Movies like The Mighty Angel

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The Mighty Angel (2014)
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The Mighty Angel (2014)
Original name: Pod Mocnym Aniołem
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy drinker. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. He falls in love with a young girl (Julia Kijowska) and finally feels that he has got the person and the reason to live for. But soon he yields to his addiction.
Style: serious, realistic, cynical, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, touching, gloomy
Plot: alcohol abuse, addiction, rehabilitation, haunted by the past, writer's life, clinic, life is a bitch, hopes, unfulfillment, alcoholism, depression, writers, alcoholic, destructive relationship, female nudity, infidelity, woman on top, hiding place, alcohol, drugs/alcohol
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: poland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and gloomy films with plots about life is a bitch, alcohol abuse, addiction, hopes, family problems, unfulfillment and alcoholic mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Mighty Angel: Smashed (2012), We're All Christs (2006), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), Cet amour-là (2001), My Name Is Bill W. (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Smashed (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, ...
Style: sincere, depressing, touching, realistic, indie film ...
Plot: addiction, alcoholic, rehabilitation, support group, teacher, alcohol abuse, depression, introspection, irresponsible, recovery, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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We're All Christs (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intelectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.
Style: serious, surreal, sincere, realistic, gloomy
Plot: dysfunctional family, self destructing, alcohol abuse, family relations, life is a bitch, alcoholic father, family problems, redemption, parents and children, addiction, father son relationship, alcoholic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland, europe
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100%
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Style: sexy, poignant, realistic, depressing, black and white ...
Plot: addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, alcoholics anonymous, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, recovery, love, drinking, drunk, drug addiction, secretary ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, usa, texas, california, houston texas
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100%
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Cet amour-là (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, serious, sincere ...
Plot: destiny, wartime life, soldier, lifestyle, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, couple relations, family relations, couples, culture clash, love affair ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism. Along with a fellow alcoholic (James Garner) he forms a support ...
Style: touching, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: addiction, rehabilitation, support group, recovery, family problems, friendship, human spirit, self discovery, hopes, drug abuse, coping, against the odds ...
Time: 1930s, year 1929, 1920s
Place: usa
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44%
Dangerous Parking (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Noah Arkwright, a successful, hard living and indulgent independent British film director, finally decides to try and defeat the many addictions that are destroying him, his career and the people who care for him. But Mother Nature has other tests ...
Style: emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: addiction, starting over, hopes, life is a bitch, sex addict, alcoholic, filmmaking, group sex, artists and showbiz, terminal illness, verbal byplay, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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44%
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Junkhearts (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot: haunted by the past, change of luck, society, youth, hopes, alcohol abuse, confronting the past, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, troubled past, male female relationship, friendship, brutality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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44%
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Drunks (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, ...
Style: independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, drug addiction, drug, addiction, alcohol abuse, drinking, recovery, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, drug addict, heroin ...
Time: 90s
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44%
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Cocaine Angel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A week in the life of a young drug addict.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, mumblecore ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, downfall, drug dealing, hopes, lifestyle, fired from the job, going straight, prostitute, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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43%
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Applause (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, estrangement, starting over, family relations, family problems, hopes, actor's life, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, parents and children, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Yellow Scarf (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 59 min.
Story: The main character - a man who suffers from alcoholism - wants to change his tumultuous life. The day before Christmas Eve he receives a gift from his son - a yellow scarf. A gift is a kind of talisman he receives from loved ones, and every time he ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: christmas, alcoholic, drunkenness, drunkard, crisis, social problems, family problems, life is a bitch, relationship problems, alcohol abuse, drinking, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Freddy Hotel (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.
Style: serious, atmospheric, touching, realistic, bleak
Plot: couple relations, losing-it hero, unfulfillment, writer's life, dull life, cause and meaning, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse, hotel, disintegration, drugs/alcohol
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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42%
The End of Innocence (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: nervous breakdown, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, rehabilitation center, addiction, power relations, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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42%
The Fire Within (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Alain Leroy is a recovering alcoholic who decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living.
