Movies like A Regular Woman

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A Regular Woman (2019)
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A Regular Woman (2019)
Original name: Nur eine Frau
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü, a vibrant young Turkish woman and mother is murdered at 23 by her youngest brother in an honor killing. Forced into an abusive arranged marriage with a cousin in Istanbul at 16 by her devout Muslim family, Anyur escapes to Berlin and gives birth to a son. She is considered a disgraceful burden by her parents and siblings, so Anyur soon leaves her family and attempts to start a new life.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, rough
Plot: hijab, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, muslim, female protagonist, religious, forced marriage, single mother, brother sister relationship, murder, stalking, domestic violence, sexual abuse, father daughter relationship, large family, witness protection program, arranged marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder of a woman, sister sister conflict, murder trial, child custody, true crime, woman killed ...
Time: year 2005
Place: germany, istanbul turkey, berlin germany

Most similar movies to A Regular Woman

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, suspense, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about murder, life is a bitch, true crime, mother daughter relationship, family problems, father daughter relationship and society mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like A Regular Woman: My First Client (2019), Lamb of God (2008), Miss Baek (2018), 3096 Days (2013), No One Would Tell (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jacqueline Sauvage: It Was Him or Me (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On Monday, September 10, 2012, Jacqueline Sauvage shot her husband the back three times. She then learned that their son had just committed suicide. And so the most publicized trial in recent years commenced.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: true crime, domestic violence, prison, justice, female prisoner, life is a bitch, family problems, mother daughter relationship, confined, jailed, family relations, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
My First Client (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A success-hungry lawyer meets a young sister and brother suffering from domestic abuse and digs into their case.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspense, realistic
Plot: lawyer, murder, police investigation, life is a bitch, death, death of child, child murder, redemption, violence, child, psychology, killer child ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 6.7
 387
Lamb of God (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The kidnapping 77-year-old man in Argentina forces his daughter to return to Buenos Aires after years of exile abroad.
Style: thought provoking, serious, rough, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, state affairs, missing person, politics, confined, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, exile, dictatorship, daughter
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 6.8
 1K
Miss Baek (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: life is a bitch, confronting the past, male female relationship, family problems, social problems, rescue, child custody, violence, domestic violence, adult child friendship, tragic past, protector ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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 6.5
 16K
3096 Days (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
Style: realistic, rough, twisted, teen, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, child abuse, rape, psychological torture, abduction, life is a bitch, basement, pedophile, violence against women, missing child, hostage, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: germany, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
No One Would Tell (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Laura Collins (Shannen Doherty), single mom to daughter Sarah (Matreya Scarrwener), has had a history of rocky relationships, so when Sarah begins dating the popular and charismatic Rob Tennison (Callan Potter), Laura is thrilled with what she sees. ...
Style: bad ending, rough, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: emotional abuse, physical abuse, abusive boyfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, domestic violence, relationships, high school, mother daughter relationship, trial, best friend, brutality, murder ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Execution of Julie Ann Mabry (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When her mother is murdered by her father, Julie Ann Mabry is confronted by a life of hardship and poverty. Taken in by her Evangelical relatives, she begins to adopt new convictions in an effort to reconnect with her mother. Slowly, the threads of ...
Style: disturbing, suspense
Plot: prison, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence, poverty, doomed romance, injustice, social problems, life is a bitch, family problems, miscarriage, single mother, teenage love ...
Place: midwest, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: true crime, murder of parents, murder, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murderer, dysfunctional family, killings, parents and children, criminal, parent child relationship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Movie in collections
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Untouched (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal investigation, life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, murder, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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A Wedding (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Pakistan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.
Style: contemplative, unusual plot structure, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: muslim girl, forced marriage, pregnant teenager, muslim, runaway teen, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, runaway, pregnancy, pregnant woman, dream within a dream ...
Time: 2000s
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Helena, 29, a single mother with an 11-year-old daughter, is a moderately successful actress who earns a living as an escort in the sex industry. Her relationship with her own mother, a singing teacher, is tense, and she’s also increasingly ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: mother daughter relationship, escort, sexuality, single mother, family problems, female protagonist, single parent, sexploitation, sexual relations, life is a bitch, family relations, sexual content ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A psychological thriller surrounding the real murders of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen orchestrated by their own daughter, Suzane, along with her boyfriend and brother-in-law, the Cravinhos brothers.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: murder of parents, planned murder, bad influence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, courtroom, father daughter relationship, evil man, murder trial, family problems, parents and children, murderer ...
