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The Heart (2018)
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Original name: Hjärtat
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mika and Tesfay. She: a photographer. He: a musician. Both up-and-coming. The first love. But an invisible conflict, an unnamable shame, stirs between their sheets. An insidious power game is in play, with its rules changing like music beats at the parties in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Ibiza. Behind closed doors and beautifying filters lies a raw reality where Mika’s control over her mind and body is at stake. But Mika rips apart relationship prejudices and explores what really makes our pulses quicken in matters of the modern heart.
Style:
captivating, romantic drama, tense, visual, indie film, melancholic, art house, sensual, ambiguous ending, moody
Plot:
relationships, sexuality, intimacy, musician, photographer, unrequited love, romantic relationship, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, control, character study, manipulation, breakup, emotional abuse, loneliness, obsession, first love, jealousy, alienation, photography, slow burn, nordic ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, ibiza, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to The Heart
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, melancholic, psychological and romantic drama films with plots about relationships, love affair, male female relationship, love story, love interest, couple relations and love and romance mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Heart: Jealousy Is My Middle Name (2002), Hand (2022), Unloved (2001), The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004), So Close (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, romantic, captivating, light, melancholic ...
Plot:
love triangle, jealousy, unrequited love, character study, relationship vs career, romantic rivalry, love interest, love affair, relationships, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love ...
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265
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
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159
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, captivating, art house, psychological
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, romantic triangle, in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic rivalry, romantic relationship, fall in love, male female relationship, rich and poor, love story, couple relations ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
Style:
independent film, captivating, psychological, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Strangers in a waiting room become the characters in Claire's recounting of her troubled life and the secrets of a turbulant marriage.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, talking about love, marriage, love story, married couple, love interest, couple relations, spoken inner thoughts, philosophical conversation, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 20 min.
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Story:
Matilda, faced by her boyfriend Oliver's sudden break up is scooped up by her friend Miron. He creates a symbiotic bubble consisting of himself, Matilda and the indecisive Simon. They become a triangle of dares, drugs and sexual tension. Based ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, indie film, intense ...
Plot:
breakup, love triangle, young adult, drug use, romantic triangle, sexual tension, female protagonist, problem, male female relationship, love story, relationships, couple relations ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Reiko is a sister who is studying with his successful lawyer brother Sato as a role model. She joins Saburo who is a motivator of the same subject, and she introduces Saburo’s sister, Maya, to her brother to turn her brother’s heart, who does ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, romantic comedy, lighthearted, sensual ...
Plot:
love affair, love story, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love, couple relations, romantic relationship, love interest, romancing partners, fall in love, love and romance, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
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534
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
mourning, memory, nostalgia, past, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, romantic relationship, troubled past, male female relationship, couples, love story ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gilbert is a lonely man who sees the world through the prism of his phone's screen. When a chance at a real relationship enters his life, can he truly relate to a woman and find love?
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
overprotective mother, isolation, loner, socially awkward, relationships, love interest, love triangle, romantic relationship, social problems, male female relationship, love story, adult virgin ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Libuse is a divorcee who owns a dog hotel and would much rather spend her time with her dogs than stepping back into the dating pool.
Style:
suspense, captivating, intense, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
domestic violence, manipulation, loneliness, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, toxic relationship, emotional blackmail, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, psycho, marital problem, trap, family relations ...
Similarity:
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190
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the summer of his nineteenth year, Giulio has decided not to go away: he will spend his vacation at home, helping his parents with their work in the vegetable garden. In the house next door, empty for some time, arrives Lia, a twenty-year-old ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
love, secret, male female relationship, relationships, problem, fall in love, couple relations, relationship problems, love and romance, in love, love interest, love affair ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Ghawre Bairey Aaj is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Ghawre Bairey' (Home and the World) and is a contemporary retelling of love triangle involving Tagore's characters Nikhilesh, Sandip and Bimala.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic drama, art house ...
Plot:
love triangle, love, adaptation, literary, love affair, love story, relationships, couple relations, problem, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love and romance ...
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, tension, sensual, erotic drama ...
Plot:
unrequited love, obsession, sexual tension, voyeurism, one night stand, desire, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, family relations, love story, unfulfilled love ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sheldon's cancer has him navigating around his loving, but very dysfunctional family, providing comic relief as he follows his life's passion for photography. Left at the alter, he begins to realize that he's been in love with his ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
With the world in a pandemic, Jason and Sorrel meet on a dating app and build a romance as the situation gets worse.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, romantic, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
pandemic, love and romance, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, fall in love, in love, social problems, love affair, male female relationship, romantic relationship, couple relations ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Richio, a young DJ, is as emotionally non-existent as no other man on the planet. He uses his tough exterior to avoid attachments to people and society.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
love triangle, trauma, character study, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, physical appearance, male female relationship, relationship problems, social problems, love interest ...
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kentaro’s parents set up an arranged marriage interview with a girl named Nahoko and her parents, he falls in love for the first time in his life. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
east asia, japan
Similarity:
58%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, breakup, couples, love, love affair, love story, couple relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, fall in love, in love ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
53%
231
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, art house, tense, moody
Plot:
obsessive love, obsession, character study, mediterranean, romantic obsession, loneliness, grief, female protagonist, jealousy, memory, tragic romance, mourning ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
49%
34
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked by a string of bad relationships, and she takes the fall for a friend who commits murder and ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, loneliness, character study, psychological trauma, relationships, love story, love affair, love interest, mature, city life, alienation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
48%
322
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
revenge, singer, relationships, in love, couple relations, love interest, love story, star crossed lovers, love affair, love and romance, female singer, obsessive love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hozumi is a doctor and he is friends with manga artist Soeda. They both like Asako who works at a tropical fish shop. Hozumi eventually gives up Asako for his friend Soeda. Soeda and Asako decide to get married, but, after they get married, Soeda ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
love triangle, problem, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, rich and poor, relationships, love story, relationship problems, love, love interest, jealousy ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In an alternate world where hearts are made of objects and suppressing emotions is self-care, a lonely woman rips out her own heart for the man she loves, only to discover that he has run away with it.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
alternate reality, female protagonist, unrequited love, relationships, self sacrifice, sacrifice, loneliness, love story, male female relationship, problem, relationship problems, heartbreak ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hannah and Julian have separated and meet for a last time to empty out their shared apartment. But nothing goes as planned, and their last night together becomes a turbulent roller-coaster ride.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
breakup, relationship problems, relationships, couples, love and romance, love interest, love story, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, romantic relationship, in love ...
Similarity:
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142
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Episodic ensemble film about a dozen characters who are in contact with a small Cologne diving school in different ways.
Style:
captivating, realistic, independent film, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
128
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, poignant, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
unrequited love, longing, separation, lost love, heartbreak, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, tragic love, in love, relationships ...
Place:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While working on clipart with her schoolmates, 17-year-old Beijing high school student Liu Weiwei develops a crush on her art teacher.
Style:
captivating, romantic, melancholic, entertaining
Plot:
teacher student relationship, unrequited love, male teacher female student affair, relationships, teenage love, coming of age, crush, teen romance, high school, fall in love, in love, couple relations ...
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) tells the story of the one-sided love of Ngan for Ha Lan — his childhood friend.
Style:
romantic drama, romantic, disturbing, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
41%
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