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Spoiled Children (1977)
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Original name: Des enfants gâtés
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Account of a film director's brief affair with a young neighbour, and his involvement in the social and political ramifications of a tenancy dispute in an apartment block. Filmmaker Bernard (Michel Piccoli), who is suffering a creative block, enters into an affair with the much-younger Anne (Christine Pascal).
Style:
realistic, art house, melancholic, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
extramarital affair, character study, midlife crisis, creative block, seduction, isolation, love affair, infidelity, unemployment, intimacy, city life, social realism, slice of life, bittersweet, moral ambiguity, female nudity, women, anti establishment, teacher, age difference, skyscraper, movie business, empowerment, sexual revolution, lovesick ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
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Most similar movies to Spoiled Children
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, realistic and independent film films with plots about character study, female nudity, slice of life, bittersweet, moral ambiguity, female full frontal nudity and isolation mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Spoiled Children: On the Sly (2017), Lola (2006), Night and Day (1991), The Greenhouse Effect (2005), Escort Girls (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
soccer, infidelity, love triangle, character study, jealousy, small town, seduction, midlife crisis, sexual tension, slice of life, bittersweet, unrequited love ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
95%
260
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film is a French-Spanish production and most of the dialog is in French. 'Lo que se de Lola' - in English 'What I know about Lola' - is about a lonely guy, living an uneventful life in Paris. He takes care of his mother. One ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, realistic, poignant, independent film
Plot:
loneliness, character study, intimate, mother son relationship, social isolation, slice of life, longing, apartment building, male protagonist, bittersweet, city life, chance meeting ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack and Julie live in a bare flat in Paris. At night, Jack drives a taxi while Julie wanders around the city, and in the day they make love. One day Julie meets Joseph, the daytime driver of the taxi, and soon Julie is spending her nights with ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, sensual, art house
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, taxi driver, infidelity, everyday life, desire, character study, urban, intimacy, intimate, couples, loneliness ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rita is a naïve 18-year-old from the sticks who has come to Moscow to meet up with the man who impregnated her a few months earlier. Unfortunately, his name and address was written on a piece of paper in her luggage, which was promptly stolen upon ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, tense, art house, indie film
Plot:
coming of age, character study, mature, social realism, survival, isolation, escape, alienation, street life, slice of life, identity crisis, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It s Christmas Eve in London, 1974 - and seven lonely people are on the town, looking to grab that elusive slice of enjoyment. So who better to contact than an escort agency- providing high-class ladies and gentlemen for anyone willing to pay the ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, erotic, comedy drama, sexploitation film
Plot:
loneliness, christmas eve, racism, prostitution, isolation, sex work, urban, multiple storylines, sex, nightlife, metropolis, rejection ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.
Style:
realistic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
relationships, family relations, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, relationship problems, lifestyle, love story, multiple storylines, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, paris france, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
52%
336
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.
Style:
erotic, reflective, sexy, independent film
Plot:
extramarital affair, adultery, infidelity, marital crisis, housewife, character study, temptation, female protagonist, forgiveness, gender roles, personal growth, sexual awakening ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story about the generation of 1968.
Style:
black comedy, art house, reflective, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
irony, satire, character study, male friendship, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, identity crisis, midlife crisis, melancholy, nostalgia, social realism, urban ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Winner of FEDORA award for the Best Debut Director, Venice Film Festival 2015, Island City is a collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai, India. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office ‘Fun Committee ...
Style:
satirical, anthology, ironic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
city life, social commentary, alienation, slice of life, routine, bittersweet, domestic drama, isolation, identity crisis, private vs public, bureaucracy, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, ...
Style:
realistic, poignant, tragicomedy, period drama
Plot:
marriage, divorce, mature, character study, relationships, anger, heartbreak, everyday life, middle class, slice of life, suburban life, passion ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mathias is an anarchist who lives with his 27 year old son, Michel, in late 1960s type communal weirdness.
Style:
art house, reflective, independent film, period piece, existential ...
Plot:
character study, counterculture, commune, father son relationship, anti establishment, slice of life, anarchism, moral ambiguity, slow burn, youth culture, family drama, mature ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
grownups, family drama, life lesson, coming of age, child protagonist, family bonds, working class, resilience, character study, poverty, intergenerational friendship, bittersweet ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
desire, social problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, relationship problems, sexual exploration, character study, loneliness, bittersweet, literary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, period piece, independent film
Plot:
extramarital affair, teenage pregnancy, affair, family drama, midlife crisis, infidelity, small town, family secret, loss of innocence, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, secret past ...
