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The Russell Girl (2008)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sarah Russell, a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student, visits her loving family to share some important news, but instead finds herself attempting to finally confront a difficult period from her past.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, getting home, female protagonist, ex boyfriend, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, confronting the past, christmas, neighbor, auto mechanic, accidental death, confession, babysitting, hugging, guilt, surprise party, grieving mother, family, apology, trailer, chicago illinois
Place:
chicago
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Most similar movies to The Russell Girl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and suspense films with plots about family relations, family problems, relationship problems, relationships, life is a bitch, female protagonist and male female relationship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Russell Girl: Another Child (2019), Songs of Love and Hate (2010), Watercolor Postcards (2013), North to Home (2022), Nocturnal Agony (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
17-year-old Joo-ri discovers her father is having an affair with the mother of her hard-headed classmate Yoon-ah.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
love affair, mother daughter relationship, high school student, parents and children, family problems, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, teenage life, dysfunctional family, teenager, love interest ...
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In an idyllic wine region at the foot of the Swiss Alps lives Rico with his two daughters and his wife Anna. The charming daughter, Lili, brings turbulence into the so far harmonious family life because of the awakening of her sexuality. Her father ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
coming of age, sexuality, father daughter relationship, family relations, family problems, sexual tension, father and daughter, relationships, relationship problems, parents and children, family life, sexual relations ...
Place:
swiss alps
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A Hollywood actress and a former NFL star strive to save a troubled Texas town while bonding over their shared love of a very special 10-year-old girl who has found herself alone in the world for the very first time.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sad
Plot:
small town, love story, male female relationship, family problems, relationship problems, romantic relationship, love and romance, romantic friendship, confronting the past, getting home, family relations, love affair ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Suzanne McBride is excited to spend her birthday with her family. It will be the first time that her three adopted daughters will be together in years. This seems like a great time for a family reunion, but the sisters are each wrestling with unique ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
family reunited, confrontation, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, mother daughter reunion, sisters, family problems, family relations, family secret, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
89%
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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, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mother daughter relationship, tragic past, dark past, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Clover is finishing a veterinary course when her brother dies and she is called home to her family's struggling Somerset farm.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, life affirming
Plot:
parent child relationship, grief, family relations, father daughter relationship, family farm, family problems, parents and children, family tragedy, flood, tragic event, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When her grandmother becomes seriously ill, Camila is forced to move to Buenos Aires, leaving behind a liberal public high school for a scholastic, traditional private institution. Suddenly a senior without any friends, and with her single mother ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, relationships, life is a bitch, grownups, lifestyle change, changing lives, latinx lgbt, tattoo ...
Similarity:
88%
237
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Elisa (Claudia Pons) lives with her father (Hans Richter) in Spain following the breakup of her parents. Elisa goes to a fair with her father, and meets one of his friends (Jordi Gracia), a successful jeweler. Days later, a change ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
child rape, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, family relations, troubled past, confronting the past, tragic past, shame, haunting, coming of age ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Story about Mert, an educated young man who, after many years, goes back to Istanbul to live closer to his mother. There he meets Deniz, an attractive, free-spirited young woman, who seduces him. After six months, obvious changes in Mert's life ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, family problems, relationship problems, mother son relationship, attempted seduction, love triangle, love affair, seductress, unfulfilled love, getting home, relationships, love and romance ...
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Müzeyyen is a 22-year-old high school senior living in Antalya who spends most of her time with a posse of misfits. She lives a drug-fuelled, highly troubled life outside the norms of society. When her long-lost brother Ali decides to visit her ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
drug, society, relationship problems, family problems, life is a bitch, drug addict, family relations, drug abuse, drug addiction, social relations, male female relationship, female protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.
