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This Is the Sea (1997)
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This Is the Sea (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan (leader in militant underground and pal of Malachy's brother Padhar), who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.
Style: touching, bleak, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy, independent film
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, ira, shakespeare, anglo irish relations, trouble, militant, forbidden love, family relations, love and romance, profanity, fall in love, tragic love, society, family problems, folklore, political unrest, siblings relations, snitch, state affairs, unfulfillment, religions or cults, violent content, catholic, brother, protestant ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, northern ireland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about love and romance, fall in love, family relations, society, couples, love and unfulfillment mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like This Is the Sea: The Secret Scripture (2016), Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011), The Run of the Country (1995), David & Fatima (2008), The Playboys (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Secret Scripture (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
Style: realistic, touching, compassionate, psychological, twisted ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: mental institution, diary, tragic love, female protagonist, mental illness, life is a bitch, injustice, false accusation, obsession, world war two, priest, psychotherapist ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place: ireland
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Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Growing up in West Sumatra in the 1920s, Hamid and Zainab comes from families from very different social classes. Hamid is poor, while Zainab is wealthy. Hamid receives a scholarship from Zainab’s father and Hamid’s mother works for Zainab’s ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, indonesian
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, social differences, rich and poor, love and romance, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, religions or cults, islam, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Run of the Country (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An Irish lad (Matt Keeslar) who fled from his oppressive, widowed father (Albert Finney) falls for a girl (Victoria Smurfit) from an affluent family.
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: coming of age, teenager, death, father son relationship, strained relationship, police officer, ira, family relations, politics, rural area, family problems, death in the family ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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David & Fatima (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: forbidden love, against the odds, unlikely couple, opposites attract, social differences, religions or cults, couples, society, fall in love, young lovers, love and romance, tragic love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Playboys (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: love, circus, sin, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time: year 1992, 50s
Place: ireland, europe
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40%
Romeo and Juliet (2014)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters in a modern adaptation of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet. This Broadway stage production is being broadcast in movie theaters.
Style: realistic, captivating, emotional, serious, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, interracial relations, parents and children, tragic hero, true love, society, love and romance, fall in love, young lovers, youth, tragic love, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu (Zhou Dong-Yu) is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San (Shawn Dou), a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, realistic, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: tragic love, social differences, forbidden love, revolution, society, youth, love and romance, unfulfilled love, fall in love, young lovers, totalitarian regime, terminal illness ...
Time: 2010s, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans ...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: love, forbidden love, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, favela, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Green Chariot (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Emigration to Israel challenges Sasha's Jewish identity. Will love help him to go over this crisis?
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Plot: fall in love, moral dilemma, love and romance, society, family relations, religions or cults, parents and children, immigrant, misfit, emigration, engagement, identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Fools of Fortune (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Style: serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: ira, anglo irish relations, murder, family relations, arson, family life, alcohol abuse, political unrest, society, vengeance, rebellion, state affairs ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Cal (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
Style: art house, political, contemplative, tense, serious ...
Plot: ira, terrorism, trouble, guilt, religion, international relations, war on terror, anglo irish relations, female pubic hair, couples, political unrest, tragic love ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: northern ireland, europe, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Voyage (1974)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Adriana De Mauro loves Cesar Braggi, but Cesar, honoring his father's dying wish, allows his brother, Antonio, to marry Adriana. As fate wills, Antonio dies in an automobile accident. Adriana's mourning for Antonio ends when Cesar steps in ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, tragic love, last wish, love story, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations, couples, family relations, unfulfilled love, terminal illness ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1900s
Place: sicily, italy, venice, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Girl and Death (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Russia, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The Girl and Death tells us the impossible love story of Nicolai and the courtesan Elise. A love obstructed by materialism, wealth and death threat.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, tragic love, unfulfillment, couples, freedom, death threat, past, doctor, impossible love, materialism, love and romance, parallel story ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, 20th century
Place: europe, germany, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.8
 13K
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are ...
