Movies like Luba
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Luba (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A poor single mother, who is trying to turn her life around, is thrust into a fight for survival when her ex-husband relapses and spirals out of control.
Style:
tense, suspense
Plot:
single mother, addiction, parenthood, female protagonist, family drama, survival, poverty, determination, realism, resilience, confrontation, financial difficulty, isolation, working class, newborn, moral dilemma, intimate, grief, urban, hopelessness, christmas, winter, drug addiction, rehabilitation, waitress ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Luba
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, emotional, suspense and realistic films with plots about survival, isolation, female protagonist, urban, intimate, moral dilemma and resilience mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Luba: Sabari (2024), Helen (2019), Girl in Room 13 (2022), Lioness (2024), Lesser Evil (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A single mother battles her past demons to safeguard her child's future, facing daunting challenges to shield her daughter from imminent danger.
Style:
tense, suspense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, single mother, protective parent, child in peril, resilience, family drama, survival, personal growth, family secret, claustrophobia, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
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4K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An ordinary suburban girl faces the biggest battle of her life when her sudden disappearance for a brief period leads to a desperate search by her loved ones.
Style:
suspense, sexy, suspenseful, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
survival, alone, search and rescue, missing person, family relations, love of one's life, tragedy, family tragedy, investigation, love, mysterious disappearance, family drama ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A teenage girl is imprisoned by her former boyfriend in a motel room and forced to consume drugs and alcohol so she can be sold into human trafficking. Her only hope is her mother, who is determined to rescue her.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
human trafficking, mother and daughter, abusive boyfriend, abduction, drug addiction, sex trafficking, girl in peril, kidnapping, drug addict, motel, addiction, victimization ...
Similarity:
78%
305
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose. Why cling to sanity when madness offers a chance for reconciliation and love?
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, family crisis, grief, loss, trauma, missing person, intimate, family drama, desperation, love ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Karen finally gathers up the courage to go to the police after she is raped, she's shocked to learn that the cops won't do a thing about it! So this gutsy gal goes up against a federal law-enforcement agency in order to make sure her ...
Style:
intense, tense, crime thriller, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
rape, terrorism, sexual assault, fashion designer, female empowerment, psychological trauma, survivor, female protagonist, revenge, determination, vigilante justice, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
69%
33
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
EDEN deals with what could possible be a future for most people caught up in the current economic climate in Ireland and how we have taken a bite of the financial apple and borrowed beyond our means. We follow Adam who has been left unemployed and ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, bleak, existential, grim
Plot:
homelessness, street life, realism, social commentary, unemployment, poverty, empathy, character study, working class, survival, desperation, urban decay ...
Similarity:
68%
106
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, multicultural, independent film
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, immigration, domestic violence, survival, child custody, single mother, trauma, female friendship, nanny, escape, working class, resilience ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, puerto rico
Similarity:
66%
364
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?
Style:
suspenseful, serious, touching, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
youth, juvenile delinquency, society, parents and children, family relations, urban, working class, coming of age, moral ambiguity, survival, desperation, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Basia and Marek have been on the run their whole lives. Along with their nine-year-old daughter Ula, they experience what it’s like to be an immigrant in Sweden. When a Swedish social worker visits their home, she witnesses Ula’s everyday ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
foster home, social worker, children, soccer, kidnapping, family drama, social services, immigrant, immigration, parent child relationship, child custody, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Salim, a homicide detective, is a 30-year-old man in the world of his own. Salim, divorced and with a 3-year-old daughter, finds out that his ongoing eye treatment is not successful, and he will eventually become completely blind.
Style:
detective, emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
blindness, homicide, loss, investigation, disability, empathy, character study, police procedural, grief, isolation, determination, medical ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad — but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
Style:
intense, tense
Plot:
adultery, divorce, female protagonist, women's rights, family drama, motherhood, love triangle, moral dilemma, resilience, female empowerment, domestic abuse, working woman ...
Place:
tunisia, maghreb, north africa
Similarity:
64%
729
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
​​After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
homelessness, single mother, female protagonist, poverty, social problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family relations, relationship problems, poor family, family problems, social issues ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A repo man skips town after his life is threatened.
