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Circle of Violence - A Family Drama (1986)
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Original name: Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Georgia Benfield's, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present, in order to face a better future.
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, intense, period drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, family drama, domestic abuse, family secret, female protagonist, emotional abuse, character study, trauma, house, moral dilemma, realism, guilt, social issues, intimate, midlife crisis, isolation, healing, grief, redemption, empathy, financial difficulty, parent child relationship, family crisis, abusive relationship ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, tense, melancholic and intense films with plots about family drama, psychological drama, trauma, grief, small town, intimate and isolation mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Circle of Violence - A Family Drama: All We Had (2016), Who Will Love My Children? (1983), Forced Orphans (2018), Trapped In Silence (1986), Bolivar (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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iowa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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349
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Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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