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Don't Tell (2005)
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Original name: La bestia nel cuore
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. But a big secret is hidden within her heart. Sabina wants to contact again her brother, a University teacher in the US, to try to understand what is happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, sincere, touching, realistic, gloomy, crying
Plot:
nightmare, incest, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, family secret, abuse, family relations, self discovery, introspection, father daughter incest, life is a bitch, couples, family problems, haunted by the past, couple relations, youth, love and romance, gays and lesbians, sex, female nudity, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, accidental death ...
Time:
year 2005, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about family relations, father daughter relationship, family problems, sex, parents and children, husband wife relationship and father son relationship mostly in Drama, Mystery and Romance genres. Some movies like Don't Tell: Daniel and Ana (2009), Alone (1999), Beautiful Kate (2009), Sandra (1965), Beyond (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.
Style:
psychological, touching, erotic, sincere, eros ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, brother sister incest, brother sister relationship, forced sex, shame, forbidden love, female nudity, sex scene, incestuous relationship, family in crisis, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maria, whose parents live in the country, cannot stand her father's authoritarian ways and moves to the city. She finds a job as a cleaner and tries to survive in a wretched apartment in the shabby part of a big city. She is pregnant, and the ...
Style:
touching, serious, erotic, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
stylized, realistic, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
forbidden love, brother sister incest, brother sister sex, incest, dysfunctional family, taboo sex, siblings relations, sex, hot and sexy, secret, haunted by the past, farm ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. She is with her American husband, Andrew. She wishes to pay homage to her father who died in Auschwitz where she was still a little child. In Volterra, Andrew ...
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neo noir, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
brother sister incest, brother sister relationship, incest, forbidden love, sex with brother, brother sister sex, forbidden sex, deportation, family relations, sex with sister, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, abbey ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, dysfunctional family, family problems, haunted by the past, parents and children, nordic, child abuse, husband wife relationship, abusive husband, addiction, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 2010, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, inspirational, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, prodigy, insanity, paranoia, university, notebook, campus, illness, schizophrenia, manic, mental disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, new york, wisconsin, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her ...
Style:
sexual, touching, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, brother sister incest, brother sister relationship, incestuous sex, caught having sex, older woman younger man sex, incestuous relationship, sex with sister, dysfunctional family, shame, sex ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Story:
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Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional, action thriller ...
Plot:
brother sister incest, brother sister sex, incest, family relations, vengeance, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, young heroes, youth, siblings relations, sex scene ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
usa, new york, south carolina, california, virginia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
brother sister incest, sex scene, mansion, incest, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, death in the family, family life, sexual relations, siblings relations, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
male nudity, brother brother relationship, teacher, high school, haunted by the past, teachers and students, self discovery, power relations, couples, couple relations, introspection, sex on a train ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, 70s, year 1992, 1920s ...
Place:
england, pittsburgh, london, europe, germany
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, biting ...
Plot:
couples, family in crisis, family gatherings, life turned upside down, family life, parents and children, food, family problems, under the surface, couple relations, siblings relations, disorder ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, love and romance, couples, family problems, youth, society, religions or cults, marital discord, gays and lesbians, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, friendship, making love, lovers reunited, abortion, family relations, multiple storylines, family problems, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
france, europe, indochina, algeria, alps
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23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
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Country: Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, sincere, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, depressing, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, unwanted pregnancy, loneliness, depression, poverty, injustice, family problems, parents and children, couples, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, florida, algeria ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
betrayal, jealousy, infidelity, dysfunctional family, society, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, human nature, couples, family problems, clergy, countryside ...
Time:
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Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Venezuela, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
venezuela, latin america, france, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, contemplative, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
single parent, infidelity, family relations, dysfunctional family, couples, life is a bitch, estrangement, family problems, gender, love and romance, elderly, homecoming ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother and old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, tense, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
starting over, family relations, homecoming, missing person, hopes, haunted by the past, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, youth, life is a bitch, parents and children, creative block ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, brittany
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, car accident, family secret, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, last wish, grief, road trip, memory, life, family relations, male friendship, self discovery, parents and children, partner, last will and testament ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, australia, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, family life, family problems, couples, hopes, couple relations, mental illness, family in crisis, haunted by the past, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, missing person, murder, forbidden love, female nudity, implied incest, child abuse, investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, asia, usa, vietnam, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
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