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Empty Room (2001)
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Original name: 団地妻 隣りのあえぎ
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
"Empty Room is a dark, highly erotic tale of a married couple whose relationship is slowly sliding into oblivion. Bored and sexually frustrated, the wife begins taking lovers while her unemployed husband spends his days wandering aimless around the city parks. Highly stylised and with a film noir feel, Empty Room is a fine example of how Japanese Pink cinema has developed into a genre all of its own." "A highly beautiful and erotic piece of art…with ‘Empty Room’, Pink Cinema has finally come of age."
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, erotic, melancholic, tension
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, husband wife relationship, affair, sexual frustration, family relations, male female relationship, relationship problems, family problems, marital problem, bored housewife, desire, housewife, sexual exploration, marital crisis, domestic drama, loneliness, prostitution, jealousy, temptation, routine, intimacy, middle class, sexual awakening, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
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Most similar movies to Empty Room
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about male female relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, infidelity, adultery, relationship problems and family relations mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Empty Room: Double Fantasy (2018), Close Quarters (2020), The Affair (2004), Tomorrow is Another Day (2017), One Night Stand (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
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56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, tension, sensual, erotic drama ...
Plot:
unrequited love, obsession, sexual tension, voyeurism, one night stand, desire, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, family relations, love story, unfulfilled love ...
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, romantic drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, anthology
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mexican feature film
Style:
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Plot:
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314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fast-paced and powerful drama set in the high-octane world of the City of London.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, sex comedy
Plot:
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52%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, sincere
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Story:
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Style:
erotic, disturbing, captivating, steamy, sensual ...
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Time:
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Similarity:
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720
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, romantic comedy, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, relationship problems, marriage, unrequited love, family drama, parents and children, kids and family, family problems, love story, male female relationship, unfulfilled love, relationships ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
49%
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