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Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle (2014)
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Original name: Top Girl oder la déformation professionnelle
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Helena, 29, a single mother with an 11-year-old daughter, is a moderately successful actress who earns a living as an escort in the sex industry. Her relationship with her own mother, a singing teacher, is tense, and she’s also increasingly annoyed with her job. Meeting David offers her an opportunity.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, art house, independent film, melancholic, controversial, intense
Plot:
female protagonist, single mother, mother daughter relationship, sex work, family relations, life is a bitch, sexuality, sexual relations, family problems, sexual content, single parent, sexploitation, identity crisis, gender roles, alienation, urban, performance art, modern life, male pubic hair, bittersweet, female nudity, sex scene, male nudity, female pubic hair, hairy bush ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany
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Most similar movies to Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and tense films with plots about female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems, urban and female nudity mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle: Not on My Watch (2017), Cock Crows at Eleven (1978), Quit Staring at My Plate (2016), Mouthpiece (2018), The Defendant (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A single mother gets entangled in a web of lies to protect her sons.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
single mother, parent child relationship, protective mother, deception, family relations, family problems, social problems, single parent, life is a bitch, female protagonist, financial problem, children ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by a 12 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her ...
Style:
sexual, unusual plot structure, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
pedophile, underage sex, pedophilia, 11 year old girl, murderer, hiding place, girl, girl man relationship, child with gun, children, cheating wife, sex scene ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marijana's life revolves around her family, whether she likes it or not. They live on top of one another in a tiny apartment, driving one another crazy. Then her controlling father has a stroke and is left completely bedridden, and Marijana ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
sexual relations, sex, father daughter relationship, family problems, female protagonist, family drama, dysfunctional family, family relations, claustrophobia, character study, self discovery, desperation ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on a stage play of the same name by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, the story follows Cassandra, who is portrayed by the two women, expressing the opposing voices that exist inside the modern woman's head, during a 48-hour period as she ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
funeral, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, male nudity, male pubic hair, female nudity, bicycle, flashback ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Silvia, a single mother and a lawyer, is implicated in a corruption scandal. But in addition to trouble at work, she is also facing a more crippling problem: her mother’s cancer has returned. While she is forced to face up to her mother’s ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
single mother, cancer, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, corruption, lawyer, family drama, fighting illness, family relations, illness, life is a bitch, problem ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Widowed mother Mo's daughter Krissy begins chatting online with a closet predator who kidnaps and exploits her in sexually abusive live streams on the dark web.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
widow, dark web, predator, sexploitation, relationships, family problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, mother child relationship, family life, single mother, motherhood ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The perfect world of a small family breaks, when Can discover that his mother works in a brothel. In a maelstrom of anger, guilt and despair Mother and son are forced to forgive himself.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, sexy
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, prostitute, dysfunctional family, family problems, mother daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, single mother, family secret, family relations, single parent, social problems ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, motherhood, family drama, poverty, family problems, family relations, social problems, relationship problems, kids and family, problem ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Satan Said Dance is an Instagram film in times of the selfie. A kaleidoscope of moments from life of Karolina – a scandalous writer obsessed with parties, drugs, sexuality and complex relationships, on her way to self-destruction.
Style:
melancholic, touching, rough, weird
Plot:
sex scene, sexy woman, complex characters, family problems, mother daughter relationship, bittersweet, human nature, favoritism among siblings, doubts and hesitations, estrangement, parents and children, female writer ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Angel Express is a film about people restlessly seeking for the ultimate experience. Set in late nineties Berlin, it shows images of radical change: Young urban heroes in the glare of flashlights; an environment in which coldness and affection or ...
Style:
dark, existential, neo noir, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nightlife, moral ambiguity, alienation, identity crisis, police corruption, corruption, loneliness, youth culture, underground, friendship, violence, haunting ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An illegal Chinese immigrant and her teenage daughter are held captive in their home after a stranger breaks in.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
prostitution, mother daughter relationship, changing lives, illegal prostitution, family relations, lifestyle change, prostitute, family problems, mysterious stranger, mother and daughter, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Claire, Romy, Magali, Loete, and Jim are typical Brienen’s characters: their excessive lifestyle rhythmed by sex and drugs puts them in the margins of society, refusing to believe in love or any kind of happiness. Lacking a better alternative, ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, suspense, transgressive, bleak ...
Plot:
sex, performance art, sexploitation, art, addiction, drug abuse, nude, sexual fantasy, alcohol abuse, eroticism, orgy, erotica ...
