Movies like Fiction

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Fiction (2006)
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Fiction (2006)
Original name: Ficció
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alex, a shy and introverted, is a film director trying to finish writing his latest script. Decided to leave a few days of his wife and children to go to the Pyrenees and find there the peace and inspiration. In the town where he is met Monica, a violinist who is on vacation at a friend's house. Love grows between them and will face feelings that have to control and hide. Feelings that may never expressed.
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, humorous, serious
Plot: introspection, midlife crisis, love affair, infidelity, creative block, family relations, countryside, solitude, human nature, road not taken, mountain village, isolated house, mountain, love and romance, couples, artists and showbiz, existence paradox, hiking, church, lesbian couple, extramarital affair, lost, denial, romance, field trip
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain, barcelona, catalonia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and captivating films with plots about couples, love and romance, unfulfillment, family relations, infidelity, introspection and love affair mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Fiction: A Gun in Each Hand (2012), In the City (2003), Ismael (2013), Particles of Truth (2003), Plans for Tomorrow (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Gun in Each Hand (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A comedy centered on eight men in their 40s, all with identity crises.
Style: humorous, cynical, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: midlife crisis, family relations, buddies, friends, unfulfillment, society, latina, friendship, machismo, party, elevator, sex talk ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.8
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In the City (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Un grupo de amigos de Barcelona se reúnen casi a diario, pero su amistad es sólo aparente; de hecho, ninguno de ellos conoce a fondo la vida de los demás. La película relata la vida íntima y secreta de cada uno de los personajes, sus ...
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, friendship, looking for love, couples, city life, gender, lifestyle, best friend, marriage, secret, deception, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: barcelona, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
We All Want What's Best for Her (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A middle-age woman recovers from a serious car accident.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot: rehabilitation, starting over, estrangement, introspection, family relations, couples, unfulfillment, hopes, accident, escape, society, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.2
 1K
Ismael (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An 8-year-old boy tracks down his father.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, family life, father and son, introspection, coming of age, haunted by the past, boyhood, family drama, family relations, bittersweet, father
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Particles of Truth (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, independent film, gloomy
Plot: life is a bitch, mental illness, human nature, introspection, haunted by the past, family life, couples, family problems, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family relations, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Plans for Tomorrow (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Three stories intertwined which occur in a single day. The day Ines discovers she is pregnant, Antonia decides to abandon her family and Marian realizes she is going to die.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: pregnancy, friendship, friends, family problems, couples, family relations, introspection, singleness, woman in danger, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.0
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He Loves Me (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When Laura begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her, she is devastated by his infidelity, despite having a torrid affair of her own. While she desperately tries to save her marriage, Laura's mysterious past begins to emerge, making her ...
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot: love affair, family relations, sex scene, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, stalking, dishonesty, memory loss, suburban life, midlife crisis, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.2
 369
Cet amour-là (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, serious, sincere ...
Plot: destiny, wartime life, soldier, lifestyle, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, couple relations, family relations, couples, culture clash, love affair ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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All the Light in the Sky (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Style: mumblecore, realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis, introspection, artists and showbiz, actor's life, unfulfillment, aspiring actress, beach house, nude women, insomnia, bare breasts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The High Pressures (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Miguel travels to Pontevedra, his hometown, with the request of serching for some locations for a movie. His trip takes him back to the place where he grew up, meeting up with some old friends, but also leads him to the possibility of a new ...
Style: atmospheric, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot: friendship, love and romance, fall in love, workplace, workplace situations, introspection, hopes, artists and showbiz, self discovery, homecoming, unfulfillment, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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You (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Michèle shares her life with Paul, her husband and work colleague. She has a lover, Thomas, a musician with whom she has been having a passionate affair for some time. Attracted by Thomass non-conformity and lust for life, Michèle abandons her ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, gloomy
Plot: love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, family relations, couples, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological, sexual ...
Plot: friendship, age difference, senior citizen, couples, friends, human nature, introspection, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, unfulfillment, writer's life ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Anton Chekhov's The Duel (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on n'er do well, Laevsky (Andrew Scott) and his illicit relationship with his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott). Laevsky has convinced Nadya to leave her husband for him, but now wants to ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, captivating, psychological, period piece ...
