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Life After You (2022)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic, educational, tragic
Plot:
drug overdose, tragedy, drug, life is a bitch, heroin, family problems, grief, loss, family drama, family tragedy, parents and children, social problems, loss of child, drug abuse, loss of family member, addiction, parents, family conflict, suburban life, guilt, mourning, social issues, bereavement, substance abuse, investigation ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional and disturbing films with plots about family relations, family problems, loss, life is a bitch, grief, intimate and family drama mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Life After You: Last Child (2017), Promises (2010), The Starling (2021), Five Nights in Maine (2015), The Tested (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, mourning, family drama, social problems, kids and family, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, loss of child ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Self made millionaire Rolando Dominguez (Carlos Guerrero) could not resist the tempting pleasures that came with his success and now finds himself homeless, demented, and tormented by flashbacks of his regretful mistakes and broken promises to his ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, missing child, riches to rags, parent child relationship, promise, millionaire, family relations, wealth, money, loss, guilt, regret ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional
Plot:
animal human communication, bird, grief, human animal relationship, loss, love, psychology, bereavement, loss of family, family crisis, family problems, family tragedy ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
grief, guilt, mother-in-law, family problems, loss, mourning, character study, bereavement, loss of daughter, mother in law, countryside, loss of wife ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A girl grieving the horrific loss of her parents moves in with relatives, who try their best to welcome her into the family.
Style:
emotional, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mental health, uncle niece relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, loss, grief, family drama, post traumatic stress, family life, loss of father, loss of mother, family problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
29%
603
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, dishonesty, parents and children, family relations, police investigation, family problems, family in crisis, death in the family, shopping mall, family drama, families, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing, poignant ...
Plot:
relationships, grief, loss, guilt, friendship, life is a bitch, tragic event, changing lives, loss of brother, family relations, healing, small town ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
acceptance, mother son relationship, terminal illness, medical examination, cancer, hospital, family conflict, life & death, family drama, fighting illness, life is a bitch, lifestyle change ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mixing fiction and reality, filmmaker Mark Webber tells the story of a man who returns home from prison and attempts to rebuild his life in his impoverished Philadelphia neighborhood.
Style:
semi autobiographical, disturbing, psychological, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
father son relationship, addiction, character study, substance abuse, realism, family drama, family problems, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, parents and children, politician, political activism ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece pulls back the curtain on the Connecticut home of the Tyrone family, where deep-seated resentments and bourbon-fueled tirades cause a family to expose their darkest natures. Starring ...
Style:
psychological, tense, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
resentment, alcoholism, social problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family in crisis, large family, family secret, family problems, family crisis, eccentric family, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
23%
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:
single father, bereavement, family drama, problem, loss of wife, loss of family member, parenting, family relations, life is a bitch, parenthood, parents, parents and children ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
suicide, siblings, family drama, brothers, mother son relationship, grief, loss, mourning, family tragedy, tragic event, family problems, family relations ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
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462
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in their Staten Island home. Their eldest son is suffering from the physical and psychological effects of ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, heartbreaking, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, secret, family secret, family drama, domestic drama, ptsd, grief, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, marital problem, family relations ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, dying man, memory, haunting, ghost story, family life, near death experience, life & death, family problems, troubled past, mourning, elderly man ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, rehabilitation, drug abuse, introspection, drug dealing, doctors and patients, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, family relations ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, homecoming, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, small town ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
21%
19K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, sad ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
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Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Elena and Ernesto are a couple who are bitterly torn apart by the death of their only child. Three years later they have both somehow managed to start a new life. Until destiny forces them to reconnect and understand, they never really stopped ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, disturbing, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
illness, family drama, terminal illness, male female relationship, family life, kids and family, relationships, family relations, living together, family problems, nursing, parents and children ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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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 ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Felicia Impastato, mother of the brave Peppino Impastato, tries to keep the memory of his son alive after his murder.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
memory, mafia, loss of child, female protagonist, mother and son, life is a bitch, bereavement, courage, moving, organized crime, loss, grief ...
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
20%
368
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
One Sunday in May, at home with Carolina, the hours are counted. The following Monday will have to publicly adhere to the collective emotion that overwhelmed a small community on the sea, a few kilometers from the capital. Mauro Secondari left, a ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
fatal accident, death, mourning, grief, loss, loss of family member, life is a bitch, bereavement, loss of spouse, family relations, family problems, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The lives of four people from different walks of life is affected by a disastrous road accident. The regret, remorse and realisation these characters undergo makes the crux of the film.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
accident, regret, road accident, guilt, remorse, multiple storylines, social differences, society, crisis of conscience, tragic event, changing lives, social problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mother's dementia reignites a past of crime and lust, forcing her daughter to make difficult decisions.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mentally unstable, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, love affair, love and romance, elderly, family drama, dementia ...
Time:
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Place:
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