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Only the Night (2005)
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Original name: Une aventure
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A video library clerk becomes obsessed with a sleepwalking woman and takes it upon himself to save her from catastrophe.
Plot:
sleepwalking, love, train, police, violence, female nudity, murder, doctor, hospital, jealousy, male nudity, family relations, nightclub, infidelity, night, video surveillance, medication, extramarital affair, medical examination, videotaping, nudity, male pubic hair, gun, camera, shot in the chest ...
Place:
paris france
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Most similar movies to Only the Night
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sexy and crying films with plots about pubic hair, nudity, female nudity, nude, male nudity, infidelity and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Only the Night: Lost Illusions (2021), The Last Day (2004), For a Woman (2013), The Origin of Violence (2016), Doctor Francoise Gailland (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.
Style:
costume drama, atmospheric, touching, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
theater, sex scene, female nudity, ambition, media manipulation, hashish, poet, male nudity, death, infidelity, nudity, dandy ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
At Christmas time, 19 year old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, sexual ...
Plot:
gender, love triangle, lgbt, youth, teenage life, jealousy, social misfits, love and romance, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, family gatherings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, brittany
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious uncle who lived with her parents after the war. As she lifts the lid on a long forgotten family ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, hopes, love and romance, uncover truth, destiny, parents and children, haunted by the past, protecting from truth, family problems, family relations, death in the family ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
france
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
disco, nudity, infidelity, model, extramarital affair, female nudity, lesbian sex, sex, wife, revenge, love, advertising ...
Time:
year 1979
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A French teacher makes a startling discovery while on a trip to Buchenwald.
Style:
touching, romantic, disturbing, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
family secret, secret, teacher, police, murder, concentration camp, fear, father son relationship, rivalry, restaurant, fight, nazi ...
Place:
germany, france
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenager daughter Élisabeth, and her sullen son Julien. However, she does manage to ...
Plot:
dysfunctional marriage, medicine, medical, dysfunctional family, cancer, pregnant teenager, doctor, pregnant daughter, family reunited, family relations, cancer patient, mother ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
unrequited love, twists and turns, female protagonist, pain, mountain, war veteran, delusional woman, doctor, marriage, baby, soldier, passionate love ...
Time:
post world war two, 50s, future, 1950s
Place:
provence, south of france, somalia, france, alps
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in Paris the story follows Lisa, who, while on vacation with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. But that may lead to a murder.
Style:
romantic, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
female nudity, love affair, male female relationship, vacation, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, ex boyfriend, adultery, bare chested male, nudity, drug ...
Place:
paris france, geneva switzerland
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Iraq
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young couple whose relationship is challenged when the husband is rendered impotent after being shot at the front.
Plot:
male nudity, female nudity, impotent husband, kurd, naked breasts, male pubic hair, bare chested male, che guevara, bare breasts, wounded, nudity, cutting down a tree ...
Place:
kurdistan
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, male female relationship, woman, dog, architect, seaside, bare breasts, thunderstorm, husband wife relationship, fire, hospital, doctor ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
lyon, ireland, paris france
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thomas has been estranged from his brother Luc for several years, due in part to his difficulties in dealing with Luc's homosexuality. But when Thomas is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which is difficult to treat and impossible to cure, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, brother brother relationship, male nudity, naked man, gay love, homosexual, gay brother, human nature, life is a bitch, family problems, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili ...
Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
erotica, longing, sexual attraction, infidelity, outdoor sex, passion, unhappiness, dysfunctional family, filmmaking, actor's life, love triangle, couples ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
france, brittany
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on ...
Style:
romantic drama, medical drama
Plot:
love triangle, obsessive love, tragic romance, jealousy, infidelity, jealous lover, bittersweet, terminal illness, character study, unrequited love, small town, village life ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Sensing their relationship is crumbling, Christian avoids celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend Julia and heads for Paris.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, romantic drama, realistic
Plot:
love triangle, christmas, jealousy, bittersweet, breakup, loneliness, mature, romantic rivalry, intimate, sexual tension, holiday, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, paris france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
infidelity, airport, self discovery, character study, chance meeting, parisian, freedom, intimate, loneliness, introspection, bittersweet, midlife crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Manu arrives in Paris, in the early days of AIDS, at the beginning of the 1980s. He strikes up a friendship with Adrien, a wealthy doctor in his early fifties, who introduces him to Sarah and Mehdi, a young couple.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, erotic ...
