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The Birch Wood (1970)
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Original name: Brzezina
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover of a simpleminded farm girl. The brother's dead wife may have had an affair with the hired man who is to marry the farm girl. His daughter will not confirm his suspicions. But the brother's death leads to his acceptance of the past, forgiving his wife's memory and making up with his little daughter.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual, sexy
Plot:
family relations, countryside, piano, renaissance, magic realism, woods, terminal illness, village life, life & death, comeback, sibling relationship, twins, family life, love and romance, farm, couples, infidelity, family problems, siblings relations, tragic hero, unfulfillment, dealing with death, nature, death, peace ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, switzerland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy and contemplative films with plots about family relations, unfulfillment, family problems, couples, love and romance, siblings relations and infidelity mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Birch Wood: The Maids of Wilko (1979), The Wedding (1973), Sweet Rush (2009), Les corps impatients (2003), Guernsey (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
reminiscence, renaissance, uncle nephew relationship, family relations, female nudity, sister sister relationship, passion, electricity, nude girl, first love, love letter, immortality ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
renaissance, poet, polish history, mythology, poetry, wedding, ghost, satire, performer's life, couples, family relations, revolution ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, eastern europe, russia, austria, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor by chance meets a young man who makes her feel young again. All of this is films by a director making a film about her which cuts in and out of the on camera and off camera drama.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
betrayal, life is a bitch, tragic hero, infidelity, love triangle, love and romance, terminal illness, nude girl, couples, unfulfillment, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, menage a trois ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, breakup, crumbling marriage, love and romance, family problems, sister, death in the family, sister sister relationship, female nudity, alienation, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
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139
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family problems, single parent, unfulfillment, confined, youth, woods, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany, hamburg germany, paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
boston, europe, england, usa, harvard university
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, estrangement, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, elderly lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Place:
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664
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
estrangement, human nature, extramarital affair, adultery, family life, coming of age, farm, love and romance, unfulfillment, cheating wife, deaf, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
love triangle, family relations, parents and children, family life, greed, forbidden love, family problems, couples, love and romance, infidelity, family in crisis, lovers reunited ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
denmark
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Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, melancholic, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, semi serious, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, family life, family problems, infidelity, hidden truth, resentment, parents and children, family gatherings, terminal illness, unfulfillment, couples, secret ...
Time:
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Place:
austria, europe
Similarity:
20%
246
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Paris, today. Dorcy, a young black Christian, wants to marry Sabrina, a young North African. It what would be a simple matter if it weren't for the fact that Sabrina has 40 brothers and that this easygoing wedding has crystallized a taboo ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
interracial relations, family relations, forbidden love, love and romance, society, family in crisis, impossible love, family problems, immigrant, unfulfillment, misfit, religions or cults ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A married couple move back to his childhood village to start a family but a surprise visit from the husband's brother ignites sibling rivalry and exposes the lies embedded in the couple's relationship.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, sex comedy ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, family relations, village, newlyweds, siblings relations, couple relations, couples, countryside, hot and sexy, female protagonist, marriage, siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
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419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional ...
Style:
realistic, serious, biting, epic, crying ...
Plot:
capitalist, renaissance, revolution, friendship, cuckolded husband, nobleman, peasant, capitalism, victorian england, time machine, identity, revolt ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, eastern europe, berlin germany, middle east, europe ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, redemption, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, dealing with death, cancer, illness, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
death, family relations, introspection, self discovery, family problems, parents and children, parent child relationship, dealing with death, lifestyle, hopes, estrangement, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
19%
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