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The House by the Sea (2017)
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Original name: La Villa
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.
Style:
psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
grief, nostalgia, soldier, family relations, military, death, inheritance, suicide, working class, dead brother, frustration, dealing with the past, social decay, seaside, old age, refugee, sea, children, fisherman, theater, octopus, communism, migrant, actress, grave ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south of france, mediterranean sea, southern france
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Most similar movies to The House by the Sea
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, humorous, contemplative and realistic films with plots about family relations, society, friendship, love, love and romance, couples and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The House by the Sea: Nord (1991), The Town Is Quiet (2000), Ariane's Thread (2014), Gloria Mundi (2019), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of a dysfunctional family in Northern France. Dad is a mean abusive drunk pharmacist, mom is addicted to pills and has incestuous desire for her son, the son is skipping school to fish and daughter is mentally handicapped.
Plot:
mother son incest, mother child relationship, overprotective mother, male female relationship, oedipus complex, husband wife relationship, skipping school, fisherman, drunk, pharmacist, dysfunctional family, sea ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.
Style:
contemplative, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, unemployment, working class, family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, assassination, couple relations, parents and children, immigrant, society, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
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76%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
beach, dreaming, self discovery, midlife crisis, escapades, hopes, unfulfillment, journey, loneliness, birthday, big city, fishing ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, his spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sales assistant on a trial basis. But, one night, Nicolas is assaulted ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france, europe
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, social ...
Plot:
solidarity, seaport, labor union, unemployment, moral dilemma, working class, society, supportive coworker, family relations, couples, robbery, poverty ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
tanzania, marseille, france, europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won't be without trouble, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
unemployment, working class, ramadan, humanist, dark past, communism, love, professional, social differences, friendship, factory, single parent ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
france, europe, provence, marseille
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood ...
Plot:
children, skinny dipping, working class, racism, love, pregnant teenager, social injustice, social realism, interracial relations, poverty, adopted son, teenage pregnancy ...
Place:
marseille, france, sarajevo
Similarity:
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341
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two friends with very different personalities decide to write a script for a movie. Their discussions and confrontations are constant, but the story slowly takes shape around a poor family that has a small car repair business. Times are hard and ...
Style:
political drama
Plot:
american football, biker, see through clothes, worker, working class, screenwriter, pregnancy, big business, death of husband, actor, actress, father in law ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
marseille
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
cheating wife, fall in love, skinny dipping, family relations, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, polyamory ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
marseille, europe, france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Perrine, a single, slightly awkward musician, loves birthday parties. One day she accidentally causes a man to fall into a skip at the waste disposal centre. When she learns that he´s in a coma, the young woman tries everything to awaken himand ...
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
coma, hospital, violinist, teenager, musician, fall in love, couples, love, family relations, love and romance, parents and children, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
516
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, road movie, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, diaspora, genocide, physician, road trip, journey, intimate, family reunited, identity crisis, father daughter relationship, self discovery, female protagonist ...
Place:
armenia, caucasus, france
Similarity:
30%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, surreal, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
refugee, poverty, friendship, immigrant, human spirit, bohemian life, working class, migrant, elderly, society, misfit, social misfits ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, year 2009, 70s ...
Place:
france, africa, europe, normandy, paris france ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, senior citizen, racism, father son relationship, parent child relationship, teenager, gay wedding, old age, 17 year old, loneliness, wedding, wedding party ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, redemption, love, relationship problems, family relations, couples, strong female presence, love and romance, man in underwear, oral sex, police, male objectification ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
433
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Centers on three childhood friends: Muriel, Francois and Rene. Partners in crime (burglaries, to be precise), the three end their "criminal" activities after one of their attempted burglaries fails. They vow never to see each other again ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, humorous
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
27%
869
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage ...
Style:
contemplative, unusual plot structure, psychological, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
belgium
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a ...
Style:
talky, humorous, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
french countryside, painter, gardener, love, friendship, friends, breakup, crumbling relationship, village life, painting, art, artist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nice france, europe, paris france, france, south of france
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, real estate agent, father son relationship, grief, family relations, loss, loneliness, character study, mother son relationship, death of mother, reincarnation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
25%
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Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, semi serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, friendship between men, satire, dark humor, rivalry, society, actress, dishonesty, escapades, writers, friendship, family relations ...
Similarity:
25%
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Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, contemplative, existential ...
Plot:
love triangle, loneliness, terminal illness, grief, bittersweet, tragic romance, unrequited love, intimate, infidelity, slow burn, midlife crisis, moral dilemma ...
Place:
south of france, french riviera, sarajevo, france, mediterranean sea ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
old age, actor's life, love and romance, getting home, family problems, hopes, dealing with death, couple relations, couples, death in the family, male female relationship, love ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
france, portugal, paris france, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jérémie, a young man reaching a breaking point on all fronts, decides to leave behind Paris and return to Limosin, to the home of his intrusive mother.
Style:
tense, humorous, psychological, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, skinny dipping, mental health, lgbt, gay lead character, gay couple, actor, therapy, family relations, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, depressing ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, theater, construction worker, family relations, theatre play, relationships, male female relationship, problem, satire, family problems, relationship problems ...
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23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Loïc Le Tallec never really took care of his son. When the latter disappears in a road accident, Loïc is devastated. He has only one idea in mind: to find the one who lives now with the heart of his son. He falls on Hugo, a young man that this ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
heart transplant, father son relationship, father, father son estrangement, transplant, fatherhood, family drama, grief, loss, accident, satire, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New feature film by Gilles Legrand
Plot:
emigrant, driving instructor, video game, driving school, family relations, cycling, husband wife conflict, husband wife relationship, funeral, male nudity, bicycle, hospital ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, ...
Style:
humorous, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, brother brother relationship, family feud, family relations, family crisis, business deal, inheritance, dead father, broken family, chinese woman, car rollover, music festival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france, paris france, london, shanghai
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jose learns that Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 years and from whom divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains Joseph that due to the celebrations this time of the year, if Nora is not buried that same day, they should wait at ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, dark comedy, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, clergy, rabbi, funeral, death, tradition, love, judaism, ex wife, last wish, photograph ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Cathy who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy on the same day. During a weeklong odyssey across France, she spends time with a grandson she ...
Style:
road movie, touching, humorous, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
strong female lead, strong female character, elderly, on the road, parents and children, mother daughter conflict, countryside, aging, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, older woman younger man relationship, senior citizen ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, brittany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man and a woman, unpleasant bickering nitwits both, push a big stupid metaphor (in the shape of a piano) across Seattle.
Style:
existential, dark drama, contemplative, dark comedy, cynical ...
Plot:
marriage, piano, metaphor, relationships, symbolism, suicide, melancholy, grief, character study, bittersweet, identity crisis, slice of life ...
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
21%
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