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The Virtues (2019)
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The Virtues (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Joseph falls into despair when his nine-year-old son Shea leaves for Australia with his ex Debbie. Sufffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront memories from his childhood.
Style: captivating, suspense
Plot: family reunited, loneliness, family life, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, memories, brother sister relationship, relationship problems, family problems, childhood memory, haunted by the past, tragic past, confronting the past, troubled past, family tragedy, brother sister reunion, religion, obsession, addiction, boat, alcoholism, drug, child abuse, alcohol abuse, family ...
Place: ireland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, psychological and disturbing films and TV series with plots about family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, family life and tragic past mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like The Virtues: Patrick Melrose (2018), The Innocents (2020), L'heure bleue (2017), Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here (2014), Kardeslerim (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Patrick Melrose (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 302 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the Patrick Molrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
Style: ironic, suspense, captivating, surreal, psychological ...
Plot: mental illness, father son relationship, child abuse, drug addiction, depression, alcohol abuse, traumatic childhood, childhood trauma, loneliness, violence, millionaire, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 80s, 60s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Innocents (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Safiye and Gülben are two obsessive sisters who live in a dependent manner with their brother Han who is the only real connection between this family, including their sick father, and the world. Han’s lifelong goal is to keep this family afloat ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: fall in love, dysfunctional family, love affair, family life, love interest, male female relationship, family problems, in love, dark past, relationships, relationship problems, family relations ...
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38%
L'heure bleue (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: L'Heure Bleue follows a family trying to recover from a devastating loss. Anne-Sophie leaves her house and family hoping to start afresh and fleeing the grief.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: family tragedy, life is a bitch, family problems, tragic past, tragic event, dysfunctional family, house
Place: quebec
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30%
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: There are over 600 orphanages across the nation, housing approximately 30,000 children; Most of them had been abused by their parents. Maki, was placed into the orphanage "Kogamo no Ie", after her mother, Ryoka, was arrested and jailed. ...
Style: sincere, captivating, suspenseful, tear jerker
Plot: orphanage, child abandonment, friendship, dysfunctional family, children, orphan, friends, life is a bitch, troubled past, relationship problems, tragic past, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Kardeslerim (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: 4 siblings have to struggle with life after their parents' death.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating
Plot: siblings relations, brother brother relationship, life is a bitch, brother sister relationship, family problems, loss of family member, social problems, loss of family, family life, kids and family, loss of father, relationship problems ...
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29%
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Over Water (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: John Beckers gains one last chance from his wife Marjan and their two children to get his life back on track. After a visit to rehab, John starts his new job at the freight company of his father-in-law. The port of Antwerp is a whole new world for ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: second chance, family relations, family problems, confronting the past, starting over, conspiracy, relationship problems, male female relationship, dark past, tragic past, intrigue, past ...
Place: antwerp
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27%
 7.8
 131
Ancestral Land (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: An epic family saga set in the Russian Urals before, during and after the Second World War. The story is centered on the Morozov family - Aleksey, Stepan, Aliona and Varvara - two brothers and two sisters, with a multitude of complex relationships ...
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: life is a bitch, family life, world war two, war, brother sister relationship, wartime, dysfunctional family, wartime life, family problems, relationship problems, reconciliation, family relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Crown of Tears (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Corona de Lágrimas is a 2012 Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is a remake of Corona de Lágrimas, produced in 1965 and starring Prudencia Grifell and Jorge Lavat. Victoria Ruffo, Africa Zavala and Mané de la ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, telenovela
Plot: family problems, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, social problems, unfulfilled love, parents and children, couple relations, life is a bitch, eccentric family, family life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Kaseifu no Mita is a 2011 Japanese television drama series. The story revolves around a family who is grieving over their mother's recent suicide. They hired Mita as a housekeeper to upkeep the house, which has been thrown into disarray. Mita, ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: family problems, dysfunctional family, suicide, dark past, murder mystery, family relations, husband wife relationship, troubled past, changing lives, relationship problems, family secret, housewife ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.7
 3K
Glass Home (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Glass Home is a Bulgarian drama series created by bTV. It's a family drama and the executive producers are Dimityr Mitovski and Dimityr Gochev from "Camera OOD". It airs in bTV's primetime. Some of Bulgaria's most famous ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: murder, family problems, family relations, getting home, life is a bitch, businessman, family life, society, lifestyle, murderer, relationship problems, dysfunctional family ...
Place: bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 879
Rebirth (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story: After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
Style: captivating, psychological, sad
Plot: relationship problems, social problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, tragic event, kidnapping, abduction, family life, tragic past, family tragedy, kidnapper, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Night Logan Woke Up (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 293 min.
TV show
Story: On a cold October night in 1991, an unspeakable event rocks a small town in Quebec, forever haunting a family who tries to hide their dark secret. Thirty years later these secrets buried deep in the past resurface, sending the family on an ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot: family relations, brother sister relationship, dark past, family problems, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, relationship problems, rape victim, confronting the past, small town, troubled past, dysfunctional family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Gods of Wheat Street (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. Can he let go of his past in time to save the future?
