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From Tuesday to Tuesday (2012)
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Original name: De martes a martes
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Juan is a 35 year old man whose hobby is bodybuilding. He works in a factory, where despite its huge and muscled physique, is mistreated by his bosses and colleagues. His biggest dream is to leave that life gray and a better life, especially owning your own gym, but has yet to collect some money. And that is, when, in the evening of another of his routine days, attends a terrible episode before which makes a decision that suddenly puts a moral crossroads.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, intense, grim
Plot:
moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, character study, bullying, male protagonist, working class, oppression, factory worker, blue collar, abuse of power, harassment, revenge, violence, bodybuilding, poverty, bouncer, urban, transformation, toxic masculinity, midlife crisis, nightlife, small town life, slow burn, rape, witness ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, suspense, realistic and tense films with plots about character study, moral ambiguity, urban, redemption, slow burn, violence and isolation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like From Tuesday to Tuesday: Soul Kicking (2006), Enemies (2025), Magallanes (2015), Gangster (2024), Forgive Us Our Debts (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, intense, dark, psychological, tragic
Plot:
working class, desperation, family crisis, betrayal, male protagonist, anger, oppression, isolation, alienation, revenge, realism, slow burn ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, tension
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Emotionless hitman Michael meets Jessy, awakening unfamiliar feelings. A mission gone awry forces him to reevaluate his entire existence, challenging his beliefs and way of life.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, intense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
desperation, debt, society, life is a bitch, rivalry, money, violence, redemption, escapades, life philosophy, adaptation, poverty ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As he strives to make it on his own, Nick Ramsey has alienated his father by rejecting his upbringing and lifestyle. Now 25, Nick has been rejected by his girlfriend and vows to turn his life around.
Style:
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Plot:
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal."
Style:
melancholic, realistic, bleak, grim, art house ...
Plot:
survival, poverty, post war, mountain, frustration, salvation, black market, alienation, social realism, desperation, working class, trauma ...
Time:
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Place:
alps, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspense
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Place:
south africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
redemption, rape, sexual abuse, revenge, attempted rape, sexualized violence, violence, rape and revenge, trauma, guilt, violent, criminal ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A happily married young couple must carefully evaluate their relationship and trust in one another, plus own moral standing when a potentially seedy yet highly financial offer is presented to them in a time of recession.
Style:
realistic, psychological, tension, independent film, suspense
Plot:
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lucjan Bohme is a ruthless debt collector working in a post-industrial Silesian town. In the land of unemployment and misery, he's got a lot of work and no mercy at all. Until something happens.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
redemption, debt collector, lovers reunited, self discovery, moral dilemma, collector, life is a bitch, debt, ex girlfriend, rivalry, society, desperation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Story:
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326
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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