Movies like The Past
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The Past (2013)
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Original name: Le passé
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters between mother and daughter Ahmad unwittingly lifts the lid on a long buried secret...
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, sincere, captivating, art house, cerebral, realistic, inspirational, touching, enigmatic ...
Plot:
divorce, depression, dysfunctional family, coma, infidelity, parenthood, relationships, suicide, childhood, secret, love and romance, family reunited, haunted by the past, muslim, parents and children, interracial relations, society, family problems, social problems, regret, surprising revelation, french, guilt, marriage, immigrants ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, iran, paris france, europe
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Most similar movies to The Past
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, talky and thought provoking films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, runaway, melancholy, loneliness, culture clash and depression mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Past: A Separation (2011), Hidden (2005), About Elly (2009), The Salesman (2016), The Son (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, realistic, talky, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
divorce, poverty, muslim, alzheimer's disease, marriage, court, justice, religion, parenthood, dysfunctional family, marital problem, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, tehran iran, tehran, middle east
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, art house, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, guilt, childhood, dysfunctional family, videotaping, family in crisis, haunted by the past, suspense, voyeurism, psychology, lie, nightmare ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, germany, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
missing person, matchmaking, arranged marriage, family relations, friendship, guilt, journey, parents and children, love and romance, couple relations, couples, teacher ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, harsh ...
Plot:
revenge, rape, suspense, hospital, attack, surveillance, teacher, marriage, death, twists and turns, character study, actor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, poland, middle east, tehran iran, tehran
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Style:
psychological, bleak, compassionate, meditative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
youth, obsession, redemption, apprentice, teenage life, going straight, family problems, parents and children, working class, teachers and students, loss of son, death in the family ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
france, tokyo, europe, usa, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Films like Last Night
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style:
depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, dysfunctional family, family relations, taxi driver, loneliness, depression, injustice, family problems, parents and children, couples, unwanted pregnancy, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, new jersey, europe, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, meditative, compassionate, depressing ...
Plot:
unemployment, greed, self discovery, character study, life is a bitch, down on your luck, society, couple relations, dishonesty, family problems, husband wife relationship, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, france, switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, ...
Style:
melancholic, sincere, psychological, serious, touching ...
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, adultery, pregnancy, family relations, couples, family life, love and romance, siblings relations, family problems, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, tokyo, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, sincere, serious, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, employer employee relationship, solidarity, workplace, loss of job, character study, guilt, working class, female protagonist, poverty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Norway
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
wedding, marriage, poverty, family bonds, wealth, family relations, family problems, family secret, hopes, couple relations, parents and children, financial problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, india, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Movies like Magnolia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, mental illness, family relations, divorce, character study, psychology, life philosophy, parenthood, family gatherings, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Style:
bleak, enigmatic, melancholic, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
death, love, disappearance, obsession, relationships, delusion, tourist, love and romance, coping, haunted by the past, couple relations, mentally unstable ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young Danish man, Christoffer, lives a life of joy and happiness with his wife Maria in Stockholm. When his father dies his mother insists that Christoffer take over management of the family industry which is in danger of bankruptcy. He is torn ...
Style:
enigmatic, meditative, serious, sincere, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, suicide, secrets, family business, family life, adultery, family problems, inheritance, parents and children, family values, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, denmark, sweden, copenhagen ...
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, sad, meditative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychoanalysis, regret, loss of son, psychology, grief, parents and children, marriage crisis, family problems, overcoming, hopes, redemption, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Style:
philosophical, sad, sincere, art house, reflective ...
Plot:
elderly, aging, death, elderly lovers, life & death, husband wife relationship, illness, love, family relations, daughter, old love, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, germany, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Films like Paris, Texas
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On the 30th August, he is given a day’s leave to attend a job interview in the city centre.
Style:
gloomy, touching, depressing, thought provoking, melancholic ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, suicide, drug addict, addiction, loneliness, drugs, depression, drug addiction, complex characters, old friends, unlikely friendships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oslo norway, california, scandinavia, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sexy, enigmatic, stylized ...
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, marital crisis, family relations, writers, marriage, infidelity, adultery, violence, character study, catastrophe, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, small town, single mother, character study, childhood, introspection, love and romance, family secret, parents and children, free spirited, hopes, workplace romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york state, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, friendship, women, abortion, family relations, multiple storylines, couples, family problems, couple relations, human nature, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), where we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, meditative, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, marriage, parenthood, character study, parents and children, love and romance, introspection, family problems, couples, golden years, crumbling marriage, human nature ...
Place:
tokyo, st. petersburg russia, hamburg germany, australia, helsinki finland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Movies like Winter's Bone
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alain Leroy is a recovering alcoholic who decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living.
Style:
art house, depressing, philosophical, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
suicide, depression, addiction, existentialism, melancholy, alcohol abuse, character study, solitude, loneliness, dysfunctional family, mental illness, rehabilitation ...
Time:
60s, 1920s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this acclaimed and gripping social portrait of immoral lives in need of rescue, Igor (Jérémie Renier), aged 15, and his father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, allegory, gloomy, affectionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immigrants, coming of age, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, dysfunctional family, empathy, boy, traumatic childhood, racism, social injustice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo, france, belgium, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, atmospheric, lyrical, gloomy ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, betrayal, parenthood, custody, love affair, fall in love, family problems, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tokyo, paris france, sweden, denmark, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style:
emotional, touching, lyrical, depressing, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, jewish, hopes, children, human nature, couple relations, family life, midlife crisis, life is a bitch, single parent, love and romance, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, prison, physician, character study, ex convict, job seeking, complex characters, parenthood, honest, loss of son, sibling relationship, family reunited ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Films like Amour
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
Style:
reflective, cerebral, art house, erotic, sexy ...
Plot:
writers, infidelity, hospital, love, relationships, marriage, family relations, crumbling marriage, alienation, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, crazy love ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, milan italy, tokyo, mediterranean sea, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little ...
Style:
sincere, bleak, art house, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot:
unemployment, loneliness, isolation, complex characters, art, family relations, culture clash, love and romance, introspection, existentialism, human nature, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, berlin germany ...
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19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During one unusually hot weekend, four friends struggle after hearing some life-changing news.
Style:
touching, stylized, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, eccentricity, family relations, journalism, human nature, couple relations, looking for love, parents and children, husband wife relationship, bittersweet, dying, writers ...
Place:
australia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Style:
touching, melancholic, emotional, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, tragedy, relationships, women, life, parenthood, honest, parents and children, unfulfillment, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, talky, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, solitude, funeral director, life philosophy, character study, death, uncover truth, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, dealing with death, mysterious character, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, year 1938, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
tennessee, california, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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