Movies like Ember

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Ember (2016)
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Ember (2016)
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, unfaithful wife, jealous husband, marriage, divorce, secret, husband wife relationship, old love, worried mother, cheating wife, violence, illness, betrayal by friend, women's issues, cheating on husband, middle aged woman, sex scene, rough sex, single mother, sex with coworker, bench
Place: turkey

Most similar movies to Ember

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, psychological and suspense films with plots about husband wife relationship, family relations, cheating wife, female nudity, family problems, unfaithful wife and sex scene mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ember: Ordinary People (2016), The Waiting Room (2003), Ambivalence (2018), Close Quarters (2020), Destiny (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ordinary People (2016)
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, disturbing, suspenseful, tragic ending ...
Plot: child, husband wife relationship, family relations, mother child relationship, money, missing child, violence, child abduction, twists and turns, sex scene, life lesson, gays and lesbians ...
Place: the philippines
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The Waiting Room (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 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: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, slow cinema ...
Plot: depressed man, betrayal, crime and punishment, director, family in crisis, family relations, life is a bitch, male female relationship, creative block, relationships, crisis of conscience, depression ...
Place: turkey
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Ambivalence (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Two friends, young psychiatrists, perceive life in different ways. One wants to do the right thing. The second is to experiment. One is a diligent student. The second is the troublemaker. One loves, hating. The second hates, loving. It's a pity ...
Style: realistic, captivating, surprise ending, retro, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, love triangle, love affair, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, sex with stepmother, horny wife, older woman teenage boy sex, best friend, friendship, male female relationship, love interest ...
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Close Quarters (2020)
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
Plot: infertility, wife pregnant by another man, sperm donor, sex with friend's wife, cuckolded husband, marriage, cheating wife, wanting a baby, pregnant wife, husband wife relationship, horny woman, sexual relations ...
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Destiny (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bekir is in love with Ugur, who loves Zagor, who loves to commit crimes.
Style: serious, tense, art house, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: romancing a criminal, life is a bitch, on the run, fall in love, estrangement, hopes, crime gone awry, love and romance, murder, destiny, fighting illness, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, balkan, asia, europe, istanbul turkey ...
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Block C (1994)
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, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot: male nudity, crumbling marriage, master and servant, couples, family relations, cause and meaning, escape from reality, naked in public, woman, public nudity, mental disorder, absent husband ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: turkey
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36%
Rule: Fidelity to the Limit (2014)
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, hot
Plot: open marriage, swinger couple, cuckold, unfaithful wife, horny wife, infidelity, unfaithful, lovers, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Cars of the Revolution (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story: It is just after the military take over of the administration in 1960. The new head of state believes Turkey can only be independent if it is economically strong. After sounding out the weak private sector and most of the senior bureaucrats, it is ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, serious, art house ...
Plot: working class, contests and competitions, patriotism, factory, inventions and discoveries, politics, race against time, chases and races, turk, economist, leadership, labor union ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Anger (2008)
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, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, mute girl, unhappy wife, female nudity, coitus, cheating on husband, unhappy marriage, husband wife relationship, adultery ...
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Great Plains (2016)
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: realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: abusive husband, relationships, life is a bitch, parents and children, false accusation, marital problem, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, accusation, child abuse, violence, domestic violence ...
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34%
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Inside (2012)
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: psychological, realistic, contemplative, serious, art house ...
Plot: cause and meaning, introspection, hopes, writer's life, artists and showbiz, humiliation, loneliness, existentialism, party, advice, alienation, dull life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: balkan, middle east, turkey
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34%
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Pretty Rosebud (2014)
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: serious, sincere, tense, touching, realistic ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, culture clash, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unsupportive spouse, immigrant, sexual content, infidelity, workplace situations, society, workplace, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
After the Waterfall (2010)
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: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: cheating wife, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, relationships, family relations, pregnant wife, infidelity, mysterious disappearance, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, police investigation ...
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Jerichow (2008)
