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The Domino Effect (2012)
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The Domino Effect (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we sometimes like to think.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense, contemplative, reflective, intercultural, emotional, gloomy
Audience: adult
Plot: politics, international crisis, society, materialism, family relations, life is a bitch, state affairs, rivalry, adaptation, financial crisis, unemployment, globalization, inequality, uncertainty, resilience, social realism, survival, responsibility, empathy, finance, family life, world spanning
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about society, family relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, parents and children, family problems and working class mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Domino Effect: Strike (2006), Sketches of Kaitan City (2010), The Flight of the Swan (2010), Come Rain Come Shine (2010), Youth (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Strike (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIE’S CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
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Plot: politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, fighting the system, human spirit, ambition, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, rebelliousness, rivalry ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
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Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story: The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: working class, society, life is a bitch, family relations, small town, unemployment, rivalry, social relations, parents and children, down on your luck, siblings relations, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, hokkaido
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The Flight of the Swan (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Audience: adult
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Time: 21st century
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Come Rain Come Shine (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: David Jason stars as cockney ex-docker Don Mitchell in this emotional drama. Don is incredibly proud of his son David’s affluent lifestyle. The cars, the detached house and private schooling for the children were things Don could only dream about ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot: working class, family relations, parents and children, estrangement, relationship vs career, couples, emotionless, society, family in crisis, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, heart attack ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Youth (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
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Walker Payne (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his two daughters.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, gloomy
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Time: 21st century
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Joy (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min.
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Style: psychological, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, tense ...
Audience: teens
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
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Small World (2010)
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Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
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Coalition (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Political drama about the rise of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats during the 2010 election. After the election failed to produce an outright winner, Clegg was catapulted into an unaccustomed position of influence and was the recipient of ...
Style: captivating, serious, atmospheric, psychological, political ...
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Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: psychedelic, captivating, thrilling, emotional, reflective ...
Audience: adult
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Forgive Us Our Debts (2018)
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Country: USA
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