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The Room Next Door (2024)
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Original name: La habitación de al lado
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Style:
postmodern
Plot:
cancer, war correspondent, mother daughter relationship, terminal illness, friendship, death, flashback, old friend, suicide, police interrogation, writers, female friendship, euthanasia, nihilism, existentialism, dual role, novelist, bereavement, estranged daughter, lesbian, strong female lead, book, fire, feminist, female writer ...
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to The Room Next Door
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, psychological and emotional films with plots about family relations, cancer, terminal illness, friendship, death, mother daughter relationship and female protagonist mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Room Next Door: One True Thing (1998), Still Alice (2014), Parallel Mothers (2021), The Shadow Box (1980), The Games of Countess Dolingen (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, realistic, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, grief, relationships, homecoming, tragedy, family drama, argument ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
95%
150K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, sad, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, memory loss, illness, supportive spouse, mother daughter relationship, columbia university, family bonds, terminal illness, family drama, relationships, psychology, memory lapse ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, tear jerker, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, grave, pregnant teenager, babysitter, theater, female bonding ...
Time:
2020s, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death. Adapted for television from the award-winning play by Michael Cristofer.
Style:
emotional, poignant, sensitive, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, mortality, reflection, intimate, grief, bereavement, compassion, humanism, realism, bittersweet, acceptance ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this eerie, atmospheric tale, a young woman is on a train when she sees some people she thinks she knows from her childhood. On arriving home, her husband tells her that a certain countess has died. At that point, the film cuts to a scene of the ...
Style:
atmospheric, metafiction, art house, melancholic, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
suicide, female protagonist, mental illness, depression, ambiguity, children, hallucination, psychiatric hospital, death, schizophrenia, uncertainty, obsession ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
65%
146K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a ...
Style:
depressing, intellectual, psychological, touching, poignant ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
suicide, depression, mental illness, aids, writers, lesbian, bipolar disorder, lgbtq, writer's life, lgbt, lesbian love, introspection ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 2001, 90s, 1920s ...
Place:
new york, england, california, london, los angeles ...
Similarity:
62%
215
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A heartwarming urban adventure following straight-laced Leah as she meets an unpredictable stranger and falls back in love … with life.
Style:
independent film, life affirming, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, female friendship, lesbian, lesbian love, friendship, lgbt, self discovery, mortality, heartwarming, personal growth, city, girlfriend ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Plot:
protest, activist, woman, biracial, mother daughter relationship, grief, hugging, friendship between girls, party, high school, female protagonist, teenager ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005
Place:
florida
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of: a close-knit ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
cancer, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, terminal illness, lie, deception, love, popularity, regret, university, money, couples ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
job, journey, mother, american revolutionary war, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, selfishness, black american, remorse, cancer, farm, radio dj, regret ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
san francisco, new york, pennsylvania, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After the death of his fiancée's daughter while in his care, a deaf man shuts himself off from the world. Haunted by memories, it is only through new friendship that he can learn to forgive, love, and reconnect.
Plot:
deaf, sign language, university, spirit, death, redemption, train, transformation, love, rain, friendship, daughter ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Silvia, a single mother and a lawyer, is implicated in a corruption scandal. But in addition to trouble at work, she is also facing a more crippling problem: her mother’s cancer has returned. While she is forced to face up to her mother’s ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
single mother, cancer, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, corruption, lawyer, family drama, fighting illness, family relations, illness, life is a bitch, problem ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, intense, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, estrangement, playwright, relationships, women, friendship, corporal punishment, reconciliation, childhood memory, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, american south ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
southern usa, louisiana, new york, usa
Similarity:
43%
107
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman diagnosed with terminal lung cancer gathers her three dearest friends together to make the most of the time she has left.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, contemplative, poignant ...
Plot:
friendship, terminal illness, family relations, best friend, friends, strong female presence, unfulfillment, siblings relations, cancer, dying, female friendship, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, crying
Plot:
novelist, jury, trial, writers, courtroom drama, female protagonist, framed for murder, middle aged, writer's life, court, accused of murder, legal action ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
cancer, drug addict, terminal illness, death, dying, mortality, family relations, empathy, child protagonist, character study, grief, addiction ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, humorous
Plot:
cancer, family life, terminal illness, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, survival, rebelliousness, dysfunctional family, couple relations, single parent, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really ...
Style:
touching, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, lgbt, family relations, death of mother, cancer, mother daughter relationship, loss of mother, terminal illness, lesbian, sex scene, teenager ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
terminal illness, architect, complaint, patient, character study, fired from the job, illness, introvert, friendship, love and romance, chemotherapy, funeral ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During his twenties, a young man works at various homeless shelters in Boston, where he often intersects with his brilliant but troubled father.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
father son relationship, homeless, absent father, homeless shelter, writer's life, suicide, anal rape, poet, writers, estrangement, family relations, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When she's diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda begins completing her bucket list with the help of the daughter she long ago put up for adoption.
Style:
emotional, exciting, serious, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
bucket list, mother daughter relationship, breast cancer, social issues, quitting job, surprise party, women, female protagonist, sick mother, daughter, cancer, fired from the job ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
40%
13K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time ...
Style:
sad, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, death, afterlife, expectant father, family drama, reconciliation, childbirth, pregnancy, husband wife relationship, honest, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A pair of childhood friends reunite during their summer break from college and deal with a traumatizing experience from their past.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film, crying
Plot:
female nudity, skinny dipping, summer, teacher student sex, friendship, best friend, couple relations, relationship problems, summer vacation, love triangle, love interest, friends ...
Similarity:
37%
535
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.
Style:
crying
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, coming of age, 11 year old girl, family relations, photograph, murder, young girl, friendship, teenager, sick, dream, videotaping ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 80s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on a true story of Iowa farm wife Lucile Fray. Ann-Margret plays a dying mother of ten whose last wish is to find loving families for her children.
Style:
depressing
Plot:
adoption, cancer, child care, foster child, disease, youth, little boy, death, sacrifice, self sacrifice, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sad
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, mercy killing, siblings relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, estranged family member, death in the family, death, choice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, new york, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terminal illness, dysfunctional family, estrangement, leukemia, family drama, father daughter relationship, family problems, single parent, siblings relations, sibling relationship, unfulfillment, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
florida, usa, ohio, orlando florida
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, meditative, clever, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
redemption, destiny, infidelity, philosophy, couples, adultery, attorney, happiness, false accusation, love affair, human nature, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, greece
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, stylized, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
redemption, small town, incest, single parent, adultery, hopes, newspaper, depression, isolation, reporter, starting over, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
canada, nova scotia, newfoundland, atlantic ocean, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
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