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Hooked (2008)
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Original name: Pescuit sportiv
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A math teacher from Bucharest and his lover go out for a picnic to relax. The film follows what happens after an accident occurs and the two characters argue about how to handle the situation. Things take a twist and as the victim becomes an part of the story.
Style:
tense, clever, serious, realistic, art house, independent film, romantic drama, suspenseful, black comedy, talky
Plot:
prostitute, manipulation, infidelity, introspection, mysterious character, destructive relationship, couples, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couple relations, woods, conscience, moral dilemma, character study, love triangle, jealousy, deception, ethics, guilt, cover up, betrayal, accident, realism, intimate, picnic ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Most similar movies to Hooked
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and art house films with plots about couples, infidelity, couple relations, betrayal, family problems, crumbling marriage and dishonesty mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Hooked: Behind the Glass (2008), Signs & Wonders (2000), Mr. Vincent (1997), Scorn (2011), Blame It on Mum (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Through a period of five days, the story follows intertwined characters who live in false serenity and rather chaotic general order.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, love and romance, couple relations, couples, contests and competitions, chaos and mayhem, character study, adultery, betrayal, infidelity, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, life turned upside down, love affair, love triangle, dishonesty, journalism, crumbling marriage, couple relations, destructive relationship, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany, france, greece, athens greece
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tale of obsession and jealousy
Style:
realistic, intense, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, songwriter, character study, betrayal, lie, infidelity, male protagonist, mature, domestic drama, love triangle, jealousy, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
75%
18
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Scorn takes a look into the trials and tribulations of a group of people dealing with relationships, love, pain and friendship during the course of one year.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, love, family problems, introspection, couples, couple relations, human nature, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, urban, abuse, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two daughters and her husband, a man who shows a strange behavior since has retired. Antoine, the eldest son, company director, is unable to make a success of a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, tense ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, working class, couples, family life, family in crisis, midlife crisis, family problems, parents and children, society, crumbling marriage, suburban life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
Style:
art house, suspenseful
Plot:
conscience, domestic drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, intimate, realism, witness, murder mystery, apartment building, unsettling ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman is faced with a tough decision to stay with her husband and father of her son who is cheating on her. She takes a vacation where she runs into an old flame and begins to rekindle their chemistry. Torn between the two, she intends to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, betrayal, self discovery, dishonesty, couples, marital crisis, old love, motherhood, affair, introspection, relocation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
56%
524
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sonia arrives in Trinidad with her two children to join her husband Jo who is working as an oil engineer. On the surface she lives a life of luxury in a large houses with servants. The days are uneventful and blend together into an everlasting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, melancholic, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
family problems, couples, introspection, social relations, dishonesty, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, children, female protagonist, alienation, loneliness, isolation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
Style:
art house, avant garde, realistic, semi serious, sexual ...
Plot:
couples, betrayal, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment, gays and lesbians, destructive relationship, dishonesty, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1977
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
hotel, couple relations, losing-it hero, alcohol abuse, unfulfillment, writer's life, dull life, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, disintegration, black ops, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on Beth and Mark, a couple struggling to conceive, and Mark's unexpectedly helpful affair with Louise.
Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, touching, semi serious ...
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, infidelity, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, dull life, love and romance, dishonesty, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
infidelity, couples, looking for love, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, redemption, haunted by the past, bittersweet, heartbreak, troubled marriage, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A middle-age woman recovers from a serious car accident.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
introspection, rehabilitation, accident, starting over, family relations, estrangement, hopes, unfulfillment, couples, trauma, recovery, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, catalonia, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his life, Paul can’t resist the lure of an ambiguous and dangerous relationship with a mysterious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
therapist, dangerous attraction, couples, femme fatale, intrigue, hospital, danger, sister sister relationship, illness, dishonesty, rivalry, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home.
Style:
art house, independent film, psychological, realistic, serious
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, nudity, affair, female nudity, extramarital affair, wedding ring, archaeologist, church, physician, hospital, art ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the common secretary she pretends to be, but ex-terrorist Lisa ...