Style:
independent film, crime drama, suspense, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
canuxploitation, anti hero, character study, moral ambiguity, office politics, urban, male protagonist, existential crisis, realism, working class, violence, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vancouver, canada
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A single mother gets entangled in a web of lies to protect her sons.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
single mother, parent child relationship, protective mother, deception, family relations, family problems, social problems, single parent, life is a bitch, female protagonist, financial problem, children ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
59%
723
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raise her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
prostitution, mother son relationship, prostitute, prostitute mother, female protagonist, single mother, motherhood, family drama, financial problem, blind ambition, money problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Life is going incredibly well for Tia McLealand. Her career is flying and she's fallen in love. But a single phone call changes everything. Her new love, Nick, is killed in a climbing accident. Pregnant with his child, she makes the practical ...
Style:
suspense, tense
Plot:
protective mother, female protagonist, secrets, female empowerment, betrayal, determination, pregnancy, suspicion, grief, marriage of convenience, high society, family drama ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Secluded from the world, a single mother of three must defend what's left of her family from a cold-blooded killer, at all costs.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
isolation, survival, home invasion, family drama, protective parent, cat and mouse, single mother, motherhood, claustrophobia, mature, killer, nightmare ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A woman finds herself isolated in her remote home with her brother who is seeking forgiveness for the darkest moment in their family history.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, dark past, isolation, psychopath, forgiveness, trauma, family secret, family history, guilt, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems ...
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A racially mixed single mother accepts an amateur porn gig to take care of her daughter and herself.
Style:
independent film, tense, melancholic, sexy, erotic
Plot:
single mother, trust, sex work, survival, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, poverty, social commentary, sexuality, desperation, working class ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young boy takes a stand when his mother's grief threatens to destroy both of their lives.
Style:
captivating, suspense, bleak, heartbreaking, realistic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, grief, coming of age, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relations, relationship problems, life is a bitch, kids and family, parents and children, family problems, family tragedy ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A debt-ridden father takes advantage of an unforeseen situation to disappear and live off the grid under a false identity. But a chance event occurs and the temptation to want to know his family resurfaces.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
disappearance, temptation, family bonds, family drama, fatherhood, secret, money problems, problem, social problems, regret, guilt, escape ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Samantha Anthony is a teenage girl who has been forced to deal with situations, which have made her wise far beyond her years. She's had to watch her mother spiral out-of-control while addicted to the drug meth. Lost a baby brother to CPS as a ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, intense, dark ...
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, mother and daughter, revenge, trauma, guilt, grief, moral ambiguity, teenage protagonist, ethical dilemma, loss, loss of innocence ...
Similarity:
53%
256
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blowtorch is the Brooklyn story of Ann Willis, a recently widowed and financially struggling, mother of three. When her oldest son is murdered, she inexorably takes the investigation into her own hands.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, single mother, homicide detective, amateur sleuth, private investigation, murder, criminal, murder mystery, family problems, murderer, crime solving ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Nisa opens her eyes under the wreckage right after an earthquake. While she is struggling to survive and find a solution from under the narrow space where she is stuck, she glimpses the sky from a tiny hole above her, which helps her stay alive. In ...
Style:
tension, existential
Audience:
adult
Plot:
earthquake, claustrophobia, trapped, survival, perseverance, isolation, resilience, hopes, female protagonist, realism, rescue, desperation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
47%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hari and his two friends who get embroiled in a murder case under unusual circumstances. They deal with the power-play, haplessness and trauma.
Style:
intense, crime drama, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, wrongful accusation, moral ambiguity, investigation, trauma, friendship, fear, corruption, justice, social commentary, mature, realism ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
taxi driver, threat, danger, female protagonist, paranoia, mistrust, nightshift, urban, loneliness, isolation, betrayal, character study ...
Similarity:
44%
776
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
social issues, villager, changing lives, social relations, social problems, society, village life, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, male protagonist, crisis, mature ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While he loses his clandestine work, and because he believes that Maroussia and him will no longer be able to love each other as well, Frank leaves to earn as much as she: twelve thousand, just what it takes to have a year before them. No more no ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
employment, working life, poverty, working class, realism, urban, slice of life, intimate, resilience, character study, social realism, sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to protect herself and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense
Plot:
moral dilemma, motherhood, female protagonist, parent child relationship, empathy, social realism, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, single mother, capitalism, housekeeper, working class ...
Similarity:
42%
3K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes ...
Style:
emotional, tense, heartbreaking, realistic, political drama
Plot:
family drama, mother, brotherhood, loss, trauma, desperation, resilience, extremism, moral dilemma, suffering, militia, refugee ...
Place:
syria, belgium
Similarity:
41%
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