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Custody (2017)
 7.5
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Custody (2017)
Original name: Jusqu'à la garde
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody to her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, disturbing, emotional, stylized, cult film
Plot: custody battle, divorce, lie, child custody, lawyer, child, violent father, parent child relationship, divorced parents, husband wife relationship, police, boy, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, psychology, youth, sexual abuse, violence against women, boyhood, domestic violence, jealousy, judge, fear, anger, female lawyer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, serious and realistic films with plots about father son relationship, family relations, cell phone, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship and apology mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Custody: Loveless (2017), Edge of Winter (2016), Thunder Road (2018), The Book of Henry (2017), Them That Follow (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Loveless (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening ...
Style: psychological, melancholic, bleak, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: divorce, missing child, disappearance, search party, dysfunctional family, anger, dispute, selfishness, dysfunctional marriage, suspense, sex scene, broken family ...
Time: year 2012, year 2015, 2010s
Place: russia, moscow russia
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Edge of Winter (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological thriller
Plot: winter, brother brother relationship, wilderness, cold weather, stranded, suspense, father son relationship, mentally unstable, divorced parents, child in peril, survival, parent child relationship ...
Place: ontario canada, canada
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 7.0
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Thunder Road (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Officer Arnaud raises his daughter as a love letter to his late Mom.
Style: touching, humorous, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, judge, school, police, lawyer, divorce, family relations, death of mother, friendship, child custody, funeral, love and romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, austin texas, cannes
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Book of Henry (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry ...
Style: touching, emotional, sad, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: boy genius, genius, boy, single mother, friendship, child prodigy, suicide, death of brother, mother son relationship, small town, fear, child abuse ...
Place: new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Them That Follow (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, dark
Plot: snake, teenage girl, religion, pastor, father daughter relationship, secret, friendship, guilt, fiance fiancee relationship, lie, escapades, adaptation ...
Place: appalachia
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 5.9
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Voyoucratie (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Voyoucratie is FGKO’s new film project. It’s a dramatic fiction about a young gangster’s chaotic path into life crushed by a criminal universe that he can’t escape from. It’s also about a frozen portrait of a youth trapped by a system that ...
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: father son relationship, murder, heist, money, police, drug dealer, swashbuckler, family relations, going straight, youth, violence, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.5
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Swallow (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
Style: psychological, art house, dark, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: obsession, control, mental disorder, husband wife relationship, child born of rape, bored housewife, pregnancy, self harm, safari, party, biological father, pregnant woman ...
Time: 2010s
Place: pittsburgh, new york state, africa
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22%
 7.6
 111K
The Wave (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, emotional, political, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: fascism, experiment, suicide, nazism, teacher, bullying, teachers and students, dictatorship, high school, education, against humanity, politics ...
Place: germany, california, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 5.7
 7K
Uncertainty (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Every choice has a consequence. But what if the flip of a coin could trigger two separate but parallel destinies? Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kate (Lynn Collins) are a young New York couple at a crossroads whose lives are about to take very ...
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, clever, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: on the run, destiny, family gatherings, couple relations, father son relationship, fear, little girl, husband wife relationship, time warp, time travel, couples, road not taken ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.7
 62K
The Salesman (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Style: intense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, harsh ...
Plot: revenge, rape, suspense, hospital, attack, surveillance, teacher, marriage, death, twists and turns, character study, actor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: iran, poland, middle east, tehran iran, tehran
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A story exploring the issue of hardship in modern-day Britain through a young couple scraping to get by in a casual jobs market. A hard-up delivery driver and his carer wife are pushed to breaking point as they struggle to keep their family afloat ...
Style: psychological, sincere, disturbing, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot: poverty, working class, father daughter relationship, social realism, teenage boy, father son relationship, bus, job interview, couples, adaptation, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, year 2008, year 1984, year 1996
Place: united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.0
 23K
The Riot Club (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Style: captivating, disturbing, satirical, realistic, absurd ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: rich, violence, debauchery, student life, university, friends, social relations, spoiled brat, society, eccentricity, stereotypes, capitalism ...
Time: 80s, 18th century, year 1976, 1850s, 21st century
Place: england, oxford university, california, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.3
 11K
The War Zone (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Style: disturbing, bleak, rough, controversial, emotional ...
Plot: incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, innocence lost, loneliness, incest rape, father daughter relationship, small town, psychology, guilt ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.2
 10K
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: sexy, disturbing, captivating, artsy, surprise ending ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.1
 34K
In the Fade (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Katja's life collapses after a senseless act impacts her life. After a time of mourning and injustice, she seeks revenge.
Style: tense, art house, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Place: germany, hamburg germany, greece, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Keys to the House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
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Place: europe, italy, germany, norway, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, touching
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Page Turner (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: serious, psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 4.2
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Norfolk (2015)
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, serious, tense, disturbing, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
 3K
Firstborn (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: serious, psychological, realistic, tense, biting ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.1
 493
The Word (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: teenage love, obsession, youth, high school life, teenage life, revenge, jealousy, coming of age, murder, rivalry, betrayal, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.5
 9K
The Dinner (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
Style: ambiguous ending, enigmatic, cynical, suspenseful, rough ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...
Style: touching, emotional, sad, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
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Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: psychological, rough, emotional, intense, serious ...
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Time: 70s, 2000s, year 1975, 21st century
Place: ireland, northern ireland, london, europe, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.0
 4K
Eastern Boys (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
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Style: bleak, realistic, serious, atmospheric, sexy ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
Style: realistic, serious, clever, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: kindergarten, obsession, female teacher, teaching the ways of the world, dedicated educator, family relations, teachers and students, single parent, prodigy, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, jerusalem, boston, madrid, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Before the Storm (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style: surprise ending, captivating, exciting, tense, cult film
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, manipulation, terrorism, teenage boy, friendship, fight, school, humiliation, bullying, boy, investigation, biker ...
Time: 2000s
Place: middle east, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.7
 80K
Killer Joe (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A cop (Matthew McConaughey) who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer (Emile Hirsch) in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister (Juno Temple).
Style: neo noir, disturbing, surreal, tense, rough ...
Plot: psychopath, twists and turns, suspense, murder, violent, sex, greed, deal, hitman, character study, police detective, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, oklahoma, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.4
 1K
Retaliation (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: male rape victim, male nudity, revenge, haunted by the past, rage, female nudity, rape victim, sex scene, pedophile priest, dark past, confession, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
What They Had (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Style: sentimental, captivating, melancholic, sincere, touching ...
Plot: alzheimer's disease, memory loss, mother daughter relationship, lie, blizzard, self discovery, introspection, woman, marriage, illness, dementia, snow ...
Place: chicago illinois, illinois, california, sacramento california, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%