Time: 2000s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 664
Unbowed (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of Kim Kyung-ho, a math professor who was arrested for shooting a crossbow at the presiding judge of his appeal against unfair dismissal.
Style: rough, thought provoking, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: legal, mathematics, legal investigation, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, courtroom drama, legal action, injustice, society, courtroom, law, archer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Deathmaker (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, investigation, society, courtroom drama, mental institution, confined, cannibalism, gay, killer, dismemberment ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Sins of the Father (2002)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
Style: realistic, rough, emotional, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: racism, investigation, moral dilemma, introspection, haunted by the past, legal, rebellion, society, injustice, parents and children, hopes, civil rights ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, true crime, abduction, child abduction, kidnapped, rape, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicidal maniac, homicide detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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In Her Name (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A ...
Style: disturbing, rough, suspense, enigmatic, deep ...
Plot: murder of daughter, rape of a girl, investigation, loss of daughter, murder, death of daughter, flashback, tragedy, true crime, rape, revenge, human rights ...
Time: year 2016, year 2009, year 1974, 90s, 80s
Place: germany, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Based on a true story, an adoring wife and mother is taken hostage during a robbery and brutally murdered.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, human nature, unfulfillment, death in the family, small town, small town life, life turned upside down, family in crisis ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the ...
Style: non fiction, realistic, serious, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot: woman in danger, domestic violence, abusive relationship, feminism, abusive husband, injustice, family problems, domestic disturbance, legal action, life is a bitch, couple relations, legal ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.3
 603
Rivals (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stalking, teenage life, friendship, couples, youth, love and romance, bullying, seduction, rape, revenge, danger, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Dark Nest (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: murder, priest, life is a bitch, murderer, female police officer, father daughter relationship, child murder, sexual abuse, catholic church, burning car, dna testing
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 3.3
 126
Waters Rising (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the Desire Projects in New Orleans who both end up in Houston after the storm. The storm twists the fates of these two men. The first, Jay Dee, was a feared and powerful crime boss who is humbled when he loses ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, rough, independent film
Plot: hurricane katrina, criminal, disaster, flood, drug, robbery, money, murder, sex scene, apocalypse, narration, true crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mississippi, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
NSU German History X (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: neo nazism, terrorism, ethnic hatred, brutality, murder, nazism, killings, murder investigation, organized crime, murderer, ethnicity, racism ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Congregation (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Anna, a young and naive woman, moves to Knutby to become part of the free church congregation as a nanny, which to her seems like a warm and pious community. But soon the idyll that never existed crackles, and manipulation, power games, social ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: murder, nanny, female protagonist, religions or cults, religious cult, countryside, life is a bitch, society, village life, manipulation, faith, manipulative behavior ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.1
 3K
Stoic (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cerebral ...
Plot: prison life, physical abuse, confined, criminal heroes, murder disguised as suicide, society, rebellion, crime gone awry, buddies, life is a bitch, gory, prison ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Free Will (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 163 min.
Story: After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, ...
Style: bleak, psychological, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: sexual abuse, mental illness, life is a bitch, love and romance, hopes, couples, guilt, sex scene, moving, love letter, lgbt, mental disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.8
 5K
Even Money (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: gambling, addiction, obsession, bookies, destructive relationship, couple relations, moral dilemma, cons and scams, life is a bitch, buddies, criminal's revenge, rivalry ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.8
 4K
Sand Storm (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, social
Plot: second marriage, second wife, bedouin, family problems, mother daughter conflict, women in society, marriage, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.3
 762
MDMA (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When an Asian American girl from the wrong side of the tracks is accepted by a prestigious university, she finds that her academic prowess can be put to lucrative use.
Style: touching, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: dysfunctional family, ecstasy, university, drug addict, self mutilation, father daughter relationship, drug dealing, mother daughter relationship, gangster, female protagonist, drug, nightclub ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On the afternoon of August 3, 2013, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson was abducted after finishing cheerleading practice in a San Diego suburb. When the bodies of her mother and brother were found in the burned home of family friend James DiMaggio later ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: child abduction, kidnapping, kidnapped child, true crime, father daughter relationship, 16 year old, crime solving, cold case, forensics, disappearance, uncover truth, teenage girl ...
Place: california, san diego california, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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