Plot:
aids, gay, male pubic hair, female nudity, friendship, opera singer, moral dilemma, erection, euthanasia, sexual promiscuity, siblings relations, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1984, year 2007, year 1985, 80s
Place:
paris france, munich germany, lyon, marseille, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his secret love to Mathilde, the woman he left to instead follow an easier path in life.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, love affair, couples, love, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, children, father in law daughter in law relationship, older man younger woman relationship, breakup ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, hong kong, montreal
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She's 16, and men ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, crying, retro, anthology ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
female nudity, infidelity, bare breasts, dysfunctional family, looking for sex, extramarital affair, coming of age, promiscuous daughter, sexual promiscuity, man hits a woman, nudity, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
American tour guide Mo Alexander misses her tour group, and then her flight out of Paris. Stuck in the city of romance, Mo runs into the very suave -- and very married -- Xavier, who attempts to seduce Mo while his family is out of town. His charms ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, romantic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
female nudity, bare chested male, mugging, lust, nightclub, dance club, language barrier, adultery, airport, husband wife relationship, sex scene, extramarital affair ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, missouri, france, europe, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The new Saint Denis-Bobigny streetcar picks up and drops off commuters in an all-too-brief transit of their lives. Among the regular riders is a woman who is both spectator and guide – she introduces, comments on, ponders and catalyzes the ...
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, unprotected sex, voice over narration, male nudity, female nudity, manhood, cycling, industrialization, flirting, sex, masturbation ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows ...
Style:
meditative, city symphony, crying
Plot:
outdoor sex, train, absent husband, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female nudity, forbidden love, hospital, existential loneliness, lawyer, life, friendship, rescue from drowning ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of this first moment has passed, the two young men, now sober, wander through the empty streets of nocturnal Paris, having to confront the love they sense ...
Style:
sexy, erotic drama, disturbing, suspense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, lgbt, gay club, gay couple, gay love, gay relationship, male male relationship, lgbtq, gay, hospital, gay sex ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
cheating wife, fall in love, skinny dipping, family relations, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, polyamory ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
marseille, europe, france
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, erotic drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex, infidelity, passion, adultery, waitress, photography, voyeurism, lesbianism, voyeur, erotic scene, photograph, love triangle ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, year 1968, 60s
Place:
central europe, california, switzerland, soviet union, europe ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A teenage girl helps investigators reconstruct her mother's (Isabelle Renauld) murder.
Style:
sexual, controversial, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
nudity, male pubic hair, sodomy, rape, male nudity, bare breasts, minimalism, age-gap relationship, wedding, couples, crimes of passion, disco ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, detective
Plot:
jealousy, infidelity, voyeur, husband wife relationship, marital problem, adultery, espionage, jealous husband, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Place:
prague
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which always a woman as the crux of the story, invites to an inner travel, as Antonioni says "towards ...
Style:
erotic, emotional, colorful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, love, adultery, love triangle, love story, lovers reunited, coitus, passionate kiss, female pubic hair, tragedy, nude girl, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe, france, paris france, new york ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in court providing moral support. At first she resists the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, weeping, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
erection, nudity, coming of age, terrorist, male nudity, psychoanalysis, student, teenage boy, high school, terrorism, wedding, telephone call ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the ...
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
hospital, dogme 95, relationships, love story, love triangle, sex scene, coitus, extramarital affair, destructive relationship, fall in love, paraplegic, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, tokyo
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A psychological drama about two young lovers who are emotionally and mentally unstable. Through the flashbacks they are telling what did they do before they ended up in asylum.
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
love, mental institution, lovers, anti conformist, psychiatric patient, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, shakespeare, trauma, female nudity, female pubic hair, nudity ...
Similarity:
32%
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