20 movies like We Are Not Alone, ordered by similarity : Shepherds and Butchers(2016), Stella Maris(1918), First Reformed(2017), In the Bedroom(2001), Scott Turow's Innocent(2011), Sorry We Missed You(2019), Breaking the Waves(1996), Happiness(1998), Little Children(2006), Everything Put Together(2000), Sons and Lovers(1960), None but the Lonely Heart(1944) ...
Drama
USA
1939
112 Minutes
doctor governess young boy wife bleak dark shocking solemn england theater house accident death gossip poison execution fall 1910s
A husband hires a lonely pretty young woman to work as a nanny for his son. His wife becomes instantly jealous and things take turn for the worst. In the background, World War II is in the air, and anti-German sentiment is on the rise.
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Drama
USA
1918
84 Minutes
Mary Pickford Conway Tearle Ida Waterman Herbert Standing Marcia Manon Josephine Crowell
disabled person journalist orphan aunt wife maid melodramatic dark shocking emotional london mansion house jail england city isolation jealousy abuse disillusionment
Two young women - a paraplegic girl sheltered by her wealthy guardians and a more experienced orphan - fall in love with a man separated from his violent wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Drama
USA
2001
138 Minutes
Sissy Spacek Tom Wilkinson Nick Stahl Marisa Tomei William Mapother William Wise Celia Weston Karen Allen
teacher doctor son mother psychopath dark gritty suspenseful courtroom maine household forest infidelity murder death abuse kidnapping injustice fall rivalry
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Drama
UK|France|Belgium
2019
100 Minutes
Kris Hitchen Debbie Honeywood Rhys Stone Katie Proctor Mark Birch Alfie Dobson Charlie Richmond
entrepreneur employee father wife husband mother child boss bleak brooding dark disheartening emotional gritty melancholy moving profound raw sad solemn
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Netherlands|Norway|Iceland|Spain|UK
1996
159 Minutes
Emily Watson Stellan Skarsgård Katrin Cartlidge Jean-Marc Barr Adrian Rawlins Sandra Voe Udo Kier Mikkel Gaup Roef Ragas Phil McCall
wife husband lover mother doctor sailor emotional dark scotland small town coast household church infidelity paralysis love sex god accident forbidden love
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
139 Minutes
Jane Adams Dylan Baker Lara Flynn Boyle Ben Gazzara Jared Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman Jon Lovitz Marla Maples Cynthia Stevenson Elizabeth Ashley Louise Lasser
musician writer wife psychiatrist young boy neighbor dark disturbing shocking raw amusing new jersey suburbia doctor's office apartment family dysfunction mental illness loneliness sex child abuse
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Drama
USA
2006
130 Minutes
Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly Patrick Wilson Jackie Earle Haley Noah Emmerich Gregg Edelman Phyllis Somerville Raymond J. Barry Jane Adams Ty Simpkins Sadie Goldstein
housewife stay-at-home dad sex offender ex-cop mother filmmaker dark gripping boston suburbia household playground hospital affair love marriage obsession sex death fall
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 in suburban Massachusetts.
Drama
2000
85 Minutes
Radha Mitchell Megan Mullally Justin Louis Catherine Lloyd Burns Alan Ruck Michele Hicks Matt Malloy
wife husband best friend doctor pregnant woman dark emotional california suburb household childbirth tragic death breakdown grief marriage motherhood pursuit fall 2000s
As her friends and family withdraw, a young woman (Radha Mitchell) tries to cope with her firstborn infant's death.
Drama
UK
1960
103 Minutes
Trevor Howard Dean Stockwell Wendy Hiller Mary Ure Heather Sears William Lucas Donald Pleasence Ernest Thesiger
miner alcoholic wife artist mother patron gritty tense emotional sultry mining town coal mine house england nottingham, england family dysfunction mother/son relationship class distinctions marital problems tragic death
A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.
Drama
USA
1944
113 Minutes
Cary Grant Ethel Barrymore Barry Fitzgerald June Duprez Jane Wyatt George Coulouris Dan Duryea Konstantin Shayne Eva Lernard Boyne Morton Lowry Helene Thimig
mother son musician gangster wife brooding dark london shop house death business crime mother/son relationship fall discovery temptation forbidden love 1930s
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
Drama
UK
1997
94 Minutes
writer poet wife government official father bleak dark disheartening dystopia household prison father/daughter relationship censorship fascism revolution execution violence fall sacrifice unknown era
Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's ... See full summary »
Drama
2006
98 Minutes
Ai Qin Lin Zhan Yu Zhe Wei Man Qin Wei Devi Zhu
immigrant gang member son prostitute bleak shocking china england factory beach bay immigration poverty desperation tragic death illegal immigration isolation sacrifice escape 2000s
Drama
USA
1946
116 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Van Heflin Kirk Douglas Lizabeth Scott Judith Anderson Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ann Doran
wealthy woman district attorney childhood friend aunt convict bleak tense iverstown, pa. mansion office dark secrets love triangle marriage of convenience cover-up accidental death forbidden love fall wretched excess rivalry 1920s
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Drama
UK
1984
108 Minutes
James Mason Edward Fox John Gielgud Dorothy Tutin Cheryl Campbell Gordon Jackson Aharon Ipalé Rupert Frazer Robert Hardy Judi Bowker
aristocrat wife hunter wealthy man hungarian poacher somber engaging england countryside manor costume party hunting infidelity class distinctions animal rights accidental killing forbidden love fall 1910s
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Drama
Australia
1978
108 Minutes
Tom E. Lewis Freddy Reynolds Ray Barrett Jack Thompson Peter Carroll Angela Punch McGregor Steve Dodds Ruth Cracknell Don Crosby Elizabeth Alexander Peter Sumner
boss wife daughter son aboriginal solemn shocking gripping australia persecution racism australian aborigines colonialism murder revenge fall underdog transformation 1900s
Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath.
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1953
83 Minutes
John Payne Evelyn Keyes Brad Dexter Frank Faylen Peggie Castle Jay Adler Jack Lambert Eddy Waller Glenn Langan Ian Wolfe Peter Leeds
cab driver thief actress wife dark gritty suspenseful street household theater new york city adultery murder robbery love triangle mystery revenge fall 1950s
A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
Drama
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Raymond Burr Martha Hyer Ken Scott Joan Bennett Brett Halsey Ed Binns Jack Ging Anne Helm Margaret Field Douglas Fowley Kelly Thordsen
colonel doctor wife ex-convict sheriff husband tense gripping shocking clinton, la. hunting lodge farm mansion office infidelity accidental death cover-up framed bribery seduction
Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an ... See full summary »