Movies like The Policeman's Wife
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The Policeman's Wife (2013)
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Original name: Die Frau des Polizisten
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one another as they discover the new town. It is only a matter of time before the conflicts within the family manifest themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
accident, family problems, couple relations, family relations, couples, parents and children, small town, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, police officer, domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, father daughter relationship, nude, pubic hair, female full frontal nudity, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and sincere films with plots about couples, couple relations, family relations, family problems, unfulfillment, parents and children and crumbling marriage mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Policeman's Wife: Mine Alone (2001), Bad Girl (2012), Open Window (2006), Brides (2014), Late Bloomers (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A women meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, psychological, serious, bleak
Plot:
abusive husband, pregnancy, family relations, fall in love, marital rape, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance, best friends, life is a bitch, babies and infants ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
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parents and children, family problems, couples, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, strong female presence, pregnant woman, bullfighting, female nudity, church ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
rape, dysfunctional family, introspection, family problems, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, haunted by the past, female nudity, family in crisis, vegetarian ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Georgia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nutsa, a young mother, lives with her two children in a suburbs of Tblissi in Georgia. Her partner Goga is in prison. They get married, so she gains the right to talk to him once a month in the visiting room on the other side of the glass. The ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
prison, prison life, family relations, couple relations, confined, couples, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, crumbling marriage, woman, post soviet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia (former ussr)
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
crumbling marriage, self discovery, family problems, couple relations, couples, elderly, aging, midlife crisis, unfulfillment
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
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39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as ...
Style:
realistic, saga, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family business, fall in love, society, workplace, parents and children, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, rivalry, inheritance, friendship, german history ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany, europe, northern germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Teacher Anne and policeman Georg are thought of as the perfect couple. However, appearances are deceptive: one of them is covered with scars and bruises. But which one is the abuser?
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
marriage, family problems, couples, conflict, police officer, unsupportive spouse, sex scene, love, family relations, society, helplessness, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and because she feels she has someone to love; someone who can love her in return. Everything changes when ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, teenage life, immaturity, family problems, couples, hopes, babies and infants, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, youth, mother child relationship, motherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An ordinary housewife, Yeong-hye, who has nightmares every night, finally becomes a vegetarian, throwing away all the meats in her refrigerator. Her husband Kil-soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. ...
Style:
sincere, serious, thought provoking, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
unfaithful husband, couples, family relations, couple relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, human nature, family in crisis, siblings relations, unfulfillment, marriage crisis, divorce ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, breakup, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, downfall, unfulfillment, down on your luck, job seeking, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Everyone falls into self destructive habits. Automatic lets us view a small cross-section of the lives of six characters as they struggle to break free from the automatic behavior that drives their lives.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
love and romance, couple relations, human nature, family problems, couples, sexual relations, destiny, crumbling marriage, hopes, unfulfillment, womanizer, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
176
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Michèle shares her life with Paul, her husband and work colleague. She has a lover, Thomas, a musician with whom she has been having a passionate affair for some time. Attracted by Thomass non-conformity and lust for life, Michèle abandons her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, love affair, life turned upside down, family relations, couples, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Adrift begins with the wedding of Duyen and Hai. Duyen is a beautiful tourist guide and translator who marries Hai, a taxi driver who is two years her junior. Duyen thinks the marriage will make her happy but it turns out more difficult, especially ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, sexual relations, couple relations, self discovery, forbidden love, couples, estrangement, unfulfillment, family problems, tour guide, lgbt, lgbtq ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, cancer, illness, male nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
estrangement, life is a bitch, writer's life, single parent, couple relations, family problems, family in crisis, relationship vs career, couples, alcohol abuse, crumbling marriage, haunted by the past ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple in a failing marriage begin to cheat on each other using the power of the internet.
Style:
sexy, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
cheating wife, infidelity, couple relations, extramarital affair, unfulfillment, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, sexual relations, affair, nude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father, evolves into the story of a brake-up. With the dead father lurking in the background, secrets gradually emerge threatening to destroy their marriage.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love, marriage, family relations, infidelity, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, unfulfillment, emotionless, resentment, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
czech republic, denmark, europe, central europe, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marc is a passionate cyclist and urban slacker who avoids work and responsibility. Marc's life changes from one moment to the next when he suffers a life-changing accident. He can either wallow in self-pity or tackle the beast called life with ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
cyclist, hopes, life is a bitch, couple relations, disability, parents and children, misfit, human nature, human spirit, redemption, family relations, new love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Billie and Louis have the good fortune of loving each other passionately and of having a family. But then one day terrible news turns their existence and that of their friends' upside down. Marie, a famous actress who is Billie's friend ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
terminal illness, family relations, parents and children, introspection, couples, society, friends, suburbs, unfulfillment, suburban life, mother daughter relationship, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in France attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasingly complex view of the outside world.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
self discovery, culture clash, crumbling marriage, love and romance, lifestyle, society, couples, family problems, infidelity, social differences, youth, male female relationship ...
Place:
france, paris france, israel, middle east, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, parent child relationship, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, clinic, mental institution, parents and children, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ditte owns a gallery, has a loving boyfriend and her dream job in New York is within reach. But Ditte is also the youngest generation of the famous bakery dynasty, Rheinwald, and when her beloved, but dominating father comes down with a serious ...
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
family business, workplace, follow your dream, couples, parents and children, family problems, hopes, couple relations, cooking and food, father daughter relationship, food, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Pierre and Elisabeth, a couple in their thirties, move with their baby into a cottage on a lake for the summer. The setting is idyllic, and the couple’s happiness seems within reach. Every day, Pierre goes to work in the city while Elisabeth ...
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realistic, psychological, serious, sentimental, bleak ...
Plot:
couple relations, pregnancy, family problems, family relations, couples, mentally unstable, babies and infants, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, introspection, parents and children, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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sexual, realistic, serious, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
female nudity, male nudity, prostitute, obsession, factory, voyeurism, truck driver, jealous husband, family problems, couples, womanizer, love and romance ...
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27%
234
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
talky, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, hopes, unfulfillment, introspection, crumbling marriage, couple relations, society, love and romance, dishonesty, couples ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
denmark, europe
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27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A family drama that explodes from one small incident where a man slaps another couple's misbehaving child. This seemingly minor domestic dispute pulls the family apart, exposes long-held secrets, and ignites a lawsuit that challenges the core ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating
Plot:
family problems, couples, family relations, infidelity, friendship, suburbs, parents and children, society, courtroom, friends, couple relations, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
tragic love, couple relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, family relations, couples, terminal illness, parents and children, unfulfillment, fighting illness, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A couple's marriage falls apart after the death of their son. Based on Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf"
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, bleak, psychological
Plot:
couple relations, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, couples, death in the family, dealing with death, guilt, female nudity, male nudity, psychological drama, shower, female full frontal nudity
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by ...
Style:
serious, sincere, disturbing, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
parents and children, mental illness, family relations, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, suspense, life is a bitch, bittersweet, homecoming, family gatherings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
infidelity, crumbling marriage, vengeance, family problems, introspection, dishonesty, redemption, couple relations, family relations, couples, parents and children, love affair ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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