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The Third Wife (2018)
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Original name: Vợ ba
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.
Style:
psychological, suspense, rough, thought provoking, touching, unusual plot structure, independent film, visual, extraordinary
Plot:
arranged marriage, teenage girl, childhood, sex with stepmother, wedding planning, eye, teenager, family relations, fiancee, countryside, youth, parents and children, destiny, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, sexual awakening, women, victorian england, woman, existentialism, coming of age, landowner, sex scene, farming ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
vietnam
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, touching, realistic and serious films with plots about family relations, youth, teenager, parents and children, coming of age, teenage girl and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Third Wife: Electrick Children (2012), Nude Area (2014), Miriam Lies (2018), Natasha (2015), Bi, Don't Be Afraid (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Electrick Children tells the story of Rachel, a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, independent film, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, coming of age, unwanted pregnancy, mormon, family relations, religions or cults, self discovery, teenage life, nobody believes, lifestyle, parents and children, atheism ...
Time:
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Place:
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458
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Poland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Naomi, a fifteen year-old Dutch girl from South-Amsterdam, develops a crush on a beautiful Arabic girl of the same age living in the poor quarters of Amsterdam West. During one magical summer in Amsterdam, the two girls play an emotional chess game ...
Style:
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Plot:
love, lesbian interest, female nudity, lgbt, longing, lesbian, young lovers, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian teen, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, lie, family relations, teenager, mother daughter relationship, middle class, family drama, love and romance, couples, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
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547
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Natasha takes place over the course of one summer. It is the story of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants living in the suburbs north of Toronto. When his uncle enters into an arranged marriage with woman from Moscow, the woman ...
Style:
erotic, touching, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage girl, forbidden sex, teenage sexuality, teenage boy, first love, teenage protagonist, teenager, forbidden love, youth, love, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
ontario canada, canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
childhood, dysfunctional family, family life, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems, estrangement, youth, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, alcohol abuse, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vietnam, asia
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65%
483
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Summer is a carefree teenage girl whose world is turned upside down when her mother abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person. At first resistant to the faith, she begins to reevaluate her identity after becoming attracted to a ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
desire, woman, religious conversion, coming of age, daughter, mother, teenager, youth, faith, family relations, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
16-year-old Jonas is in love with his best friend Isy, but she likes older boys. When Isy takes drugs at a party and loses control in the intoxication, Jonas friends Lenny and Martin make fun of it with Jonas. But then the situation escalates and ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing
Plot:
rape, rape victim, friendship, youth, teenager, friend, teenage boy, classmate, mother daughter relationship, friends, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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64%
312
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows a Serbian refugees mother and daughter, as they struggle to navigate the many obstacles facing newcomers to Canada.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, contemplative, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
mental breakdown, architect, mental illness, refugee, family relations, parents and children, teenager, society, life is a bitch, danger, rescue, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Russia, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always depressed. He's 52, but personal and professional success has escaped him. Many years ago, Mark moved from his native Riga to Tel Aviv to get away from his oppressive father, Viktor, who still ...
Style:
rough, touching, suspense, psychological, bleak
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, father son relationship, hopes, destiny, redemption, musician, society, life is a bitch, transformation, hospital, death ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, Belgium, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, serious, realistic, anthology
Plot:
boy, corpse, father son relationship, poverty, family relations, society, self discovery, youth, introspection, parents and children, forces of nature, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, indochina, asia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, family problems, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, living with parents, relationship problems, divorced parents, family relations, tragic love, parenthood ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
troubled teen, pregnant teenager, teenage boy, teenage girl, death of mother, high school, school, youth, society, parents and children, transformation, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspense, rough, social
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, absent mother, coming of age, brother sister relationship, little brother, teenage protagonist, homeless, friendship, life is a bitch, grownups, society, nothing goes right ...
Place:
east end london, london
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
anorexia, teenage girl, eating disorder, sisterhood, mental disorder, family relations, siblings relations, youth, kids in trouble, parents and children, illness, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Canada, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, sentimental, psychological, tense, rough ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, green card, abuse of power, marriage, culture clash, society, escapades, life is a bitch, family relations, dishonesty, betrayal, friendship ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
359
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar Salim, and despite being only 16 years old she portrays toughness, charm, and vulnerability ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, gloomy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friends, teenage life, life is a bitch, boy girl relationship, youth, family problems, friendship, high school life, social relations, dysfunctional family, school, social decay ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dorsvloer vol Confetti tells the story of young Katelijne, who grows up in a religious family in the countryside in Zeeland. Based on the novel by Franca Treur.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, farm, family relations, corporal punishment, religions or cults, parents and children, society, village life, church, wedding, rural setting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
netherlands, belgium
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An orphan with a rough childhood becomes a barrister.
Style:
costume drama, realistic, serious, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, family relations, parents and children, dishonesty, high school, youth, teachers and students, pregnant teenager, teenager, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, sexual awakening, youth, teenage life, teenage love, family relations, parents and children, bittersweet, teenage boy, teenage girl, nude young male, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
60%
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:
realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
drug addiction, father daughter reunion, family relations, teenager, redemption, parents and children, addiction, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, austria
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
“I Want To Be A Soldier” is the story of Alex, an average 8 year old child who develops a morbid fascination for images portraying violence. He starts to have communication problems with his parents and other children at school and becomes ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, thought provoking, sad ...
Plot:
parents and children, communication problem, imaginary character, coming of age, misfit, family relations, obsession, brother brother relationship, teenager, brutality, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, farm, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, society, smoking, childhood, teenager, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Maria Chapdelaine tells the story of a young woman having to choose between three suitors promising each a different life. Faced with events that jostle her, Maria must then take his destiny into her own hands and decide what her future will be.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
teenager, relationships, family relations, love story, grownups, female protagonist, countryside, love triangle, moral dilemma, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, love and romance ...
Time:
edwardian era
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from ...
Style:
realistic, tense, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, boy, youth, family relations, friendship, society, culture clash, working class, german history, aftermath, nordic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, 50s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, artsy ...
Plot:
virginity, perversion, teenage girl, sin, doctor, love and romance, youth, couple relations, society, teenage life, parents and children, religions or cults ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004
Place:
argentina, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1930’s British India, sixteen-year-old Indira finds herself torn between true love, her duty to follow through with an arranged marriage, and the powerful allure of a mysterious guru. Through her heartbreaking journey to self-discovery, ...
Style:
historical drama, sweet, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, patriarchy, women, self discovery, female empowerment, feminism, life is a bitch, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, love ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to rethink their futures.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, environmentalism, society, family problems, gain trust, dysfunctional family, teenage life, life is a bitch, youth, bittersweet, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young women unsure of her cultural heritage, arrives in rural Quebec, Canada.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
farm, coming of age, immigrant, family problems, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, down on your luck, racism, homecoming, teenage life, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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