Movies like Chinese Roulette

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   The Marriage of Maria Braun

   Same director

   1979 · 120 min · Drama

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   Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   In a Year with 13 Moons

   Same director

   1978 · 124 min · Drama

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   Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

   Same director

   1974 · 93 min · Drama · Romance

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   Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Effi Briest

   Same director

   1974 · 141 min · Drama · History

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   When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • principal cast overlap

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   Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

   Same director

   1970 · 84 min · Drama

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   Technical draftsman Herr R. is a dependable guy. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness to problem solving. He's a dutiful husband; his wife's a social climber and pressures him to seek a promotion, but they also share sweet moments. He's a caring father, helping his son with homework. His parents visit; his mother criticizes his wife. Old schoolmates drop by, as do neighbours. Some comment on his wife's expensive tastes. His promotion may be a long shot, especially after he gives a dull and tipsy toast at an office dinner. But why would Herr R. run amok?

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Martha

   Same director

   1974 · 116 min · Drama · TV Movie · Thriller

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   After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • a principal cast member

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   The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

   Same director

   1972 · 124 min · Drama · Romance

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   Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Despair

   Same director

   1978 · 117 min · Drama · Thriller

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   Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • several principal cast members

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   Gods of the Plague

   Same director

   1970 · 91 min · Crime · Drama

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   After his release from prison, ex-convict Franz Walsch finds his way back into the Munich criminal underworld. His attentions focus upon two women, Joanna and Margarethe, as well as upon Günther, his friend who earlier shot his brother.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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    Lili Marleen

    Same director

    1981 · 120 min · Drama · Romance · War

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    The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • a closely matched era

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