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Unforgivable (2011)
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Original name: Impardonnables
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A middle-aged writer is looking for a quiet retreat; a slightly younger female estate agent gives him details of a house a close to Venice.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
amateur detective, bisexual woman, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, missing person, family relations, parents and children, family problems, dealing with death, infidelity, parenthood, erotica, women, suspicion of adultery, missing child, loss of daughter, sex, dog, prison, gay, island, wedding, writers, swimming, jealousy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
venice, france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and gloomy films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, female nudity and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Unforgivable: The Girl in the Park (2007), Forgive Me (2006), Bad Girl (2012), Family Tree (2010), Small World (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
missing person, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, loss of child, obsession, haunted by the past, loss of daughter, social misfits, isolation, family relations, misfit, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, pregnancy, couples, family problems, parents and children, infidelity, uncover truth, disturbed childhood, adolescence, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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100%
193
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:
sexy, realistic, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
parents and children, couples, family problems, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, cancer, rock, strong female presence, female pubic hair, bullfighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, deportation, family problems, hopes, aging, introspection, haunted by the past, bittersweet, elderly, gender, death in the family, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, memory loss, investigation, haunted by the past, flashback, family relations, society, family life, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Place:
france, europe
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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, slow cinema ...
Plot:
family in crisis, parents and children, introspection, family problems, family relations, life turned upside down, accident, architect, school teacher, death, funeral, loss of daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, catalonia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
missing person, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, family problems, family life, family relations, dark humor, estrangement, parents and children, on the road, writers, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
europe, france, usa, virginia, switzerland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elsa, a woman with a long history of depression in the midst of a divorce from her husband of 12 years develops an obsession with a seven year old girl she sees at a birthday party when she comes to pick up her son Thomas. Determined to find out ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
obsession, family relations, haunted by the past, depression, stalking, mentally unstable, danger, crumbling marriage, parents and children, family problems, little girl, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
23%
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323
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ombline, a 20-year-old woman, is sent to prison for three years after committing a violent assault on a police officer. Just when she has lost all hope for the future, she discovers that she is pregnant. The law allows her to rear her newborn for ...
Style:
serious, touching, bleak, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
newborn baby, prison, family problems, hopes, single parent, family relations, confined, starting over, babies and infants, life is a bitch, prison life, released from prison ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
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:
21%
292
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An Israeli man searches for his father in France.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, estrangement, family problems, investigation, hopes, parents and children, midlife crisis, haunted by the past, gays and lesbians, redemption, aging ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
21%
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, tense ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, breakup, couples, life is a bitch, downfall, unfulfillment, job seeking, down on your luck, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
21%
375
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Jenny dreams of becoming a synchronized swimmer. Family events turn her life upside down and she is forced move to a remote area to look after her ill father and younger brother. It won't be long before Jenny starts pursuing ...
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
helplessness, follow your dream, family life, life turned upside down, synchronized swimming, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family in crisis, hopes, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
21%
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:
realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot:
mental disorder, estrangement, family problems, kids in trouble, family relations, human nature, mentally challenged, single parent, misfit, mentally unstable, youth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
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419
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:
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A brilliant story with an unexpected twist. A father uses the serial number on a hand gun in an attempt to track down his daughter's killer. The truth he uncovers is an unsettling reminder of the dangers of keeping handguns. Stars the legendary ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, haunted by the past, escapades, on the road, loss of daughter, world war two veteran, violent content, chases and races, dealing with death, obsessive quest, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
20%
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 ...
Plot:
hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, car accident, family secret, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
20%
184
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, psychological, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, family relations, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Student Eric kills time by spying on his neighbors. Compulsively taking notes on everything within binocular range from his bedroom window, he harasses his neighbors by sending unsigned notes and making their private affairs public. When they ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, sexual ...
Plot:
voyeurism, destructive relationship, dangerous attraction, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, mysterious character, teenage life, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, menage a trois, loneliness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, family problems, police detective, hostage ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Louis Trebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti. Told elliptically, with few words, we see ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
angel of death, female nudity, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, family problems, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, terminal illness, going straight, redemption, transplant ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
tahiti, europe, france, geneva switzerland
Similarity:
19%
865
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity. She doesn't expect however that the father whom she loves from distance will be the most hateful person who will submit her and ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
female nudity, medieval, pregnant by incest, incest rape, older woman younger man relationship, illicit affair, father daughter incest, father daughter sex, incest, female pubic hair, father daughter relationship, loss of faith ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, 12th century, year 1987
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
starting over, family relations, homecoming, missing person, hopes, haunted by the past, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, youth, life is a bitch, parents and children, creative block ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, brittany
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 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:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Leo is immediately set adrift by his new found responsibilities as a single parent, a feeling that is made doubly distressing when Dafne, herself understandably confused and heartbroken by her mother's absence, asks for an ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, single father, family problems, law firm, death in the family, family in crisis, death of mother, gender bending, ethical dilemma, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A successful author, Liz, searches for her daughter, Rachel, in the Sinai Desert. There she meets a Bedouin storyteller who relays the unusual love story of a Western tourist and the son of a Bedouin Sheik named Najim. Their relationship is torn ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love affair, culture clash, haunted by the past, forbidden love, estrangement, couples, family problems, missing child, parents and children, on the run, danger, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, family in crisis, lovers reunited, dysfunctional family, writer's life, haunted by the past, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, relationships, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
18%
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, suspense, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
crumbling marriage, dysfunctional family, losing-it hero, obsession, ex husband, life is a bitch, breaking point, parents and children, mentally unstable, danger, family problems, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
18%
244
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
sisters, family relations, family problems, youth, introspection, parents and children, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, self discovery, obsessive quest, single parent, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
italy, lyon, europe, france
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan, one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
death of child, small town, parents and children, small town life, legal, forces of nature, snow, lesbian, gay, society, loss of son, alcoholism ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
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