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The Little Nyonya (2020)
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The Little Nyonya (2020)
Original name: 小娘惹
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the 1930s, the drama spans across several generations of a wealthy Straits-born Chinese family in Malacca, and revolves around the feuds surrounding it. Yue Niang, a strong-willed Nyonya refuses to be consigned to her lowborn status in life and sets out to change her destiny, eventually succeeding as a businesswoman.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: immigrant, social problems, biracial, chinese immigrant, family life, life is a bitch, social differences, society, immigration, relationship problems, family problems, racial prejudice, cultural difference, lifestyle, social relations, racial relations, racial slur, racial issues, racial tension, illegal immigration, mixed race, race issues, perseverance, karma, strong female lead ...
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: malaysia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films and TV series with plots about social problems, society, family problems, lifestyle, family relations, relationship problems and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Little Nyonya: Auntie Duohe (2009), The Grand Mansion Gate (2001), Glass Home (2010), Pathfinding to the Northeast (2008), The Ordinary World (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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95%
The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: This Chinese period drama series follows the fortunes of a prominent merchant family engaged in Traditional Chinese Medicine during the waning years of the Ching dynasty. The affairs of this family of doctors/pharmacists (which in those days were ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: family business, rise and fall, social problems, life is a bitch, pharmacist, society, family problems, family relations, pharmaceutical company, qing dynasty, social relations, family life ...
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90%
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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 ⇓
89%
Pathfinding to the Northeast (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The series tell a story about ZHU, Kaishan's family migrating from Shandong province to the Northeast in China during the end of the Qing Dynasty to the outbreak of the Second World War, which was a period full of turbulences and even chaos, ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, bleak, serious, dramatic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, immigrant, dynasty, family relations, family problems, immigration, chinese culture, chinese history, chinaman, family drama, social problems
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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The Ordinary World (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A TV serialization of the classic Chinese novel 'Ordinary World'.
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: family problems, peasant, social problems, society, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle, village life, lifestyle change, family life, countryside, chinese history ...
Place: china
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79%
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New World (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the city of Beiping during the 22 days before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 is a story about the drastic changes in the lives of three brothers Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian as well as a romance between Xu Tian ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: brother, social differences, social problems, class conflict, socialism, disagreement, conflict, social relations, relationship problems, society, moral dilemma, social issues ...
Place: beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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All Is Well (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story: Everything falls apart after the death of the Su family matriarch and after ‘suffering’ for so long under his wife, the weak and selfish Su Daqiang begins to meddle in his children’s lives and often asks them to meet the most unreasonable ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: family relations, family life, family problems, slice of life, relationship problems, relationships, everyday life, large family, lifestyle, kids and family
Place: china
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74%
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The Village (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome to the Village, an apartment building in Brooklyn that appears like any other from the outside but is quite unique inside. The people who reside here have built a bonded family of friends and neighbors.
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing
Plot: neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, nosy neighbor, society, friendship, lifestyle, family problems, friends, social problems, social relations, apartment building, apartment
Place: brooklyn new york city
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72%
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Tricky Business (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Warm, funny and moving, Tricky Business looks at the lengths people go to get themselves out of trouble - financial trouble, emotional trouble, growing up trouble, relationship trouble… things we all have to deal with at some time or other.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: debt collector, debt, family relations, social problems, family problems, romantic relationship, kids and family, family life, love affair, eccentric family, relationships, money problems ...
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59%
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Redfern Now (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Six extraordinary stories one unmissable series. Redfern Now is the first drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: slice of life, australian aboriginal, lifestyle, family problems, tragic event, society, multiple storylines, city life, changing lives, family life, social problems, aborigine ...
Place: australia, indiana
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59%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Phoenixsee (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: At Phoenixsee, an artificial lake in the southern part of Dortmunds, two worlds collide between modern apartments for the rich while the old-established working class is living just a few blocks away. The newly-rich Hansmann family just moved here ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: wealthy family, class differences, social differences, society, high society, social problems, changing lives, lifestyle change, rich and poor, social relations, family relations
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56%
Love Makes Us Cry (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Young people who migrated from the provinces to Istanbul and tried to survive alone; it is the story of the conflict between their conscience and their love.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: social problems, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, love story, relationships, class conflict, love triangle, emigrant ...
