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Balancing Act (2012)
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Original name: Gli equilibristi
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, tense, captivating, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, breakup, life is a bitch, couples, job seeking, downfall, unfulfillment, down on your luck, adultery, infidelity, urban, crime and punishment, parents separation, life turned upside down, supportive parent, rock and roll, ambition
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, rome italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and gloomy films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, couples, life is a bitch, unfulfillment and couple relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Balancing Act: The Dinner (2014), Bad Girl (2012), About Sunny (2011), Where God Left His Shoes (2007), Silent Heart (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and among each other? Will the ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspense, biting ...
Plot:
family gatherings, life turned upside down, parents and children, family life, couples, couple relations, family in crisis, siblings relations, family problems, under the surface, human nature, disorder ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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95%
153
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, couples, family problems, artists and showbiz, couple relations, pregnancy, unfulfillment, strong female presence, bullfighting, cancer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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94%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, working class, down on your luck, family problems, single mother, poverty, urban, single parent, family relations ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Frank, Angela, and their two children are evicted from their New York City apartment, they have no choice but to move into a homeless shelter. After a few difficult months, good news comes their way on Christmas Eve: a nearby housing project ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
job seeking, christmas, survival, life is a bitch, eviction, family problems, realism, coping, down on your luck, family in crisis, parents and children, race against time ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The prestigious Danish filmmaker Bille August, winner of an Academy Award and two Palme d'Or in Cannes, returns with a highly personal drama. Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
terminal illness, family relations, life is a bitch, family life, family problems, couples, couple relations, siblings relations, family gatherings, parents and children, euthanasia, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Movies similar to Human Capital
189
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:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
life turned upside down, love affair, self discovery, romance, breakup, family problems, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, parents and children, infidelity ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
budapest, istanbul turkey, budapest hungary, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
accident, couple relations, family problems, family relations, couples, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, parents and children, small town, domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, police officer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
unemployment, ambition, lifestyle, downfall, self discovery, relationship vs career, crumbling marriage, romance, dysfunctional family, survival, family problems, society ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hospital, terminal illness, unfulfillment, self discovery, love, couples, fall in love, friendship, supportive spouse, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
infidelity, bittersweet, parents and children, dishonesty, hopes, friendship, optimism, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, child illness, terminal illness ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, human nature, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family relations, family problems, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, crumbling marriage, obsession, breaking point, danger, life is a bitch, family problems, losing-it hero, mentally unstable, crimes, parents and children, ex husband ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
parents and children, confined, life is a bitch, couples, hopes, family relations, prison, husband wife relationship, drug smuggling, society, prison life, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
464
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a mysterious stranger with ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
family problems, couple relations, parents and children, mysterious character, couples, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, life turned upside down, family in crisis, down on your luck, fire, cigarette smoking ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, crumbling marriage, romance, infidelity, dishonesty, couples, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Claudio works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. He is madly in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life. In a rage for life, Claudio energetically fights against ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, working class, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, lifestyle, society, wife husband relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, desperation, social differences ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Violette, an expectant wife, who opens a nasty barrel of worms by filming a documentary about her dysfunctional family, to be shown to her (as yet) unborn son.Through her ever-present lens, Violette begins to unearth one nasty family secret after ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, pregnancy, couples, family problems, uncover truth, infidelity, parents and children, adultery, father daughter relationship, disturbed childhood, siblings relations ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, touching, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
parents and children, life is a bitch, love and romance, destiny, family problems, dull life, death in the family, dealing with death, family relations, sexual content, chance, starting over ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, realistic
Plot:
unfaithful wife, family relations, friendship, dysfunctional family, coming of age, siblings relations, parents and children, lifestyle, single parent, youth, family problems, boy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
Style:
sincere, psychological, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
tragic love, couple relations, life is a bitch, terminal illness, love and romance, parents and children, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, down on your luck, female director, pubic hair
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Oriol and Yolanda live in Paris with their two daughters. During a vacation they suffer a car accident that will change their lives.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, family in crisis, family problems, family relations, introspection, memory loss, life turned upside down, accident, funeral, death, school teacher, architect ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
paris france, france, europe, catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor lives in Vienna with Annette, his beautiful Austrian wife and their daughter Pamela. It’s spring. Fleeing his work, Victor spends his days outside: he plays with Pamela, pays a visit to Annette’s parents, loiters in the park with the drug ...
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
redemption, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, addiction, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, estrangement, family crisis, teenager ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century, contemporary, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, parent child relationship, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, clinic, parents and children, mental institution, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
terminal illness, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, hospital, family problems, family in crisis, dealing with death, life is a bitch, pubic hair, sickness ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental
Plot:
infidelity, disability, love and romance, couples, youth, unfulfillment, society, down on your luck, parents and children, dull life, ex convict, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
death in the family, family problems, family relations, estrangement, life is a bitch, parents and children, family business, down on your luck, voyeurism, forgiveness, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After meeting during their vacation, two young people with solitary lives suddenly come into a relationship that could benefit both of them.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
love and romance, family relations, fall in love, unfulfilled love, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfulfillment, mountain, mother son relationship, female director, snow
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 90s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Georgia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nutsa, a young mother, lives with her two children in a suburbs of Tblissi in Georgia. Her partner Goga is in prison. They get married, so she gains the right to talk to him once a month in the visiting room on the other side of the glass. The ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
prison, family relations, confined, couple relations, prison life, life is a bitch, parents and children, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, visitation rights, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
georgia (former ussr)
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
sailor, homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, south, alcoholic, society, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and because she feels she has someone to love; someone who can love her in return. Everything changes when ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
teenage life, parent child relationship, family problems, immaturity, couples, hopes, babies and infants, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, youth, mother child relationship, family relations ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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