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The World Belongs to Us (2012)
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Original name: Le monde nous appartient
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a bridge, one night, a stabbing. There is Pouga. And there is Julien. The film shows the parallel destiny of these two young men who look alike without knowing each other.
Style:
tense, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
ambition, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, human nature, athlete's life, criminal heroes, coach, father son relationship, multiple storylines, firefighter, power relations, nudity, dog, police officer, police, football player, murder, cemetery, theft, car theft, blood, loss of job, soccer coach, soccer, flashback ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
belgium, brussels
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Most similar movies to The World Belongs to Us
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and gloomy films with plots about power relations, human nature, hopes, father son relationship, life is a bitch, ambition and rivalry mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The World Belongs to Us: Bodybuilder (2014), Raise Your Head (2009), Stretch (2011), The Gospel of the Flesh (2013), Burnt Out (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, tense
Plot:
gym, bodybuilding, bodybuilder, father son relationship, hiding place, sport competition, weightlifting, theft, training, stealing money, estranged father, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
france, lyon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mero, a skilled shipyard worker, is a single father. His son Lorenzo, born from a relationship with an Albanian girl, is his only reason for living. The father dreams that the boy will become a champion boxer, to make up for his own anonymous career ...
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, serious, realistic
Plot:
teenage life, follow your dream, ambition, athlete's life, lifestyle, single parent, hopes, parents and children, family relations, youth, athlete and trainer, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, rome italy, italy
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Christophe, a young horse racing jockey from Paris, is filled with hope and ambition. Yet after a race, he tests positive for illegal substances and is subsequently suspended from racing. He decides to move to Macau, in Asia. There his circumstances ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rivalry, contests and competitions, rise to the top, dishonesty, power relations, lifestyle, gambling, ambition, society, chases and races, athlete and trainer, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three lives in search of redemption intersect in the streets of Lima: undercover cop Gamarra’s desperate attempts to save his wife from a terminal illness gets him into trouble; bus driver Felix wants to be accepted into a religious sect after his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, undercover, hopes, life is a bitch, family relations, law enforcement, society, terminal illness, multiple storylines, confession, soccer, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
35%
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434
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, revolt, friendship, parents and children, fighting the system, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, suffering, employee, middle aged man, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, starting over, prodigy, haunted by the past, society, ambition, redemption, rivalry, youth, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Paul dies, he leaves his wife Eve with a mountain of debt. As the police begin their investigation into Paul’s death, Eve is supported by a lawyer named Chollet, a friend of her husband who generously helps her to clear the debts she has ...
Style:
realistic, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
dishonesty, missing person, twists and turns, couples, friends, law enforcement, femme fatale, infidelity, friendship, manipulation, police, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ian Willams -- who was born blind in one eye -- grew up undaunted to become an elite college basketball player. But his dream of winning a national championship and turning pro was sidetracked when a tragic accident left him completely blind. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Plot:
blindness, prodigy, against the odds, disability, ambition, dedicated educator, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, hopes, youth, athlete's life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Daniel is a former police officer turned debt collector. Now in his late fifties, he goes about his "dirty job" without emotion or sympathy. One winter's day, he stops at a roadside parking lot and is approached by Laura, an ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspense, gloomy
Plot:
missing person, investigation, life turned upside down, missing girl, disappearance, police officer, debt collector, winter, debt, cemetery, teenage girl, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
suburbs, society, estrangement, unfulfillment, lifestyle, couple relations, couples, dull life, human nature, multiple storylines, one day, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A New York City-set drama of interlocking stories which occur over a 36-hour period.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
human nature, city life, estrangement, redemption, introspection, hopes, addiction, unfulfillment, lifestyle, multiple storylines, family problems, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Alex, 15, lives alone with his dad, enduring relentless physical violence, rebelling against everyone. To escape from this daily life, Alex rows on the Meuse river, and has only one obsession: to win the Belgian Singles Championships at any cost. ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive father, follow your dream, teenage life, ambition, hopes, teenage love, rivalry, love and romance, obsession, life is a bitch, youth, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
31%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a young Russian in the early 90s, trying to escape the army in a psychiatric clinic. He's released years later, after intensive compulsory treatment. Has a documentary film maker he gets involved in the Chechen ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, emotional, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
