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Parallel Mothers (2021)
40K
Original name: Madres paralelas
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, psychological, suspenseful, tear jerker, dramatic, hispanic, postmodern, queer cinema, weird
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, theater, pregnant teenager, grave, female bonding, babysitter, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, child, lesbian, lovers apart, lgbt, photographer, bisexual, family relations, friendship, justice, male female relationship, breaking up with girlfriend, female photographer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, sincere, queer cinema and sexy films with plots about mother daughter relationship, family relations, lesbian, lgbt, female nudity, love and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Parallel Mothers: The Lost Daughter (2021), All About My Mother (1999), To Return (2006), Earth Mama (2023), Mother Earth (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Israel, Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, grim, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vacation, motherhood, flashback, beach, greek island, girl, caught masturbating, adultery, doll, sex, female nudity, infidelity ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
Style:
erotic, sad, art house, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, lgbtq, transvestism, gender, lgbt, transgender, prostitute, friendship, grief, lesbian, single mother, transsexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, argentina ...
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44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their ...
Style:
black comedy, emotional, touching, visually stunning, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
death, rape, child abuse, twists and turns, lust, adultery, ghost, secret, vengeance, woman urinating, neighbor, women ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, europe ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female nudity, single mother, foster home, pregnancy and birth, single parent, motherhood, family relations, pregnant girlfriend, kids and family, family life, adoption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, oakland california, california, bay area
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
TIERRA MADRE is based on the true story of Aidee Gonzalez, a woman determined to raise her children with her female partner in the Mexican border town of Tecate. Aidee works hard as an exotic dancer providing for her family. One day her girlfriend ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
lesbian, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, society, gays and lesbians, friendship, couples, friends, gay parent, mother daughter relationship, infidelity, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style:
sincere, touching, disturbing, hispanic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, introspection, lgbt, movie business, filmmaker, lgbtq, actor, nostalgia, childhood memory, death of mother, drawing ...
Time:
2010s, 1950s, year 1985, year 2019, year 1981 ...
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Blaming herself for a tragic accident, Raven Michaels secludes herself at a remote family cabin. She wanders the woods on the verge of a breakdown, seeking peace in isolation. In a last ditch attempt to save her family, Kate Royce takes her two ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, deep, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, female nudity, love and romance, forest, single mother, forbidden love, jealousy ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A grieving woman embarks on an emotional journey after the Ioss of her baby.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
couples, loss of child, midwife, home birth, birth, grief, pregnancy, dog, grieving, extramarital affair, marriage, illicit affair ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lust, sex, nudity, desire, erotica, unfaithful wife, rape, older woman younger man, disability, obsession, strong sexual content ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1990, year 1970 ...
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, sarajevo ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman learns about the death of her father. She returns to her Orthodox Jewish home and falls in love with her best childhood friend who is now married to her cousin.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, depressing, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian sex, sex scene, forbidden love, infidelity, funeral, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
london, middle east, israel
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Three women’s lives intersect at a lakeside resort and are forever changed by the love of a special needs boy.
Style:
captivating, psychological, sincere, deep, sentimental
Plot:
lesbian love, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, female protagonist, lgbt, mother daughter relationship, disability, death of mother, family secret, lgbtq, disabled child ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, ambiguous ending, compassionate
Plot:
breast cancer, strong female character, doctor patient relationship, widower, friendship, female protagonist, pregnancy, husband wife relationship, chemotherapy, homosexuality, love, mother son relationship ...
Place:
spain, siberia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
High Heels is a murder mystery comedy centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo and her daughter Rebecca, a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life when she comes to perform a concert. ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, art house, sexual, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, transvestism, obsession, who done it, guilt, lgbtq, mother daughter reunion, women, couples, family relations, mother daughter relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 70s
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, caribbean ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Benjamin and Aude have loved each other for 7 years. They live together on a small island in Brittany. Benjamin dreams of starting a family but the couple learns that Aude is sterile. So Benjamin has an idea. He is the one who will bear their child ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
swimming pool, transgender, aggression, island, seaside, kite, dancing, little boy, hospital, pregnant woman, child, nudity ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. She’s not getting any younger and her daughter Patti worries about Rose being all alone, but the stubborn matriarch will not sell. There are memories here ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, psychological, sincere, touching, tense ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian romance, lake, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbian, bisexual woman, flashback sequence, mother daughter relationship, secret, cuckolded husband, cheating wife ...
Time:
60s
Place:
missouri
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two best friends attend the funeral of a Hebrew school classmate who died by suicide and accidentally damage their friendship beyond repair.
Style:
sexy, psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian interest, lgbt, friend, lesbianism, love and romance, love, lesbian relationship, gay love, society, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Style:
anthology, sincere, touching, captivating, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, mother daughter relationship, photograph, mother, daughter, holiday, photographer, mother and daughter, pregnancy, pregnant woman, paternity revealed, rock band ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the weak of a devastating breakup.
Style:
contemplative, art house, sexual, experimental, social ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian sex, nudity, lgbtq, feminist, isolation, feminism, breakup, female protagonist, sex scene, woman ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After ...
Style:
postmodern
Plot:
war correspondent, cancer, mother daughter relationship, terminal illness, friendship, old friend, flashback, death, suicide, police interrogation, female friendship, writers ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s. The life of Guida and Euridice Gusmão, raised to be invisible in the eyes of the Brazilian society of that time, like all the other women of that generation.
Style:
erotic, visually stunning, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sister sister relationship, sex scene, missing sister, sailor, female protagonist, unwanted pregnancy, family relations, erotica, sisters, masturbation, wedding, sexism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2019, 1940s
Place:
rio de janeiro, iberian peninsula, south america, brazil
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Style:
sexual, atmospheric, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, black lesbian, lgbt teen, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian teen, homosexuality, african american, teenager, sapphic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
Similarity:
23%
23K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style:
serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, indiana, europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.
Style:
period piece, erotic, psychological, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
lesbian love, lesbian, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, lesbian interest, lesbian couple, love, lgbtq, young lovers, lgbt, lesbian teen, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skateboard, skateboarder, teenage girl, feminist, mother daughter relationship, sisterhood, social media, female friendship, coming of age, food, lgbt, rebellious youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maria, whose parents live in the country, cannot stand her father's authoritarian ways and moves to the city. She finds a job as a cleaner and tries to survive in a wretched apartment in the shabby part of a big city. She is pregnant, and the ...
Style:
touching, serious, erotic, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot:
hospital, mother in law son in law relationship, pregnancy, loneliness, drinking, parents and children, society, relationships, sex scene, making love, redemption, friendship ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
spain, europe, andalusia, tokyo
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA, Hong Kong, Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession
Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, first lesbian experience, iranian, teenage girl, sex, closeted lesbian, propaganda, lesbian love, lgbt, oppression, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tehran iran, dubai, middle east, iran, persia ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Starting her senior year in high school, Sara doesn't have many friends and is caught between an overbearing mother, and a more understanding father. With uneasiness at school and tension in the household, Sara escapes to smoke in a little ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, psychological, melancholic, touching, sexy ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, coming of age, lesbian interest, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, love and romance, gay love, gays and lesbians, youth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, ecuador
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting ...
Style:
black comedy, contemplative, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
sex crime, drowning, witch hunt, female pubic hair, tantrum, dairy farm, nurse, death, swimming, pond, women's prison, accident ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, chicago, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, gender, terminal illness, lesbianism, lesbian, custody, pregnancy, family life, family problems, lgbtq, breakup, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
22%
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