Style: romantic, dramatic, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, star crossed lovers, young lovers, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, family feud, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: italy, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: shakespeare, couples, tragic love, true love, music, unfulfillment, love and romance, artists and showbiz, forbidden love, dancer's life, tragedy, ballet ...
Time: year 1966
Place: england
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36%
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The Old Garden (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the time spent with Yoon-hee, a woman who gave him shelter and companionship.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot: life sentence, tragic love, love affair, political unrest, couples, society, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, state affairs, isolation, mountain ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: korea, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
American Wake (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Story: A musician and a fireman work against certain expectations in order to pursue their respective dreams.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: self discovery, forbidden love, moral dilemma, love affair, family relations, human nature, love and romance, musician's life, hopes, parents and children, immigrant, folklore ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Bloodworth (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic, Boyd is driven by ...
Style: serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: country music, family problems, haunted by the past, small town, love and romance, fall in love, spouse leaving, estrangement, family relations, country, family curse, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Love Hurts (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Renata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone, specially Renata's rich parents, who want to stop their love by sending her to Canada. The story remarks the difference ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: teenage love, forbidden love, against the odds, social differences, poverty, wealth, fall in love, youth, society, young lovers, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico city, mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Classic (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Shy Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance ...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sad ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love triangle, fall in love, forbidden love, social differences, love affair, young lovers, society, youth, family relations, parents and children, diary, love ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
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34%
This Is My Father (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya Farrelly) for answers. When she refuses to provide any, ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot: love, coming of age, small town, bittersweet, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, young love, father, couple relations, society, self discovery, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1998
Place: ireland, illinois, chicago, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Cafe Setareh (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fall in love, human nature, unfulfilled love, couple relations, love and romance, hopes, family problems, society, couples, bittersweet, cafe, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Nuts for Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: En 1975, unos meses antes del comienzo de la dictadura militar argentina, Alicia y Marcelo se conocen en un concierto de Sui Géneris. El amor surge inmediatamente entre ellos, pero el retorno del novio de Alicia provoca la separación. En 1982, en ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, emotional, talky ...
Plot: love affair, lovers reunited, social differences, couples, unfulfilled love, political unrest, destiny, love and romance, state affairs, politics, bittersweet, concert ...
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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You're My Home (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After returning back to family, Leyla tries to fix everytihng while starting a new life wit Iskender. Everything goes smoothly until troubles find Leyla...
Style: romantic, touching, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: true love, tragic love, love and romance, family relations, couples, love, destiny, relationships, dialogue, friendship, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Partition (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot: interracial relations, sikh, love and romance, forbidden love, fall in love, couples, soldier, society, political unrest, social relations, village, muslim ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Nephew (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth. Only days later, her only son Chad arrives, too. Obviously, his mother took a black husband. ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot: small town, 007, fishing village, village, interracial relations, social relations, estrangement, family relations, couples, parents and children, island, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ireland, europe, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Waiting City (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected ...
Style: emotional, captivating, realistic, touching, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: adoption, couple relations, family relations, hopes, society, city life, love, rivalry, indian woman, culture shock, spirituality, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, kolkata
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up ...
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: genocide, political unrest, against humanity, revolution, fall in love, hopes, evacuation, rebellion, wartime life, life is a bitch, african, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: nigeria, africa, iraq, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Reply with Photo (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Latvia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The shy scientist Lars decides to publish a small ad in order to find a girlfriend. From the 218 replies, he selects Brigita, an attractive Latvian woman and invites her to Stockholm. But what actually happens after Brigita's arrival is far ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching
Plot: family relations, disorder, love and romance, couple relations, society, misfit, culture clash, siblings relations, fish out of water, looking for love, brother sister relationship
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: latvia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Love Is Blind (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Estonia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, captivating
Plot: fall in love, forbidden love, social misfits, unlikely couple, society, parents and children, self discovery, village, village life, family relations, drunkenness, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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