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Second Chance (2016)
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Original name: İkinci Şans
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a timid teacher meets a charismatic restaurateur, opposites hardly attract until their painful pasts transform their connection into love.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, realistic, sensitive, dramatic, nostalgic
Plot:
second chance, love, chemistry, healing, personal growth, forgiveness, redemption, regret, attraction, bittersweet, intimate, motherhood, single parent, slice of life, restaurant owner, slow burn, class differences, urban, small town, wooing
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic drama, emotional, melancholic and realistic films with plots about intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, second chance, personal growth, regret and urban mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Second Chance: Neetho (2022), Love Matteru (2025), Don't Leave (2022), Love Mocktail 2 (2024), Hanum & Rangga (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 107 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hanum had an opportunity to attend the program in the Global New York TV station which was her dream. Her husband sacrificed his dream for Hanum.
Style:
romantic drama, dramatic, emotional, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
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Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, affectionate
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sentimental, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 111 min.
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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