Movies like Offline
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Offline (2012)
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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, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
starting over, redemption, haunted by the past, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, society, family problems, estrangement, human nature, hopes, job seeking, unemployment, father daughter relationship, down on your luck, female nudity, mother daughter relationship, masturbation, seductive woman, released from prison, webcam, deep cleavage
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
belgium
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, hopes, estrangement and redemption mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Offline: A Long Way Home (2003), Choco (2012), Applause (2009), Emile (2003), Islander (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, sexual abuse, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, hopes, redemption, domestic disturbance, family in crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A tale of deliverance. Laura, 27 years old, lives alone in the outskirts of a large town. She learns that her father is in a coma, after a serious car accident. She decides to visit him at the hospital as a last opportunity to settle old scores, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
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hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, hopes, family relations, estrangement, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, family secret, car accident, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe
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91%
283
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
optimism, family relations, hopes, society, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, village, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, colombia, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life ...
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serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, estrangement, starting over, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, actor's life, hopes, haunted by the past, parents and children, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
redemption, orphan, introspection, haunted by the past, homecoming, betrayal, human nature, starting over, hopes, elderly, family life, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
europe, canada, england, british columbia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot:
hopes, redemption, island, starting over, estrangement, family problems, couple relations, human nature, social misfits, friendship, ocean, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
866
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, dysfunctional family, hopes, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, family relations, family problems, couples, addiction, parents and children, drug abuse, lovers apart ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
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75%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
children, orphan, youth, adoption, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hopes, girl, abandoned by father, abandoned baby, family problems ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
korea, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, parent child relationship, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, clinic, mental institution, parents and children, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nicole (Marianne Basler) gives birth to a mentally challenged boy after she is gang-raped by American soldiers at the close of World War II in this grim dramatic tragedy. Young Ludo is hidden in the attic of the family home and continues to yearn ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
mental disorder, isolation, parents and children, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, kids in trouble, family problems, family relations, estrangement, misfit, single parent, youth ...
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Place:
belgium, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
adult virgin, introspection, social decay, daydreamer, society, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, life is a bitch, small town, contamination, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia
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70%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
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69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
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serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, family problems, best friends, haunted by the past, parents and children, couples, orphan, starting over, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
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69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.
Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
parents and children, custody, family problems, family relations, hopes, starting over, mental illness, family life, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, psychologist, depression ...
Time:
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Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
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touching, sincere, realistic, serious, feel good
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
RECONCILIATION is a groundbreaking, provocative story about an estranged father and son struggling to overcome the heartbreaking consequences of their past. Grant Taylor (Eric Nenninger) has been troubled by intense childhood memories ever since his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An Israeli man searches for his father in France.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
introspection, family relations, hopes, investigation, family problems, estrangement, midlife crisis, haunted by the past, parents and children, gays and lesbians, redemption, aging ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france
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67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching, clever ...
Plot:
family relations, destiny, couples, family life, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis, student life, society, unemployment, social worker ...
Place:
latin america, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, terminal illness, parents and children, coping, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marc is a passionate cyclist and urban slacker who avoids work and responsibility. Marc's life changes from one moment to the next when he suffers a life-changing accident. He can either wallow in self-pity or tackle the beast called life with ...
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serious, touching, sincere, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
cyclist, hopes, life is a bitch, couple relations, disability, parents and children, misfit, human nature, human spirit, redemption, family relations, new love ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Silvia is a young girl marked by a dark childhood. When she is barely twenty-five, she decides to start over and to face the people, feelings and emotions that keep her bound to the past. In her fight against adversity and against herself, she will ...
Style:
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Plot:
sexual abuse, haunted by the past, starting over, life is a bitch, family problems, family relations, parents and children, incest, abuse, rape, therapy, compulsive gambler ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Place:
usa
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65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man trying to keep himself afloat and marry the woman he loves sees all that's dear to him threatened in this drama. Marcus (Sam Louwyck) works as a maintenance man for a Belgian power company, keeping lines and electrical towers in repair ...
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realistic, captivating, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, workplace, parents and children, family life, unfulfillment, human nature, love, father daughter relationship, accident, working class, youth ...
Place:
belgium, europe
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65%
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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, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, breakup, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, downfall, unfulfillment, down on your luck, job seeking, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a young man working in Rhode Island's state corrections system and his relationship with a convicted murderer who is dying of AIDS and spending his remaining days on hospital detail.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, talky ...
Plot:
prison, hospital, redemption, estrangement, one more chance, family relations, haunted by the past, terminal illness, life sentence, hopes, life is a bitch, murderer ...
Place:
rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, parents and children, homecoming, small town, adolescence vs adulthood, released from prison ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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 ...
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64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
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sincere, emotional, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, society, addiction, human nature, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, child abuse, women of color, racial issues ...
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africa, mississippi, usa
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64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
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Story:
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sailor, homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, alcoholic, society, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, hopes, family problems ...
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argentina, latin america
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63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A soldier returning from war is hired by her own father to drive his prostitutes around town. She calls upon herself to help one of them.
Style:
serious, touching, atmospheric, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
female soldier, prostitute, life is a bitch, friendship, haunted by the past, family problems, injustice, family relations, redemption, military, hopes, human spirit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
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63%
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