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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2023)
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Original name: Bên Trong Vỏ Kén Vàng
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
After a Vietnamese woman dies in a traffic accident in Saigon, her brother-in-law and her young son transport her body back to the former’s hometown in rural Vietnam, where they plan to give her a funeral.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
life, getting home, haunted by the past, tragic past, confronting the past, troubled past, promiscuous past, religion, desire, church, baby, uncle nephew relationship, bare chested male, magic, fishing, death, nun, past, bird, singing, accident, fog, rain, photograph, massage ...
Place:
vietnam, france, spain, asia, europe, singapore
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Most similar movies to Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and melancholic films with plots about confronting the past, troubled past, tragic past, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships and friendship mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell: Algonquin (2013), Nocturnal Agony (2011), Junkhearts (2011), Mirugam (2007), Baggage (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, life is a bitch, confronting the past, troubled past, family problems, father and son, father, family relations, tragic past, relationships, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mother daughter relationship, tragic past, dark past, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Liam White's career has peaked—to put it kindly. Uninspired and burnt-out, the titular character loses his will to finish his next novel and even shirks his public appearance commitments. To top it all off, Liam is told by his oncologist that ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
writers, cancer, novelist, love, support, sick, male female relationship, relationships, fighting illness, writer's life, problem, relationship vs career ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, change of luck, society, alcohol abuse, youth, hopes, confronting the past, troubled past, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, friendship, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
71%
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129
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ayyanar, a barbarian, beats up innocent people and rapes women. He gets married to Alagamma, a pretty girl, who hates him initially, but later decides to transform him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
patriarchy, victimization, toxic masculinity, village life, domestic violence, sexual abuse, relationships, male female relationship, life is a bitch, changing lives, confronting the past, violence ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, confronting the past, life is a bitch, elderly man, relationship problems, troubled past, slice of life, friendship, healing ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, investigation, mother daughter relationship, troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, uncover truth, multiple storylines, tragic past, journey, road trip ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Chakram (Prabhas) is a foreign returnee and has a dream of building a hospital at Pulivendula. He is in love with his colleague, Lakshmi (Asin Thottumkal) who studied with him abroad. But leaves her half-way through after he realizes that he was ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, medical drama ...
Plot:
tragic love, illness, cancer, couple relations, male female relationship, getting home, relationships, troubled past, physician, confronting the past, medicine, homecoming ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Pierre, a famous explorer and writer, travels regularly through the world. Someday, climbing a hotel frontage while drunk, he falls from high and into a deep coma. When he awakes, he has difficulties walking but, against everyone's advices, he ...
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, captivating, dramatic, non-linear ...
Plot:
writers, travel and leisure, changing lives, lifestyle change, cross country trip, life, travel, coma, biopic, rehabilitation, accident, solitude ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
63%
237
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Elisa (Claudia Pons) lives with her father (Hans Richter) in Spain following the breakup of her parents. Elisa goes to a fair with her father, and meets one of his friends (Jordi Gracia), a successful jeweler. Days later, a change ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
child rape, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, family relations, troubled past, confronting the past, tragic past, shame, haunting, coming of age ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
61%
198
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore's most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K. Rajagopal, Royston Tan, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Kelvin Tong.
Style:
anthology, psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
family relations, culture, multiple storylines, lifestyle, life, national identity, intimate, realism, slice of life, nostalgia, city life, memory ...
Place:
singapore
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
saint, religion, faith, healing, nun, catholic saint, miraculous event, religious faith, religious, virgin mary, pilgrimage, tuberculosis ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
family relations, family secret, domineering husband, flashback, troubled past, tragic past, dysfunctional family, bereavement, family life, life is a bitch, eccentric family, dealing with the past ...
Time:
80s, 2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father’s birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jinseob’s abnormal behavior, and the past of the three ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family problems, sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, relationships, life is a bitch, confronting the past, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, women, troubled past, tragic past ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts her past and faces up to her tormentors.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, non-linear, teen
Plot:
rape, suicide, alcoholism, teenage rape, suicide by hanging, female protagonist, social problems, tragic past, confronting the past, life is a bitch, troubled past, problem ...
Place:
belgium, flanders
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the 1960s Deep South, Phil Robertson seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place.
Style:
serious, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
patriarch, addiction, deep south, traumatic past, past coming back to haunt, drinking, secret past, haunted by the past, past, troubled past, confronting the past, alcoholic ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1958
Place:
louisiana, america
Similarity:
58%
900
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, f word
Plot:
life is a bitch, lifestyle, secret past, criminal, changing lives, social problems, tragic past, confronting the past, bandit, lifestyle change, ex convict, haunted by the past ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Oriol and Yolanda live in Paris with their two daughters. During a vacation they suffer a car accident that will change their lives.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, slow cinema ...
Plot:
family in crisis, parents and children, introspection, family problems, family relations, life turned upside down, accident, architect, school teacher, death, funeral, loss of daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, catalonia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Schroeder returns with this cross-generational relationship drama set against Europe’s electronic music scene.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, realistic
Plot:
electronic music, tragic past, older woman younger man relationship, nightclub, sea, friendship, couples, society, german soldier, feeling, disco, amnesia ...
Time:
year 1990
Place:
ibiza
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For Ella, the death of her alcoholic father leaves her with nothing but debt and the bitter memory of a complicated past. Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she has sacrificed her life, opportunities, and love to care for a man she resents, but ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
road trip, death of father, family drama, grief, loss, self discovery, coming of age, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, grownups, couple relations ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Choosing between the love of a good man and the love of God is a tough call especially for vicar Peter Simmons. His tranquil life is rudely interrupted when he rashly proposes marriage to Jason his Samoan boyfriend, in church. As the news breaks ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
gay marriage, gay, religion, lgbt, drag, gay couple, social issues, lifestyle, relationships, gay love, gay crush, social problems ...
Place:
new zealand, pacific ocean
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak constitution and lost her husband years ago. She takes care of her son lovingly but sometimes strictly, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, bereavement, loss, family relations, male female relationship, love story, relationships, loss of mother, troubled past, single mother, love affair, tragic past ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, sad
Plot:
sexual assault, sex worker, tragic past, prostitution, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, rape, confronting the past, social outcast, female protagonist, violence against women, social issues ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
help, street kid, life is a bitch, child custody, social problems, lifestyle change, tragic past, social misfits, protection, troubled past, confronting the past, changing lives ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
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 ...
Plot:
mental illness, memory loss, investigation, haunted by the past, flashback, family relations, society, family life, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A homeless ex-boxer and an inner-city kid's unlikely bond, helps them face their future, while fighting the tragedy from their past!
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
ex boxer, tragedy, boxer, boxing, redemption, homeless man, confronting the past, life is a bitch, troubled past, homeless, social problems, tragic past ...
Similarity:
46%
54
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It follows Marina, a young girl that has been trying to escape the ghosts that follow her after a tragic event. She goes to Edén, a clandestine company located in the middle of nature to put an end to her suffering.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nature, trauma, mental health, grief, tragic past, traumatic past, introspection, troubled past, confronting the past, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teenager, trauma, life is a bitch, teenage life, troubled past, tragic past, confronting the past, moral dilemma, self destructing, redemption, desperation, abuse ...
Similarity:
41%
192
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The script of this film was very loose and most of the dialog was improvised by the cast
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
brother brother relationship, father son relationship, family relations, father son reunion, troubled past, death, half brother half brother relationship, jealousy, brother, birthday party, dark past, haunted by the past ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
41%
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