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Red Family (2013)
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Original name: 붉은 가족
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, political thriller, satirical, black comedy
Plot:
confrontation, humanity, spy, assassin, neighbor neighbor relationship, inter-korean relations, job, family drama, relationships, espionage, deception, double life, coercion, political oppression, empathy, social commentary, neighborhood, propaganda, identity crisis, surveillance, moral ambiguity, melancholy, satire, bittersweet, assimilation ...
Place:
south korea, north korea, korea
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Most similar movies to Red Family
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, dramatic and emotional films with plots about moral ambiguity, intimate, relationships, family drama, family relations, identity crisis and betrayal mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Red Family: The Net (2016), Godsend (2013), Me Too - Hidden Truth (2018), Secret Weapons (1985), Over the Border (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, poverty, human rights, breakdown, prostitute, torture, fisherman, husband wife relationship, corruption, spy, military, capitalism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, seoul, korea
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman who desperately wants a baby asks a girl who is considering abortion to give her the baby instead. The two arrive at an isolated vacation home to spend time in seclusion until the girl gives birth to a baby, but they unexpectedly encounter a ...
Style:
suspense, tension, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, pregnancy, birth, desperation, woman, pregnant girlfriend, unwanted pregnancy, woman in danger, women, unplanned pregnancy, danger, female protagonist ...
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65%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Campus couple Tae-ho and Eun-seo join the same graudate school to sit in lectures for the most powerful person in Korean journalism, Lee Hee-hyun. On the first day of school, Lee Hee-hyun takes a liking to pretty and smart Eun-seo and uses his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
asian, sexual harassment, male female relationship, relationships, couples, asian man, female protagonist, couple relations, sex, married couple, partner, asian woman ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hamilton plays a young Russian girl recruited to be a sex spy, seducing men and catching them in compromising situations so they can be blackmailed. The problems start when she falls in love with one of her targets, and must figure out how to avoid ...
Style:
suspense, tension, political thriller
Plot:
spy, female assassin, cold war, female spy, blackmail, surveillance, espionage, seduction, cold war era, undercover, deception, sexploitation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, usa
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, emotional
Plot:
orchestra, separation, family drama, desertion, migration, lost love, culture shock, adaptation, identity crisis, desperation, refugee, survival ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Emily appears to have the perfect life with a daughter, a successful PR firm, a family inheritance, and a strong marriage with Kyle. But everything falls apart when Lily arrives claiming to be her half-sister, causing chaos in her world. (from IMDB)
Style:
captivating, dramatic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
betrayal, trust, half sister, sister, betrayal of trust, family drama, family secret, female protagonist, sibling rivalry, sibling relationship, mother and daughter, marriage ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Daekwon is the team leader of the surveillance team on the verge of getting a demotion. His mission is to be as an unemployed head of a household and monitor the politician's family who's been house arrested right after arrival from abroad ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
house arrest, corruption, surveillance, privacy invasion, political intrigue, satire, secret, political unrest, spy, neighbor, roommate, problem ...
Time:
80s
Place:
korea
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
love story, sacrifice, father son relationship, poverty, family drama, countryside, love interest, relationships, male female relationship, money problems, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Time:
60s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A family searches for the truth ,when their lives get turned upside down after some unforeseen circumstances happen.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, intense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lie, family drama, family secret, relationships, loss, revelation, trauma, suspicion, grief, empathy, house, investigation ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Yeo-jin and Jae-yeong are two teenage girls who are trying to earn money for a trip to Europe. To reach this end, Jae-yeong is prostituting herself while Yeo-jin acts as her pimp, setting her up with the clients and staying on guard for the police. ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, coming of age, murder, couples, vengeance, parents and children, female friendship, revenge, illegal prostitution, family relations, redemption, love and romance ...
Place:
east asia, germany, europe, south korea, korea ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story about the generation of 1968.
Style:
black comedy, art house, reflective, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
irony, satire, character study, male friendship, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, identity crisis, midlife crisis, melancholy, nostalgia, social realism, urban ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Med stjerner som Frits Helmuth, Sonja Richter, Sidse Babett Knudsen og selvfølgelig Erik Clausen selv på plakaten, er der lagt i hønsegården til et af Clausens sædvanlige humoristiske og satiriske øjebliksbilleder af dagens Danmark. Anna har ...
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, touching
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, character study, compassion, female protagonist, empathy, aspiring actress, humanity, identity, social satire, melancholy, intimate, domestic drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Su-jin who tries to pursue a perfect life as a successful lawyer, single mother and daughter, plans to send her daughter Gina to study abroad in the United States, where her ex-husband lives. When Su-jin gets busier with work, Su-jin's dad, ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, disturbing, touching ...
