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Living (2012)
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Original name: Жить
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the second feature film by Russian director Vasily Sigarev, fate brings ordeals to characters that find themselves immersed in deep crisis; they must seek the strength to cope with adversity. In a remote and cold region of Russia, Galya, a middle-aged woman with a drinking problem, has been separated from her twin daughters and she wants them back. On the other hand, Grishka and Anton are a young couple who decide to get married, but right after the wedding their relationship is put to the test in a brutal way. While Artyom longs to see his missing father, but his mother objects. There is only one element that brings all of these characters together: misfortune.
Style:
psychological, serious, melancholic, realistic, disturbing, cynical, bleak, art house
Plot:
husband wife relationship, destiny, tragic love, life is a bitch, family problems, father son relationship, hopes, love, children, religion, dialogue, society, self sacrifice, dishonesty, parallel story, prayer, awkward
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
russia, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, family relations, hopes, family problems, husband wife relationship and love mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Living: Everybody Dies But Me (2008), Wolfy (2009), An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), Bastards (2006), Van Goghs (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs after her mother as she has no idea how to live without her. ...
Style:
realistic, rough, tense, neorealism, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 230 min.
Story:
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find ...
Style:
depressing, melancholic, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
existential loneliness, suicide, youth, manslaughter, life is a bitch, city life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems, life turned upside down, existentialism, alienation, wench ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A "Hitlerjugend" kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin.
Style:
rough, art house, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, war, world war two, military, gay interest, criminal heroes, confined, group, adolescence, child murder, parachuting, mine ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
soviet union, romania, russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
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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:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the ...
Style:
erotic, eros, psychological, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
bribe, corruption, multiple storylines, couples, supernatural, plan, family life, society, storytelling, librarian, family relations, older man younger woman relationship ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Finland, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, depressing, disturbing, melancholic, sad ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, paramedic, doctor, drinking, hospital, nurse, male objectification, married couple, ambulance, male pubic hair, unhappy wife, humanity ...
Place:
russia, soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, dysfunctional family, relationships, death of son, husband wife relationship, death, prediction, life is a bitch, death of child, life & death, family problems, social problems ...
Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Russia, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, introspection, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, murder, emotionless, novel
Time:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
22%
998
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A storry about a friendship between two very different women.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, ironic, melancholic
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
country girl, female friendship, relationships, eccentricity, realism, girlfriend, city life, understanding, life turned upside down, sexuality, love and romance, house party ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
40%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, optimism, society, hopes, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, latin america, colombia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The plot follows the individual journeys of three ordinary South African men in the build up to their attendance of the 2010 Mighty Men Conference, where their lives are forever changed by God's message for them.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, art house, christian film ...
Plot:
self discovery, family problems, redemption, hopes, society, friendship, biopic, christian, faith, religions or cults, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In Letter to the King we meet a group of refugees, all with their own agendas, on an excursion to Oslo. A young man about to be deported visits his former employers to collect his off-the-books salary, a martial arts expert is looking for work, a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, anthology ...
Plot:
refugee, immigrant, love, revenge, social misfits, dishonesty, society, hopes, life is a bitch, misfit, redemption, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kurdistan
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
interracial relations, homecoming, friendship, disability, family relations, society, hopes, countryside, life is a bitch, love, true love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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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:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Somalia, Qatar
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already ...
Style:
emotional, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
illness, family problems, social problems, money problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, fighting illness, needing money, life is a bitch, realism, resilience, sacrifice ...
Place:
africa, somalia
Similarity:
19%
722
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, youth, human spirit, teenage life, custody, family problems, society, hopes, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, family in crisis, sexual abuse ...
Time:
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Similarity:
18%
297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, redemption, destiny, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, family life, parents and children, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
18%
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Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy ...
Plot:
dance, life is a bitch, social misfits, working class, family in crisis, social differences, down on your luck, society, couple relations, betrayal, unfulfillment, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
50s, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, family problems, couples, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, unwanted pregnancy, society, husband wife relationship, feminist, marital problem ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Anna Forbes suffers an attack and sexual abuse by her father-in-law. But when she overcomes her fear and tells her husband Mark what happened he does not believe her, choosing instead to believe his father who denies everything. As Anna becomes ...
Style:
thought provoking, tense, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Slovenia, Serbia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A psychological portrait of a woman traveling home in a war-torn world.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
on the road, hopes, life is a bitch, escapades, getting home, survival, danger, society, wartime life, introspection, dystopia, runaway child ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
cynical, realistic, talky, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
starting over, hopes, estate, rich and poor, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, couples, down on your luck, social differences, marriage, joan of arc ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
released from prison, starting over, love affair, homecoming, mother son relationship, society, hopes, love and romance, life is a bitch, reconciliation, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, black sea
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, rise to the top, ambition, idealism, dishonesty, society, obsession, rivalry, family relations, love, ecological disaster, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy, disturbing
Plot:
children, youth, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, teenage life, family in crisis, unfulfillment, misfit, mute or deaf, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, homecoming, moral dilemma, society, life is a bitch, working class, family relations, family problems, post traumatic stress disorder, ex soldier, urban, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
17%
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