Plot: duel, betrayal, love triangle, couples, couple relations, uninhibited rivalry, human nature, tragic hero, rivalry, dishonesty, unfulfillment, downfall ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia, caucasus, black sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Hard Times (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, touching, sentimental
Plot: infidelity, disability, love and romance, couples, unfulfillment, society, youth, dull life, parents and children, down on your luck, ex convict, chess ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Absent Season (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When love has to compete with artistic inspiration and memories from a sheltering past come to take the artist to imaginary worlds that exist deep in his mind. This is the story of young Adrian, pianist and composer, in love with his sister and ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, atmospheric, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: forbidden love, love affair, musician's life, lifestyle, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, family relations, cause and meaning, loneliness, sexual content, love and romance, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.3
 439
The Erotic Man (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Finland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The film has been ten years in the making, and over time it has grown to become what the director himself has called an artistic testament. It is simultaneously his most personal and most provocative film. A film about growing older, about losing, ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: eroticism, human nature, introspection, love and romance, couples, sexual relations, physical appearance, strong sexual content, nudity, boat, river, female pubic hair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Daybreak (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style: realistic, psychological, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: infidelity, family problems, vengeance, crumbling marriage, love affair, parents and children, family relations, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, redemption, introspection ...
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.7
 3K
Transylvania (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left ...
Style: psychological, captivating, touching, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: self discovery, obsessive quest, couple relations, love and romance, pregnancy, on the road, gypsy, family relations, travel, european, infidelity, couples ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Three-Way Wedding (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A play writer entertains the actors of his next play, including his ex-wife and her new lover. Everyone is finding his new place.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: love triangle, writer's life, introspection, artists and showbiz, couples, playwright, society, rivalry, friendship, nude women, nudity, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Signs & Wonders (2000)
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, love affair, life turned upside down, love triangle, couple relations, crumbling marriage, betrayal, journalism, obsession, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, germany, greece, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Traces of Sandalwood (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, India, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: self discovery, haunted by the past, family relations, forceful separation, sibling relationship, actor's life, hopes, love, society, foster child, siblings relations, reunion
Time: 21st century
Place: barcelona, spain, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Touch (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home.
Style: art house, independent film, realistic, serious, psychological
Plot: infidelity, love affair, crazy love, art, love story, nudity, affair, female nudity, church, wedding ring, hospital, extramarital affair ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.9
 670
Alice's House (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, melancholic, sexual ...
Plot: beauty salon, betrayal, estrangement, family relations, midlife crisis, family life, couples, obsession, sexually dissatisfied wife, family problems, working class, feminism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Istanbul (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Housewife Katalin Munk (Johanna ter Steege) has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János (Andor Lukáts) arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching
Plot: self discovery, love affair, life turned upside down, family problems, couples, family relations, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, infidelity, parents and children, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
Place: budapest, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Listen... Amaya (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: "Book a coffee", is an offbeat library cum coffee shop. It is owned and run by Leela Krishnamoorthy, a middle aged widow. She herself is as interesting and free spirited as the café she runs! Amaya, Leelas only child is a fire-brand 22 ...
Style: realistic, serious, independent film
Plot: self discovery, love and romance, couple relations, friendship, introspection, fall in love, couples, family relations, love affair, family life, infidelity, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Love Chronicles, a romantic “dramedy”, is set at Los Angeles radio station KLUV, where callers air their dirty laundry over the airwaves for all to hear. Over the course of one crazy day, show host and "relationship expert" Darren ...
Style: semi serious, talky, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love affair, relationship vs career, couple relations, couples, media, family problems, love and romance, society, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, ambition, radio show
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Other Woman (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jill Plumley left her brilliant job as journalist when she married Derek, am important layer with a brilliant career. Now Jill is university teacher. But everything changes when she receive a message from her husbands' secretary and she start ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: love triangle, couples, murder, love affair, unfulfillment, rivalry, investigation, dishonesty, infidelity, love, unfaithfulness, adultery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.8
 691
Heaven's Heart (2008)
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: contemplative, psychological, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, introspection, society, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place: denmark, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.9
 345
In the Open (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Elisa, a thirty-eight-year old woman, leaves for a week with her husband and young daughter on a vacation to a house in the country. Everything is going for her: she has a successful professional career, loves her family, has enough money for a ...
Style: tense, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: countryside, family problems, couple relations, estrangement, family relations, couples, husband wife relationship, relocation, making love, domestic disturbance, crumbling marriage, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.0
 302
Belonging (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, touching
Plot: family relations, love affair, family problems, betrayal, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, society, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, infidelity, working class, couples ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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