Movies like Lemonade 2018
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Lemonade (2018)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Canada, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems to have fallen perfectly into place. When the process of getting a green card veers unexpectedly off course, however, Mara is faced with abuses of power on every level and forced to answer a dark question about herself – how far would you go to get what you want?
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, sentimental, rough, social
Plot:
mother son relationship, green card, abuse of power, marriage, culture clash, society, family relations, life is a bitch, escapades, dishonesty, love, violence, friendship, betrayal, love and romance, rivalry, runaway, danger, husband wife relationship, teenager, women, woman, police, female nudity, amusement park ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Lemonade
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspense, tense and captivating films with plots about society, family relations, love and romance, couples, life is a bitch, friendship and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Lemonade: Rosie (2018), Dreamchild (2020), Jailbirds (2015), According to her (2016), Juanita (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A mother strives to shield her young family from their new reality when their landlord sells the property and renders them homeless.
Style:
thought provoking, rough, suspenseful, touching, psychological
Plot:
homeless shelter, homelessness, mother daughter relationship, family relations, society, love and romance, friendship, betrayal, rescue, hopes, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
infidelity, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, couples, society, dishonesty, family relations, love, love and romance, escapades, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
414
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In order to save the man she loves from jail, Mathilde takes his place by helping his break-out. While she exclusively relies on him to survive in this prison setting, Mathilde has not heard from him since her imprisonment. Isolated, with her son as ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental
Plot:
female nudity, doctor, female warden, prison life, women's prison, prison, self sacrifice, salvation, mother son relationship, danger, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mother, love, immigration, mother love, career, mother son relationship, couples, love and romance, women, friendship, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana - where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.
Style:
captivating, touching, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female nudity, sex, culture clash, love and romance, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, friendship, parents and children, hopes, society, escapades ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Lucio and Enedina are a happily married young Teenek couple that lives in the Huasteca Potosina's jungle with their three children. They love each other and share everything, nevertheless, everything crumbles when the construction of a highway, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, tense, bleak
Plot:
jungle, life is a bitch, boy, adultery, rivalry, society, friendship, family relations, deforestation, destiny, parents and children, danger ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
47%
209
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Amidst the preparations for her 35th wedding anniversary, Meredith is surprised by the discovery that she is HIV-positive. Only her husband André could have been the carrier of the virus.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
husband wife conflict, hiv, marriage, unfaithful husband, husband wife relationship, illness, couple relations, love, infidelity, couples, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
45%
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
Similarity:
44%
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295
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
drug addict, gay teenager, abusive parent, homeless, teenager, couples, murder, runaway, hiv, flashback sequence, love, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Endless dog days of summer weigh heavily on the impoverished suburb of Changsha where a young mother, Lulu, works as a dancer in a cheap nightclub. Coming home late one night, she discovers that her boyfriend Bai Long has disappeared with their ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
missing person, baby, family relations, husband wife relationship, dishonesty, parents and children, escapades, society, child abduction, abduction, female protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Celebrated European actor Sophie Bernard is in Montreal shooting a movie, and she's taking the opportunity to visit her son Thomas in the hope of bridging the rift that's grown between them. But Thomas has his own agenda for their time ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
motherhood, estrangement, heart condition, post traumatic stress disorder, gay interest, love, youth, love and romance, couples, family relations, teenager, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
40%
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:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
The Black Family a once powerful respected family has lost power in the city of Jacksonville.11 years has past and now the city is controlled by 4 family's.Young Antonio must return to the city and reclaim the Black family's respect and ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, enigmatic, disturbing
Plot:
rivalry, vengeance, danger, organized crime, revenge, dishonesty, murder, betrayal, death, violence, friendship, culture clash ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
couples, sexual assault, husband wife relationship, relationships, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, marital reconciliation, pregnant wife, violence, marriage, pregnancy ...
Similarity:
39%
466
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jodie, a woman in her mid-thirties, struggles with the pressure to find a partner and have children. When she attends a Guns N’ Roses concert, she thinks she may have met a potential match — until he immediately ghosts on her.
Style:
captivating, rough, sincere, psychological, touching
Plot:
society, love and romance, couples, friendship, ambition, obesity, brutality, hopes, escapades, life is a bitch, fall in love, cultural icon ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mentally-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.
Style:
psychological, suspense, thought provoking, romantic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, false accusation, male female relationship, marriage, independence, society, dishonesty, forbidden love, mentally unstable, family relations, love, love and romance ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When Brian Cherry, a sweet, sensitive young Los Angeleno, falls for the beautiful, electric, and damaged Jules, she turns his ideas about women and sex upside-down. Slowly, he is drawn into a twisted love-triangle that includes Jules and his best ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sexy, independent film ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, fall in love, best friend, love, friendship, escapades, revenge, youth, love and romance, male female relationship, generation y ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.
Style:
captivating, cynical, suspense, entertaining, tense ...
Plot:
vengeance, sex, danger, escapades, dishonesty, culture clash, life is a bitch, rivalry, violence, betrayal, friendship, spy ...
Time:
year 1992, 80s
Place:
ussr, russia
Similarity:
38%
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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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three young Brazilian try to help a terminally ill woman who lives in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Their youthful idealism is shattered with the cruel reality of police brutality.
Style:
realistic, serious, social, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
love triangle, friends, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, friendship, hopes, intern, family relations, love, rivalry, polyamory ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
37%
75
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Friends Toro and Victor struggle with drug addiction and male prostitution in a hostile environment. When they lose all their money, their longstanding friendship is put to the test.
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sex worker, debt, drug abuse, addiction, friends, friendship, violence, society, rivalry, chase, danger, rough sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, sincere, rough, touching
Plot:
redemption, father son relationship, life is a bitch, fall in love, death, storytelling, life & death, lone hero, life philosophy, loneliness, family relations, betrayal ...
Similarity:
37%
208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Nowhere" is a drama about Adrian and Sebastian, a Colombia couple living together in New York City. When Sebastian is faced with immigration complications, Adrian must learn to overcome his fear of rejection from his family back in ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, romantic, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
gay love, lgbt, lgbtq, immigration, gay, gay couple, society, hopes, violence, fall in love, gay lead character, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern means of communication.' All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's teenage kids, who are going through their own journeys of ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, couple relations, teaching the ways of the world, profanity, bittersweet, love and romance, society, power relations, couples, computers and web, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
The thief accidentally notices the secret of a girl and tries to exploit this position ....
Style:
suspense, captivating, humorous, tense, entertaining
Plot:
escapades, friendship, dishonesty, danger, disorder, chase, family relations, society, rivalry, ambition, redemption, life is a bitch ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
37%
427
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:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large ...
Style:
tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, male pubic hair, gay latino, gay teenager, gay crush, gay, lgbtq, bisexuality, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When big-city TV journalist Kelly Faraday (Laura Leighton) gets fired, she moves back to her Nevada hometown, where a severe drought may force her aging mother, Ruth (Angie Dickinson), to sell the family farm to a casino developer. As Kelly and Ruth ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, corporate crime, homecoming, farm, small town, dishonesty, legal, rivalry, love affair, small town life, love and romance, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brotherhood, university, black, danger, murder, youth, society, friendship, disorder, death, greed, obsession ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Argentina, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mariana, an upper-class Chilean, feels a strange attraction towards her riding teacher, Juan, a former colonel with a shady past.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
seductress, father daughter relationship, sex scene, escapades, love, chase, society, rivalry, disorder, mentor, danger, simulated cunilingus ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
36%
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