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, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Plot: abusive husband, immigrant, forbidden love, hot and sexy, adultery, dangerous attraction, crimes of passion, estrangement, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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33%
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Dreamchild (2020)
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, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: infidelity, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, pregnant woman, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, society, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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The Choice (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: couples, husband wife relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family relations, marital reconciliation, marriage, pregnancy, marital problem, violence, pregnant wife, sexual abuse ...
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The Bride (1973)
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, sentimental, suspense, art house
Plot: loss of son, honor, doctor, little boy, husband wife relationship, business, mother in law daughter in law relationship, money, tradition, women's issues, immigration, fiancee ...
Place: istanbul turkey, balkan, turkey
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33%
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To Take a Wife (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, touching, serious, suspenseful
Plot: extramarital affair, marriage crisis, coercion, conflict, family feud, lovers, marriage, divorce, israeli, dysfunctional family, synagogue, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2004, 70s
Place: israel, palestine, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Urban Feel (1999)
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, adultery, unfaithful wife, group sex, sex club, sex with friend's wife, mature woman, marital crisis, obsession, routine, sexual awakening ...
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Vows of Deceit (2018)
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: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: unhappy marriage, troubled past, confronting the past, husband wife relationship, marriage, secret past, marital problem, troubled marriage, relationship problems, dark past, secret, dysfunctional marriage ...
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The Whole Truth (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Paola began an affair with a surgeon who is irresistibly drawn. But her husband is police and is investigating the death of this man's last lover.
Style: captivating, enigmatic, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot: cheating wife, murder investigation, love triangle, husband wife relationship, killings, infidelity, murder, tragic love, investigation, female protagonist, forbidden love, secret ...
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Clair Obscur (2016)
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: psychological, disturbing, captivating, sexual, art house
Plot: psychiatrist patient relationship, small town, female psychiatrist, repressed sexuality, psychiatric patient, small town life, women, abusive relationship, troubled marriage, relationship problems, female protagonist, family relations ...
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Delinquent Season (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two couples appear to live in marital bliss until cracks begin to appear in both seemingly steady marriages. The film asks the question 'How well do any of us really know each other' and explores the ideas of love, lust, and family ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thought provoking, rough, romantic ...
Plot: marriage, infidelity, love, lust, friendship, abusive husband, sex with friend's wife, middle class, marital problem, troubled marriage, husband wife conflict, passionate sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Swingers (2007)
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: swinger, jealous husband, extramarital affair, cheating wife, open relationship, infidelity, jealousy, friendship, couple relations, husband wife relationship, open marriage, jealous man ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Counterparts (2007)
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, sex scene, couples, police officer, conflict, unsupportive spouse, family relations, love, society, sex with friend's wife, dominant woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Our Time (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Set in a traditional world of bullfighting ranches in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, “Where Life is Born” tells the story of Juan and Ester, a couple who have an open relationship, and the problems that arise when Ester falls in love with ...
Style: touching, melancholic, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: open marriage, adultery, cuckold, family life, female nudity, cheating wife, sexually dissatisfied wife, teenage sexuality, husband wife relationship, lovers, oral sex, jealousy ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Brutal Hopelessness of Love (2007)
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: suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: actress, adultery, family relations, infidelity, husband wife relationship, family problems, adulterer, cheating on husband, relationship problems, cheating wife, prostitute, prostitution ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Guests in the Villa (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A sudden tragedy hits a wealthy middle-class family from North-East Italy. Tensions, hidden secrets and small hypocrisies emerge.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, noir, suspense ...
Plot: uninvited guest, tragic event, family secret, mansion, secret, wealthy family, husband wife relationship, family tragedy, family problems, family relations, tragedy
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Gravedigger's Wife (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Somalia, Qatar
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: illness, family problems, life is a bitch, social problems, money problems, family relations, fighting illness, needing money, husband wife relationship, money, afro
Place: africa, somalia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.0
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Mine Alone (2001)
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, abusive relationship, best friend, pregnancy, family relations, fall in love, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, love and romance, babies and infants ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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