Place:
amsterdam, berlin germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
While both living under demanding conditions of city life, Sevda and Zuhal’s paths intersect when Sevda’s husband Cezmi starts having an affair with Zuhal. This betrayal is life threatening for Sevda, who considers her marriage and the perfect ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
dysfunctional family, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, marital problem, adultery, relationships, troubled marriage, family relations, relationship problems, adulterous husband, city life, dysfunctional marriage ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her daughter Chloé runs away from home, Jeanne is disappointed with the response of the police, for whom a teenager runaway is not a priority, and she realizes she can only rely on herself.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, teenager, runaway, missing child, mother child relationship, teenage daughter, problem, motherhood, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The first work from Fernando Franco revolves around Ana, a 30 year old ambulance driver. Though good at her job, Ana has problems relating in her personal life. She doesn't know it, but she suffers from a condition known by psychiatrists as ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, misfit, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, social misfits, borderline personality disorder, nervous breakdown, mental illness, self harm, character study, woman in danger, isolation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young Berlin couple travel to a friend's place for the celebration of Silvester and New Year's Eve. During that period, we witness today's juvenile sub-culture, especially the ways of keeping a partnership - or breaking it up in ...
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, emotional, indie film, melancholic
Plot:
new year's eve, celebration, young couple, youth culture, breakup, subculture, bittersweet, slice of life, nightlife, intimate, urban, jealousy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Story:
Eva auditions for a role in an obscure art-house film. An anonymous, masked director creates an intimidating atmosphere. He dominates and humiliates Eva, forcing her into prostitution. She sleeps with a Jewish film producer named Josh. When he ...
Style:
art house, disturbing, bleak, dark, tense ...
Plot:
manipulation, exploitation, control, abuse of power, humiliation, dehumanization, female protagonist, blackmail, sexploitation, intimidation, coercion, film industry ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Raised by a single mother, a bullied 17 year-old girl seeks guidance from her best friend and the girl's older sister.
Style:
captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, lgbtq, bullying, social problems, single parent, single mother, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, friends ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Xiao Bo (Yu Bo) lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving.
Style:
controversial, intense, disturbing, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
transgender, sexuality, mature, desire for fame, lgbtq, identity crisis, family drama, switching roles, sexually explicit, dysfunctional family, transformation, intimacy ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of longtime married couple Lena and Tore, who need to deal with Lena's sudden lost of biographical memory due to amnesia.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male pubic hair, female pubic hair, amnesia, memory loss, identity, explicit sex, female protagonist, self discovery, retrograde amnesia, marriage, alienation, switching roles ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
sexploitation, revenge, dictatorship, seductress, mother daughter relationship, social problems, social relations, life is a bitch, family problems, teenager, society, seduction ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A racially mixed single mother accepts an amateur porn gig to take care of her daughter and herself.
Style:
independent film, tense, melancholic, sexy, erotic
Plot:
single mother, trust, sex work, survival, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, poverty, social commentary, sexuality, desperation, working class ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A daughter's attempt to care for her ornery, ailing mother.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dark comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
terminal illness, mother daughter relationship, alcoholic mother, family drama, dysfunctional family, alcoholism, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, family problems, female protagonist, bad mother, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
male nudity, pregnant wife, magic realism, identity, problem, life is a bitch, family problems, relationship problems, identity crisis, getting home, sorcery, diaspora ...
Place:
brussels
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Elisa (Claudia Pons) lives with her father (Hans Richter) in Spain following the breakup of her parents. Elisa goes to a fair with her father, and meets one of his friends (Jordi Gracia), a successful jeweler. Days later, a change ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
child rape, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, family relations, troubled past, confronting the past, tragic past, shame, haunting, coming of age ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, investigation, mother daughter relationship, troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, uncover truth, multiple storylines, tragic past, journey, road trip ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the meantime, Francoise is picked up at a psychic department of ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, poignant, art house, serious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
lesbian teen, coming of age, lesbian, lgbtq, mistaken identity, loneliness, alienation, mental health, betrayal, mother daughter relationship, delusion, identity crisis ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An American student living a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art faces the unexpected death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, self discovery, loss, grief, female protagonist, loss of family, changing lives, life is a bitch, loss of father, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle change ...
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
19%
490
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:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
single mother, mother daughter relationship, memory loss, dementia, family drama, family problems, female protagonist, single woman, women, single parent, social problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mother daughter relationship, tragic past, dark past, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Similarity:
19%
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