Relationship Drama movies

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Relentless Measured

Overview

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

Themes

Duty vs desire, Loyalty under threat, Memory and longing, Family obligation and romance, Past vs present, Second chances under pressure

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Realistic Claustrophobic Brutal Bleak Deliberate

Overview

A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

Themes

Desire vs commitment, Secrecy and betrayal, Fidelity under pressure, Trauma and repetition, Career and family conflict, Dependency and control

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Realistic Tense Intimate Dry Deliberate

Overview

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

Themes

Small town pressures, Parent child relationship tensions, Literature influence, Reading a diary echoes, Death implications, Art restoration pressures

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Realistic Intimate Claustrophobic Dry Restrained

Overview

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.

Themes

Deception and coercion, Past trauma resurfacing, Economic leverage, Property and dependency, Family legacy tension

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Realistic Tense Intimate Fast-paced Cynical

Overview

All night in New York, a stranded woman just wants to get home to her husband. A street musician risks everything to help her. As sunrise nears, staying together might save her heart—but cost her marriage.

Themes

Deception in relationships, Economic vulnerability, Infidelity and trust, Chance encounters in the city, Marital strain and agency, Urban romance under pressure

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Realistic Intimate Claustrophobic Deliberate Relentless

Overview

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Themes

Loneliness and connection, Home and belonging, Marital strain under routine life, Cross-cultural differences, Mentorship and companionship, Learning as empowerment

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Playful Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Atmospheric

Overview

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

Themes

Trust under strain, Deception in intimacy, Boundaries under pressure, Idealized selves vs real selves, Surreal couple dynamics, Relationship fragility

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Whimsical Stylish Witty Opulent Slick

Overview

Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

Themes

Trust under scrutiny, Romance amid doubt, Deception and collaboration, Rationalism versus belief, Wealth and spectacle, Occult versus science

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Realistic Tense Heartwarming Stylish Witty

Overview

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

Themes

Artistic integrity vs commerce, Creative collaboration under pressure, Mentor protégé dynamics, Industry transformation tensions, Urban ambition authenticity, Relationship between art and market

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Deliberate

Overview

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.

Themes

Trauma and grief, Custody and parental conflict, Infidelity and commitment pressure, Emotional distance and longing, Secrets shaping trust, Imagined narratives and reality

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