Movies Like Gisela
If you liked Gisela (2005), a drama movie directed by Isabelle Stever, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Heatwave (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
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Look Back in Anger (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
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Disclosure (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
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In the Aisles (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaChristian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces…
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Deep Water (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaA well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
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Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaSet in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.
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Poor Cow (1967)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaJoy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to…
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Jerichow (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaIn a small Northern German town, a dishonourably discharged Afghanistan veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former meets the latter's gorgeous wife.
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Careful What You Wish For (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
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Mammal (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…
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Working Girls (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.
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Les Misérables (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaAn adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The…
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The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaWhen a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
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Nightmare Alley (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaAn ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaAt a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain…
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Effie Gray (2014)
★ 6/10Also dramaA look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
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Killer's Kiss (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaDavey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…
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Shirley (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
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Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaInternational art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.