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Blind Spot (2018)
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Original name: Blindsone
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
childhood trauma, mental illness, depression, mother daughter relationship, psychological trauma, psychology, parents and children, social problems, relationship problems, mother and daughter, family problems, psychotic, family drama, character study, isolation, identity crisis, branding iron, empathy, grief, intimacy, moral ambiguity, slow burn, psychopath, feminist, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and tense films with plots about family drama, family problems, slow burn, family relations, isolation, small town and character study mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Blind Spot: Resisting Life (2006), Paper Spiders (2020), The Falls (2021), Demented (2006), Now It's Dark (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mexico City, 1960. Aurelia lives happily with her family. Just before the birth of her third daughter, her husband dies in an accident. Years later, Leonor, the oldest daughter, has quit her studies to help her mother support the household. Beatriz, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, captivating, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
alienation, surrealism, family drama, grief, family problems, family relations, estrangement, family life, kids and family, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico city
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100%
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 ...
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, quarantine, isolation, family drama, lifestyle, disagreement, mother and daughter, family conflict, living together, parents and children, family relations, family problems ...
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29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
It’s summer and the beginning of the long vacation period for eleven-year-old Martin, who lives on a farm, and, at a loss, observes his family’s disintegration : his mother lives locked-up in her room ; his older brother, who he adores, drowns ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, gay, kids and family, unhappy marriage, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, social problems, parents and children, father son relationship, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Lene seeks out her estranged husband in hope of reconciliation she finds him in bed with a new lover. Shocked, she flees the scene and embarks on a journey through the night that takes her on an existential rollercoaster ride of dreamlike ...
Style:
existential, dark, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, female protagonist, family drama, crush, marital infidelity, unfulfilled love, life is a bitch, family problems, tragic love, marital problem, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her belly to give birth to the baby of Sara and Joaquin, a possessive couple obsessed with the idea of starting a family.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, motherhood, pregnancy, parenthood, single parent, pregnant woman, unsettling, family problems, parents and children, social problems, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
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25%
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:
24%
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:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
mental institution, cult leader, mental illness, illness, psychiatry, character study, ethical dilemma, doctor, social problems, unconventional method, moral ambiguity, alienation ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her infant daughter.
Style:
sad, tense, suspenseful, grindhouse, period piece ...
Plot:
child abuse, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, family drama, trauma, emotional abuse, child neglect, female protagonist, social issues, character study, domestic violence, social realism ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On a family visit, a young man and his girlfriend set out to discover why his eccentric uncle has been mysteriously confined to one room for years.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, mental health, social problems, family problems, eccentric family, life is a bitch, secret, uncle nephew relationship, family secret, empathy, intimate ...
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years ago, 14 year old May was raped by a group of men. May’s father is devastated, blaming himself for not being able to keep his daughter safe. Traumatized significantly by this incident, May withdraws completely from life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, childhood trauma, trauma, sexual assault, wizard, family problems, family relations, social problems, life is a bitch, relationships, guilt, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, parents, forest, lost in the woods, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, parent child relationship, family drama, punishment, isolation, loss ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
322
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, trauma, amputation, laundry, kidnapping, illness, madness, insanity, character study, shame, identity crisis, delusion ...
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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%
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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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A young woman's birthright hides a dark secret.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, dark secret, secrets, seduction, seductress, lifestyle, life philosophy, identity, family secret, revelation, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, bleak
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An unexpected letter forces siblings Bernhard and Lydia to confront each other and to deal with their family history.
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
family relations, prostitute, family history, brother sister relationship, guilt, trauma, family secret, family problems, parents and children, family drama, shame, self discovery ...
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
210
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Faced with the trials and obstacles of life, the tight-knit community of Ste-Adeline has always remained united. But this time it's in shock and will have to face a situation that will confront the inhabitants with their contradictions. At the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, social, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, teenager, social commentary, small town, hypocrisy, community, secrets, family drama, life, adolescence, social issues ...
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19%
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818
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a small, simple and happy family in which a boy, a manipulator, violently enters, which distorts the life of this wonderful fifteen-year-old and makes her a nightmare.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, family drama, emotional manipulation, problem, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, manipulation, manipulative behavior, relationship problems, changing lives, couple relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Stranded on her way home, Sruthi hitches a long ride with KK who turns out to be her dad's buddy. Sruthi's mother seems to be reassured hearing that KK is with her daughter now. However her husband is troubled on hearing the news. ...
Style:
tense, dread, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, social commentary, moral ambiguity, confrontation, character study, ethical dilemma, mistrust, unsettling, coming of age, family honor, road trip, small town ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the run and bleeding a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin Bell) and holds him hostage in his own home. As the days pass and the secrets about their past are revealed, they learn that they might not have been ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hostage, father, family secret, estranged father, family relations, change of luck, family problems, parents and children, search for father, fatherhood, character study ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jonathan, a kind-hearted young man, is released from prison due to lack of evidence. He returns to his mother who lives in a small house by the dunes. Jonathan wants to forget the past and is determined to become a different and better person. But ...
Style:
suspense, controversial, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot:
depressed woman, postpartum depression, psychoanalysis, husband wife relationship, fear, writer's life, family relations, parents and children, tragic past, family problems, writers, psychological trauma ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, depression, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, divorce, mother daughter relationship, suicide, attempted rape, three sisters, psychology, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Five months after the maternal death of his partner, a man is at a crossroads with how to raise their baby.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, slow cinema, meditative
Plot:
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