Movies like Vortex 2021
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Vortex (2021)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Monaco
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Style:
serious, independent film, cult classic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, death, dementia, hospital, old man, funeral, aging, elderly woman, son, writing a book, dying, heart attack, married couple, elderly man, illness, destiny, alzheimer's disease, dialogue, existentialism, elderly, aged person, drug addict, troubled past, elderly couple, only child ...
Place:
france
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Most similar movies to Vortex
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and captivating films with plots about couples, death, hospital, family relations, elderly, husband wife relationship and aging mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Vortex: Mary and Martha (2013), Amour (2012), Still Mine (2012), The Mouth Agape (1974), Van Goghs (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
malaria, hospital, death of child, illness, political activism, volunteer, dealing with death, human spirit, redemption, hopes, parent child relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Style:
philosophical, reflective, sincere, sad, art house ...
Plot:
death, elderly, old couple, aging, elderly lovers, life & death, husband wife relationship, life philosophy, daughter, love, illness, old love ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, germany, nebraska, france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
elderly, aging, elderly couple, love and romance, couple relations, couples, bureaucracy, making love, life story, senior citizen, libertarian, old age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The portrait of a woman going through a terminal illness and the tumorous lives of her husband and son.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
terminal illness, death of mother, love letter, family relations, mother son relationship, death, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, elderly, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Russia, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always depressed. He's 52, but personal and professional success has escaped him. Many years ago, Mark moved from his native Riga to Tel Aviv to get away from his oppressive father, Viktor, who still ...
Style:
rough, touching, suspense, psychological, bleak
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, father son relationship, hopes, destiny, redemption, musician, society, life is a bitch, transformation, hospital, death ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
Style:
sincere, melancholic, sentimental, depressing, realistic ...
Plot:
elderly, alzheimer's disease, true love, love, mental illness, hopes, loneliness, lovers apart, marriage, tragedy, existentialism, human spirit ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
canada, iceland, ontario canada
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Feature based on the novel by J. Bernlef. A Dutch couple who have emigrated are confronted with the husband's rapid onset of senility during a snowy winter in North Eastern Canada. The film is an account of the man's fight within himself ...
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
dementia, identity, confusion, aging, old age, illness, flashback, loneliness, isolation, couples, intimate, retirement ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, contemplative, sentimental
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, compassion, house, illness, marriage, dementia, sacrifice, intimate, bittersweet, social issues, regret, mature ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Following the success of The Long Goodbye, the Taiwan Catholic Foundation of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia has embarked on a second documentary film dealing with the plight of elderly people suffering from conditions like Alzheimer’s ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, male female relationship, social problems, love affair, couple relations, life is a bitch, relationships, old man, aging, amnesiac, elderly man, life ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
31%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
Style:
rough, melancholic, thought provoking, captivating, existential ...
Plot:
homeless shelter, drug addiction, old woman, friendship, memory, family relations, religion, depression, death, husband wife relationship, nurse, church ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, retirement home, friendship, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, couples, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
Similarity:
30%
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:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
hospital, hopes, cancer, chemotherapy, child illness, life is a bitch, babies and infants, optimism, couples, family problems, overcoming, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of a doctor named Tomasz who questions his beliefs, faith and morality as his end is near, so he makes all efforts to find dignity in his imminent death.
Style:
existential, captivating, serious, tricky, clever ...
Plot:
doctor, cynicism, meaning of life, suffering, cancer, renaissance, terminal illness, ex husband ex wife relationship, death, life & death, illness, fighting illness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, father son relationship, professor, introspection, aging, elderly, dysfunctional family, father, aged person, domineering father, widower, loss of wife ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s
Place:
california, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Courbevoie (France), 1971. Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy
Plot:
cat, old woman, family relations, end of love, literary, estranged couple, couples, pets, alienation, violent content, estate, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young couple finds out what love truly means when one of them has a brush with death. When Anne and Marc met, it was love at first sight, and the longer they were together, the more they realized they never wanted to be apart. But not long after ...
Style:
emotional, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
sister in law, optimism, radiation, couples, terminal illness, wedding planning, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, couple relations, male female relationship, family relations, family reunited ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
25%
125
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Maurice (Michel Piccoli) is a composer, and a longtime member of the resistance. By chance, he shares a house with his teenager granddaughter. Claire, at 17, is eager to experience all sorts of things and the sooner the better, and rebels against ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
love and romance, elderly, haunted by the past, family relations, relationship vs career, teenage life, couples, estrangement, teenage love, youth, aging, first love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, deportation, family problems, hopes, aging, introspection, haunted by the past, bittersweet, elderly, gender, death in the family, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, couple relations, pregnant woman, addiction, supportive spouse, husband wife relationship, relationships, male female relationship, physician, relationship vs career, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, france, paris france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, self discovery, love, couples, friendship, fall in love, relationships, life changing, parents and children, supportive spouse ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, illness, aging, friendship, actor's life, elderly, showbiz, actor, death, husband wife relationship, backstage, air raid ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
24%
193
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
parents and children, couples, family problems, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, cancer, rock, strong female presence, female pubic hair, bullfighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his life, Paul can’t resist the lure of an ambiguous and dangerous relationship with a mysterious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
therapist, dangerous attraction, couples, femme fatale, intrigue, hospital, danger, sister sister relationship, illness, dishonesty, rivalry, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A retired teacher fears the world is coming to an end when his jobless son is abandoned by his wife after having a baby.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, sexy, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, parents and children, elderly, crumbling marriage, human nature, family crisis, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, end of the world, colombian drug cartel, conflict ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
23%
205
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hayuta and Berl, an elderly couple, find it hard to adjust to today's Israel and to the social changes surrounding them. After years of struggle, the two refuse to let go of their communal dreams, and of their revolutionary plans to build a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
elderly, introspection, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, idealism, anti capitalism, social decay, husband wife relationship, elderly lovers, public health, old age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
22%
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Musa, a customs clerk, lives quietly with his mother. Tragedy and change come for him, as they do for everyone, and he must confront his own attitude towards life’s absurdity.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, existential, spiritual ...
Plot:
destiny, human nature, couple relations, existentialism, atheism, absurdism, dialogue, death, fate, art, alienation, spirituality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, balkan, turkey
Similarity:
22%
665
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
aging, introspection, jazz, flashback sequence, memory, death of wife, friendship, elderly, dealing with death, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, touching, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
lovers reunited, aging, loneliness, male female relationship, desire, love triangle, crumbling marriage, family problems, memory, husband wife relationship, love, marriage ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, 1950s, 70s, 50s
Place:
adelaide south australia, belgium, melbourne, australia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
Style:
serious, realistic, cerebral, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
death, redemption, introspection, aging, couples, elderly, architect, society, art, rape, secret society, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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