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Sugar Baby (2018)
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Original name: Youtopia
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman decides to sell her virginity to pay off her mother's debts when she realises that her earnings as an online x-rated model are not enough.
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, independent film, romantic drama, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
defloration, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, debt, family relations, self discovery, loss of innocence, loss of virginity, coming of age, sex for money, virgin, parents and children, dysfunctional family, social problems, family problems, financial problem, social relations, money problems, poverty, sexual exploration, identity, ethical dilemma, first love, morality, introspection ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Sugar Baby
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic and melancholic films with plots about family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch and social problems mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Sugar Baby: Breadcrumbs (2016), Wild Flowers (2022), Sex.Sound.Silence (2017), Tammy's Always Dying (2019), The Deflowering of Eva van End (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Liliana decides to return to Uruguay she will have to face up to a new dilemma, perhaps the last great dilemma of her life: To choose between supporting a collective case for female prisoners, raped during the time of the dictatorship, or to ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, getting home, family relations, female protagonist, dictatorship, relationships, mother son reunion, homecoming, parents and children, relationship problems, kids and family, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
uruguay, south america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julia, a 22-year-old mother of two, falls in love with Óscar, a troubled boy with whom she embarks on a love affair. The more time they spend together, the more Julia asks herself if Óscar is the person she really needs by her side, prompting her ...
Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
young mother, personal growth, social problems, family problems, motherhood, female protagonist, self discovery, kids and family, family life, family relations, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A Female DJ finds love in a new city, and shares her music in honor of her late mother.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dj, female protagonist, love story, relationships, musician's life, love affair, family problems, social problems, music, musician, family relations, changing lives ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A daughter's attempt to care for her ornery, ailing mother.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dark comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
terminal illness, mother daughter relationship, alcoholic mother, family drama, dysfunctional family, alcoholism, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, family problems, female protagonist, bad mother, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The ugly duckling of a fraught middle-class household has her life turned upside-down by the arrival of a handsome German exchange student, in this caustic, absurdist satire of petit-bourgeois family life from Dutch director Michiel ten Horn. (TIFF)
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, taboo, loss of virginity, family problems, family relations, relationships, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, foreign exchange student, introspection, life philosophy ...
Similarity:
54%
77
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand, Nigeria
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Story:
Tarela, a young lady who works at a local bar where she is constantly owed salary, struggles to make ends meet as the survival of her mother, Ebiere and her younger sister, Kome, rests squarely on her shoulders.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
female protagonist, stripper, family problems, poverty, female bartender, financial problem, life is a bitch, money problems, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, family relations, social problems ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl in the deprived outskirts of a sprawling Sicilian city becomes a local celebrity to her needy community when word spreads that she just might be able to perform miracles.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, teenage life, satire, family problems, lifestyle, youth, society, hopes, parents and children, dysfunctional family, suburbs, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sicily, italy, europe
Similarity:
53%
232
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A coming of age drama that follows two 15-year old girls, Zoe and Shelby, through the physical and emotional growing pains of their youth. As they test the limits of their relationship and the impact of an older married man, they forge a friendship ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, coming of age, abusive father, friendship, teenager, illness, youth, family relations, female friendship, adolescence, sexual awakening, self discovery ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gina, 15, lives in a city on the edge of the forest. She admires her father, unpredictable and whimsical, able to take his children at night in the woods, even to forget them. Jimmy's more and more frequent skids end up alarming his wife ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, teen, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
mental illness, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, family relations, mental institution, coming of age, female protagonist, grownups, family drama, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, elderly, hopes, family problems, countryside, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, paranoid schizophrenia, mental disorder, mother and daughter, mental illness, mental health, grownups, life is a bitch, family problems, moral dilemma, parents and children, paranoid ...
Similarity:
51%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, motherhood, family drama, poverty, family problems, family relations, social problems, relationship problems, kids and family, problem ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sofia, recently separated, takes her daughters to a small coastal town. Each one in their own universe, live the interlude as a challenge to free themselves and face their fears.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
separation, relationships, mother and daughter, mother daughter relationship, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, social problems, relationship problems, breakup, life is a bitch, family life ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
clinic, parent child relationship, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, parents and children, therapy, mother daughter relationship, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Switzerland, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, family life, teenage life, self discovery, introspection, hopes, parents and children, siblings relations, mother daughter relationship, arab, youth ...
Place:
tunisia
Similarity:
50%
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:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, family problems, death in the family, siblings relations, family reunited, mother son relationship, family secret, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
808
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style:
sincere, captivating, atmospheric, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
teenage life, missing child, self discovery, juvenile delinquency, society, family relations, rebellion, adolescence vs adulthood, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young boy discovers his mom works as an exotic dancer in a local bar, so he decides to find the money to take her to Disney.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere
Plot:
incest, striptease, single mother, life is a bitch, family relations, financial problem, money problems, family problems, teenage boy, social problems, prostitution, erotica ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her daughter Chloé runs away from home, Jeanne is disappointed with the response of the police, for whom a teenager runaway is not a priority, and she realizes she can only rely on herself.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, teenager, runaway, missing child, mother child relationship, teenage daughter, problem, motherhood, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Álex and Cata, two young women who live on the outskirts of the city, a desolate place full of empty stores and ramshackle bars where dreams end up fading, have been preparing their escape all their lives.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
poverty, moral dilemma, escape, social realism, social problems, money problems, women, female protagonist, poor, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, choice ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
49%
621
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style:
realistic, touching, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
325
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio Olympics. As Brazilian Pacification Police battle to maintain a tenuous occupation of the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, prison, family drama, favela, coming of age, life is a bitch, family problems, relationship problems, ex convict, adolescence, teenage life, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
sexploitation, revenge, dictatorship, seductress, mother daughter relationship, social problems, social relations, life is a bitch, family problems, teenager, society, seduction ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
49%
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90
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Martina gets pregnant from her selfish boyfriend. Without knowing exactly what to do, she travels to Berlin to find her own father, the one she never met.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, self discovery, female protagonist, identity, pregnant woman, lifestyle change, changing lives, unplanned pregnancy, introspection, life is a bitch, motherhood, journey ...
Place:
mexico city, berlin germany
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, serious, tense ...
Plot:
family business, near death experience, family relations, meaning of life, family crisis, redemption, family drama, businessman, social problems, worker, self discovery, money problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
TWELVE THIRTY is drama about a family with adult children that is broken, and a self-centered young man who, in the span of a week, becomes entangled in each of their lives, wreaking havoc in the process.
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sex scene, family relations, love triangle, couples, family problems, gender, sexual relations, parents and children, loneliness, gay, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The perfect world of a small family breaks, when Can discover that his mother works in a brothel. In a maelstrom of anger, guilt and despair Mother and son are forced to forgive himself.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, sexy
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, prostitute, dysfunctional family, family problems, mother daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, single mother, family secret, family relations, single parent, social problems ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
At 17 LeighAnne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) across the street becomes target to her growing paranoia that ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, disturbing, sad ...
Plot:
poverty, vandalism, delusion, family relations, family problems, social relations, life is a bitch, society, custody, interracial relations, parents and children, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' house along the Basque coast for guidance while her partner is temporarily away.
Style:
emotional, captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, woman, family relations, parenting, newborn baby, domestic drama, mother child relationship, family life, family problems, kids and family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
basque country, spain, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
single mother, widow, female protagonist, working woman, family relations, family problems, society, social problems, social issues, mother son relationship, culture clash, financial problem ...
Place:
iran, asia, middle east
Similarity:
49%
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