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Duet for Four (1982)
71
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A middle aged man, Ray Martin, faces a series of problems – his wife is cheating on him, his mistress wants to get married and Americans want to take over his toy business.
Style:
melancholic, independent film
Plot:
midlife crisis, infidelity, family drama, family crisis, character study, betrayal, adultery, extramarital affair, substance abuse, betrayal of trust, love triangle, everyday life, introspection, middle class, moral ambiguity, urban, bittersweet, business, cheating wife, father daughter relationship, wife, drug addiction, daughter, down on your luck, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
australia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, romantic drama and psychological films with plots about infidelity, adultery, betrayal, midlife crisis, character study, love triangle and urban mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Duet for Four: Fools (1970), Petersen (1974), Mongolpiparen (2004), The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1981), S&M (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
175
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A horror-movie actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, detective, independent film
Plot:
love triangle, character study, midlife crisis, forbidden romance, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, unrequited love, bittersweet, loneliness, mature, obsession ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
95%
186
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni. He receives extracurricular help from his stuffy professor's beautiful lecturer wife in her office. Their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, freeze frame, independent film
Plot:
jealous husband, exploitation, university, womanizer, workplace romance, teachers and students, love triangle, forbidden love, social relations, love and romance, ambition, nudity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
middle aged man, midlife crisis, character study, loneliness, regret, alienation, existential crisis, family drama, intimate, infidelity, urban, slice of life ...
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
To watch a rare bird and at the same time be alone with Lotta, Anders goes to Gotland.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
ornithologist, infidelity, affair, love triangle, introspection, moral dilemma, character study, betrayal, adultery, bittersweet, island, jealousy ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Who is the mysterious stranger Cecilia met on the street? Why is he suspicious of everyone? She is happily married, has a lovely child and an interesting job: she has no motive to be troubled, but she decides to join him and to become his lover. She ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, tense, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
mysterious stranger, years of lead, female protagonist, infidelity, adultery, marriage crisis, secret lover, betrayal, obsession, tragic romance, moral ambiguity, fate ...
Place:
naples italy, sicily
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Makoto Toda was an earnest man who had lived an ordinary life, working as an ordinary company employee. He had built himself an average, but happy home along with his wife and his daughter. Things change however, when a new female recruit named Saya ...
Style:
tense, realistic, melancholic, dark, psychological thriller
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, extramarital affair, obsession, jealousy, seduction, sexual obsession, office romance, sexual tension, domestic drama, secret relationship, loss of control ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
soccer, infidelity, love triangle, character study, jealousy, small town, seduction, midlife crisis, sexual tension, slice of life, bittersweet, unrequited love ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anjali meets Arun at a marriage and there is instant attraction between them. Will she choose to be a loyal wife or satisfy her desires by crossing the confines of the marriage?
Style:
romantic drama, tension, realistic, sensual
Plot:
extramarital affair, forbidden love, choice, adultery, infidelity, family drama, secret relationship, temptation, female protagonist, love triangle, attraction, desire ...
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage are in ruins.
Style:
realistic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, family relations, female protagonist, betrayal, family dinner, mature, character study, infidelity, midlife crisis, family secret, bittersweet, argument ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Married couple Tom and Julie begin to question the stability of their relationship when an old friend comes to visit... with his latest mistress in tow.
Style:
melancholic, sexploitation film
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, mature, adultery, affair, bittersweet, sexual jealousy, midlife crisis, betrayal, social realism, mistress, unfaithful husband ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As a noted filmmaker’s infidelity becomes a media firestorm, his fractured family privately navigates the fallout of his actions for years to come.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, infidelity, extramarital affair, family relations, social problems, family reunited, love affair, life is a bitch, love interest, lifestyle, eccentric family, male protagonist ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, ...
Style:
realistic, poignant, tragicomedy, period drama
Plot:
marriage, divorce, mature, character study, relationships, anger, heartbreak, everyday life, middle class, slice of life, suburban life, passion ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ihrem 5. Hochzeitstag haben Albert und Birgit ihre drei engsten Freunde zu einem Festessen in ihr Haus auf dem Land eingeladen. Die Idylle entpuppt sich als schwer vermintes Gelände. Ungeahnte amouröse Verwicklungen kommen nach und nach auf den ...
Style:
captivating, tense, dramatic, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
cuckold, adultery, swingers, failed marriage, unfaithful husband, infidelity, extramarital affair, party, marital problem, marriage crisis, family problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and ...
