Movies like Souvenir 2019
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Souvenir (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her belly to give birth to the baby of Sara and Joaquin, a possessive couple obsessed with the idea of starting a family.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful, intense, ambiguous ending, grim
Plot:
surrogate mother, motherhood, pregnancy, parenthood, pregnant woman, single parent, unsettling, family relations, parents and children, social problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, relationships, obsession, manipulation, power struggle, moral ambiguity, emotional manipulation, possessiveness, character study, ethical dilemma, domestic drama, obsessive love, claustrophobia, morality ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Souvenir
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and intense films with plots about moral ambiguity, obsession, character study, psychological drama, relationships, female protagonist and manipulation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Souvenir: Switched Before Birth (2021), Patricia, A Hidden Passion (2020), Milkwater (2020), Maggie Black (2017), Suffocation (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, wanting a baby, miscarriage, baby, motherhood, grief, family drama, infertility, custody battle, domestic drama, medical malpractice, artificial insemination ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Patricia is a successful couples therapist. Your marriage is going through a bad time. But when she meets a student, Pablo will transform her own beliefs about sex.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
cheating on husband, female nudity, adultery, teacher student romance, husband wife relationship, second chance, family relations, unspoken love, marriage counselor, guilty conscience, secret meeting, pillow talk ...
Similarity:
100%
258
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Seeking direction and purpose, Milo rashly decides to become a surrogate and egg donor for an older gay man she meets in a bar. However, as Milo becomes increasingly attached to him, she starts leveraging the pregnancy as a means of staying embedded ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gay, pregnancy and birth, surrogate mother, pregnancy, pregnant woman, female protagonist, social problems, relationships, lifestyle change, life is a bitch, male female relationship, grownups ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A successful, young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense, existential ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female protagonist, pregnancy and birth, writers, lifestyle, social climber, unplanned pregnancy, problem, male female relationship, family relations, writer's life, mental health ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, ...
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, melancholic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fear of death, obsession, female protagonist, compassion, character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, redemption, domestic drama, manipulation, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A wealthy couple seeks to secretly adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager, in this slow-burning and ultimately shocking drama from writer-director Albert Shin.
Style:
tension, art house, atmospheric, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
adoption, pregnancy, motherhood, moral ambiguity, poverty, class conflict, intimate, character study, secrets, ethical dilemma, social inequality, domestic drama ...
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, canada
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, betrayal, midlife crisis, marital infidelity, jealousy, domestic drama, suspicion, relationship problems, family problems, suspicion of adultery, marital problem, problem ...
Similarity:
27%
107
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the service quarters of a grand hotel, a young maid and a man meet in a situation which breaks all certainties and identities.
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological thriller, melancholic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
hotel, identity, switching roles, identity crisis, character study, female protagonist, manipulation, claustrophobia, class conflict, symbolism, isolation, male protagonist ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman who desperately wants a baby asks a girl who is considering abortion to give her the baby instead. The two arrive at an isolated vacation home to spend time in seclusion until the girl gives birth to a baby, but they unexpectedly encounter a ...
Style:
suspense, tension, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, pregnancy, birth, desperation, woman, pregnant girlfriend, unwanted pregnancy, woman in danger, women, unplanned pregnancy, danger, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense
Plot:
childhood trauma, mental illness, depression, psychological trauma, mother daughter relationship, psychotic, psychology, mother and daughter, relationship problems, family problems, parents and children, social problems ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Darren Prager is an aspiring writer who finds himself completely unable to comprehend the intricacies of human behavior. Obsessed with finding the key to understanding the nature of character, he turns a co-worker's family into the unwitting ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, tense, experimental ...
Plot:
obsession, voyeurism, ethical dilemma, character study, moral ambiguity, social experiment, manipulation, isolation, male protagonist, identity crisis, experimental narrative, alienation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
23%
326
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When sex worker Tess falls pregnant, she has to fight to keep her past from swallowing her whole.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, afrikaans, female protagonist, sex worker, prostitute, motherhood, sex work, unwanted pregnancy, troubled past, changing lives, prostitution, unplanned pregnancy ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
23%
107
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A 2012 Kannada film
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, father son relationship, identity crisis, father figure, family drama, father and son, mother and daughter, family problems, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, guilt, family relations ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
mental institution, cult leader, mental illness, illness, psychiatry, character study, ethical dilemma, doctor, social problems, unconventional method, moral ambiguity, alienation ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his mother Subhadra, the film portrays the relationship of the protagonist with her baby, before and after it is born.