Plot:
memory loss, father daughter relationship, daughter, alzheimer's disease, car accident, family bonds, family drama, terminal illness, father and daughter, sick mother, illness, family problems ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
38%
969
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
fall in love, espionage, rescue, undercover, rivalry, on the run, danger, life is a bitch, conflict, spy, inter-korean relations, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Facing financial uncertainty and entering middle age, a married couple in their early thirties contemplate whether it's the right time to have their first baby.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, adulthood, married couple, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, love, love affair, family problems, male female relationship, husband, couple relations ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
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158
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband’s teenage son by herself.
Style:
suspense, captivating, emotional, realistic, tension
Plot:
tragic past, family problems, mother son relationship, family drama, confronting the past, kids and family, parenting, parents and children, motherhood, relationship problems, problem solving, troubled past ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, busan
Similarity:
37%
208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling filmmaker, unlucky in love, enlists the aid of a womanizing friend to create an exploitative documentary about online dating.
Style:
mockumentary, dramatic, witty, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, female nudity, online dating, filmmaking, dating, relationships, nudity, first date, couples, couple relations, sex, sexual relations ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A husband going through a divorce learns his ex-wife is pushing for full custody of their daughter. How far will he go to keep his family together?
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
divorce, child custody, family drama, custody battle, custody, parenting, protective parent, sacrifice, family values, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, empathy ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
In the communal area of a block of temporary accommodation, the residents go about their day-to-day routines in the run-up to Christmas. The bonds of love that keep people together are put to the test.
Style:
captivating, emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, uplifting ...
Plot:
relationships, mother son relationship, living together, male female relationship, life is a bitch, coping, family relations, couple relations, hardship, resilience, poverty, hopes ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Bong-yong Kim is one of a modest Korean dad who struggles to survive from the work place without any time to get along with his family. He has to work over than he had to, since the boss treat him like his servant – drink late every night, drive ...
Style:
captivating, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, entertaining
Plot:
father son relationship, father daughter relationship, family drama, husband wife relationship, family relations, job, relationship vs career, relationships, working class, family conflict, slice of life, parenting ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tomas is happy as family father, raising teen son Milan (as his knavish buddy) and running-especially gastronomically- a club with his mother Nike, whose absences to take course aiming for career progress causes tension. Covering for Milan's ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
father son relationship, fatherhood, adultery, family drama, search for father, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, relationships ...
Similarity:
35%
686
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a horrible incident in the train which makes her painfully question herself about life and ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
self discovery, on the road, estrangement, unfulfillment, road trip, journey, society, introspection, loss, loneliness, melancholy, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, venice, italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attempt to achieve a better life working for the British. As Boris struggles to make his superiors believe he is there to work and not to spy for the ...
Style:
tension, suspense, political thriller, period piece, independent film ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, cold war era, mistrust, double agent, suspicion, desertion, undercover, paranoia, betrayal, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, family relations, family drama, family business, family problems, male female relationship, eccentric family, life is a bitch, relationships, job, love affair, social problems ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman sabotages her own wedding in order to reclaim her identity and obliterates her life in the process.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, desert, wedding, mute, left for dead, runaway bride, woman, self discovery, identity, life, fiancee, sabotage ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
33%
107
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A 2012 Kannada film
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, father son relationship, identity crisis, father figure, family drama, father and son, mother and daughter, family problems, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, guilt, family relations ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
sea voyage, cruise ship, rape, social relations, gang, bandit, criminal, cons and scams, cruise, society, sea disaster, organized crime ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A cynical young boy gets to know the latest girlfriend of his ne'er-do-well father and begins to hope that this new relationship actually sticks.
Style:
sincere, dramatic, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
stepmother, single father, terminal illness, poverty, boy, child protagonist, family drama, diabetic, family relations, family problems, diabetes, father ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
32%
123
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A father, a mother, an elder son, a daughter and a younger son. A family of five. For all appearances, a perfectly normal, happy family. But none them related
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense, black comedy ...
Plot:
deception, scoundrel, con artists, relationships, family relations, changing lives, family problems, kidnapped woman, relationship problems, robbery, abduction, marital problem ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wealthy mom of two children catches her husband in an affair and welcomes home his estranged brother, setting the stage for love, war and revenge.
Style:
realistic, dramatic, captivating, satirical, intense ...
Plot:
housewife, marriage, revenge, brother in law, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, infidelity, betrayal, family conflict, wealth, rich woman, rich ...
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