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Gra (1969)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
About an existentialist alienation drama between a bourgeois couple caught in a stationary environment. Between a man and a woman lost in themselves.
Style:
existential, art house, melancholic, intellectual
Plot:
alienation, marriage crisis, infidelity, domestic drama, midlife crisis, identity crisis, routine, renaissance, minimalism, claustrophobia, married couple, intimate, gender roles, social commentary, moral ambiguity, betrayal, cemetery, couples, funeral, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, solitude, marital crisis, flashback, married ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Gra
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, existential and bleak films with plots about alienation, psychological drama, character study, isolation, intimate, minimalism and domestic drama mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Gra: Nautilus (1990), Island City (2015), Moon Hotel Kabul (2018), The Sting of Death (1990), How Far, How Near (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This life period of the main character Felix (L. Lutvinsky) coincides with rather complicated period of country history Chernenko dies, Gorbachev succeeds him, then Ligachev criticizes Eltsin, county is reined by deficit, backstairs influence, ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, existential, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social commentary, character study, alienation, escape from reality, loneliness, social realism, identity crisis, absurdism, minimalism, poverty, city life, working class ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Winner of FEDORA award for the Best Debut Director, Venice Film Festival 2015, Island City is a collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai, India. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office ‘Fun Committee ...
Style:
satirical, anthology, ironic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
city life, social commentary, alienation, slice of life, routine, bittersweet, domestic drama, isolation, identity crisis, private vs public, bureaucracy, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ivan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in Ivan’s unshakeable ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, art house, surreal, moody
Plot:
death, guilt, loneliness, grief, regret, loss, memory, mourning, hotel, obsession, suicide, mature ...
Place:
bucharest, afghanistan
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide, memory, existential crisis, symbolism, loss, midlife crisis, self discovery, guilt, flashback, mature, regret, isolation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, solitude, social commentary, alienation, routine, character study, housekeeper, loyalty, repression, minimalism, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
63%
79
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Patrick feels absolutely lonely when he decides to search for his supposable genitor after the suicide of his mother. He doesn’t have a plan, a goal or hopes. He just wants to meet the phantom that he thinks is the reason for his mother’s death.
Style:
existential, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
grief, loneliness, isolation, identity crisis, character study, search for father, alienation, minimalism, intimate, regret, male protagonist, urban ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A wealthy couple seeks to secretly adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager, in this slow-burning and ultimately shocking drama from writer-director Albert Shin.
Style:
tension, art house, atmospheric, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
adoption, pregnancy, motherhood, moral ambiguity, poverty, class conflict, intimate, character study, secrets, ethical dilemma, social inequality, domestic drama ...
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, canada
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The life of a grumpy 40-year-old man living with his wife in a high-rise block. Every day is like the other - quarrel over dinner, garbage, neighbours, elevators, lost socks. He hates everybody, especially his wife. Not even sexual fantasies are an ...
Style:
existential, cynical, bleak, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
character study, neighbor, resentment, marital strife, midlife crisis, domestic drama, alienation, routine, slice of life, awkwardness, sexual frustration, isolation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
61%
547
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspense, sinister, tense ...
Plot:
renaissance, snow, winter, mountain, alienation, isolation, obsession, symbolism, character study, slow burn, tourist, suspicion ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The Beach House is a film about four people from an Arab generation roaming over the ruins of ideologies, causes and virtues of their predecessors. It portrays their intellectual and emotional nonchalance about what is happening around them in their ...
Style:
art house, existential, intellectual, philosophical, melancholic ...
Plot:
beach house, frustration, alienation, existential crisis, social commentary, intimate, seaside, generation, ruins, mediterranean, youth, minimalism ...
Place:
lebanon, south africa
Similarity:
53%
344
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Albee and Walker, a young couple on the brink of divorce, rent a mountain getaway to save their fledgling marriage. Before long, their personal drama creates tension between their newly engaged AirBnB hosts -- Ben & Carly — leaving us to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic, indie film
Plot:
marriage crisis, couples, troubled marriage, crumbling marriage, male female relationship, marital problem, relationship problems, tragic love, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, loveless marriage, couple relations ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, art house
Plot:
compassion, empathy, marital crisis, character study, personal growth, poverty, humanism, alienation, domestic drama, gender roles, loneliness, altruism ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, contemplative, existential, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, breakdown, character study, rain, trauma, single, transformation, isolation, slow burn, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hanka is a young woman who suddenly abandons her stable life for no obvious reason, and undertakes a trip without any clear destination, meeting strangers on her way. At the same time, her boyfriend desperately tries to find her.