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
motherhood, pregnancy, relationships, birth, parenthood, female protagonist, grief, mother love, mother child relationship, parent child relationship, love affair, woman ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, manipulation, moral ambiguity, human nature, emotional manipulation, mind game, blackmail, money problems, money, intrigue, blackmailer, greed ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When young couple Sarah and Kyle move next door to Helen, a charismatic older woman, they have no idea she's a deeply disturbed psychopath who will stop at nothing to become Sarah's surrogate mother, and grandmother to the child she is ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, neighbor, manipulation, mental disorder, mental institution, female psychopath, mental illness, husband wife relationship, surrogate mother, mentally unstable, possessed woman ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An unexpected letter forces siblings Bernhard and Lydia to confront each other and to deal with their family history.
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
family relations, prostitute, family history, brother sister relationship, guilt, trauma, family secret, family problems, parents and children, family drama, shame, self discovery ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Pure and honest, this intimate glimpse of future parenthood. Not least because protagonists Maria Rodríguez and David Verdaguer surrender themselves entirely to the process: during shooting, they really are expecting their first child. 'Els ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, social
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, pregnancy, parenthood, pregnant woman, motherhood, intimacy, family relations, husband wife relationship, couple relations, parents, male female relationship, family life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
catalonia
Similarity:
21%
241
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vincent was born near Paris, but has cut off every link with his roots. Maria, fifteen years younger, grew up in Ostia, but no longer sees her family. Together they form a couple that does not seem to need anyone. They lead a secluded life in ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense, crime drama
Plot:
surrogate mother, human trafficking, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, relationships, life is a bitch, relationship problems, marital problem, social problems, secret, male female relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
21%
852
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
Style:
enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disappearance, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret, relationships, couple relations, uncover truth, male female relationship, mysterious disappearance, marital problem, family problems, mind game ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
pregnancy, adoption, deception, scam, family drama, married couple, male female relationship, family problems, secret, problem, pregnant woman, family relations ...
Similarity:
21%
322
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, trauma, amputation, laundry, kidnapping, illness, madness, insanity, character study, shame, identity crisis, delusion ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A therapist spirals into obsession as evidence points that a troubled teen could be her own child surrendered 17 years ago.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, adoption, regret, therapy, identity, motherhood, lifestyle, destiny, troubled past, pursuit, uncover truth, psychologist ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A divorcee is surprised to learn her ex-husband has suddenly remarried a much younger woman; and even more surprised to discover her dark and treacherous past.
Style:
captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful, intense, twist ending ...
Plot:
dark past, relationships, ex wife, woman, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex couple relations, mysterious past, secret past, family relations, couple relations, couples, ex husband ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years ago, 14 year old May was raped by a group of men. May’s father is devastated, blaming himself for not being able to keep his daughter safe. Traumatized significantly by this incident, May withdraws completely from life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, childhood trauma, trauma, sexual assault, wizard, family problems, family relations, social problems, life is a bitch, relationships, guilt, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After Yoon, a professor of philosophy, fell from a heart attack, his wife brings in Sookhee, a care attendant. She treats her patient like her child as well as giving him sexual excitement.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, erotic, realistic ...
Plot:
sexual arousal, male female relationship, relationships, sexual relations, sexual desire, care, relationship problems, nursing, sexual attraction, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, sick ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Gośka meets Grzesiek online, she's sure he's her Mr. Right. Grzesiek is crazy about her, showers her with flowers, and proposes in Venice, but soon enough, the picture perfect romance starts to crumble, revealing a darker side.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, romantic drama
Plot:
online dating, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, control, manipulation, fear, claustrophobia, obsession, trauma, character study, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is faced with a choice to fight for her life or sacrifice it for another. After years of infertility, a newly-expectant mother is diagnosed with a life-altering disease.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, medical drama, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
motherhood, choice, female protagonist, parenthood, infertility, mother, pregnant woman, sacrifice, pregnancy, woman, ethical dilemma, mother love ...
Similarity:
19%
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