Movies like The Things of Life

20 movies like The Things of Life, ordered by similarity : I Never Sang for My Father(1970), Woodpeckers(2017), The Mouth Agape(1974), After the Storm(2016), Devi(1960), Dean(2016), Another Year(2010), Chloe in the Afternoon(1972), Brokeback Mountain(2005), Mum's List(2016), Bed and Board(1970), Two Bits(1995) ...

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The Things of Life

A highway engineer is involved in a car crash, after which, near death, he remembers his life leading up to the accident.

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I Never Sang for My Father

A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).

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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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The Mouth Agape

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ... See full summary »

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After the Storm

After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.

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Devi

A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.

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Dean

An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.

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Another Year

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

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Chloe in the Afternoon

Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.

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Brokeback Mountain

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

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Mum's List

A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.

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Bed and Board

Francois Truffaut's tales of Antoine Doinel continue, as now-married Antoine has an affair with a Japanese woman.

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Two Bits

Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.

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Happy End

A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.

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Kings Row

The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.

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The Cakemaker

A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.

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Having You

Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.

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Something Organic

Paul and Marguerite have loved each other for 5 years, their love is organic, visceral and strong, constantly shifting from the real to the absolute and from the absolute to the tragic.

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With or Without You

Rosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn't like her job, he isn't too pleased working with her dad. They're trying to have a baby. One morning ... See full summary »

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The Confirmation

A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.

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L'économie du couple

Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.

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