Time:
60s, year 1993, 1950s, 50s
Place:
canada, british columbia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman, scared by motherhood and her new born baby, runs away from her home and family to find a shelter at her upstairs neighbour's place.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, parent child relationship, female protagonist, family conflict, domestic drama, character study, hiding place, identity crisis, social realism, compassion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hopeful young actress is lured to Hollywood by the seduction of fame and fortune. A friend she lives with while in Hollywood becomes her lover, and they both soon come to realize that the seedy Hollywood lifestyle is not for them.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece, erotic, independent film
Plot:
hollywood, female protagonist, young woman, showbiz, frustration, aspiring actress, ambition, coming of age, young adult, backstage, bittersweet, character study ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anna, a divorced single mother, employs a mysterious young woman called Lise to care for her children.
Style:
tense, melancholic, art house, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, single mother, lesbian, existential loneliness, intimacy, secrets, caretaker, young woman, moral ambiguity, trauma, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
39%
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142
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Episodic ensemble film about a dozen characters who are in contact with a small Cologne diving school in different ways.
Style:
captivating, realistic, independent film, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
relationships, adultery, romancing partners, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, love and romance, romantic triangle, tragic love ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, sentimental, period piece ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bittersweet, memory, character study, second chance, nostalgia, regret, slice of life, intimate, destiny, city life, reunion
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The Red Rooster is a feature film by Terry Miles.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
writer's block, self discovery, reflection, introspection, solitude, escape, creative process, creative block, character study, healing, slice of life, beach resort ...
Place:
vancouver
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
Style:
independent film, captivating, psychological, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
love affair, director, longing, male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, relationships, infatuation, love story ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.
Style:
emotional, anthology, tension, independent film
Plot:
house, connection, domestic drama, identity, memory, character study, marriage, homelessness, isolation, loss, intimacy, slice of life ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
37%
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202
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young truck driver from a small, nameless Russian town sets off on a spiritual journey that has no actual purpose and no verifiable destination, encountering lonely women and small time crooks along the way.
Style:
road movie, existential, contemplative, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
truck driver, loneliness, character study, soul searching, spiritual journey, intimate, minimalism, slice of life, bittersweet, provincial life, small town, isolation ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK, USA, Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tommaso is an American expat film director living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, realistic, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
family relations, character study, parents and children, creative block, life philosophy, existential crisis, midlife crisis, society, disorder, couples, lifestyle, friendship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
35%
278
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three scenes from the marriage of Lou and Jacques as they wander around France.
Style:
erotic, melancholic, tense, art house, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
domestic drama, infidelity, loss, intimate, character study, regret, haunting, festival, love triangle, small town, cheating, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Recently widowed fifty-something Margaux looks to start chapter two. Moving in with her sister, she re-enrolls at university for pursuits she’d never realized. However, Margaux begins to experience another kind of awakening, the compulsions of ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
relationships, true love, university, self discovery, grief, widow, new life, lifestyle change, sister sister relationship, love, changing lives, loss of husband ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A new house in a new town could mean the beginning of a phase of domestic bliss for a small family. Nina, a doctor, has taken a few days off. Her husband Frieder is busy laying tiles, while their daughter Charlotte plays in her new room. But Nina is ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, ambiguous ending, slow cinema, erotic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, alienation, female protagonist, character study, infidelity, sex, midlife crisis, isolation, home improvement, renovation, symbolism, brother sister relationship ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Herbert is a German embassy official in Georgia. He lives an inane life until he meets twelve-year-old girl Sashka who makes him laugh and feel responsibility. Soon he is in trouble because he is suspected of pedophilia, meets corrupt policemen, ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, unlikely friendships, character study, police corruption, corruption, social commentary, bittersweet, social realism, intimate, violence, male protagonist ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe, tbilisi
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The drawbacks and difficulties of military life are explored in this film. Paolo Passeri is a college graduate, somewhat spoiled, somewhat effete, who finds himself in an officer training program under the stern martinet, Captain Asciutto. He ...
Style:
serious, tense, period piece, grim, grotesque
Plot:
bullying, military, military life, conscription, discipline, conformity, machismo, realism, accomplice, hierarchy, sergeant, character study ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
33%
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