Movies like Vacuum
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Vacuum (2017)
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Original name: Vakuum
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Amidst the preparations for her 35th wedding anniversary, Meredith is surprised by the discovery that she is HIV-positive. Only her husband André could have been the carrier of the virus.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, suspense, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative
Plot:
hiv, marriage, husband wife conflict, unfaithful husband, husband wife relationship, illness, couple relations, love, family relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, infidelity, male female relationship, betrayal, danger, dishonesty, husband wife sex, aids, prostitute, female nudity, sex scene, male nudity, nudity, nude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Most similar movies to Vacuum
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspense, captivating and contemplative films with plots about couples, family relations, husband wife relationship, love, couple relations, love and romance and marriage mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Vacuum: Like Normal People (1979), Amin (2018), The Guest (2021), Lemonade (2018), The Ever After (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mentally-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.
Style:
psychological, suspense, thought provoking, romantic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, false accusation, male female relationship, marriage, independence, society, dishonesty, forbidden love, mentally unstable, family relations, love, love and romance ...
Similarity:
100%
373
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Amin has come from Senegal to work in France, leaving behind his wife Aïcha, and their three children. He leads a solitary life in France, where the only space he occupies is his home and the building sites on which he works. Most of his earnings ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, melancholic, psychological, suspense
Plot:
interracial sex, interracial romance, interracial love, nude, interracial love relationship, infidelity, worker, immigrant, father daughter relationship, sex scene, money, interracial relations ...
Place:
senegal, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Alicia and Enrique are a young married couple somewhat distanced from each other. Their relationship is threatened when Carlota, a friend of Alicia's from long ago, comes to visit and stays with them for a while.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
marital infidelity, female nudity, love triangle, relationship problems, marriage, marriage crisis, infidelity, troubled marriage, male female relationship, love story, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Canada, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems to have fallen perfectly into place. When the process of ...
Style:
suspense, sentimental, psychological, tense, rough ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, green card, abuse of power, marriage, culture clash, society, escapades, life is a bitch, family relations, dishonesty, betrayal, friendship ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
marriage, couples, family relations, family problems, male female relationship, marital crisis, relationship problems, marriage crisis, marital problem, husband wife relationship, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
27%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Doug and Amber were madly in love and married during their college years. Driven by the "dream" of a prosperous life together - Amber worked two jobs to put Doug through school. Soon after they shared in his business success and celebrated ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, dramatic, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
love, marriage, infidelity, gospel, affair, husband wife conflict, domestic drama, family relations, couples, married couple, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, thought provoking ...
Plot:
teenage girl, pregnancy and birth, tragic love, religion, teenage protagonist, cultural difference, 17 year old, teenage boy, teenager, female protagonist, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, lie, family relations, teenager, mother daughter relationship, middle class, family drama, love and romance, couples, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Toni leads a normal life with his wife Paola but full of enthusiasm and passion. The chance meeting with the young and wealthy Chiara will rekindle in him the desire to redeem himself and to realize his secret dream: to become an artist. The paths ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
affair, lovers, love triangle, love story, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, love affair, intrigue, couple relations, love interest ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large ...
Style:
tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, male pubic hair, gay latino, gay teenager, gay crush, gay, lgbtq, bisexuality, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Endless dog days of summer weigh heavily on the impoverished suburb of Changsha where a young mother, Lulu, works as a dancer in a cheap nightclub. Coming home late one night, she discovers that her boyfriend Bai Long has disappeared with their ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
missing person, baby, family relations, husband wife relationship, dishonesty, parents and children, escapades, society, child abduction, abduction, female protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mother, love, immigration, mother love, career, mother son relationship, couples, love and romance, women, friendship, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, a small Indiana town is rocked to its core when Jude, the star quarterback of the local university football team, strikes up a love affair with Ryan, a sports journalism major. When the straight couple ...
Style:
sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
bullying, switching roles, love, love and romance, couples, heterosexuality, friendship, coming of age, youth, love triangle, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mrs. Wong knows her husband is carrying on an affair, but for the sake of their marriage and autistic son, she has chosen to silently endure. However, the mistress comes to disturb them, and in the end, Mr. Wong leaves home after a fight. Feeling at ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
marital infidelity, unfaithful husband, husband wife relationship, autism, domestic drama, family conflict, life is a bitch, male female relationship, problem, family relations, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
cancer, husband wife relationship, infidelity, terminal illness, married couple, family relations, fighting illness, marriage, coping, life is a bitch, couple relations, illness ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Following six years of love, longing & togetherness, Arun and Divya start to drift apart.Will their love endure their differences, or does love really need to endure so much?
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
relationship problems, abusive relationship, problem, family relations, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, marriage, love and romance, marital problem, couple relations ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
couple relations, family relations, elderly, retirement home, fall in love, family problems, infidelity, haunted by the past, terminal illness, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
iraq, canada
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, life turned upside down, love affair, love triangle, dishonesty, journalism, crumbling marriage, couple relations, destructive relationship, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany, france, greece, athens greece
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
longing, couple relations, suicide, death, couples, hopes, betrayal, dishonesty, starting over, human nature, love, lie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A married poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings for him.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, touching, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gays and lesbians, poet, poetry, lgbt, infertility, artificial insemination, closeted gay, teacher, husband wife relationship, love and romance, gay couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, jeju island
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, sincere, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
love, memories, father daughter relationship, couples, couple relations, loveless marriage, dream, love and romance, unfulfilled love, love affair, society, betrayal ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
taiwan, america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, society, introspection, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Paul and Charlotte are in love. Charlotte discovers she has a grave malady and Paul supports her. But Paul is also attracted to Ninon, another girl. Charlotte accepts Paul to have an affair with her, and the three start a difficult and ambiguous ...
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
betrayal, life is a bitch, tragic hero, infidelity, love triangle, love and romance, terminal illness, nude girl, couples, unfulfillment, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, menage a trois ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of a judge who lives a double life, and stays married to two women for more than 15 years. While one knows nothing of the other, his second wife doesn't care that he is married already as long as he comes home to her as well. ...
Style:
tragic ending, intense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
bigamy, infidelity, love triangle, betrayal, double life, marriage, lie, family drama, duplicity, tragedy, secrets, judge ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
140
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Trade tells the story of two men, one a streetwise hustler, the other a straight-laced lawyer, who meet and form a relationship that brings to light who they really are. Inspired by the book "Boulevard Girls" by David Kaye.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, sentimental, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, sex scene, love, lgbtq, gay couple, transsexual, gay interest, homosexual, couple relations, love affair, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A love story between a husband and wife who got lost, and not just because of a betrayal.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
infidelity, domestic drama, marriage, love story, love affair, couple relations, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
couples, sexual assault, husband wife relationship, relationships, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, marital reconciliation, pregnant wife, violence, marriage, pregnancy ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Via the New York Times: "To all outward appearances, Edna Cormick (Martha Henry) is the perfect housewife.... She's married to a man who'll stand up in public and say, "This is my wife," so that there'll be no confusion ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
feminist, hospital, mental illness, murder, infidelity, violent content, dishonesty, couple relations, feminism, love and romance, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
19%
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