Style:
melancholic, existential
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, female protagonist, identity crisis, missing person, loneliness, escape, uncertainty, character study, alienation, coming of age, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, betrayal, midlife crisis, marital infidelity, jealousy, domestic drama, suspicion, relationship problems, family problems, suspicion of adultery, marital problem, problem ...
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700
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tungsten deals with the idea of electricity as a metaphor, the scenery is urban, and the plot is unfolded during a single day. One day in Athens, continuous outages, and a final blackout, caused by the strike of technicians at the electricity ...
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
urban, electricity, blackout, darkness, teenager, social commentary, moral ambiguity, strike, intimate, slice of life, claustrophobia, urban decay ...
Place:
athens greece, greece
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Television hostess Susanne has an affair with Rikard, who is a doctor at a hospital. But after meeting the man who Rikard works for, Professor Erland Roos, she leaves Rikard and eventually marries the professor. Susanne's sister comes to ...
Style:
melancholic, retro, period piece
Plot:
doctor, marriage, infidelity, love triangle, betrayal, wealth, character study, family drama, social class, seduction, professor, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
60s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
Style:
art house, suspenseful
Plot:
conscience, domestic drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, intimate, realism, witness, murder mystery, apartment building, unsettling ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.
Style:
noir, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
call girl, prostitution, secret life, double life, female protagonist, domestic drama, mature, motherhood, character study, taboo, family conflict, shame ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his ...
Style:
realistic, reflective, melancholic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, character study, alienation, identity crisis, alcoholism, male protagonist, social realism, domestic drama, slow burn, boredom, intimate, mature ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
43%
13
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
About a young couple who accidentally by car run over someone and kill him. The victim turns out to be an escapee from an asylum for the mentally ill.The two wander around the country side trying to figure out the situation, which quickly turns out ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, melancholic, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
guilt, hit and run, character study, tragedy, accidental death, moral ambiguity, introspection, ethical dilemma, young couple, mental illness, road trip, loss of innocence ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Doug and Amber were madly in love and married during their college years. Driven by the "dream" of a prosperous life together - Amber worked two jobs to put Doug through school. Soon after they shared in his business success and celebrated ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, dramatic, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
love, marriage, infidelity, gospel, affair, husband wife conflict, domestic drama, family relations, couples, married couple, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A new house in a new town could mean the beginning of a phase of domestic bliss for a small family. Nina, a doctor, has taken a few days off. Her husband Frieder is busy laying tiles, while their daughter Charlotte plays in her new room. But Nina is ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, ambiguous ending, slow cinema, erotic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, alienation, female protagonist, character study, infidelity, sex, midlife crisis, isolation, home improvement, renovation, symbolism, brother sister relationship ...
Similarity:
39%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Style:
art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
character study, obsession, creative process, isolation, alienation, realism, intimate, family conflict, identity crisis, mental health, slow burn, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Youssef Soltane, a 45-year-old Tunisian intellectual, is the product of a generation that lived the era of euphoria and great ideologies in the sixties, and their subsequent failure. He was incarcerated and tortured for his political opinions. ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, art house, political drama
Plot:
introspection, existential crisis, political repression, character study, social commentary, identity crisis, isolation, alienation, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, class conflict, reflection ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tunisia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When her teenagers head off to camp and her husband abruptly leaves her to begin a new family, Lila is left to her own curious and chaotic devices for a summer in her rural home in the Catskill mountains.
Style:
sincere, melancholic, sentimental, light, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, father daughter relationship, marital separation, domestic drama, character study, infidelity, loss, grief, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
In and around America and the autumn of 1963. A man and his tools. A boy and his shoes.
Style:
independent film, reflective, art house, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
compassion, empathy, intimate, character study, isolation, small town life, minimalism, solitude, abandonment, trauma, autumn, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
america, massachusetts
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Shashi, an urbane doctor, returns to his native village, a place seemingly mired in a backward way of life, for a short visit. As he becomes closely involved with the villagers, Shashi’s short stay threatens to become permanent.
Style:
art house, melancholic
Plot:
village, social realism, identity crisis, humanism, alienation, homecoming, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, symbolism, ethical dilemma, class conflict, literary ...
Similarity:
37%
109
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman, withdrawn from life, rescues a live bird that had been trapped in the wall of her apartment.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, art house, existential ...
Plot:
estrangement, strong female presence, restaurant, loneliness, isolation, solitude, character study, female protagonist, alienation, symbolism, slow burn, intimate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
37%
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