Movies like Lemonade

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Lemonade (2018)
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Lemonade (2018)
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 unusual plot structure films with plots about society, family relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, friendship, dishonesty and couples mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Lemonade: Rosie (2018), Juanita (2019), Your Lover (2019), Vacuum (2017), Isy Way Out (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rosie (2018)
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: touching, psychological, thought provoking, rough, suspenseful
Plot: homeless shelter, homelessness, mother daughter relationship, family relations, love and romance, society, friendship, rescue, betrayal, parents and children, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, united kingdom
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Juanita (2019)
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, humorous, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female nudity, sex, culture clash, love and romance, family relations, life is a bitch, couples, friendship, parents and children, society, escapades, hopes ...
Place: usa
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Your Lover (2019)
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: rough, tense, suspense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: jungle, life is a bitch, boy, adultery, rivalry, society, friendship, parents and children, deforestation, danger, destiny, family relations ...
Place: latin america
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47%
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Vacuum (2017)
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, suspense, thought provoking, melancholic, contemplative ...
Plot: husband wife conflict, marriage, hiv, husband wife sex, unfaithful husband, husband wife relationship, illness, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, love, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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45%
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Isy Way Out (2018)
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: psychological, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing
Plot: friendship, youth, friend, teenager, classmate, teenage boy, family relations, mother daughter relationship, friends, rape, rape victim, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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Tag (2015)
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: suspenseful, psychological, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: homeless, abusive parent, drug addict, couples, teenager, gay teenager, runaway, murder, hiv, flashback sequence, love, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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43%
According to her (2016)
Genre: Comedy, 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: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, touching, tense ...
Plot: mother, love, immigration, mother love, career, love and romance, couples, mother son relationship, family relations, friendship, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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41%
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Dreamchild (2020)
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, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: infidelity, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, pregnant woman, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, society, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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41%
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Dog Days (2016)
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: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: missing person, baby, husband wife relationship, family relations, dishonesty, abduction, danger, child abduction, society, parents and children, female protagonist, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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Ville-Marie (2015)
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, psychological, touching, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, motherhood, heart condition, estrangement, post traumatic stress disorder, gay interest, family relations, couples, youth, love, love and romance, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal
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41%
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Do it Right (2017)
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, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: pregnant teenager, troubled teen, teenage boy, teenage girl, school, high school, death of mother, youth, parents and children, society, mother son relationship, love and romance ...
Time: year 2017, 21st century
Place: paris france
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40%
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Mad World (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this independent drama, writer-director Cory Cataldo explores the pain of adolescence with dark and disturbing results. Facing the pitfalls of high school with no support from their parents and teachers, a foursome of ostracized teenagers (Gary ...
Style: suspense, psychological, rough, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: bullying, abusive parent, high school, hate, teenager, teen suicide, racism, coming of age, overweight, helplessness, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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King Of Duval County (2019)
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, enigmatic, bleak, disturbing
Plot: rivalry, vengeance, danger, revenge, organized crime, murder, dishonesty, violence, betrayal, death, friendship, blood ...
Place: usa
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The Choice (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: couples, husband wife relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family relations, marital reconciliation, marriage, pregnancy, marital problem, violence, pregnant wife, sexual abuse ...
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Pig Hag (2019)
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: rough, captivating, psychological, touching, sincere
Plot: society, love and romance, couples, friendship, life is a bitch, fall in love, brutality, hopes, escapades, ambition, cultural icon, obesity ...
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Like Normal People (1979)
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, thought provoking, romantic, suspense
Plot: husband wife relationship, false accusation, male female relationship, marriage, independence, love, mentally unstable woman, society, dishonesty, forbidden love, love and romance, true love ...
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Cherry. (2010)
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, sexy, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: love triangle, couples, fall in love, best friend, love, friendship, youth, escapades, revenge, love and romance, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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38%
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Easy Land (2019)
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, suspense, psychological, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: mental breakdown, architect, mental illness, refugee, family relations, parents and children, youth, rescue, life is a bitch, society, danger, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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38%
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I Promise You Anarchy (2015)
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, suspense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay lead character, gay couple, gay crush, bisexuality, lgbtq, couple relations, love and romance, gay latino, gay teenager, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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I'm Not Here (2017)
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, touching, rough
Plot: redemption, father son relationship, death, storytelling, life is a bitch, fall in love, life & death, life philosophy, loneliness, family relations, betrayal, friendship ...
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Forbidden to Forbid (2006)
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, bleak ...
Plot: love triangle, friends, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, friendship, hopes, intern, family relations, rivalry, love, polyamory ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)
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, tense, entertaining, cynical, suspense ...
Plot: vengeance, danger, escapades, dishonesty, life is a bitch, culture clash, betrayal, violence, friendship, rivalry, spy, youth ...
Time: year 1992, 80s
Place: russia, ussr
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37%
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Hezarpa (2018)
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: tense, captivating, suspense, humorous
Plot: escapades, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, danger, chase, family relations, society, ambition, rivalry, redemption, love and romance ...
Place: iran, persia
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37%
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Emoticon ;) (2014)
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, contemplative, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, self discovery, couple relations, teaching the ways of the world, profanity, bittersweet, love and romance, society, couples, power relations, teenage life, computers and web ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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37%
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Nowhere (2020)
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: romantic, psychological, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay love, immigration, gay couple, fall in love, chase, escapades, gay relationship, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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37%
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Toro (2015)
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: contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: debt, drug addict, drug abuse, sex worker, prostitute, addiction, friends, friendship, gay, violence, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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Burning Sands (2017)
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: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: brotherhood, university, black, society, murder, youth, disorder, friendship, danger, death, dishonesty, obsession ...
Time: year 2017
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36%
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Mending Fences (2009)
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, touching ...
Plot: corporate crime, family relations, farm, homecoming, legal, dishonesty, small town, love affair, rivalry, social relations, love and romance, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nevada
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36%
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Los Perros (2017)
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, disturbing, suspense, tense, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: outdoor sex, seductress, father daughter relationship, sex scene, chase, escapades, love, disorder, mentor, rivalry, society, danger ...
Time: year 2017
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Ballast (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: small town, single parent, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, danger, suicide, juvenile delinquent, robbery, society, poverty, mother son relationship ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, mississippi
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