20 movies like Wakefield, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), The Drop(2014), Fool for Love(1985), Yeh Dillagi(1994), Victoria(2016), Woodpeckers(2017), Madhumati(1958), Scarred Hearts(2016), Asako I & II(2018), Before Midnight(2013), Frank & Lola(2016), Wildlife(2018) ...
Drama
USA
2016
109 Minutes
Bryan Cranston Jennifer Garner Jason O'Mara Beverly D'Angelo Ian Anthony Dale Pippa Bennett-Warner Isaac Leyva Victoria Bruno Ellery Sprayberry Frederick Keeve Hal Dion
lawyer wife child doctor ex-boyfriend client brooding emotional intense dark new york city attic courtroom doctor's office restaurant car nervous breakdown abandonment isolation ex-boyfriends
Bryan Cranston gives the performance of a lifetime as Howard Wakefield, a lawyer on the edge of madness who has decided to disassociate himself from his own life.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
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, Romance
India
1994
155 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Saif Ali Khan Kajol Saeed Jaffrey Reema Lagoo Achyut Potdar Neena Softa Deven Verma Karisma Kapoor
father son brother businessman driver daughter amusing charming cool emotional hilarious melodramatic house bungalow office garage car love at first sight love interest love triangle
A poor girl is rebuked by a rich boy. She leaves town to return successful and rich. He falls for her but his brother is already in love with the girl.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
2016
97 Minutes
Virginie Efira Vincent Lacoste Melvil Poupaud Laurent Poitrenaux Laure Calamy Alice Daquet Julie Moulier Elsa Wolliaston Sophie Fillieres Liv Harari Jeane Arra-Bellanger
frenchwoman lawyer sex addict ex-husband friend daughter cheeky emotional fascinating paris courtroom wedding bedroom bar restaurant law parenthood sex addiction nervous breakdown recovery
Late 30-something Victoria, a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer who also happens to be a self-involved workaholic sex-addict, feels completely torn apart by pressure from all sides until she rediscovers her own desires.
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, Romance
India
1958
163 Minutes
Dilip Kumar Vyjayanthimala Johnny Walker Pran Jayant Ramayan Tiwari Misra Baij Sharma Bhudo Advani Jagdish Sagar
engineer wife child friend caretaker tribeswoman emotional gripping intense suspenseful sad india village city house street estate rebirth reincarnation revenge
A young man takes shelter in a mansion when a landslide blocks his route to the railway station. Then, he finds the mansion familiar and soon learns about the story of his previous birth.
Drama, History
2016
141 Minutes
Lucian Teodor Rus Gabriel Spahiu Ivana Mladenovic Ilinca Harnut Bogdan Cotlet Marius Damian Alexandru Dabija Dana Voicu Andrei Rus Liliana Ghita
sick person doctor nurse patient friend amusing profound powerful inspiring touching sanatorium hospital carriage office doctor's office hospital room life illness friendship relationships
Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
88 Minutes
Michael Shannon Imogen Poots Michael Nyqvist Justin Long Rosanna Arquette Emmanuelle Devos Alex Lombard Amy Argyle Carlos Moreno Jr. Maynor Alvarado
chef woman mysterious man co-worker friend lover brooding emotional intense las vegas restaurant paris bedroom car kitchen obsession love trust betrayal revenge
A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Romance, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Lesley Manville Glenn Leyburn Liam Neeson David Wilmot Amit Shah Lalor Roddy Maggie Cronin Desmond Edwards Melanie Clark Pullen Stella McCusker Geraldine McAlinden
husband wife couple cancer patient doctor heartwarming passionate sad emotional street family home doctor's office train hospital cafeteria couples cancer love perseverance devotion
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Drama
UK|France|Belgium
2016
100 Minutes
Dave Johns Hayley Squires Dylan McKiernan Briana Shann Kate Rutter Sharon Percy Kema Sikazwe Micky McGregor Julie Nicholson
widower carpenter doctor government official single mother child cool engaging emotional disheartening england office house neighborhood hospital work-life balance grief health care heart attack romance
After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
Drama
Spain
2008
88 Minutes
Silvia Munt Ramon Madaula Laia Marull Francesc Garrido Mercè Llorens Álvaro Cervantes María José Alfonso Manuel Alexandre
director doctor son nurse actor gripping emotional quirky tense household barcelona, spain doctor's office backstage unhappy marriage career vs. family parent/child relationship theater spying self-esteem love
The couple from Vienna, a theater director, and Daniel, a nursing home doctor, are going through a crisis. They love each other, but they can't stand each other. Both cling to their ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2016
128 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Emma Stone John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt J.K. Simmons Finn Wittrock Meagen Fay Callie Hernandez Sonoya Mizuno Jessica Rothe Tom Everett Scott
pianist actress friend family member casting director singer charming emotional brooding touching heartwarming los angeles office audition observatory restaurant street dreams passion struggle
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Lucile Watson Janis Carter Gordon Oliver Basil Ruysdael Clarence Muse Walter Kingsford Jack Briggs Will Wright
woman doctor cousin wife love interest crafty engaging intense new orleans courtroom inheritance infidelity love triangle immorality doomed romance love pursuit forbidden love revenge sacrifice
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK|USA
2019
119 Minutes
Honor Swinton Byrne Tom Burke Tilda Swinton Richard Ayoade Tosin Cole Jack McMullen Jaygann Ayeh
older man student young woman love interest friend mother brooding emotional gripping intense raw tense london apartment countryside studio party first love privilege insecurity
A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
Romance, Drama
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Chloë Grace Moretz Mireille Enos Jamie Blackley Josh Leonard Liana Liberato Stacy Keach Gabrielle Rose Jakob Davies Ali Milner Aisha Hinds Gabrielle Cerys Haslett
cellist boyfriend rock star guitarist driver friend brooding emotional intense auditorium bar concert hall car hospital limbo coma accident life death love
Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
130 Minutes
Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Christian Bale Brad Pitt Marisa Tomei Hamish Linklater Rafe Spall Jeremy Strong Adepero Oduye Karen Gillan Max Greenfield
guru banker investor specialist homeowner lawyer brooding emotional intense fascinating amusing new york city office street house car restaurant mortgage betting finance
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.