Style: philosophical, art house, depressing, independent film, existential ...
Plot: suicide, depression, addiction, existentialism, melancholy, alcoholism, drinking, solitude, character study, european, loneliness, mental illness ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe, versailles
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Playing Hard (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, sincere
Plot: addiction, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, social relations, social problems, female protagonist, women, alcohol abuse, society, female alcoholic, alcoholic, generation gap ...
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Liverpool (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: sailor, homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, alcoholic, society, alcohol abuse, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
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41%
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The Still Life (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Fueled by original music by members of Guns N' Roses, Bad Religion, No Doubt, Skid Row, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hootie & The Blowfish and more... The Still Life tells the story of artist Julian Lamont who struggles to pick up the pieces of ...
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: painter, recluse, rise and fall, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, ambition, addiction, destruction, art, breakup, artists' life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Particles of Truth (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, independent film, gloomy
Plot: life is a bitch, mental illness, human nature, introspection, haunted by the past, family life, couples, family problems, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family relations, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
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: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, psychological ...
Plot: life is a bitch, estrangement, relationship vs career, haunted by the past, alcohol abuse, crumbling marriage, couple relations, family problems, couples, writer's life, single parent, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, iceland
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40%
Clean and Sober (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the ...
Style: realistic, touching, compassionate, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, introspection, alcoholism, alcoholic, drug abuse, yuppie, alcoholics anonymous, drug, tragedy, character study, recovery ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, philadelphia
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39%
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Most High (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: losing-it hero, rehabilitation, downfall, addiction, family problems, under the surface, couples, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug, drug addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii
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39%
A Cross to Bear (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Mother of a 15-month old daughter and would-be dancer, fighting alcoholism and the hardships of living on the streets gets help from a home for women and tries to find the will to live and get her life back on track
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, humorous
Plot: starting over, friendship, adoption, life is a bitch, pregnancy, couples, family relations, addiction, optimism, hopes, alcohol abuse, babies and infants ...
Time: 21st century
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39%
Deep in the Heart (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations. Guiding him is a spiritual figure he calls "The Bearded Man".
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, captivating ...
Plot: starting over, support group, hopes, alcohol abuse, mysterious stranger, college, rise to the top, society, friendship, lifestyle change, changing lives, alcoholic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Belonging (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, touching
Plot: family relations, love affair, family problems, betrayal, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, society, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, infidelity, working class, couples ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Refuge (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The lives of a Hollywood actress battling drug addiction, a teen with a violent past, a teacher fighting to keep a dream alive, and a cop caught in a love triangle are brought together by fate.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, touching, independent film ...
Plot: love triangle, haunted by the past, hopes, redemption, youth, dedicated educator, addiction, high school life, love
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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38%
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Me and Will (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two women with a passion for motorcycles meet while going through rehab. When they discover they've both longed to ride Captain America's red, white, and blue chopper from Easy Rider, they escape the rehab clinic and hit the highway in ...
Style: road movie, independent film, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: motorcycle, biker, bike, drug addiction, addiction, road trip, escape, profanity, friends, drug abuse, clinic, on the road ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, los angeles
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38%
She Is Not Crying, She Is Singing (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A tale of deliverance. Laura, 27 years old, lives alone in the outskirts of a large town. She learns that her father is in a coma, after a serious car accident. She decides to visit him at the hospital as a last opportunity to settle old scores, ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot: hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, family secret, car accident, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
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38%
Black Limousine (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A ghost story set in the city of dreams (IMDb.com).
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot: hollywood, artists and showbiz, introspection, down on your luck, downfall, addiction, depression, love interest, accidental death, surrealism, father daughter relationship, existentialism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Secret Life of Zoey (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style: humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rehabilitation, drug abuse, drug addict, doctors and patients, drug dealing, introspection, teenage life, going straight, hopes, life is a bitch, family problems, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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38%
Under the Volcano (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in ...
Style: atmospheric, depressing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, alcoholism, depression, dysfunctional family, addiction, greed, introspection, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, one day ...
Time: 1930s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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