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Ember (2016)
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Original name: Kor
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child who needs immediate surgery. She takes a job as a needle worker at a garment workshop where she comes across Ziya, her husband's former boss. He can't stay indifferent when he learns what the woman he once fancied is going through. When Cemal returns months later, he finds Emine working at the garment workshop and their son healthy. A hospital bill he accidentally sees reveals that Ziya has paid for the surgery and Emine hid this fact. Will Cemal, who already blames Ziya for what he went through and is extremely jealous of Emine, be able to confront this situation or choose to ignore it?
Style:
suspense, philosophical, brutal, realistic, disturbing, art house
Plot:
sex with friend's wife, abusive husband, betrayal by friend, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, jealous husband, marriage, divorce, secret, husband wife relationship, old love, worried mother, violence, illness, women's issues, cheating on husband, female nudity, sex scene, middle aged woman, rough sex, single mother, sex with coworker, bench
Place:
turkey
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Most similar movies to Ember
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, captivating, suspense and psychological films with plots about husband wife relationship, cheating wife, sex scene, family relations, female nudity, family problems and adultery mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Ember: Close Quarters (2020), Fate (2001), Ordinary People (2016), The Waiting Room (2003), Dreamchild (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Manuel and Lupe want to have a baby. When Manuel discovers he is infertile, he starts to fall apart both physically and emotionally. After exploring several options, Manuel turns to Rubén, his new friend, to act as their donor.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension, suspense
Plot:
infertility, wife pregnant by another man, sperm donor, sex with friend's wife, cheating wife, wanting a baby, cuckolded husband, sexless marriage, pregnant wife, marriage, cuckold husband, machismo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Musa, a customs clerk, lives quietly with his mother. Tragedy and change come for him, as they do for everyone, and he must confront his own attitude towards life’s absurdity.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, existential, spiritual ...
Plot:
destiny, human nature, couple relations, existentialism, atheism, absurdism, dialogue, death, fate, art, alienation, spirituality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, balkan, turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tagalog ...
Plot:
child, sex scene, husband wife relationship, family relations, violence, missing child, mother child relationship, money, child abduction, twists and turns, life lesson, pregnant teenager ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Zeki Demirkubuz plays the lead character Ahmet who wants to make a film about Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'. He falls into a deep depression, loses interest in the film and life, pushes those who love him away and cannot ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, aesthetic ...
Plot:
depressed man, depression, crime and punishment, director, betrayal, husband wife relationship, creative block, family relations, crisis of conscience, family problems, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
infidelity, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, couples, society, dishonesty, family relations, love, love and romance, escapades, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
20K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bekir is in love with Ugur, who loves Zagor, who loves to commit crimes.
Style:
tense, serious, art house, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
fall in love, destiny, romancing a criminal, on the run, estrangement, hopes, crime gone awry, love and romance, murder, fighting illness, impossible love, desire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, balkan, asia, europe, istanbul turkey ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love affair, midlife crisis, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, illicit affair, confession, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
52%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seniha lives with her brother Halit and his wife Mükerrem. When Nüzhet, the handsome son of the richest family in town, sets his eyes on the married Mükerrem, she is at first disgusted with Nüzhet’s overt sexual innuendo. However, it isn’t ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, art house, twisted
Plot:
envy, family relations, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, costume ball, relationship problems, family problems, moral dilemma, small town life, sister in law sister in law relationship, depression, sex scene ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Ahmet, who had recently lost his wife and little daughter in a traffic accident while he was away with his lover, is a prominent person dealing with "head work". As someone who does not care for anybody and does not knuckle under ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, art house
Plot:
loss, loneliness, family problems, adultery, adulterous husband, loss of wife, loss of child, lifestyle change, changing lives, lifestyle, lonely, lovers ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tulay, a restless woman whose marriage is slowly disintegrating sets out to come to terms with various traumas while continually being watched by Halit, a resident in her apartment complex.
Style:
art house, realistic, serious, psychological
Plot:
male nudity, cheating wife, neuroscience, family relations, couples, master and servant, crumbling marriage, cause and meaning, escape from reality, naked in public, sex scene, mental disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Because of unexpected problems at his sister’s house, he finds himself in a cheap hotel where he meets a man, a woman, and a child who will change his life in unexpected ways…
Style:
art house, psychological, gloomy, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, death, advice, turk, slow burn, women's issues, kurd, muslim, hidden treasure, lonely, couples, murder ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
turkey, middle east
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mariana and Julian are a couple that have been happily married for many years. They have two kids: Juan Maria and Bibiana. They are in love and are very successful in their professional lives. They have a wonderful sex life and in the foreplay that ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, hot
Plot:
unfaithful, open marriage, cuckold, unfaithful wife, marital infidelity, horny wife, swinger couple, infidelity, husband wife relationship, lovers, male female relationship, forbidden love ...
Similarity:
44%
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Undergroud", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, contemplative, serious, art house ...
