20 movies like Answers to Nothing, ordered by similarity : Band Aid(2017), Gone Girl(2014), Beautiful Boy(2010), Lantana(2001), The Ticket(2016), Still Alice(2014), Six Figures(2005), The Bigamist(1953), Barney's Version(2010), Hollywoodland(2006), The Beaver(2011), Paris, Texas(1984) ...
Drama
USA
2011
124 Minutes
Dane Cook Elizabeth Mitchell Julie Benz Barbara Hershey Zach Gilford Erik Palladino Kali Hawk Aja Volkman Miranda Bailey Mark Kelly Joel Michaely
therapist wife disabled person client screenwriter police officer brooding bleak emotional hospital psychiatrist's office los angeles missing persons investigation modern life marital problems fall mystery 2010s
Against the backdrop of a missing girl case, lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don't always see.
Drama, Comedy
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Zoe Lister-Jones Adam Pally Fred Armisen Susie Essman Hannah Simone Ravi Patel Jesse Williams Brooklyn Decker Jamie Chung Chris D'Elia Colin Hanks
husband wife therapist neighbor amusing brooding creative confident emotional house basement beach office park grief music therapy fighting marital problems fall
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
149 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike Neil Patrick Harris Tyler Perry Kim Dickens Patrick Fugit Carrie Coon David Clennon Lisa Banes Missi Pyle Emily Ratajkowski
writer wife suspect police officer journalist police detective brooding dark intense bleak thrilling disheartening carthage house street police station car office disappearance illusions
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Drama
USA|Canada
2010
100 Minutes
Michael Sheen Maria Bello Alan Tudyk Moon Bloodgood Kyle Gallner Meat Loaf Aday Deidrie Henry Bruce French
husband wife son brother writer nephew dark intense los angeles house tennis court motel beach school shootings marital problems family guilt suicide resentment mystery
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Drama
Australia|Germany
2001
121 Minutes
Anthony LaPaglia Geoffrey Rush Barbara Hershey Kerry Armstrong Rachael Blake Vince Colosimo Daniela Farinacci Peter Phelps Leah Purcell Glenn Robbins Russell Dykstra
detective wife psychiatrist neighbor husband nurse emotional dark suspenseful sydney suburbia office police station affair missing persons investigation secret deception sex mystery
The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.
Drama
USA
2016
98 Minutes
Dan Stevens Malin Akerman Oliver Platt Kerry Bishé Skylar Gaertner Peter Mark Kendall Liza J. Bennett Ekaterina Samsonov
blind man son wife preacher brooding inspiring emotional moving house church office basement neighborhood miracles blindness family affair work-life balance discovery pursuit
A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.
Drama
USA|UK|France
2014
97 Minutes
Julianne Moore Richard Glatzer Alec Baldwin Kristen Stewart Kate Bosworth Hunter Parrish Erin Darke Victoria Cartagena Shane McRae Stephen Kunken Seth Gilliam
professor linguist daughter son doctor somber brooding emotional doctor's office family home office college alzheimer's disease illness dementia mother/child relationship discovery transformation fall 2010s
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
2005
108 Minutes
JR Bourne Caroline Cave Deborah Grover Frank Adamson Joyce Gordon
husband wife boss daughter mother-in-law parent bleak disturbing tense emotional family home canada art gallery office assault family dysfunction trust failing career marital problems investigation
Warner isn't sure how he got where he is, but he's not particularly happy to be there: mid-thirties, married, two kids, dead-end career in fund raising, cramped town house, old car, clothes... See full summary »
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.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|Canada
2010
132 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Rosamund Pike Minnie Driver Rachelle Lefevre Scott Speedman Bruce Greenwood Mark Addy Saul Rubinek Dustin Hoffman
grump television producer wife ex-wife father son hilarious emotional sad rome montreal, quebec office bar train success failed marriage pregnancy father/son relationship hockey murder investigation
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2006
126 Minutes
Adrien Brody Ben Affleck Diane Lane Bob Hoskins Robin Tunney Joe Spano Molly Parker Dash Mihok Brad Henke Steve Adams Ted Atherton
private investigator actor wife client woman melodramatic emotional brooding hollywood, calif. hotel room office household spying murder infidelity investigation george reeves show business mystery discovery
A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2011
91 Minutes
Mel Gibson Jodie Foster Anton Yelchin Jennifer Lawrence Riley Thomas Stewart Cherry Jones Kelly Coffield Michael Rivera
executive husband wife son puppet depressed person uplifting offbeat sad new york city house street office family home toy factory puppetry depression communication reconciliation husband/wife relationship
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.
Drama
West Germany|France|UK
1984
148 Minutes
Harry Dean Stanton Nastassja Kinski Dean Stockwell Aurore Clément Hunter Carson Bernhard Wicki Viva Auder Socorro Valdez Tom Farrell John Lurie
middle-aged man brother wife son brooding emotional paris, texas desert los angeles household amnesia missing persons family reunion traumatic past marriage discovery transformation 1980s
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Iran|France
2016
125 Minutes
Shahab Hosseini Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Karimi Farid Sajjadi Hosseini Mina Sadati Maral Bani Adam Mehdi Kooshki Emad Emami Shirin Aghakashi Mojtaba Pirzadeh Sahra Asadollahe
husband wife tenant actor intruder bleak brooding emotional gripping touching intense tehran, iran apartment building apartment stage theater school violence domestic life mysterious strangers
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Drama
USA
2016
137 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Williams Kyle Chandler Lucas Hedges C.J. Wilson Heather Burns Tate Donovan Josh Hamilton Anna Baryshnikov Matthew Broderick Gretchen Mol
brother uncle nephew fisherman wife friend brooding emotional intense boston hospital school office fishing village boat death guardianship loss responsibility anger
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
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
2016
110 Minutes
Gerard Butler Gretchen Mol Alison Brie Anupam Kher Alfred Molina Willem Dafoe Maxwell Jenkins Julia Butters Dwain Murphy Dustin Milligan
recruiter boss son sick child wife doctor emotional heartwarming rousing big city office house neighborhood hospital aspirations work vs. family work-life balance love family ties fall
Dane Jensen is a hard-driven headhunter who's gearing up for the professional battle of his life. When his young son is given a harrowing diagnosis, Dane is pulled between achieving his dream and spending time with the family that needs him.
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.
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
2007
140 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Michael Lonsdale Jean-Pierre Kalfon Lou Castel
psychiatrist manager ceo secretary nazi board member intricate suspenseful powerful emotional paris corporate headquarters office car rave corporate culture investigation mental illness fascism class distinctions
War, Biography, Drama
USA|India
2017
108 Minutes
Miles Teller Haley Bennett Joe Cole Amy Schumer Beulah Koale Scott Haze Keisha Castle-Hughes Brad Beyer Omar J. Dorsey Jayson Warner Smith Sean Bridgers
soldier commander wife daughter son bomber emotional chilling moving solemn tense raw iraq truck united states house bar veteran's hospital iraq war post-traumatic stress disorder
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.