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Light from Light (2019)
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Light from Light (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Shelia, a single mom and sometime paranormal investigator, is enlisted to investigate a possible “haunting” at a widower’s farmhouse in East Tennessee.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, emotional, melancholic, contemplative, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: ghost, paranormal, single mother, haunting, paranormal phenomena, loss of wife, single parent, paranormal activity, bereavement, investigation, supernatural, female protagonist, grief, character study, mature, isolation, loss, solitude, farmhouse, slow burn, relationships, independent woman, widower, small town, skepticism ...
Place: tennessee

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, melancholic, captivating and emotional films with plots about grief, loss, small town, isolation, intimate, slow burn and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Light from Light: Above All Things (2018), Something, Anything (2014), Skipping Stones (2020), Changeover (2016), Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Above All Things (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bobby just needs to deal with his wife’s death, so he retreats to an old family cottage. His grief is disrupted when she comes back to haunt him, forcing him to confront what it really means to live, love, and lose.
Style: melancholic, emotional, atmospheric, suspense, tense ...
Plot: grief, ghost, loss, isolation, lake, mourning, haunting, supernatural, bereavement, cottage, afterlife, memory ...
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Something, Anything (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a tragedy shatters her plans for domestic bliss, a seemingly typical Southern newlywed gradually transforms into a spiritual seeker, quietly threatening the closest relationships around her.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot: tragedy, character study, grief, female protagonist, loss, family problems, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, social problems, intimate, mourning ...
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Skipping Stones (2020)
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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Changeover (2016)
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
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Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style: melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot: loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time: 90s
Place: brittany
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I Was a Simple Man (2021)
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
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After the Waterfall (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: psychological, suspense, emotional, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: cheating wife, cheating on husband, relationships, grief, infidelity, fatherhood, loss, missing child, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, forest ...
Place: new zealand
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Normal (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, independent film, suspense ...
Plot: female protagonist, secret, dark secret, secrets, seduction, seductress, lifestyle, life philosophy, identity, family secret, revelation, identity crisis ...
Place: new york
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Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, poignant ...
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Balance, Not Symmetry (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An American student living a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art faces the unexpected death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: bereavement, self discovery, loss, grief, female protagonist, loss of family, changing lives, life is a bitch, loss of father, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle change ...
Place: scotland
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A Death in the Family (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young wife's religious faith is shaken when her husband dies in a car accident.
Style: psychological, religious drama, captivating, thrilling, serious ...
Plot: grief, bereavement, death of husband, widow, loss of faith, religious faith, crisis of faith, faith, loss of husband, family problems, loss of spouse, changing lives ...
Time: 1910s
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Disfluency (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot: female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place: michigan
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Violent (2014)
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 ...
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Five Nights in Maine (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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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
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Downeast (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place: maine
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Euphoria (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
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Interlude (2016)
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
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Duration: 106 min.
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The Defendant (2019)
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
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Hanalei Bay (2018)
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: emotional, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: surfing, shark attack, single mother, grief, loss, social problems, animal attack, dangerous animal, shark, secret, mother and son, family problems ...
Place: hawaii
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Until We Fall (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Louise loved Adam. Adam loved Louise. That is how it used to be. But a child has disappeared. Their child. The police said it was a drowning accident. Yet the truth is that their little boy’s body was never found. Lucas, ten years old. How easy it ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, suspense ...
Plot: grief, bereavement, family tragedy, missing child, loss, relationship problems, family relations, disappearance, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, loss of child ...
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Genesis (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
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Time: 2010s
Place: hungary
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
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Style: psychological, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, art house ...
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Duration: 86 min.
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Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, emotional ...
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Style: slow cinema, contemplative, art film, art house, disturbing ...
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