Movies and TV shows like Jake's Progress

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Jake's Progress (1995)
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Jake's Progress (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 515 min.
TV show
Story: Jamie Diadoni was almost a rock star in the 60s but it never quite came together. Now, married to Julie, and redundant from his job, he stays at home with son Jake, aged 6 and takes him to the local playground, surrounded by admiring mothers.
Plot: death, murder, boy, suicide, adultery, baby, retirement home, falling from height, child murders a child, hanged child

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Most similar movies to Jake's Progress

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and captivating films and TV series with plots about murder, death, adultery, suicide, sex, life is a bitch and pregnancy mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Jake's Progress: Lighter Fluid (2016), Teresa Raquin (1980), Indian Summers (2015), A Married Man (1983), The Lakes (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lighter Fluid (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story: An experimental look into the lives of teens and young adults in a dysfunctional town.
Style: experimental
Plot: suicide, abandoned house, murder, skateboard, surrealism, pregnancy, death
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95%
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Teresa Raquin (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 173 min.
TV show
Story: In order to be together, lovers Therese and Laurent plot to kill Therese's husband, Camille, but find themselves haunted by their deeds and Madame Raquin's silent judgment.
Style: period piece, period drama
Plot: female nudity, destiny, adultery, murder, female full frontal nudity
Time: victorian era
Place: paris france, france
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85%
Indian Summers (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Epic drama set in the summer of 1932 where India dreams of independence, but the British are clinging to power. Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the rich and explosive story ...
Style: realistic, epic, serious, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: class differences, racism, revolution, political unrest, society, state affairs, culture clash, rebellion, british, independence, world war one, interwar period ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: india, asia, himalaya
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A Married Man (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: British television movie in which a married lawyer's excursion into adultery leads to murder.
Plot: lawyer, husband wife relationship, adultery, politics, lie, murder, marriage, seduction, infidelity, extramarital affair, liar, older man younger woman relationship ...
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The Lakes (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 374 min.
TV show
Story: Doom-laden but compelling BBC1 drama series embracing sex, death and Catholic guilt, set in a small community in the Lake District. The first four-part series centred on newcomer Danny Kavanagh; the second 10-part series featured other characters in ...
Plot: small town, boat, tragedy, lake, guilt, controversy, sex, husband wife relationship, community, death, outsider, gambler ...
Time: 20th century
Place: england
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66%
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The Red Queen (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
TV show
Story: Story of the rise of a girl from proverbial humble beginnings to top Russian fashion model during Cold War-era USSR.
Style: touching, suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: fashion show, model, betrayal, life is a bitch, suicide, kgb, mental institution, fashion model, personality change, impossible love, murder, abortion ...
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A beautiful coffee shop owner Zhong Meibao suddenly dies in a condominium at the Horizon Tower. When she died, her face still wore a doll-like makeup, hence the case was referred to as the "Doll Murder Case". This case shocks the whole ...
Style: suspense, dramatic, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot: death, investigation, murder, foster home, friendship, mental illness, secret, crime investigation, true crime, suspect, multiple suspects, murder suspect ...
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53%
National Treasure (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story: Paul Finchley is a bona fide "national treasure", one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act. The famous comedian's world is thrown into chaos when he is accused of historic sexual abuse.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending ...
Plot: trial, comedian, rape, father daughter relationship, media, rapist, investigation, unhappy ending, bad guy wins, family relations, sexual assault, rape accusation ...
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Hitori Shizuka (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke into his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective Oomura already is at the scene of the crime.
Style: detective, thrilling, captivating, tense, sad
Plot: murder, investigation, crime scene, uncover truth, sleuth, police investigation, murderer, murder investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, murder mystery, adaptation ...
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50%
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Child Murders (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A melodrama about children, the child murders that the film’s title refers to are the million and one ways that children’s souls are ravaged by neglect, unkindness and cruelty, even though several physical deaths take place in the story.
Style: thought provoking
Plot: boy, revenge, poverty, youth, disability, cat, young boy, girl, dysfunctional society, schoolboy, murder, death ...
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50%
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Holding On (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The interaction between a diverse range of characters—including a bulimic restaurant critic and a highly strung tax inspector—in modern-day London.
Plot: big city life, hopes, desperation, teenager, murder, violence, male nudity
Place: london
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50%
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Ambiguous (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Ambiguous is a 2003 Japanese Pink film directed by Toshiya Ueno. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Five suicidal people meet on the Internet and form a 'suicide group'. They all have reasons for which ...
Plot: pink film, porn star, sex, sex scene, murder, suicide attempt, change of heart, bondage, suicide, domestic violence, death, sexy legs ...
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48%
The Longest Distance (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that ...
Style: road movie
Plot: boy, euthanasia, grandparent grandchild relationship, fatherhood, suicide, multiple storylines, river, motorcycle, loss of wife, loss of mother, hiding, mountain ...
Place: venezuela
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46%
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Zamudio (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by the case of Daniel Zamudio, a young man who was brutally beaten in the Parque San Borja of Santiago just for being homosexual. In this story, everyone has something to say but too much to hide.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, touching
Plot: gay slur, gay, lgbt, boy, youth, teenager, gay teenager, murder, teenage boy, intolerance, gay interest, gay subtext ...