Style:
period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
embezzlement, character study, housewife, midlife crisis, female protagonist, ethical dilemma, secret life, adultery, bank clerk, moral ambiguity, loneliness, identity crisis ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two rekindle their love affair until Alexandra finds that he is being paid to be ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
love triangle, erotica, extramarital affair, mother daughter relationship, infidelity, betrayal, deception, jealousy, secrets, moral ambiguity, desire, loneliness ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Joan Bixler and Amanda Nelson have known each other for several years and lead successful and seemingly functional families. However, their friendship is ripped to shreds and their families shattered when the husband of one of the women has an ...
Style:
realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
betrayal, infidelity, affair, family drama, mother daughter conflict, trust, small town, female rivalry, family secret, moral dilemma, suburban life, marriage crisis ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An offbeat yet serious family drama about coming home, arrested development and infidelity.
Style:
reflective, serious, realistic, melancholic, offbeat
Plot:
infidelity, getting home, family drama, arrested development, betrayal, house, homecoming, midlife crisis, mature, personal growth, intimate, loss ...
Similarity:
41%
349
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, independent film, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
character study, family drama, parenthood, parent child relationship, marital problem, everyday life, adoption, empathy, intimate, regret, loneliness, male protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a film about our children and the future we offer them. Helen has decided to leave, and it is John who lacks the inner resources to cope with the ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
bare chested male, death of father, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, sex scene, wedding, argument, marital strife, bare breasts, marriage, marital separation ...
Time:
year 1984
Place:
australia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: India, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mr. Singh / Mrs. Mehta is a 2010 Hindi-language film starring Prashant Narayanan and Aruna Shields. It's directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj. The film is produced by Manu Kumaran and was released on June 24, 2010. Mr Singh/Mrs Mehta is directorial ...
Style:
romantic drama, sensual, independent film
Plot:
extramarital affair, infidelity, adultery, forbidden romance, love triangle, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, intimacy, passion, sexual tension, sexual awakening, realism ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Through a period of five days, the story follows intertwined characters who live in false serenity and rather chaotic general order.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, love and romance, couple relations, couples, contests and competitions, chaos and mayhem, character study, adultery, betrayal, infidelity, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
37%
157
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one ...
Style:
reflective, existential, art house
Plot:
infidelity, guilt, family drama, melancholy, hit and run, multiple perspectives, accident, regret, loneliness, moral dilemma, slice of life, conscience ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gangjae's normal family life is turned upsdie down when he falls for a young yoga teacher. Gangjae has got it all, a loving wife, adorable children, and a high-paying position. But he yearns for something more. When the teacher breaks off the ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
unrequited love, adultery, extramarital affair, infidelity, jealousy, male female relationship, family problems, love affair, couples, tragic love, family relations, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
amputee, painting, desire, jealousy, love triangle, romantic triangle, obsession, seduction, danger, character study, moral ambiguity, adultery ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
34%
226
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Since they met the first time in boarding school as little kids, it was obvious that the orphans Kay and Dave would become a couple. But at sixteen, Dave foolishly attempted to rob a bank with a water pistol, and ended up in jail for eight years. ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, intense, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
adultery, boarding school, love triangle, infidelity, family drama, ex convict, temptation, betrayal, moral dilemma, family conflict, second chance, jealous husband ...
Time:
year 1988, 80s
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
137
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Married for 20 years since the age of 15, Nina's husband suddenly decides to leave her.
Style:
melancholic, realistic, sensual, intense
Plot:
marital separation, midlife crisis, female protagonist, infidelity, adultery, abandonment, female sexuality, loneliness, self discovery, depression, middle aged woman, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A rich woman marries a charming womanizer who conspires with his wife’s best friend. When all the revelations are exposed, the tables suddenly turn.
Style:
romantic drama, twisted, twist ending, suspense, sexy
Plot:
marriage, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal, deception, jealousy, conspiracy, manipulation, female villain, scheming, plot twist, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Film director Jin Young walks out the door after presenting a screenplay that he hopes will be turned into a film. On his way to the parking lot, he meets an attractive woman named In Ae and spends the night with her. Next day, he receives a phone ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, romantic drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, stalking, black ops, producer, one night stand, disability, physical disability, wheelchair bound, cheating wife, suspicion of adultery, marital infidelity ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Elias is at a toy fair in Paris. His wife Ingrid and his entire family are waiting for him to come home. They have organized a surprise party for his 60th birthday. Unaware of their plans, Elias decides to stay in Paris and celebrate his birthday on ...
Style:
reflective, realistic, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
midlife crisis, family drama, family conflict, character study, reconciliation, acceptance, aging, introspection, urban, family gatherings, bittersweet, regret ...
Place:
paris france, copenhagen, denmark, france
Similarity:
33%
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