Style: touching, semi serious, sincere, captivating
Plot: family life, haunted by the past, single parent, family tradition, dysfunctional family, society, family problems, family in crisis, hopes, family reunited, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.6
 149
Three Sisters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father’s birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jinseob’s abnormal behavior, and the past of the three ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: sister sister relationship, family problems, sisters, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, women, brother sister relationship, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, troubled past, tragic past ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 8.2
 6
Hatsukoi (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Midori is a married woman with a happy home life, a child, and a job as a speech therapist. One day, Midori is diagnosed with liver cancer and finds herself face to face with her first love; a man whose betrayal had left her deeply scarred. They are ...
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23%
32 Brinkburn Street (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Drama moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, suspense, sentimental ...
Plot: attic, society, family relations, couples, haunted by the past, family life, parents and children, couple relations, interracial relations, family problems, step siblings, secret ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Still, Life Goes On (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Fukami Hiroki's younger sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Toyama Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but through their meeting they struggle to find ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: family relations, grief, life is a bitch, family problems, coping, loss of sister, family life, life & death, relationships, male female relationship, loss of family member, loss of sibling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 276
Adi: Zehra (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Zehra comes to the world as the daughter of a conservative Turkish family in Frankfurt. The incredible story of Zehra, starting at the home of the poor and enthusiastic family in Germany, and continuing with a rich family of Istanbul with secrets ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: troubled past, relationship problems, family relations, family problems, family secret, secret, life is a bitch, organized crime, female protagonist
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Tainted Love (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Yasemin's story began in Germany and found itself in the ups and downs of life. However, she was not afraid to live and succeeded in entering the law school. Now she is both studying and working. Her sole purpose in life is to receive custody ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: family problems, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, life is a bitch, female protagonist, relationship problems, orphan, dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, businessman
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Mi Familia Perfecta (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Five siblings living in modern day Houston, TX must learn to survive after their father dies and their mother is deported back to Mexico. All the while surviving in the shadow of the American dream and harsh realities of the city.
Style: captivating, sincere
Plot: dream, family relations, siblings relations, bigger dreams, family problems, american dream, brother sister relationship, life is a bitch, follow your dream, social problems, dysfunctional family, following a dream ...
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21%
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Savage Beauty (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: In Savage Beauty, Rosemary Zimu plays Zinhle - a first young woman with a tragic past who is determined to take revenge on the Bhengus family, who destroyed a lot of lives with their infernal vision. Don and Grace Bhengu once used street children ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Mommy's Little Girl (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of a dangerous little girl who is reunited with her natural mother after living with her controlling grandparents in a rural farmhouse in seclusion.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: psychological abuse, imaginary friend, past coming back to haunt, dark past, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, tragic past, confronting the past, troubled past, family relations, haunted by the past ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Ice Cream Girls (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Ice Creams is based on the bestselling book by Dorothy Koomson about two girls who, one brief summer, find themselves involved with an abusive, controlling man. The situation spirals out of control and they are trial for his murder; ultimately ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot: haunted by the past, uncover truth, murder, youth, life is a bitch, dishonesty, feminist, teenage girl, accused of murder, rape, sexual abuse, tragic past ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
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Story: When his teenage granddaughter falls victim to the drug dealers overtaking his neighborhood, a fed-up war veteran takes matters into his own hands.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: estranged daughter, criminal gang, grandfather granddaughter relationship, bandit, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, relationship problems, fighting crime, family problems, gang, drug ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Nocturnal Agony (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, dark past, mother daughter relationship, woman in danger, family in danger, tragic past, haunted by the past ...
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21%
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The Fatherless (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: They never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister.Kyra suddenly vanished over twenty years ago during the breakup of the hippie ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot: self discovery, family relations, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, family problems, death in the family, siblings relations, family secret, mother son relationship, family reunited, brother sister relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, 90s, 21st century
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21%
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Auntie Duohe (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After losing her kin in the wake of the Second Sino-Japanese War, a Japanese girl in China stays to live with a traditional Chinese family.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological
Plot: loss of family, life is a bitch, war, loss of family member, society, family life, family problems, social problems, bereavement, girl
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21%
Death and Nightingales (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
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Story: An epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the beautiful, haunting countryside of Fermanagh in the North of Ireland in 1885.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot: family problems, family relations, betrayal, stepfather, vengeance, double life, deception, revenge, spy, relationships, life is a bitch, traitor ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place: northern ireland, ireland, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Black Rose (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: A married women has to fight for the things she lost because of the revealed secrets of her husband.
Style: captivating
Plot: marital problem, family problems, husband wife relationship, lie, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, relationships, family life, male female relationship, marriage, deception ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Baba (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story: Emin Saruhanlı, an authoritarian father committed to family values, learns that he is the sole heir to a considerable fortune as a result of the loss of one of his close relatives. When the Saruhanlı family moves to Istanbul, leaving their modest ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: muslim, dysfunctional family, family problems, brothers, family relations, changing lives, lifestyle change, brother brother relationship, car accident, life is a bitch, religious
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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