Plot:
cause and meaning, introspection, artists and showbiz, writer's life, hopes, humiliation, loneliness, existentialism, losing-it hero, party, advice, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
balkan, middle east, turkey
Similarity:
44%
521
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sex, violence, betrayal and madness coalesce in this disturbing drama from Argentinean filmmaker Albertina Carri. Nati is a disturbed young girl living with her father Poldo and mother Alejandra in a remote, hardscrabble farming community. Nati, ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, tense, eros
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, female nudity, unhappy wife, mute girl, adultery, unfaithful wife, unhappy marriage, husband wife relationship, suspicion of adultery, family problems, marital problem ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Nicolas (Sébastien Boivin) lives a rather harmonious relationship with Valérie (Natasha M. Leroux), punctuated visits to a swinger club of the city. During a supper with two couples of friends, the audacious Valerie reveals her desire to introduce ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
jealous husband, swinger, open relationship, cheating wife, friendship, jealousy, infidelity, husband wife relationship, couple relations, open marriage, couples, sexual relations ...
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After years together, Petr and Hana, partners in work and in life, share their unspoken erotic fantasies. What begins as an innocent conversation gradually turns into curious experimentation with a non-monogamous approach to their relationship. But ...
Plot:
open marriage, sex scene, polyamory, promiscuous woman, naked breasts, unfaithfulness, horny woman, sex with friend's wife, polygamy, cheating wife, erotica, promiscuity ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
hot and sexy, therapy, unhappy marriage, doctor patient relationship, marital problem, male female relationship, psychology, husband wife relationship, psychologist, family life, family problems, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Turkish diaspora in Germany proves the catalyst for this noir-flavored drama concerning the unlikely friendship between a veteran of the Afghan-Soviet war and a middle-aged Turk in need of a helping hand.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
abusive husband, forbidden love, immigrant, couples, dangerous attraction, crimes of passion, estrangement, couple relations, love and romance, dishonesty, life is a bitch, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.
Style:
psychological, suspense, emotional, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
cheating wife, cheating on husband, relationships, grief, infidelity, fatherhood, loss, missing child, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, forest ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Drama - A career woman stuck in an unhappy marriage struggles to find happiness. - Chuti Tiu, Kipp Shiotani, Dana Lee
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, tense ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, sex scene, culture clash, crumbling marriage, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, immigrant, sexual content, rebellion, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An estranged couple receives an unexpected visitor who throws everything in their family off balance.
Style:
sexy
Plot:
cuckolded husband, orgy, sex club, sex with friend's wife, adultery, unfaithful wife, marital crisis, mature woman, obsession, routine, sexual relations, childhood sweetheart ...
Similarity:
42%
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, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
sex scene, dominant woman, marriage, family problems, couples, police officer, conflict, unsupportive spouse, love, family relations, society, sex with friend's wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
actress, male female relationship, cheating girlfriend, infidelity, cheating wife, marital problem, adulterer, life is a bitch, family problems, cheating on husband, prostitution, adultery ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
While both living under demanding conditions of city life, Sevda and Zuhal’s paths intersect when Sevda’s husband Cezmi starts having an affair with Zuhal. This betrayal is life threatening for Sevda, who considers her marriage and the perfect ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
dysfunctional family, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, marital problem, adultery, relationships, troubled marriage, family relations, relationship problems, adulterous husband, city life, dysfunctional marriage ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nick, an adulterous New Yorker, and his wife, Sarah, relocate to the Midwest for a fresh start. Nick soon befriends a wealthy local farmer and discovers a secret he's been keeping is not so easily left behind in this erotic and surreal drama.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy
Plot:
starting over, femme fatale, hopes, dangerous attraction, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, couple relations, unfulfillment, cuckolded husband, cheating on husband, husband wife relationship, unhappy wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
missouri, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Turkish writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu offers a parallel study of two women — a psychiatrist with a long-time live-in partner and a wife in a conservative, nearly tyrannical household — in this study of the possibilities and limitations that ...
Style:
sexual, psychological, captivating, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
psychiatrist patient relationship, abusive relationship, repressed sexuality, small town, female psychiatrist, psychiatric patient, women, small town life, opposites attract, family relations, female protagonist, family problems ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the ...
Style:
captivating, touching, suspense, sentimental, art house
Plot:
loss of son, husband wife relationship, doctor, little boy, honor, tradition, money, business, mother in law daughter in law relationship, women's issues, immigration, fiancee ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, balkan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When blushing bride Sara Ross ties the knot with her seemingly perfect, handsome newlywed husband Leo, she soon starts to suspect that not only is Leo a thief and a conman but also quite possibly a killer, and that she just might be the next bride ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
unhappy marriage, marriage, troubled past, marital problem, relationship problems, dark past, criminal, secret, husband wife relationship, murderer, secret past, dysfunctional marriage ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by True Events An abused wife and mother to a young boy escapes her violent husband and heads for California with her son. She soon learns that her husband has accused her of kidnapping and the law is in hot pursuit. Now a fugitive, she ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense
Plot:
life is a bitch, family problems, relationships, parents and children, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, marital problem, man hits a woman, violence, husband wife relationship, false accusation, runaway ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Lena is a talented midwife and gynaecologist, her husband Serezha is an actor at a provincial drama theatre. They are close and gentle with each other, but there is no sex. Lena suspects that Serezha has an affair, but she worries quietly and does ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, melancholic, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sexual relations, female nudity, jealousy, extramarital affair, unsimulated sex, cheating wife, explicit sex, unhappy marriage, lust, unfaithful wife, desire, looking for sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
40%
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