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Ghostlight (2024)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, depressing, crying
Plot:
father daughter relationship, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, theater, construction worker, family relations, theatre play, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, problem, family problems, satire, theatrical troupe, teenage girl, healing, husband wife relationship, lawsuit, death of son, therapy, dancing, lawyer, death, suicide, singing, mother daughter relationship ...
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Most similar movies to Ghostlight
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and satirical films with plots about family relations, family problems, satire, relationships, relationship problems, male female relationship and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ghostlight: The Marriage Certificate (2001), Before/During/After (2020), More Than Family (2020), Scrapper (2023), Suze (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The wife of a prominent psychiatrist can't find her marriage certificate one day. This "jiehunzheng" is all important. Without it, the family officially has never existed, including the daughter. The couple go on a wild goose chase ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, bureaucracy, family relations, relationships, problem, father daughter relationship, family problems, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, kids and family, marital problem, social commentary ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
This sharp-witted dramedy studies a middle-aged NYC theatre actress suddenly forced to figure out the kind of person she wants to portray in real life when her marriage comes to an end after she catches her husband cheating.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical
Plot:
marriage, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, female protagonist, dysfunctional marriage, marriage crisis, husband wife relationship, family problems, actress, satire, middle aged ...
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
To-il tutors high school student Ho-hoon, but she soon falls in love with him and gets pregnant. The film unfolds a series of playful happenings when To-il embarks on a journey to find her birth father for the wedding, though she is living with her ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, family problems, relationships, family relations, problem, relationship problems, satire, unwanted pregnancy, pregnant woman ...
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72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Georgie is a dreamy 12-year-old girl who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. But when her estranged father turns up out of nowhere, Georgie is forced to confront reality.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, young girl, working class, estranged father, satire, father and daughter, teenager, teenage life, teenage girl, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When her only daughter goes off to university, an empty nest mother gets stuck taking care of her daughter's heart-broken ex-boyfriend, who she can't stand.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, lifestyle, social problems, satire, family life, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, menopause, intimate ...
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69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
manuscript, divorce, therapy, family problems, changing lives, broadway, lifestyle, lifestyle change, relationship problems, screenwriter, satire, marital problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, restaurant, cafe, relationships, male female relationship, family relations, family problems, bad father, family business, casanova, father and daughter, satire ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Music critic Bob is out of a job, addicted to Zoloft, and trying to wrangle the menagerie of animals that his wife Linda has accumulated. Will adopting a baby cure their existential angst? Or should they just rescue another duck?
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, thrilling, independent film ...
Plot:
satire, relationship problems, married couple, family problems, couples, family life, relationships, lifestyle, family relations, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, midlife crisis ...
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Warwick family are unknowingly being filmed for a new reality show. Problem is, they're boring. So the producer must add conflict and drama to their lives. Their lives begin to unravel with shocking consequences.
Style:
captivating, satirical, erotic, crying
Plot:
found footage, egoism, husband wife relationship, family relations, family life, marital problem, family problems, selfishness, satire, relationships, selfish man, intervention ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The daughter of a Basque butcher brings her new boyfriend — a Parisian vegan — home to meet her family.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical
Plot:
vegan, butcher, family relations, vegetarian, father in law son in law relationship, couple relations, farming, conflict, relationships, male female relationship, eccentric family, countryside ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
61%
1K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desperate marine biker’s life is turned upside-down when he is united with the sassy 9-year-old daughter he never knew existed.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, daughter, marine, biker, changing lives, paternity revealed, parents and children, family drama, family relations, relationships, lifestyle change, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Marion does not love her husband anymore. She decides to leave him to live fully, not to be locked in the reassuring comfort of a family life. Dominique lives with his wife an identical situation but he can not take the plunge.
Style:
captivating, thrilling
Plot:
relationships, family relations, problem, male female relationship, satire, marital problem, unhappy marriage, troubled marriage, female protagonist, marriage, love affair, couple relations ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.
