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First Light (2015)
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Original name: La prima luce
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 to go back to her country with Mateo, but Marco, the loving father left out of the equation, is adamantly against the idea. The couple clash for weeks on end, until Martina abruptly leaves the country with their son, goes back to Chile and virtually vanishes. With no news of Mateo, time seems to stand still for Marco. Anguished and unable to cope, he finally rallies and sets off in search of his son.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense, poignant, tense, melancholic, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, fatherhood, family drama, relationships, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, male female relationship, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, crumbling marriage, marital problem, unhappy marriage, marriage crisis, abduction, grief, loss, character study, obsession, longing, hopes, intimate, investigation, isolation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
chile
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Most similar movies to First Light
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional and melancholic films with plots about family relations, relationships, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, husband wife relationship and loss mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like First Light: Last Child (2017), Promises (2010), Lucky Days (2010), Beyond the Known World (2017), Pinto (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, mourning, family drama, social problems, kids and family, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, loss of child ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tension, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, secrets, responsibility, tragedy, guilt, loss, theater, husband wife relationship, troubled past, relationships, haunted by the past, family problems ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Self made millionaire Rolando Dominguez (Carlos Guerrero) could not resist the tempting pleasures that came with his success and now finds himself homeless, demented, and tormented by flashbacks of his regretful mistakes and broken promises to his ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, missing child, riches to rags, parent child relationship, promise, millionaire, family relations, wealth, money, loss, guilt, regret ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
When laidback Ren, who is about to divorce his money-crazy wife, finds a time-traveling computer, he decides to use it to reboot his marriage.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, back in time, couple relations, time warp, unhappy marriage, time paradox, family problems, troubled marriage, relationship problems, time machine, marriage crisis ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in search for her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, heartfelt ...
Plot:
travel, missing child, family drama, parent child relationship, missing person, family problems, marital crisis, relationship problems, obsessive quest, husband wife relationship, family in crisis, relationships ...
Place:
india, himalaya
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a woman on the outskirts of the city who lives with her husband and child, but the story of their lives changes.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, affair, husband wife relationship, lifestyle change, problem, relationship problems, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, changing lives, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.
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
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
illness, family drama, terminal illness, male female relationship, family life, kids and family, relationships, family relations, living together, family problems, nursing, parents and children ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a difficult separation, Serge Jr. takes his daughter Lily, 9, on a truck ride across Canada. They head to Alberta and its legendary Badlands World’s Best Truck Rodeo, a race Lily and him have been dreaming about. On the road, under his ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
wasteland, father daughter relationship, fatherhood, truck, father and daughter, father, daughter, family drama, road trip, relationships, family relations, parent child relationship ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
What is to be a child to whom parents ask the same question every day: whom does he love more? Mom or dad? What should mom do if she madly loves her son, but circumstances force him to take the child away from his father? What should be done to dad ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, heartfelt, intercultural, realistic ...
Plot:
divorce, family relations, parents separation, child custody, separation, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family drama, custody battle, marital separation, crumbling marriage, parents and children ...
Place:
usa, russia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a serious accident Giuseppe is out of work. His son Antò dreams of being an archaeologist and thinks his father's glass eye is a sign he has superpowers. It's just the two of them now, since their beloved wife and mother Angela ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, single parent, promise, grief, poverty, loss, mourning, family relations, relationships, relationship problems, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two ex-lovers meet after a long time and their romance gets rekindled briefly. Though they ensure that their newly-found love shouldn't affect their respective families, one of them believes they are meant to be together, leaves the life of ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, love, ex couple relations, longing, second chance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, marital problem, family problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, relationship problems, male female relationship, family relations ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
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 ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coma, female protagonist, love, family drama, holiday, love affair, male female relationship, life is a bitch, marital problem, husband wife relationship, family problems, family relations ...
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
Style:
anthology, psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, multiple storylines, lifestyle, parents and children, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family life, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, storytelling, slice of life ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
daughter, parent child relationship, marriage crisis, family drama, loss, desperation, custody battle, parents, social issues, grief, moral dilemma, hopes ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
War photojournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Because of Yasayuki's drinking problems the couple divorced. Yasuyuki is now coughing up blood, hospitalized, and violent. Even with all of these ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, relationships, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, recovery, addiction, alcoholism, character study, dysfunctional family, drinking, alcoholic father, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
independence, female protagonist, marriage, self discovery, family drama, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, relationship problems, couples, suspicion of adultery, infidelity ...
Place:
vancouver
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman breaks things off with her boyfriend but finds out the universe has other plans. Desperate to move on, she is forced to literally relive the memories they’ve shared together. Pin-balling through time and space, she attempts to ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
relationship problems, marital problem, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, family relations, tragic love, dysfunctional family, breakup, male female relationship, relationships, travel ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A taxi driver, already struggling to support his wife and children, finds an abandoned baby in the back of his cab.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, heartfelt, realistic ...
Plot:
abandoned baby, secrets, resilience, fatherhood, family drama, marital problem, taxi, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Libuse is a divorcee who owns a dog hotel and would much rather spend her time with her dogs than stepping back into the dating pool.
Style:
suspense, captivating, intense, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
domestic violence, manipulation, loneliness, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, toxic relationship, emotional blackmail, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, psycho, marital problem, trap, family relations ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his son and his daughter away. But to which destination when he has not managed to build the castle of ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
father son relationship, father daughter relationship, dead mother, mourning, grief, family drama, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family life, family problems ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This is the story of Sylvia, who looses her stepchildren on a shopping trip in Poland. For fear of loosing her husband's love, too, she is unable to tell him what has happened and returns home, pretending anything is fine. When realising the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, sincere, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
stepmother, parents and children, family problems, search and rescue, family drama, loss of son, loss, dysfunctional family, family relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, kids and family ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
poland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Solange is a typical 13 year old, curious and full of life, with perhaps the peculiarity of being overly sentimental and adoring her parents. But when her parents begin to argue, fight and slowly drift apart, the threat of divorce looms near and ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
divorce, love, parent child relationship, family drama, family problems, love and romance, family relations, love interest, love affair, love story, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, betrayal, midlife crisis, marital infidelity, jealousy, domestic drama, suspicion, relationship problems, family problems, suspicion of adultery, marital problem, problem ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sofia, recently separated, takes her daughters to a small coastal town. Each one in their own universe, live the interlude as a challenge to free themselves and face their fears.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
separation, relationships, mother and daughter, mother daughter relationship, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, social problems, relationship problems, breakup, life is a bitch, family life ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, estrangement, father, family relations, search for father, family drama, father son reunion, absent father, relationships, estranged father, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
20%
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