austria
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
china
Similarity:
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323
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, black comedy, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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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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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, period piece
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, atmospheric, sincere, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, sincere, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Swedish drama by Reza Bagher.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, foster home, death of mother, teenager, family crisis, funeral, bereavement, family drama, grief, loss ...
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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