mental illness, doctors and patients, rebelliousness, mentally unstable, mental institution, introspection, political unrest, human nature, hopes, state affairs, misfit, psychology ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Times have changed a lot for Franck who is a night watchman. About a decade ago he was a specialized worker. Today he feels bored but would jump at any chance to prove his bravery and courage.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
life turned upside down, dull life, starting over, disorder, hopes, unfulfillment, police, security guard, car accident, loneliness, monster, robbery ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
homestead, family relations, power relations, estrangement, family problems, farm, social relations, human nature, countryside, family life, family in crisis, village life ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A high-school track star (Scott Jacoby) fools around with his buddy (Dennis Quaid), until a Vietnam War tragedy makes him grow up.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
track and field, running, bittersweet, underdog, athlete and trainer, hopes, youth, coming of age, ambition, athlete's life, human nature, wartime life ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, frame up, british gangster ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
28%
461
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
One hot afternoon in the south of France, several paths are converging towards a tragic conclusion. Those involved are: Stéphane and Luigi, two cousins who have just emerged from adolescence; Georges, a retired old man; Amélie, Luigi’s ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unplanned pregnancy, introspection, family relations, youth, human nature, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, elderly, naked man, hot guys ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
marseille, france, europe
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
clergy, rise and fall, friendship, religions or cults, ambition, unfulfillment, betrayal, human nature, priest, aging, blind ambition, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mitri is 15 years old and lives in a village in Senegal. Like all the youngsters of his age, he plays football, dreaming of the Barcelona and Chelsea Football Clubs. When an agent sees him, Mitri believes in his luck. But, in order to go chasing ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
football, follow your dream, immigrant, hopes, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, life is a bitch, youth, ambition, soccer, desire for fame, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, africa, europe, paris france
Similarity:
27%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, he has abandoned his career and his dreams. Eight years ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, stylized, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
swimming, follow your dream, haunted by the past, friendship, ambition, starting over, athlete's life, solitude, rivalry, false accusation, human nature, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, tense, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
french politics, politics, workplace, workplace situations, state affairs, boss and employee, disagreement, politician, prime minister, business, female nudity, fatal accident ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Louis is a twelve year old boy who lives with his parents and older brother in southern Morocco. Louis is very happy until the day his father shares a secret with him.
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
mental illness, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, father son relationship, secret, youth, suicide, depression, hopes, danger, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, africa, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Quiet 16-year-old Louis, the high school headmaster’s son, has never been in trouble. His best friend, 18-year-old Greg, however, is his polar opposite: provocative, angry, violent, he has been kicked out of school for physically threatening young ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
teenager, kidnapping, parent child relationship, youth, teachers and students, parents and children, single parent, hardcase students, confined, crime gone awry, disorder, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The chance of an innocent child's game will unveil a betrayal that will forever change the lives of two families when their paths cross, endangering what they love the most, in a city that does not give them a truce.
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
insecurity, destiny, betrayal, dishonesty, family in crisis, life turned upside down, kidnapping, plot twist, drug, gang, twists and turns, urban ...
Place:
venezuela, latin america
Similarity:
24%
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:
sincere, slow cinema, thought provoking, art house, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, refugee, dysfunctional family, immigration, illegal immigration, teenage boy, little boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
antwerp, france, belgium, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monday morning. Paul Wertret, 50, heads off to his job as a manager at the International Credit and Trade Bank. He arrives at 8 o'clock on the dot, as usual. He enters a meeting room, takes out a gun and kills two of his bosses. Then he locks ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, sincere, non-linear ...
Plot:
bank, introspection, losing-it hero, unlikely criminals, rivalry, workplace, road not taken, workplace situations, boss and employee, murder, suicide, business ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
fall in love, vengeance, life is a bitch, couples, going straight, human nature, unlikely couple, criminal heroes, love and romance, heist, thief, rivalry ...
Place:
chile, latin america, andes mountains, santiago chile
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
transplant, human spirit, terminal illness, friendship, hopes, optimism, life is a bitch, coming of age, love and romance, fall in love, buddies, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, germany, europe
Similarity:
23%
337
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his ...
Style:
realistic, tense, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
hotel, immigrant, society, human nature, hotel room, haunted by the past, vengeance, multiple storylines, looking for love, misfit, stewardess, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
Similarity:
23%
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