Style:
lgbt cinema, disturbing, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbt, sexual desire, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, family problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, love affair, brother sister relationship, forbidden love, woman ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
marriage, couples, family relations, family problems, male female relationship, marital crisis, relationship problems, marriage crisis, marital problem, husband wife relationship, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coma, female protagonist, love, family drama, holiday, love affair, male female relationship, life is a bitch, marital problem, husband wife relationship, family problems, family relations ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When blushing bride Sara Ross ties the knot with her seemingly perfect, handsome newlywed husband Leo, she soon starts to suspect that not only is Leo a thief and a conman but also quite possibly a killer, and that she just might be the next bride ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
unhappy marriage, marriage, troubled past, marital problem, relationship problems, dark past, criminal, secret, husband wife relationship, murderer, secret past, dysfunctional marriage ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, art film
Plot:
female protagonist, relationship problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, lifestyle change, family problems, passionate kiss, mental health, anxiety, mental illness, bare chested male, childhood memory ...
Similarity:
83%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Seyi, a 24-year-old Nigerian-American, works on Wall Street. Desperate to succeed because of his outsider status-due to class and race-he commits a crime, insider trading, which brings his entire world crashing down on him. Seyi's troubled ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
interracial relations, nypd, insider trading, uncover truth, crime investigation, love affair, family problems, family relations, investigation, police investigation, marital problem, crime solving ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
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254
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Isabel and Clara are two childhood friends separated by fate. Isabel is a naive provincial lass who works as an indigenous fabric weaver while Clara is the liberated city girl. Clara has gone wild after her mother runs off with another man. The two ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, erotic, tagalog
Plot:
murder, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, family relations, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, culture clash, family problems, women, friendship, life is a bitch, friends ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, family problems, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, living with parents, relationship problems, divorced parents, family relations, tragic love, parenthood ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
82%
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157
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the eldest, left to study hair in Paris. Three days before Christmas, Nedjma receives a terse SMS from ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, missing daughter, family drama, relationships, sister, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, life is a bitch, social problems, immigration, character study ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directors to first-timers, all provided with the same iPhone and basic gear to bring their visions to life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, anthology
Plot:
one night stand, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, marital problem, stormy night, marriage, infidelity, married couple, adultery, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An illegal Chinese immigrant and her teenage daughter are held captive in their home after a stranger breaks in.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
prostitution, mother daughter relationship, changing lives, illegal prostitution, family relations, lifestyle change, prostitute, family problems, mysterious stranger, mother and daughter, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
80%
430
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, UK, Latvia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, period drama
Plot:
love interest, family problems, star crossed lovers, husband wife relationship, forbidden love, relationships, love triangle, fall in love, love affair, family relations, marriage crisis, relationship problems ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
80%
239
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Secrets: Tarron is a successful, married businessman who risks losing it all when a sexy new hire comes to his company. As his wife struggles to keep her family together by all means necessary, Tarron’s world is tested and shaken to its core.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, unfaithful husband, businessman, secrets, black, adulterer, male female relationship, family problems, sexual attraction, husband wife relationship, family relations ...
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, drug addiction, mother, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, drug addict, social problems, violence, abusive mother, drug, sick mother, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Coming of age drama following a daughter, her mother and her wayward younger brother as their relationship reaches critical mass.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
rebel, depression, family relations, dysfunctional family, male female relationship, life is a bitch, family life, relationship problems, relationships, family problems, eccentric family, seaside ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When David's sister returns home after a long absence, their complicated past comes back to haunt them.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
incest, brother sister reunion, sex with sister, seductress, moral dilemma, forbidden love, making love, sick mother, suicide attempt, family problems, dysfunctional family, getting home ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When their father's health worsens, three estranged sisters come together to try to plan for the inevitable.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, dying father, illness, family relations, family problems, family life, relationship problems, parents and children, kids and family, relationships, sisters ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on a stage play of the same name by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, the story follows Cassandra, who is portrayed by the two women, expressing the opposing voices that exist inside the modern woman's head, during a 48-hour period as she ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
funeral, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, male nudity, male pubic hair, female nudity, bicycle, flashback ...
Similarity:
77%
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, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family problems, sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, relationships, life is a bitch, confronting the past, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, women, troubled past, tragic past ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman breaks things off with her boyfriend but finds out the universe has other plans. Desperate to move on, she is forced to literally relive the memories they’ve shared together. Pin-balling through time and space, she attempts to ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
relationship problems, marital problem, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, family relations, tragic love, dysfunctional family, breakup, male female relationship, relationships, travel ...
Similarity:
77%
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