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You Will Be My Son (2011)
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Original name: Tu seras mon fils
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a wine-maker: persistence, creative insight and technical prowess matched with passion for the job and the product, and Paul frequently reminds him of this, whether explicitly or in subtle gestures. When Philippe, the son of his manager, appears at the vineyard, Paul leaps at the chance to name him as his successor, neglecting the wishes of his own son...
Style:
serious, emotional, suspense, captivating, culinary, tense, realistic, gloomy, vintage
Plot:
wine, family business, favoritism, rivalry, intrigue, workplace, family problems, introspection, countryside, father son relationship, favoritism among siblings, vineyard, farming, family relations, parents and children, family life, workplace intrigue, family in crisis, siblings relations, estate, dishonesty, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, murder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, tense and captivating films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, rivalry, family in crisis, murder and father son relationship mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like You Will Be My Son: A Sister's Secret (2009), The Flower of Evil (2003), The Night Clerk (2011), How I Killed My Father (2001), Through the Air (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
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Plot:
homecoming, murder, family relations, vengeance, workplace, dishonesty, betrayal, parents and children, family business, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, political thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, incest, politics, cousins in love, haunted by the past, womanizer, murder, bourgeoisie, society, family problems, parents and children, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
vichy, france
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Frédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a luxurious mountain hotel. When one of the hotel guests disappears one evening and is later found dead, Frédéric suspects he may have been killed by the ...
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mind bending, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
mountain, missing person, rehabilitation, social misfits, isolation, confined, workplace, misfit, dishonesty, danger, boss and employee, intern ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?
Style:
atmospheric, serious, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
murder, aging, family relations, homecoming, parents and children, clinic, family life, estrangement, resentment, family problems, siblings relations, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
africa, europe, czechoslovakia, versailles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problems. One day at the shooting range he meets the mysterious Renaud who promises him a solution to his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
contract killing, parents and children, moral dilemma, conspiracy, couples, danger, family problems, family in crisis, contract killer, pig, money, train ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of a Gap catalog. But when he finds out that Sarah, his wife, is cheating on him with Greg ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, sincere, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
infidelity, accidental killing, downfall, redemption, law firm, couples, starting over, haunted by the past, disposing of a dead body, fleeing the country, motivation, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe, montenegro, paris france, france, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, ambition, office, trading, dishonesty, rivalry, rise to the top, workplace, stock broker, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, boss and employee ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxer, gangster, haunted by the past, danger, parents and children, athlete and trainer, escape from reality, family problems, starting over, boxing, rivalry, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his ...
Style:
political thriller, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trial, mole, uncover truth, haunted by the past, solidarity, working class, family relations, society, life is a bitch, labor union, father son relationship, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, a woman returns home to care for her sister.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
country girl, lawyer, sister, estrangement, family relations, introspection, siblings relations, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, death in the family ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, starting over, single parent, teenage life, family problems, death in the family, youth, introspection, hopes, parents and children, family in crisis, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
nightclub, siblings relations, life turned upside down, unlikely criminals, society, nightlife, down on your luck, disorder, nothing goes right, family business, european, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
434
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, revolt, friendship, parents and children, fighting the system, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, suffering, employee, middle aged man, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This finely acted, delicate and provocative new film by one of France’s most impressive filmmakers—working here with his son, Nathan—depicts the troubled life of an adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a ...
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, pre-teens
Plot:
mother son reunion, youth, foster child, disorder, adoption, parents and children, haunted by the past, mother son relationship, family problems, family relations, mischievous children, siblings relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, tense, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
french politics, politics, workplace, workplace situations, state affairs, boss and employee, disagreement, politician, prime minister, business, female nudity, fatal accident ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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:
sincere, serious, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, family relations, parents and children, introspection, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, housewife, berlin wall, stasi, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Style:
emotional, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hopes, siblings relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, memory loss, investigation, haunted by the past, flashback, family relations, society, family life, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
36%
363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
gang, danger, family relations, parents and children, mafia, murder, father son relationship, lawyer, reprisal, rivalry, black, violent content ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. He is about to celebrate his baptism when his half-brother Fred returns after fifteen years in prison. Together, with their last brother, the violent, hot-headed Michael and their Christian ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
on the road, crime gone awry, youth, coming of age, profanity, on the run, running from police, thief, rivalry, murder, danger, chase ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
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268
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent hunting, fishing and daydreaming. Out-of-nowhere, disrupting this tranquility, a mysterious intense figure ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
father son relationship, mercenary, hitman, teenage life, single parent, isolation, youth, life is a bitch, family relations, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
32%
468
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, political unrest, society, state affairs, parents and children, danger, rivalry, human nature, greek, riot, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. When his father is dismissed for smoking on the factory floor, Matthieu is incensed and tries to have him reinstated, in vain. His brother has just got ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, rough
Plot:
factory, vengeance, workplace intrigue, misled, parents and children, rivalry, righting the wronged, workplace, dishonesty, workplace situations, family relations, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
france, normandy, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A television drama that revolves around a family that runs a pharmaceutical company.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Plot:
family business, pharmaceutical company, family relations, workplace, family problems, parents and children, love, rivalry, couples, ethical dilemma, family drama, morality ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monday morning. Paul Wertret, 50, heads off to his job as a manager at the International Credit and Trade Bank. He arrives at 8 o'clock on the dot, as usual. He enters a meeting room, takes out a gun and kills two of his bosses. Then he locks ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, sincere, non-linear ...
Plot:
bank, introspection, losing-it hero, unlikely criminals, rivalry, workplace, road not taken, workplace situations, boss and employee, murder, suicide, business ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dans la région de Marseille, un patron prépare à l’insu de ses ouvriers la délocalisation de son usine, couplée d’un détournement de 2 millions d’euros. Franck, l’un de ses salariés l’apprend et, sans en parler à sa femme Hélène, ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, working class, social decay, society, workplace, injustice, factory worker, factory, danger, rivalry, friendship, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, south of france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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26%
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