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 6.8
 305
Luna (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike reverie about four people whose weekend idyll in an isolated English seaside home becomes an ...
Style: emotional, atmospheric, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: death in the family, introspection, family relations, couple relations, isolation, grief, couples, family problems, love, hallucination, magic realism, cyberpunk ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.8
 565
Wetlands (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, avant garde ...
Plot: family problems, death in the family, estrangement, family relations, family business, parents and children, life is a bitch, down on your luck, voyeurism, forgiveness, gay, gay erotica ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
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 4.4
 558
Godspeed (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, death in the family, haunted by the past, religions or cults, society, small town, life turned upside down, investigation, grief, killer child, strong violent content, wilderness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alaska
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 7.3
 116K
The Queen (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal ...
Style: factual, political, emotional, compassionate, thought provoking ...
Plot: british royal family, royal family, queen, historical character, head of state, monarchy, queen of england, british, politics, queen elizabeth ii, biopic, etiquette ...
Time: 90s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1997
Place: england, buckingham palace, britain, london, united kingdom ...
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Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: death in the family, hopes, introspection, last wish, family relations, family problems, dealing with death, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, minimalism, death of mother, journey ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.8
 5K
Be with You (2004)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi (Shido Nakamura) lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji (Akashi Takei) after the loss of wife and mother Mio (Yuko Takeuchi). Yuji unfailingly remembers her ...
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, romantic, enigmatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: afterlife, time travel, family relations, diary, miraculous event, boy, hopes, death in the family, reincarnation, couple relations, love and romance, supernatural ...
Place: tokyo
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 5.8
 245
Jake's Corner (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The fictional story of an ex-football star, Johnny Dunn, who moves far from the spotlight after a family tragedy to a small, desert town he owns called Jake's Corner. This dramatic comedy is a cross between Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: small town, social relations, buddies, death in the family, self discovery, friendship, relocation, love, life turned upside down, family problems, small town life, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
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Rock the Casbah (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, islamic ...
Plot: funeral, family relations, life turned upside down, family gatherings, family problems, death in the family, family life, parents and children, disorder, muslim, arab, housekeeper ...
Place: morocco, middle east
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The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A magical tale about a young photographer who falls madly in love with a woman he can never have, except in his dreams. Late one night, Isaac is summoned by a wealthy family to take the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica, who mysteriously ...
Style: atmospheric, contemplative, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: photographer, hotel, death in the family, loss of daughter, family relations, photograph, ghost, fall in love, photography, couples, friendship, death ...
Time: 20th century, year 2010, 50s
Place: portugal, europe
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 7.5
 902
All Around Us (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot: family problems, couple relations, estrangement, society, pregnancy, death in the family, social decay, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, love and romance, painter, painting ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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 6.7
 776
The Town (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Following a family tragedy, 30-year-old Mark Nicholas returns to the town where he grew up. After ten years away, coming home is harder than Mark could ever have imagined.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot: homecoming, life turned upside down, hometown, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, family life, orphan, small town, lesbian, life is a bitch, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Regarding Billy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After Billy's parents are killed he moves home to care for his little brother Johnny, who is mentally challenged. Together the two struggle through the loss of their parents. Meanwhile, Billy's best friend from childhood, Dean, has moved ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: gay, gender, gay soldier, family relations, best friend, friendship, disability, couples, family problems, love and romance, youth, homecoming ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, iraq
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The Promised Life (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sylvie is a hooker whose illegitimate daughter commits a crime. She and her daughter flee to find Sylvie's first love in the countryside. The daughter is trying to get to know her unwilling mother. Along the way, the two meet a male fugitive ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: prostitution, prostitute, family relations, on the run, starting over, death in the family, estrangement, family problems, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: france
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The Confession (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After his young son dies from the negligience of medical professionals at a hospital, Harry Fertig (Kinglsey) takes matters into his own hands and kills the negligent doctors responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie (Baldwin), looking only to win a ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, faith, courtroom, hotshot lawyer, redemption, death in the family, murder, law enforcement, moral dilemma, dishonesty, legal investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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What Makes a Family (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, uplifting, sexual ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, terminal illness, gender, custody, lesbian, pregnancy, family problems, family life, couples, death in the family, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
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As I Lay Dying (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, captivating, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family relations, last wish, death in the family, family problems, husband wife relationship, dying, dead mother, american history, rural area, dealing with death, dark humor, broken leg ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: mississippi, southern usa, usa
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 6.3
 2K
Tiger Eyes (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
Style: serious, emotional, sincere, realistic, touching
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, teenage life, death in the family, bittersweet, grieving, native, depression, life is a bitch, native american, fishing village, comic book, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
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Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
Style: scary, slasher, psychological, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: ghost, killer child, supernatural, grandmother, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, haunted by the past, danger, supernatural ability, starting over, mischievous children ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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One Day You'll Understand (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, war crime, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, death in the family, parents and children, against humanity, love and romance, society, trial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, germany, middle east, france, europe
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 3.7
 881
Damned by Dawn (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 81 min.
Story: During a violent thunderstorm, a family is awoken by piercing shrieks which summon the dead to rise again. Their lives explode in a blood soaked fury as they battle malevolent spirits, whilst fighting to save their souls from eternal torment with... ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic horror, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, danger, death in the family, supernatural, family secret, mysterious character, grandmother, family curse, homecoming, grim reaper, zombie, evil dead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.8
 26K
Godsend (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.
Style: suspense, psychological, scary, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: cloning, experiment gone awry, doctor, genetic engineering, school, adaptation, parents and children, death in the family, life is a bitch, family problems, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time: year 2004, future
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 5.5
 347
Alpha Male (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style: emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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The Last Sign (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, supernatural ability, ghost, family relations, mysterious character, starting over, death in the family, dealing with death, haunted by the past, loss of husband, couples ...
Place: france, europe
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Secret Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life.
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: suicide attempt, redemption, faith, family problems, hopes, couple relations, love and romance, losing-it hero, human nature, death in the family, parents and children, christianity ...
Time: 2000s
Place: south korea, seoul, korea, asia
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 5.7
 1K
Normal (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, erotic ...
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, sex with stepmother, older woman younger man relationship, incest overtones, adultery, sex with stepson, female nudity, caught masturbating, incest, mother son incest, car accident, obsession ...
Place: canada
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Walking on Water (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Friends and family gather around the death bed of Gavin, where they assist in the dying man's suicide. But though Gavin's pain has been laid to rest, the grief felt by everyone there has only begun, and Walking on Water compassionately ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: infidelity, terminal illness, lgbt, couples, family problems, death in the family, tragic love, dysfunctional family, youth, love and romance, introspection, addiction ...
Place: australia
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 6.7
 5K
The Mother (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Style: psychological, touching, erotic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, love affair, age difference, older woman younger man sex, extramarital affair, mother daughter relationship, incest, relationships, secrets, infidelity, loneliness, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2003
Place: england, london, europe
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 6.7
 249
Charlie & Me (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When her beloved grandfather Charlie suddenly falls ill, twelve year-old Casey finds herself making some life or death decisions - and learning to live with the consequences.
Style: uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, single parent, love and romance, self discovery, hopes, elderly, death in the family, friends, dealing with death, hospital, chess ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.2
 70K
Jersey Girl (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his ...
Style: romantic, sweet, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: father daughter relationship, single father, love and romance, single parent, death, relationships, love story, family drama, honest, death of wife, family relations, starting over ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.6
 15K
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Style: sentimental, emotional, realistic, clever, art film ...
Plot: murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, fall in love, haunted by the past, death in the family, family problems, grief, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 2002, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, usa
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