Movies like Alice 2005

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Alice (2005)
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Alice (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
Style: emotional, suspense, melancholic, intense, noir, dark, atmospheric, bleak, contemplative, masterpiece ...
Plot: depression, surveillance camera, missing daughter, missing child, grief, obsession, father daughter relationship, loss, bereavement, investigation, routine, small town, character study, memory, mature, isolation, alienation, family drama, guilt, flashback, slow burn, loss of innocence, search party, moral ambiguity, ambulance ...
Time: contemporary
Place: lisbon portugal, portugal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, intense and psychological films with plots about isolation, grief, investigation, slow burn, moral ambiguity, character study and small town mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Alice: Shivan (2020), Penitent (2017), Shadow Kids (2007), Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994), Downeast (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 119 min.
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Penitent (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story: After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it difficult to adjust to life outside prison.
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Plot: trauma, social realism, loss, grief, guilt, haunting, character study, remorse, reckless driving, accident, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
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Shadow Kids (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This family drama deals with a case of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy, a fabricated illness. Stephanie is an apparently happy single mother of two daughters, Therese and Agnes, although the latter suffers from chronic health problems. When ...
Style: realistic, bleak, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
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Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style: melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot: loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time: 90s
Place: brittany
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Downeast (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place: maine
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Nights (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Feature film
Style: bleak, melancholic, tragic ending, intense, art house ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: With the odds already not in her favor, Araya tells her side of the story while being interrogated for possibly killing the man who was responsible for her father's death.
Style: tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot: interrogation, investigation, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, suspect, character study, murder, revenge, accusation, claustrophobia, guilt, police procedural ...
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Process (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: dark, emotional, bleak, contemplative, independent film ...
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A Handful of Time (1989)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
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Plot: memory, guilt, mountain cabin, psychological torment, grief, isolation, loss, haunting, obsession, moral ambiguity, redemption, slow burn ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
Story: Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.
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The Return (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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Plot: alcoholism, female protagonist, ex convict, tragic event, social problems, tragic past, problem, murder, dark past, recovering alcoholic, life is a bitch, confronting the past ...
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Shocking Blue (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story: William, Jack and Chris have been friends for as long as they can remember - until that day in April when Jack ends up under the wheels of a tractor, his body crushed, William at the wheel. Suddenly nothing is left of the boys' friendship. ...
Style: melancholic, bleak, tension, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Plot: friendship, guilt, trauma, accident, grief, regret, loss, coming of age, adolescence, loss of innocence, male friendship, secrets ...
Place: netherlands
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The Tested (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot: redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
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The Maiden (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A perfect summer day ends in tragedy, weaving a cosmic connection between three suburban teenagers.
Style: emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, tragic ending, dramatic ...
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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 ...
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Duration: 114 min.
Story: The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he impersonates another man as a gardener at a Portuguese country house, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner.
Style: melancholic, emotional, psychological, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot: grief, loss, character study, loneliness, identity, intimate, country house, memory, minimalism, friendship, impostor, gardener ...
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Style: independent film, bleak, thought provoking, historical drama, tense ...
Plot: apathy, guilt, moral ambiguity, social commentary, silence, character study, racial tension, neighborhood, fear, apartment building, realism, family conflict ...
Time: 60s
Place: new york
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bobby just needs to deal with his wife’s death, so he retreats to an old family cottage. His grief is disrupted when she comes back to haunt him, forcing him to confront what it really means to live, love, and lose.
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Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, realistic, art house ...
Audience: date night
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Fado, Major and Minor (1994)
Genre: Drama
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Style: dramatic, emotional, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
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Style: suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
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Fallen (2005)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: One night, Matiss Zelcs, an employee of the Latvian national archive in Riga, notices a woman on a bridge. After passing by her without preventing her suicidal fall into the depths, a sensation of failure and guilt changes his life. He cannot forget ...
Style: existential, melancholic, contemplative, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: suicide, loneliness, guilt, redemption, obsession, existential crisis, desperation, missing person, soul searching, memory, regret, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama
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Style: serious, thought provoking, dramatic, captivating, melancholic ...
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Duration: 78 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, emotional, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: family relations, prostitute, family history, brother sister relationship, guilt, trauma, family secret, family problems, parents and children, family drama, shame, self discovery ...
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Unforgiven (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true and tragic events in the life of Vitaly Kaloyev, an architect and family man. In 2002, his wife and children die in a mid-air collision along with 70 other people, mostly children. Vitaly is one of the first people to discover the ...
Style: psychological, emotional, bleak, ambiguous ending, realistic ...
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Time: 2000s
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Genre: Drama
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