Movies like The Space Between 2016
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The Space Between (2016)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marco is a 35 year-old ex-chef who has given up his career and any sense of hope to return to Udine in Northern Italy to nurse his ailing father. Even when offered a job at a restaurant in Melbourne, he declines using his father as the excuse. When tragedy strikes, the only glimmer of joy arrives in the form of Olivia, a spirited Australian chasing her dream of working in design while on a family mission in Udine. Against the stunning vineyards, rugged mountains and blue Adriatic of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, these two very different people find themselves at a crossroads that will change their lives forever.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sincere, captivating, melancholic, contemplative, independent film, intercultural
Plot:
relationships, parent child relationship, self discovery, father son relationship, male female relationship, grief, couple relations, relationship vs career, chef, career, family relations, love affair, family problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, career change, midlife crisis, personal growth, second chance, loss, regret, homecoming, slice of life, bittersweet, character study, intimate ...
Place:
italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, captivating, emotional and psychological films with plots about relationships, bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, male female relationship, couple relations and family problems mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Space Between: Letting Life In (2003), One Last Thing (2018), Developing Sheldon (2002), The Road to Galena (2022), Sweet September (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
You don’t need politics to make a political film… Love, pleasure, beauty and food are serious enough.
Style:
captivating, melancholic
Plot:
wedding, wedding preparations and rituals, arranged marriage, wedding planning, food, marriage, love, family relations, love triangle, family drama, love affair, relationships ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Letting Life In" explores a single year of life between two people. Michael, a reclusive novelist, lives in a small town in upstate New York. He knows nothing of living life beyond the suffocating walls he has built for himself. Sarah, a ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, life affirming, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, love story, relationships, assistant, personal growth, bittersweet, loss, cancer, healing, writer's life, introspection, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sheldon's cancer has him navigating around his loving, but very dysfunctional family, providing comic relief as he follows his life's passion for photography. Left at the alter, he begins to realize that he's been in love with his ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, cancer, love story, couples, love and romance, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
social problems, relationships, problem, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, marital problem, introspection, male protagonist ...
Place:
washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Élevé par des parents parfaits dans une banlieue proprette, frère cadet d'une fille à qui tout réussit et flanqué d'un ami tombeur, le pauvre Thomas se sent bien ordinaire. Alors qu'il tente désespérément de terminer ses ...
Style:
captivating, romantic drama, realistic, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
waitress, relationships, parent child relationship, father son relationship, male female relationship, family problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle change, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rebecca and Bruno meet in a bar, in a not particularly happy moment of their life, and they start dating. They consider themselves just friends and talk to each other about everything. But if Rebecca stops being so worried about what the bourgeoisie ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
relationships, self discovery, long distance relationship, romantic friendship, love story, couple relations, best friend, love triangle, couples, romantic relationship, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, indie film, reflective ...
Plot:
baseball, ex athlete, hometown, ex couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love interest, love affair, troubled past, love and romance, romantic relationship, love story, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harkening back to the apartment movies of the 1970s, "Footnotes" is the story of neighbors and near total strangers, Will and Apurna. When they begin spending lock-down together in the wake of the 2020 pandemic, what starts as a platonic ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, isolation, quarantine, intimate, character study, neighbor, relationships, social relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in Thailand, between April-June 1999, 'A Moment In June' is a story of the fusion of six lives, a song that links them together, a hope of the second chance that might never come and a moment they all need to make a life-changing ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
second chance, hopes, lgbt, life, love interest, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle, romantic rivalry, relationships, love story, male female relationship ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Igor and Alexandra are 30 -years old lovers.She is a theater production designer.He is an actor.She works hard,he drinks.They cannot leave and cannot get on.This story is about eternal problem of choice and talent to listen to ones heart .About a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, choice, character study, meaning of life, family problems, relationship problems, middle age romance, marital problem, lifestyle, middle aged, love affair ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union
Similarity:
26%
500
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, father son relationship, road trip, father, family relations, relationships, family problems, kids and family, father and son, estranged father, regret ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
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:
loss of child, couples, love story, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, husband wife reunion, ex couple relations, family reunited, family relations, marital problem ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Semih's girlfriend suddenly breaks up with him. In search of answers about their relationship, he must soon confront what he had long ignored.
Style:
emotional, romantic, dramatic, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couples, life, friend, love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, self discovery, heartache, male protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lonely masseuse Sunny is reluctant to have an intimate relationship because of her painful memories of the past. Ji-seok comes to LA with a vague wish to meet his ex-girlfriend and becomes a roommate with Sunny. Young-shin, also known as Helen ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sincere, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
relationships, intimate, healing, loneliness, female protagonist, love story, ex couple relations, male female relationship, troubled past, love affair, couple relations, new neighbor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
family drama, hometown, family conflict, intimate, estrangement, getting home, character study, relationships, small town, introspection, homecoming, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ohio, midwest
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, love affair, love interest, love and romance, husband wife relationship, family problems, couple relations, family life, marital problem ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 1950s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows her.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, melancholic, contemplative
Plot:
memory loss, female protagonist, personality change, brain injury, relationships, relationship problems, marital problem, wanting a baby, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, family life ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When rebellious 16-year-old Grace takes off, her exasperated mum and dad enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
teenage rebellion, family drama, road trip, coming of age, parent child relationship, family relations, family problems, relationships, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
614
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
starting over, introspection, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, family problems, redemption, hopes, couples, optimism, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kentaro’s parents set up an arranged marriage interview with a girl named Nahoko and her parents, he falls in love for the first time in his life. ...
Style:
romantic drama, light, captivating, romantic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
blind woman, blindness, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, matchmaking, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blindness and impaired vision, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship ...
Place:
east asia, japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
“Broken Memories” is a romantic drama that depicts the often-untold story of a family caregiver tending to an elderly parent. Once estranged from his family, Levi (Ivan Sergei), puts his life on hold to care for his father, Jasper (Rance ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
memory loss, alzheimer's disease, troubled past, dysfunctional family, secret, caretaker, confronting the past, father son relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, fighting illness ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Kaan has difficulty getting a higher position in his work where he has built a good career. While he was occupied with his wife, children and his work, he has pretty much neglected his father. Until one day he is obliged to take care of him.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, relationship vs career, family problems, parents and children, family relations, kids and family, relationships, relationship problems, care, family life, father and son ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, retirement, railway, train engineer, domestic drama, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, family problems, married couple ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny ...
Style:
captivating, meta, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
loss of child, ex husband ex wife relationship, relationship problems, relationships, male female relationship, ex couple relations, marital problem, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems, couples, husband wife relationship, ex wife ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Marco, a cynical and ambitious young lawyer, lives in Bari with his partner Martina and their eight-year-old son Mateo. Martina had left Chile and moved to Italy when she met Marco. Their relationship has run its course, however, and Martina longs ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Plot:
family drama, fatherhood, missing child, family problems, marital problem, relationships, unhappy marriage, marriage crisis, dysfunctional family, family relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On-yoo is an adult childhood cancer survivor. When he's not practicing with his boy band, Oh-yoo often volunteers at the hospital's pediatric cancer ward. One day, he recognizes the familiar face of an overdose patient.
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
hospital, overdose, cancer, patient, boy band, volunteer, couple relations, romantic relationship, illness, love interest, love story, love affair ...
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Three siblings have all reached a point of their life, at which they realize the need to quickly change some things before they step into the second half of their lifetime. In the midst of chaos, insufficiency and loss they are searching for the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, family drama, siblings, family relations, siblings relations, coping, introspection, changing lives, lifestyle change, family problems ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
Similarity:
21%
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