Movies like This Is Us 2017
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This Is Us (2017)
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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 rewrite their shared history in hopes that she can find the man with whom she first fell in love.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional, melancholic, poignant, surreal, indie film, existential
Plot:
life is a bitch, relationship problems, marital problem, relationships, family relations, tragic love, dysfunctional family, male female relationship, breakup, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, travel, memory, heartbreak, personal growth, female protagonist, second chance, nostalgia, flashback, bittersweet, intimate, fate, experimental narrative, love at first sight, metaphysics ...
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Most similar movies to This Is Us
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional and disturbing films with plots about relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems and marital problem mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like This Is Us: Great Plains (2016), The Unexpected Child (2019), Switched Before Birth (2021), One Last Thing (2018), The Ever After (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by True Events An abused wife and mother to a young boy escapes her violent husband and heads for California with her son. She soon learns that her husband has accused her of kidnapping and the law is in hot pursuit. Now a fugitive, she ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense
Plot:
life is a bitch, family problems, relationships, parents and children, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, marital problem, man hits a woman, violence, husband wife relationship, false accusation, runaway ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
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, Family
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Married and with a daughter, Johanna is happy, until the night she unexpectedly gives birth. In shock, she abandons the child. She is now accused of attempted infanticide. Johanna doesn't understand, adamant that she hadn't been pregnant.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, court, unwanted pregnancy, family problems, marital problem, mother child relationship, marital crisis, motherhood, pregnancy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mexican feature film
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
affair, male teacher female student affair, professor, marital problem, adultery, relationship problems, family relations, family problems, male female relationship, troubled marriage, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, wanting a baby, miscarriage, baby, motherhood, grief, family drama, infertility, custody battle, domestic drama, medical malpractice, artificial insemination ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, character study, personal growth, relationships, haunted by the past, changing lives, relationship problems, lifestyle, male female relationship, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
marriage, couples, family relations, family problems, male female relationship, marital crisis, relationship problems, marriage crisis, marital problem, husband wife relationship, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A House on Fire follows brilliant doctor and mother Deborah Green (Stephanie March) who had the epitome of a picture-perfect life with two children, an adoring husband (Shaun Benson) and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood. But behind the ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
unhappy marriage, relationship problems, family relations, married life, relationships, male female relationship, female protagonist, married couple, marriage crisis, marriage, family life, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
27%
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344
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Albee and Walker, a young couple on the brink of divorce, rent a mountain getaway to save their fledgling marriage. Before long, their personal drama creates tension between their newly engaged AirBnB hosts -- Ben & Carly — leaving us to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic, indie film
Plot:
marriage crisis, couples, troubled marriage, crumbling marriage, male female relationship, marital problem, relationship problems, tragic love, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, loveless marriage, couple relations ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sheldon's cancer has him navigating around his loving, but very dysfunctional family, providing comic relief as he follows his life's passion for photography. Left at the alter, he begins to realize that he's been in love with his ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, cancer, love story, couples, love and romance, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Plot:
family drama, fatherhood, missing child, family problems, marital problem, relationships, unhappy marriage, marriage crisis, dysfunctional family, family relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
25%
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:
24%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Seyi, a 24-year-old Nigerian-American, works on Wall Street. Desperate to succeed because of his outsider status-due to class and race-he commits a crime, insider trading, which brings his entire world crashing down on him. Seyi's troubled ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
interracial relations, nypd, insider trading, uncover truth, crime investigation, love affair, family problems, family relations, investigation, police investigation, marital problem, crime solving ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directors to first-timers, all provided with the same iPhone and basic gear to bring their visions to life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, anthology
Plot:
one night stand, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, marital problem, stormy night, marriage, infidelity, married couple, adultery, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling back to the place where they fell in love -- only to arrive at the point of their sudden ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tragic ending, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mortality, death, marital crisis, troubled marriage, marital problem, marriage, married couple, unhappy marriage, literary, fatal accident, sudden death, loss ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies)
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
widow, farm hand, female protagonist, village life, murderer, secret, family relations, life is a bitch, social problems, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jo Beckett leads a comfortable life with a successful veterinary practice, a devoted husband, and a beautiful home in a lovely small town outside of Boston. Still, she is strangely dissatisfied with her life. One afternoon, a man brings his dog into ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, relationships, veterinarian, midlife crisis, character study, secrets, husband wife relationship, animal, dog, problem, family relations, pets ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
22%
128
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Story:
A story of the unrequited love. Kwan's love for Riam grew fonder while her love for him seem to fade as she was taken to Bangkok.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, poignant, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
unrequited love, longing, separation, lost love, heartbreak, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, tragic love, in love, relationships ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This film talks about the possibility of the course of two lives through the love between Umut and Deniz. It questions how one’s decisions can shape their fate. Sometimes small moments and decisions can entirely change the course of our lives. ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, chance meeting, love story, relationships, relationship problems, male female relationship, family relations, changing lives, couples, couple relations, marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The stories of four lovers are intertwined in this gritty and emotionally heartfelt ensemble film.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
relationships, crumbling marriage, unfulfilled love, tragic love, dysfunctional marriage, unrequited love, troubled marriage, breakup, crush, male female relationship, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, UK, Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is 1956. Dau is a distinguished Soviet scientist who meets up with the love of his youth – Maria, a Greek actress – during her three day visit to Moscow. They haven’t seen each other for 25 years. Dau is a successful and prosperous ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, captivating, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
old love, character study, lost love, marital problem, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, love interest, love affair, ex couple relations, relationships, love story, male female relationship ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Story:
During the New Year eve Alexey is trying to get back his first love.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, emotional, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
relationships, railway, tragic love, escapades, love affair, first love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love interest, relationship problems, love story, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
21%
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 ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes ...
Style:
emotional, touching, poignant, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
solitude, personal growth, self discovery, diary, female protagonist, confession, bittersweet, coming of age, resilience, intimate, identity, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
20%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young married couple, not knowing how to deal with their new adopted son's behavior, decides to give him back.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
young couple, married couple, adopted son, foster parent, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, marital crisis, adoptive father adopted son relationship, young lovers, family problems ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up comedian who has been making people laugh for 35 years. All his life he has been the life of the party, but now he is tired, miserable and almost washed ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
comedian, flashback, stand up comedy, memories, night, marital problem, life is a bitch, troubled past, redemption, regret, character study, reputation ...
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two former lovers find themselves struggling for shared closure as one of them prepares to stage a play about the unspeakable tragedy that tore them apart decades ago.
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
family tragedy, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, secret, confronting the past, tragic past, bittersweet, secrets, forgiveness, flashback, lost love ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Müzeyyen is a 22-year-old high school senior living in Antalya who spends most of her time with a posse of misfits. She lives a drug-fuelled, highly troubled life outside the norms of society. When her long-lost brother Ali decides to visit her ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
drug, society, relationship problems, family problems, life is a bitch, drug addict, family relations, drug abuse, drug addiction, social relations, male female relationship, female protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The budding romance of a wannabe filmmaker, disturbed marital life of a techie, business troubles of the manager of the coffee shop are dealt with in detail.
Style:
romantic drama, suspense, disturbing, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
relationships, love and romance, love story, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, couple relations, family relations, star crossed lovers, in love, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
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