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44%
Hotel Cæsar (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Hotel Cæsar is a Norwegian soap opera that has been broadcast Monday to Friday on TV 2 since 1998. It was created by Swedish duo Peter Emanuel Falck and Christian Wikander. The show consists of more than 2,500 episodes, making it the longest ...
Plot: hotel, gay, age-gap relationship, unrequited love, airplane crash, wealth, fraud, family relations, snobbism, suicide attempt, death in the family, ruse ...
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42%
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Paradise Falls (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Paradise Falls was a weekly soap opera shown nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It is set in a summer cottage community in Central Ontario. Like many major US soaps, sex is a dominant part of the storylines. However, it ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, serious
Plot: murder mystery, murder, adultery, mayor, prostitute, scandal, small town, homosexuality, intrigue, women, female nudity, lesbian ...
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40%
I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story: Maxi Amberville tries to save the magazine empire her father built, but her treacherous uncle stands in her way.
Style: serious, realistic, vintage
Audience: girls' night
Plot: infidelity, inheritance, unfulfillment, love and romance, dishonesty, family in crisis, lovers reunited, parents and children, family relations, betrayal, pregnancy, publishing house ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, england, usa, europe, manhattan new york city
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In the Club (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In The Club follows six pregnant women and their partners as they get ready for the arrival of their babies at the local parenting class. Housewife Diane, schoolgirl Rosie, newlywed Jasmin, businesswoman Roanna, midwife Vicky and writer and teaching ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: couples, lifestyle, couple relations, family relations, love and romance, baby, parents and children, pregnancy, pregnant woman
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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King Of Duval County (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Black Family a once powerful respected family has lost power in the city of Jacksonville.11 years has past and now the city is controlled by 4 family's.Young Antonio must return to the city and reclaim the Black family's respect and ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, bleak, disturbing
Plot: rivalry, vengeance, danger, revenge, organized crime, murder, dishonesty, violence, betrayal, death, friendship, blood ...
Place: usa
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38%
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The Charmer (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story: The Charmer was a 1987 British television serial set in the 1930s, and starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald ...
Plot: fraud, con man, interwar period, criminal as protagonist, male protagonist, murderer, execution, murder, womanizer, army, murder trial
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england
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37%
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The Children (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An eight year old girl is found murdered on the patio of her home. Any one of the adults who care for her could have killed her, but which one?
Style: suspenseful, serious, disturbing, dramatic
Plot: suspicion, suspect, girl, child murder, child murderess, murder investigation, little girl, murder mystery, suspicion of murder, murder, murder of a girl
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37%
Dobrisa Cesaric - Selected Poems (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 2 min.
TV show
Story: Narrated collection of the greatest Dobrisa Cesaric's poems.
Plot: death, poem, tree, writers, narration, poetry
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37%
The Dwelling Place (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. Set in the 1830s, the film tells the story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie after the death of parents, and the repossession of the family home. She finds a barren place to live and care for her younger ...
Style: period piece, period drama
Plot: rape, baby, aristocrat, pregnancy, age difference, grandfather, pregnant from rape, drunken man, pregnant woman
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Money Crazy (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Fuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed with money and will do anything to obtain it.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: abusive father, tragic past, money problems, poverty, poor, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, needing money, male female relationship, ambition, money, relationships ...
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36%
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The Return (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: tragic event, ex convict, troubled past, tragic past, social problems, dark past, murder, recovering alcoholic, problem, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mental health
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36%
Silent Court (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. Detectives from the Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto. She ...
Style: detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama
Plot: investigation, forensics, murder investigation, uncover truth, serial murder, murderer, killings, murder, criminal, serial killer, police investigation, homicide detective ...
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36%
Breaking Point (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: BREAKING POINT follows a group of friends dealing with dreams, triumphs, and heartaches as day-to-day transitions and setbacks threaten their relationships and livelihoods.
Style: soap opera
Plot: murder, lie, love, seduction, friendship, divorce, lesbian, deception, sex, gay
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35%
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The Endz (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Portrayal of life on the streets of Manchester, giving an insight into the young unsettling lives of city kids.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, unusual plot structure
Plot: revenge, father son relationship, racism, muslim, murder of father, drug dealer, police, kidnapping, murder, jealousy, male female relationship, car bomb ...
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33%
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the contradicting testimony of a cloud of witnesses to save ...
Style: talky, detective, mind bending, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, society, estate, investigation, who done it, whodunit, murder investigation, detective inspector, red herring, aristocrat, deadly
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Ice Cream Girls (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Ice Creams is based on the bestselling book by Dorothy Koomson about two girls who, one brief summer, find themselves involved with an abusive, controlling man. The situation spirals out of control and they are trial for his murder; ultimately ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot: haunted by the past, uncover truth, murder, youth, life is a bitch, dishonesty, feminist, teenage girl, accused of murder, rape, sexual abuse, tragic past ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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