Place: istanbul turkey
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56%
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A Family Story (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Four people born on the same day. All four are about to live the most important day of their lives. While Cem is preparing to celebrate his birthday with his wife, Reyhan, Reyhan's birth pains begin. Even though there is a risky birth, they ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, male female relationship, lifestyle, father son relationship, social issues, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, family problems, social problems, multiple storylines
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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This Evening (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story: Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life
Style: psychological, thought provoking, social, captivating, disturbing
Plot: private vs public, social issues, undercover, society, social problems, lifestyle, social worker, life is a bitch, problem, secret
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 880
Homemade (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.
Style: anthology, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing
Plot: isolation, social isolation, quarantine, society, social problems, family problems, relationships, locked in, isolated house, epidemic, relationship problems, family relations ...
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53%
Overcoming heartbreak (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Four women of different ages and social strata are forced to live together under the same roof. At first, the coexistence between them is complicated and tense due to their different visions and ways of facing life, but little by little the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: sorority, unrequited love, family relations, female protagonist, social differences, living together, intergenerational friendship, cultural difference, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, class differences, society, women ...
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52%
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Inborn Pair (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Betrothed while in utero, a resort group president enters into an arranged marriage with a legal assistant. Despite their bickering, love blooms.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: marriage of convenience, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, marital problem, relationship problems, relationships, family relations, couple relations, love story, family life, dysfunctional family ...
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Not My Fault: Mexico (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Two years after her sister Liliana disappeared without a trace, Mariana receives painful closure when her body is finally discovered. Mariana’s pain empowers her to embark on a tireless mission to learn the truth about what happened to Liliana – ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Love of Courtyard (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The nostalgic account of the lives of the Beijing working class residing in the ghetto-ish quad-court from the late 60s to the early 90s. The stories are told around a frank and outspoken factory canteen chef nicknamed "Shazhu" (dumb ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, psychological
Plot: social problems, working class, social issues, class differences, social class, lifestyle, revolution, cultural revolution, social differences, middle class, society
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Tangle (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tangle is an Australian drama series for the Showcase subscription television channel. It focuses on the tangled lives of two generations of two families. Tangle is filmed in Melbourne and first screened on 1 October 2009. It is written by Fiona ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
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Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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EXIT (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Kang Soo is a loan shark that tries to get by day to day in his depressing reality. His father's abuse lead to his mother running away from home. Thanks to his father's crippling debt, he began to work under Hwang Tae Bok. Happiness ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: life is a bitch, social issues, criminal, needing money, escape from reality, violence, stolen money, social problems, money problems, family problems
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Under the Clouds (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
TV show
Style: thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: relationships, social problems, lifestyle, society, relationship problems, life
Place: estonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The White Village (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
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Story: 'L'Alqueria Blanca’ ('The White Village') proposes a journey through time, up to the 1960s, which reflects the life of an inland village, in the Alcoià county. The atmosphere is eminently rural and is marked by the great ...
Style: captivating, psychological
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Faith Makes Great (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This series consists of 40 separate stories which introduce different groups of persons that lead Chinese people to struggle for better life during the 100 years history of CCP.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, political
Plot: propaganda, social problems, multiple storylines, chinese culture, social issues, political intrigue, political unrest, society, fighting the system, lifestyle, biopic, medical
Place: china
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43%
If There Is No Tomorrow (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: I Am Yu Huanshui is a story for the underdogs about a man who tolerates as much as he can, yet things change when he discovers that he is terminal ill.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: hardship, cancer, social problems, lifestyle change, fighting illness, life is a bitch, male protagonist, coping, changing lives, society, family problems, illness ...
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42%
Person Who Gives Happiness (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: A story about a woman who tries to protect a famous child star that she raises with love against a harsh and exploitative entertainment industry, including from the child's real mother.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: child, family problems, mother son relationship, social problems, family relations, adopted son, foster child, social relations, society, female protagonist, life is a bitch, foster parent ...
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39%
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Rūrangi (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
TV show
Story: After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, queer cinema
Plot: lgbtq, family problems, lgbt, social problems, transsexual, lifestyle, homecoming, relationships, society, relationship problems, transsexuality, transvestite ...
Place: new zealand
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39%
A Lifelong Journey (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, political
Plot: society, lifestyle, culture, chinese culture, three generations, social issues, husband wife relationship, kids and family, cultural difference, family problems, intergenerational friendship, parents and children ...
Place: china
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38%
Nothing But Thirty (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Wang Man Ni is a strong-spirited lady who prides herself for having both beauty and brains and believes that she deserves better than what she has. As she falls in love with a man, she marries him immediately, yet later finds out that their ...
Style: psychological, captivating, sincere
Plot: middle aged, women, midlife crisis, multiple storylines, society, self discovery, lifestyle, social problems, social relations, female protagonist, introspection, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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