20 movies like The Bigamist, ordered by similarity : Save the Tiger(1973), Anything for Her(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), After the Storm(2016), Carol(2015), Woman in a Dressing Gown(1957), A Summer Place(1959), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956), Sky Without Stars(1955), The Tarnished Angels(1957), Happiness and Tears(2001), Beautiful Boy(2018) ...
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Joan Fontaine Ida Lupino Edmund Gwenn Jane Darwell Kenneth Tobey John Maxwell Peggy Maley Mack Williams James Todd James Young
bigamist wife waitress son investigator business partner melodramatic emotional san francisco los angeles family home hotel courtroom office bigamy marriage deception adoption double life forbidden love
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
Drama
USA
1973
100 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Jack Gilford Laurie Heineman Normann Burton Patricia Smith Thayer David William Hansen Harvey Jason Liv Von Linden Lara Parker Eloise Hardt
business owner business partner designer wife hippie arsonist bleak disheartening los angeles office family home movie theater car business failure arson disillusionment marriage post-traumatic stress disorder transformation
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Drama
UK
1957
93 Minutes
husband wife mistress son emotional moving house bedroom hotel office divorce adultery loyalty family temptation forbidden love fall 1950s
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Drama
USA
1959
130 Minutes
Richard Egan Dorothy McGuire Sandra Dee Arthur Kennedy Troy Donahue Constance Ford Beulah Bondi Jack Richardson Martin Eric Peter Constanti Junius Matthews
wealthy man wife daughter old flame alcoholic son melodramatic passionate engaging maine hotel seaside family home pine island loveless marriage affair family secrets young love summer vacation unplanned pregnancy
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Drama
USA
1956
153 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March Marisa Pavan Ann Harding Lee J. Cobb Keenan Wynn Gene Lockhart Gigi Perreau Portland Mason Arthur O'Connell
pr person executive wife ex-lover friend boss dark emotional new york city suburbia office family home battlefield italy ambition family business post-traumatic stress disorder secret world war ii
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Drama
USA
1957
87 Minutes
Rock Hudson Robert Stack Dorothy Malone Jack Carson Robert Middleton Alan Reed Alexander Lockwood Chris Olsen Robert Wilke Troy Donahue William Schallert
journalist stunt pilot wife mechanic son showman melodramatic thrilling passionate striking new orleans carnival air show party family home airplane obsession aviation love triangle unhappy marriage
Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.
Comedy, Drama
2001
209 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri Kajol Hrithik Roshan Kareena Kapoor Rani Mukherji Simone Singh Himani Shivpuri Shah Rukh Khan
adopted son patriarch mother son wife sister-in-law melodramatic emotional fiery spectacular bombay, india london mansion village parental pressure family honor father/son relationship class distinctions arranged marriage indian life
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Drama
Canada|Ireland|UK|USA
2015
118 Minutes
Brie Larson Jacob Tremblay Joan Allen Sean Bridgers Tom McCamus William H. Macy Megan Park Amanda Brugel
mother son young boy charming brooding creative emotional intense room united states real world imprisonment kidnapping confinement escape mother/son relationship love life curiosity discovery
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Drama
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Irene Dunne Charles Bickford Gwili Andre J. Carrol Naish Eric Linden Buster Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Hilda Vaughn Brooks Benedict Joseph Bernard
factory worker wife boarder mistress lawyer son melodramatic emotional engaging steel mill pennsylvania boardinghouse jail courtroom business marriage infidelity divorce rags to riches trial
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Drama
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2016
123 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Ruth Negga Marton Csokas Nick Kroll Terri Abney Alano Miller Jon Bass Michael Shannon Chris Greene Sharon Blackwood
black woman white man husband wife police officer supreme court justice brooding emotional intense virginia washington, d.c. house prison office courtroom interracial relationship racism bullying courage justice
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
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.