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Mar de fondo (2020)
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Original name: Danyka
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man calls into question his life choices and his own morals after a flirtation with a teenage girl at the beach.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, ambiguous ending
Plot:
beach, teenager, infidelity, marital infidelity, teenage girl, relationships, couple relations, writers, male female relationship, beach party, midlife crisis, temptation, moral dilemma, guilt, coastal town, character study, loneliness, flirting, reflection, sexual tension, regret, marriage crisis, seduction, obsession, minimalism ...
Place:
mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and melancholic films with plots about male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, love affair, relationship problems, infidelity and character study mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Mar de fondo: Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022), Worst Case, We Get Married (2017), Early Winter (2015), So Close (2009), Tayuan (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, crying, independent film ...
Plot:
teenage girl, statutory rape, teenage sex, summer vacation, mother daughter relationship, sex with a minor, teenager, teenage life, teenage love, couple relations, intrigue, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenager, adolescence, romantic obsession, teenage girl, family conflict, infatuation, obsession, relationships, love, teenage life, teenage love ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, betrayal, midlife crisis, marital infidelity, jealousy, domestic drama, suspicion, relationship problems, family problems, suspicion of adultery, marital problem, problem ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Strangers in a waiting room become the characters in Claire's recounting of her troubled life and the secrets of a turbulant marriage.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, talking about love, marriage, love story, married couple, love interest, couple relations, spoken inner thoughts, philosophical conversation, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ella, an events project manager, usually takes a private transportation service. However, she is forced to take a bus, where bus conductor Rico becomes aroused when her body gets pressed into him due to the thick crowd. This encounter deeply ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
sexual obsession, fall in love, relationships, seduction, love story, in love, relationship problems, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, romantic obsession, problem ...
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314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bored within her marriage, an unhappy wife falls to temptation which quickly spirals toward a fatal encounter.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, marriage, adultery, relationships, male female relationship, adulteress, love affair, seduction, marital problem, family relations, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paul Tyson is a loving husband, devoted father and well-respected businessman on the brink of the biggest business deal of his career. And then Julia walks in. Breathtakingly beautiful, Julia is sent to manage the high-stakes buy-out of Paul's ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, realistic
Plot:
betrayal, adultery, marriage crisis, unhappy marriage, faith, infidelity, christian, problem, male female relationship, relationships, relationship problems, family problems ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
Style:
independent film, captivating, psychological, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
love affair, director, longing, male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, relationships, infatuation, love story ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
desire, social problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, relationship problems, sexual exploration, character study, loneliness, bittersweet, literary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
534
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend's funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time of pain.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
mourning, memory, nostalgia, past, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, romantic relationship, troubled past, male female relationship, couples, love story ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
During the summer, thirteen-year-old Sofia moves to the country house, where her cousin Cristina is waiting for her to spend the vacations. During these days of games and discoveries, the two will be immersed in a love triangle with a man almost ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
love triangle, coming of age, sexual awakening, adolescence, loss of innocence, grownups, male female relationship, love story, relationships, teenager, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
I want to spend all night with my friend's wife who is extremely sexy. Jeong-woo is a husband who can't get an erection while his marriage is going down the drain. A friend and his wife from the States suggest a couples trip and Jeong-woo ...
Style:
sensual, erotic, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
marital infidelity, sex with friend's wife, seduction, unfaithful, infidelity, sexual tension, lust, mature, male female relationship, relationships, problem, couples ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
27%
155
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 92-year-old man decides that the time has come to say goodbye to all that is most important in his life, including his lover – who is 55 years younger than him.
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, emotional, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, love, age difference, elderly man, mortality, older man younger woman relationship, age-gap relationship, life, love story, love and romance, love affair, couple relations ...
Similarity:
26%
185
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
relationships, romantic relationship, age-gap relationship, love story, male female relationship, fall in love, in love, age difference, star crossed lovers, relationship problems, love interest, love and romance ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A love story between a lonely bar owner and a young African immigrant working in his restaurant leads to scandal and violence in a small Italian town.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
violence, immigration, male female relationship, love story, relationships, small town life, love affair, couple relations, love interest, tragic love, employer employee relationship, relationship problems ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Over the course of a week-long beachside getaway, Amy, having recently undergone dramatic weight loss, finds herself wrestling between loyalty to her best friend Kim and her attraction to Kim's new boyfriend.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, sensual, rom com
Plot:
love triangle, female friendship, love interest, problem, male female relationship, love story, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, couple relations, love affair, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A couple of friends spend a summer weekend together on the idyllic country side along the Norwegian coast. They are confronted with each other's secrets and the choices they have made in life. We plunge into a weekend filled with conflict, ...
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, choice, love affair, relationships, couples, family problems, couple relations, problem, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
hotel, couple relations, losing-it hero, alcohol abuse, unfulfillment, writer's life, dull life, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, disintegration, black ops, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Alicia and Enrique are a young married couple somewhat distanced from each other. Their relationship is threatened when Carlota, a friend of Alicia's from long ago, comes to visit and stays with them for a while.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
marital infidelity, female nudity, love triangle, relationship problems, marriage, marriage crisis, infidelity, troubled marriage, male female relationship, love story, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The movie tells the tragic story of a Semi-truck driver (Louis Koo) who accidentally runs over and kills a restaurant owner (Yin Xiaotian) in a car accident. When he finds out that Yin's wife (Huang Yi) is pregnant and has to work hard to run ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
guilt, secret, moral dilemma, accident, tragedy, murder, relationship problems, guilty conscience, manslaughter, couple relations, male female relationship, problem ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel Ángel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, suicide attempt, murder, sexual abuse, relationships, problem, male female relationship, investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who visits him regularly in the studio that serves as their refuge. A student he loved in another life. A former lover confined to a hospital in New York.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
lovers, married woman, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships, love story, husband wife relationship, mistress, writer's life, infidelity, couple relations, lifestyle ...
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159
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, art house, psychological
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, romantic triangle, in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic rivalry, romantic relationship, fall in love, male female relationship, rich and poor, love story, couple relations ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hozumi is a doctor and he is friends with manga artist Soeda. They both like Asako who works at a tropical fish shop. Hozumi eventually gives up Asako for his friend Soeda. Soeda and Asako decide to get married, but, after they get married, Soeda ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
love triangle, problem, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, rich and poor, relationships, love story, relationship problems, love, love interest, jealousy ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, character study, lifestyle change, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, intimate, city life, minimalism, slice of life, sibling relationship ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A successful, young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense, existential ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female protagonist, pregnancy and birth, writers, lifestyle, social climber, unplanned pregnancy, problem, male female relationship, family relations, writer's life, mental health ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Min Jung's husband has been traveling for 300 days and she feels lonely. When her friend Chung Hee moves in next door, Min Jung often visits her house, during which she keeps meeting Jae Ho, Jung Hee's son. After having an impulsive affair ...
Style:
sensual, erotic drama, emotional, intense
Plot:
taboo, sexual tension, infidelity, adultery, married woman, affair, moral dilemma, temptation, infatuation, forbidden romance, black ops, intimate ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mrs. Wong knows her husband is carrying on an affair, but for the sake of their marriage and autistic son, she has chosen to silently endure. However, the mistress comes to disturb them, and in the end, Mr. Wong leaves home after a fight. Feeling at ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
marital infidelity, unfaithful husband, husband wife relationship, autism, domestic drama, family conflict, life is a bitch, male female relationship, problem, family relations, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tale of obsession and jealousy
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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