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Film · 10 connectionsA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Directed bySam Mendes
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1999 · 122 min · Drama
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Strong story similarity
2011 · 99 min · Drama · Romance
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
Strong story similarity
2006 · 137 min · Drama · Romance
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Same director
2022 · 115 min · Drama · Romance
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Strong story similarity
2018 · 110 min · Drama · Romance
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Strong story similarity
2015 · 118 min · Drama · Romance
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Strong story similarity
2002 · 107 min · Drama · Romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
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2005 · 134 min · Drama · Romance
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Strong story similarity
2010 · 112 min · Drama · Romance
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
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2000 · 130 min · Drama · Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
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