Style:
art house, suspense, existential, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, stalking, character study, obsession, guilt, secrets, moral ambiguity, identity, regret, deception, realism, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
38%
542
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A couple must hold on to $100,000 for 24 hours as they wait to buy a house. As the time ticks by, the true nature of their love unravels.
Style:
tense, realistic, talky, touching, serious ...
Plot:
couples, couple relations, breakup, family problems, human nature, sexual content, graphic violence, money, dispute, marital crisis, character study, frustration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, society, introspection, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love affair, midlife crisis, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, illicit affair, confession, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Country: China Production Company: Angel Wings Entertainment Genre: Drama Director: Zhao Tian Yu Starring: Wen Zhang, Bai Bai He, Zhang Jing Chu, Guo Tao, Leon Dai, Karen Mok, Bowen Duan, Huang Huan Length: 97 mins Date of release: 8th April, 2011
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious, tension
Plot:
infidelity, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, disorder, couples, nothing goes right, fall in love, dishonesty, multiple storylines, realism, city life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, beijing china, tibet, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Esteban and Molly have been married for over twenty years. On a cold morning in June the couple realizes they have hit rock bottom and that their relationship is not what it once was. Marriage examines the different aspects that make a man and a ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, couples, lifestyle, gay love, gay marriage, love affair, social problems, lgbt, love story, wedding, society ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until the day when Sophie tells her partner she has organised a surprise trip to Bulgaria. Daneel refuses to go, but Sophie insists and soon discovers just why ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense, tension ...
Plot:
couples, self discovery, couple relations, dishonesty, manipulation, relationships, secrets, passion, seaside, confrontation, intimate, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, bulgaria
Similarity:
36%
482
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
betrayal, couple relations, art, haunted by the past, family problems, couples, dishonesty, vengeance, love and romance, crumbling marriage, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Place:
ireland, europe, netherlands, spain
Similarity:
36%
319
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A devoted young woman becomes ensnared in a web of sexuality and betrayal in Jean-Pascal Hattu’s consistently unpredictable and finely wrought character study. A vividly realistic psychosexual drama, the film’s sharp emotional honesty heralds a ...
Style:
tense, sincere, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
sexual content, cuckolded husband, moral dilemma, female masturbation, confined, sex scene, love triangle, love and romance, couples, prison life, crumbling marriage, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, tension, intense ...
Plot:
addiction, rehabilitation, love triangle, introspection, drug, couples, rivalry, couple relations, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Story of a newly married professor who suffers his whole life for having an affair with his student.
Style:
serious, tense, emotional, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
professor, abuse of power, marriage, student, infidelity, teacher student relationship, affair, adultery, relationships, moral dilemma, betrayal, scandal ...
Similarity:
35%
345
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Adrift begins with the wedding of Duyen and Hai. Duyen is a beautiful tourist guide and translator who marries Hai, a taxi driver who is two years her junior. Duyen thinks the marriage will make her happy but it turns out more difficult, especially ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
couple relations, closeted lesbian, lgbt, couples, infidelity, sexual relations, self discovery, forbidden love, unfulfillment, family problems, estrangement, tour guide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Andrew and Claire, a young couple attempting to restart their live, moves to an isolated school house in farm country, their neighbors and nature itself, trigger a surprising chain of events
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, couples, farm, introspection, haunted by the past, couple relations, family problems, estrangement, starting over, crumbling marriage, countryside, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A suburban housewife uses a hidden camera to compulsively record everyone around her.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, voyeurism, love affair, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, estrangement, dull life, love and romance, single parent, crumbling marriage, obsessive quest, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
To watch a rare bird and at the same time be alone with Lotta, Anders goes to Gotland.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
ornithologist, infidelity, affair, love triangle, introspection, moral dilemma, character study, betrayal, adultery, bittersweet, island, jealousy ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
32%
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