20 movies like Red Desert, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Carol(2015), Cloud 9(2008), John and the Missus(1987), Respiro(2002), Middle of Nowhere(2012), Ismael's Ghosts(2017), Obey(2018), The Cakemaker(2017), The Stripper(1963), Another Year(2010), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017) ...
Drama
Italy|France
1964
116 Minutes
Monica Vitti Richard Harris Carlo Chionetti Xenia Valderi Rita Renoir Aldo Grotti Valerio Bartoleschi Giuliano Missirini Lili Rheims Emanuela Mino Carboni
wife husband old friend businessman son maid bleak profound emotional striking italy beach factory apartment shack town mental illness isolation nervous breakdown infidelity
In an industrial area, Giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
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.
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.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Drama
Canada
1987
100 Minutes
Gordon Pinsent Jackie Burroughs Randy Follett Jessica Steen Timothy Webber Roland Hewgill Neil Munro
miner husband wife son townsperson government official bleak emotional powerful newfoundland small town household canada small-town life mining displacement family government marriage quest
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of ... See full summary »
Drama
Italy|France
2002
95 Minutes
Valeria Golino Vincenzo Amato Francesco Casisa Veronica D'Agostino Filippo Pucillo Muzzi Loffredo Elio Germano Avy Marciano Giuseppe del Volgo Matteo Solina Vincenzo Barreca
daughter wife husband depressed person fisherman son amusing emotional offbeat cave beach island italy cliff boat small-town life mother/son relationship mental illness swimming running away
On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.
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).
Romance, Drama
France
2017
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Marion Cotillard Charlotte Gainsbourg Louis Garrel Alba Rohrwacher Laszlo Szabo Hippolyte Girardot Jacques Nolot Catherine Mouchet Samir Guesmi
filmmaker girlfriend former lover wife missing wife husband emotional tense intricate sultry passionate france beach house beach office filmmaker going home love relationships marriage
The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Drama
UK
2018
96 Minutes
Marcus Rutherford Sophie Kennedy Clark Sam Gittins T'Nia Miller James Atwell Wil Coban Taurean Steele Jasmine Jobson Joshua Blisset Daniel Akilimali Christine Taetz
love interest man boxer trainer friend police officer brash brutal raw emotional unrestrained apartment boxing ring london street party jealousy obsession riots boxing
As London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London, a young man's life is torn apart by a love for a girl from a different place.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Drama
USA
1963
95 Minutes
Joanne Woodward Richard Beymer Claire Trevor Carol Lynley Robert Webber Louis Nye Louise Hovick Michael J. Pollard Sondra Blake Susan Brown Marlene Delamater
stripper friend son boyfriend madam neighbor bleak emotional uneasy kansas club house bedroom small town love relationships small-town life stripping affair hard times
Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga's stage shows. When her boyfriend, Rick, runs off with the show's money, Madame Olga and Ronny let Lila go. Lila goes to stay ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
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
1970
97 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Claude Jade Mademoiselle Hiroko Barbara Laage Danièle Girard Daniel Ceccaldi Claire Duhamel Daniel Boulanger
husband wife lover son brooding uneasy quirky apartment paris street marriage infidelity family love forbidden love 1970s
Francois Truffaut's tales of Antoine Doinel continue, as now-married Antoine has an affair with a Japanese woman.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Drama
1953
92 Minutes
Harriet Andersson Åke Grönberg Anders Ek Gudrun Brost Hasse Ekman Annika Tretow
clown wife mistress ringmaster actor brooding emotional sad circus sweden pond infidelity marriage love triangle fall transformation love 1900s
A circus owner (Åke Grönberg) leaves his mistress (Harriet Andersson) for his wife, and an actor (Anders Ek) seduces the mistress.
Drama
Sweden
1969
101 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Bibi Andersson Max von Sydow Erland Josephson Erik Hell Sigge Fürst
ex-husband widow husband wife bleak passionate emotional sweden island marriage infidelity deception grief romance animal cruelty love discovery mystery 1960s
A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.
Drama, History
UK|India|Sweden
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Bonneville Gillian Anderson Manish Dayal Huma Qureshi Om Puri Denzil Smith Neeraj Kabi Michael Gambon Simon Callow Lily Travers Jaz Deol
lord viceroy wife daughter servant staff member moving emotional profound patriotic rousing inspiring india palace town street indian culture indian history indian independence movement british culture
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Romance, Drama
USA
2017
106 Minutes
Alec Baldwin Demi Moore Dylan McDermott Viva Bianca James McCaffrey Jabari Gray Renée Willett Drew Moerlein Eden Epstein Ski Carr John Buffalo Mailer
blind person author businessman wife husband lover brooding emotional engaging intense melancholy moving passionate united states city courtroom jail prison university relationships
A novelist blinded in a car crash which killed his wife rediscovers his passion for both life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.