Style:
disturbing, humorous, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family secret, brother sister relationship, family problems, parents and children, family drama, grief, sibling rivalry, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, kids and family, family life, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young and successful insurance underwriter must allow her mentally unstable mother to move in with her after the institution in which the mother had been living is deemed unfit for occupancy. The mother then begins to dislike how close her ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, family relations, male female relationship, problem, relationships, lifestyle, couple relations, relationship vs career, female protagonist, family problems, relationship problems ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The treasure hunt deep within as individuals and as a family is an admirable trio whose interpretation is as nuanced as it is poignant.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological, poignant
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, brother sister relationship, satire, relationship problems, siblings relations, troubled past, dysfunctional family, confronting the past, family problems, life is a bitch, gambler, brother ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dave Peterson is a successful and handsome career-driven attorney who barely spends time with his teenage daughter, Karen. Their routine regularly consists of Dave choosing work over spending time with her, and Karen retreating into her journal or ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
party, family relations, father and daughter, father daughter relationship, family life, relationships, family problems, parents and children, lifestyle, musician, kids and family, father ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A young couple is shaken by a seemingly fraudulent yet unprovable act that strikes to the core of their cultural pretensions.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, plagiarism, couples, satire, male female relationship, social issues, husband wife relationship, marital problem, couple relations, family problems, family relations, married couple ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a military dad rules that his oldest daughters must marry first, the youngest sibling leads a mission to get all of her sisters engaged.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
father, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, overprotective father, parent child relationship, overprotective parent, father daughter relationship, problem, single father, parents, family life ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Story:
Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty (2004) Ramankutty (Jayaram), a teacher in the village school is known as "salperu" (i.e. good reputation). Ramankutty's uncles- Narayanan (Janardhanan), Madhavan (Jagathy Sreekumar), Velayudhan (Laloo Aalex) ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
teacher, family drama, village life, reputation, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, love affair, forced marriage, satire, family problems, relationship problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When a large Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for the patriarch’s heart transplant, a family secret is uncovered and catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
mother, secret, mother daughter relationship, daughter, female protagonist, family relations, mother daughter estrangement, alienation, satire, family problems, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Fatherhood is a massive responsibility, however being a girl’s father is still worry able thing in society. People around that particular person always insecure him about his daughter’s marriage, security, so on. Our story is like same person, ...
Style:
feel good, psychological, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, punjabi, father daughter conflict, gender equality, female empowerment, family drama, family problems, male female relationship, parents and children, family relations, relationships, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect. Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, midlife crisis, male female relationship, lifestyle change, relationships, family relations, changing lives, love interest, introspection, love affair, lifestyle, satire ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After falling off the roof at a New Year's Eve house party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
christmas, personal growth, redemption, second chance, father son relationship, relationships, changing lives, romantic relationship, lifestyle change, love story, family relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Madhavan, a lawyer and the breadwinner of his family, finds it difficult to enjoy his married life due to his family's issues.
Style:
captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, comedy drama ...
Plot:
satire, marriage, middle class, family drama, lawyer, family life, husband wife relationship, family problems, money problems, eccentric family, financial problem, marital problem ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
185
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare. Bungalow is a comedy-drama about the financial, social and sexual anxieties ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, thrilling, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
renovation, satire, money problems, young couple, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, lifestyle, marital problem, married couple, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, psychological, captivating, crying
Plot:
relationships, male nudity, couples, marriage crisis, male female relationship, satire, love affair, family relations, husband wife relationship, problem, troubled marriage, marriage ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Elle and Joy spend their last week before their next music tour wandering through the heart of Laurel Canyon, whiling away carefree afternoons with their friends as they plan for their own going away party.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, cliffhanger
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, sister sister relationship, sisters, family problems, grownups, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, party, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Lori and Doug break up right before Lori's sister's wedding and decide to pretend they're still together for the weekend as to not disrupt the fun.
Style:
rom com, semi serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
crumbling marriage, wedding, breakup, family problems, relationships, posing as husband and wife, marital separation, family relations, sister sister relationship, breaking up with girlfriend, male female relationship, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A train-wreck on an adventure who is ready to give away her new-born baby. Joined by a cheeky street urchin, they are two diamonds in the rough on the run.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, f word
Plot:
ferry, flashback, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, marital problem, dysfunctional family, abduction, satire, family life, problem, family relations ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three married couples undergoing therapy are summoned by their female psychologist to a meeting. The psychologist won’t be attending the reunion herself, but she will give to them instructions about what they must do. Thus, to the sound of a horn ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, tension, comedy drama ...
Plot:
group therapy, couples therapy, couples, satire, marriage, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationship problems, psychotherapy, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
37%
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