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The Animal's Wife (2016)
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Original name: La mujer del animal
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced into marriage with a ferocious shantytown thug.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, intense, tense, bleak, atmospheric, tragic
Plot:
rape, forced marriage, domestic abuse, relationships, violence, forbidden love, family relations, life is a bitch, tragic love, dysfunctional family, male female relationship, relationship problems, family problems, violent, survival, kidnapping, psychological trauma, female protagonist, patriarchy, oppression, realism, social realism, childbirth, poverty, slum ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
colombia, latin america
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Most similar movies to The Animal's Wife
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, psychological and disturbing films with plots about life is a bitch, survival, isolation, family problems, moral ambiguity, social problems and relationship problems mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Animal's Wife: Sleeping Beauty (2008), The Mongrel (2012), Gringo (2016), Interlude (2016), This Town (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, grim, intense ...
Plot:
sexual awakening, rape, rape victim, coming of age, abuse, dysfunctional family, trauma, unsettling, incest, violence, violent, child abuse ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of a drug dealer from Romania and his son in Rome's suburbs.Roman is an immigrant from Romania arrived in Italy 30 years ago. He sells drugs and lives in criminal contexts. His dream is to see his child, Nicu, whom he raised without a ...
Style:
crime drama, emotional, intense, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
fatherhood, drug dealing, immigration, father son relationship, social realism, street life, illegal drugs, moral ambiguity, poverty, urban decay, violence, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Omar and Esperanza return to Monterrey after a doctoral stay in Quebec, while making economic and emotional efforts to stay in Mexico, a job offer comes up in San Antonio, Texas. Standing before unsecure and terror conditions that rein upon the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tension, road movie ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, border crossing, secret past, family problems, confronting the past, tragic past, new job, society, social problems, family relations, life is a bitch, social misfits ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
mexico, san antonio texas
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This Town is in part a social commentary, giving us some scary insight into todays youth but also reflecting the points of view of different generations. At heart, the movie asks the viewer to decide if these characters are right or wrong in their ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
older man younger woman sex, womanizer, social problems, multiple storylines, friendship, city life, family relations, social relations, relationships, small town, society, friends ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, wanting a baby, miscarriage, baby, motherhood, grief, family drama, infertility, custody battle, domestic drama, medical malpractice, artificial insemination ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, bleak
Plot:
relationship problems, family problems, child abuse, abusive relationship, domineering father, brother brother relationship, domestic violence, father and son, violence, father, power relations, overbearing parent ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Magdalena, a mother in search of her missing son, meets Miguel, recently deported from the US and looking for his mother. Together, they make their way through the desolate and unforgiving militia-ridden landscapes south of the border.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, poignant, road movie, atmospheric ...
Plot:
u.s. mexico border, criminal syndicate, migration, female protagonist, male female relationship, life is a bitch, uncover truth, syndicate, travel, surrealism, criminal, road trip ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Beatrice, recently widowed by a far right sympathetic policeman, lives with her son & mother. She doesn’t like migrant and foreigners. When she meets Mokhtar, an Iranian entered illegally in France, her world crumbles. This is the beginning of ...
Style:
romantic drama, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot:
forbidden love, prejudice, racism, immigration, in love, relationships, love story, love affair, male female relationship, family relations, star crossed lovers, relationship problems ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, poverty, teenager, social problems, life is a bitch, teenage pregnancy, coming of age, teenage life, social misfits, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, crime drama, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brothers, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquency, father son relationship, scapegoat, abandoned baby, reform school, abusive father, brotherhood, domestic abuse, dysfunctional family, family problems ...
Similarity:
25%
264
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in common, but they will unite for a greater good. When people start using explosives to fish on the edge of Salvador, Bahia, this group will do ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
drug dealer, police officer, multiple storylines, male female relationship, drug smuggling, society, life is a bitch, family problems, husband wife relationship, criminal, social problems, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, bleak, reflective ...
Plot:
lie, life is a bitch, relationship problems, conflict, couple relations, relationships, social problems, wartime, social realism, armed conflict, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1993
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, visual, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, innocence lost, unsettling, loneliness, coming of age, reform school, alienation, isolation, teenage crush, combat, teenager, teenage life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
High school senior Brandon is drowning in responsibilities when his world is turned upside down after being robbed at gunpoint by the girl of his dreams.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage boy, teenager, coming of age, teenage protagonist, responsibility, city life, relationship problems, male female relationship, relationships, love story, love affair, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
21%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After being sexually assaulted by an acquainted and incapable of dealing with the situation, a woman leaves her whole life behind and hides herself away in an isolated cabin in the mountains.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sexualized violence, rape victim, violence against women, shame, guilt, traumatic past, tragic past, violence, psychological trauma, rape, troubled past ...
Similarity:
21%
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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:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video fetish performer which leads to problems for her and her family with a criminal underworld.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, desperation, high school, poverty, problem, teenage life, life is a bitch, social problems, teenager, money problems, japanese girl, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The seventeen year old 'Yeong-jae' was safely sent away to the group home 'Isaac's house'. He is old enough to leave now, but doesn't want to go back home to his irresponsible father.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, adolescence, coming of age, youth, orphanage, absent father, father and son, father, catholic orphanage, family problems, dysfunctional family ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Ammu's thought marriage was a fairy tale – full of love and magic, ends when her cop-husband Ravi hit her for the very first time. What Ammu thought was a one-off incident soon turned into a never-ending cycle of abuse, trapping her and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic violence, female protagonist, marital abuse, abusive husband, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, violence, family relations, police officer, unhappy marriage, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Elizabeth and her husband are basking in the glow of being new parents. When Elizabeth starts a mommy blog to document the experience, her baby Evan is kidnapped and she realizes danger lies much closer than she thought.
Style:
thrilling, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
kidnapping, blogger, husband wife relationship, couples, threat, female protagonist, relationship problems, kidnapped child, dysfunctional family, abduction, social problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An 18-year-old man, living on a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather, is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and sentenced to 3 months in prison.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, young man, illegal drugs, drug, teenage life, life is a bitch, changing lives, teenager, drug dealer, teenage boy, lifestyle change, coming of age ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
20%
729
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
homelessness, single mother, female protagonist, poverty, social problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family relations, relationship problems, poor family, family problems, social issues ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA, Romania
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A captive daughter endures around two decades of abuse at the hands of a sadistic father. One day, destiny presents her with an opportunity to break free.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
father, child abuse, female protagonist, trauma, psychological abuse, domestic abuse, locked in a basement, locked in, captive, despot, brother sister relationship, father and daughter ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Story:
A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
violence, female friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, family problems, money problems, juvenile delinquency, social problems, society, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
desperation, debt, society, life is a bitch, rivalry, money, violence, redemption, escapades, life philosophy, adaptation, poverty ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Willy's quest to find Marlena, his lost love, takes him from Mexico to Canada, where he is hired as a seasonal worker at the Bécotte farm, near Montreal. Several destinies intersect, worlds collide, tensions rise and moments of magical realism ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
forbidden love, drug cartel, in love, love interest, star crossed lovers, gang, relationships, criminal, organized crime, criminal gang, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
canada, mexico, montreal
Similarity:
19%
129
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ayyanar, a barbarian, beats up innocent people and rapes women. He gets married to Alagamma, a pretty girl, who hates him initially, but later decides to transform him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
patriarchy, victimization, toxic masculinity, village life, domestic violence, sexual abuse, relationships, male female relationship, life is a bitch, changing lives, confronting the past, violence ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
19%
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