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A Dog Barking at the Moon (2019)

  • Drama
  • 107 min
  • ★ 5.8/10 from 10 ratings

Coming back to her broken family, pregnant writer Huang Xiaoyu and her French husband, Benjamin, finds herself trapped between her cult brainwashed mother, Li Jiumei, and her secretly homosexual father, Huang Tao.

Directed byLisa Zi Xiang

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  1. 01

    The Happy Life of Debbie

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 88 min · Drama

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    Debbie was already pregnant in Indonesia before she was married to Taiwan. Her useless husband has no doubt till Debbie’s Indonesian friend visit the family...

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  2. 02

    Fake Dad

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 95 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Yang Haoliang, an evergreen singer in the past, accidentally discovers that some is using his identity to deceive others. He asks his son, Yang Shiyue, to find out the truth. Yang Shiyue ends up teaming up with his fake father.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  3. 03

    Ilo Ilo

    Strong story similarity

    2013 · 100 min · Drama · Family

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    During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 04

    Dear You

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 118 min · Comedy · Drama · Family

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    Xiaowei travels to Thailand to find his "billionaire grandfather" who is out of contact due to debt problems, but unexpectedly find the one who has been corresponding with his grandmother for years is not her husband.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  5. 05

    It's My Time

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 107 min · Comedy · Drama

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    At the age of seventy, a fiercely non-conformist grandmother partners with a lethargic, underachieving young prodigy to navigate the highly competitive and eccentric subculture of speedcubing, defying familial skepticism and generational expectations.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  6. 06

    Adrift

    Strong story similarity

    2009 · 110 min · Drama

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    Soon after her wedding, newlywed Duyen's excitement begins to fade as she realizes her young husband is not only naive but overly occupied by his job and doting mother. As her marriage goes unconsummated and her emotional isolation grows, she reaches out to her closest girlfriend, Cam, who secretly desires her, but pushes her into the arms of a dangerous and provocative suitor. The resulting infidelity puts Duyen in a precarious love triangle, challenging her notions of conventional relationships and also the stability of her new family.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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