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Lonely Planet (2024)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
Style:
romantic drama, atmospheric, sensual, moody
Plot:
writers, retreat, relationships, escape, self discovery, introspection, novelist, longing, intimate, passion, midlife crisis, second chance, affair, bittersweet, may december romance, slow burn, travel, women, creative block, melancholy, moral ambiguity, exotic locale, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, taboo, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
morocco, north africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic drama, melancholic, captivating and psychological films with plots about relationships, intimate, bittersweet, self discovery, male female relationship, love affair and couple relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Lonely Planet: Bye Bye Love (1993), Interval (1973), Barbarian Light (2019), The Wednesday Woman (2000), The Father's Love (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship of Lea and David is falling apart. While a couple is forming, another's becoming undone. Yet, the choice of the two friends ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, atmospheric, independent film, soap opera
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, poignant, thrilling ...
Plot:
choice, travel, love, hopes, parent child relationship, responsibility, sacrifice, female protagonist, love interest, love affair, moral dilemma, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
utah
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66%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Muriel Davidson, a successful mystery author in a vulnerable stage of her life, falls for a charismatic ex-con. As they begin to bond over their traumatic pasts, Muriel's life slowly begins to resemble one of her darker novels.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Struggling to find fulfillment in relationships, Sarah discovers that forgiveness is the key to true love.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, romantic, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
relationships, love story, romantic relationship, interracial romance, interracial love, forgiveness, couple relations, romancing partners, love interest, love and romance, in love, male female relationship ...
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60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if petulant model. The two make an unlikely couple, but once in France the magic of Paris works its ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
chance meeting, loneliness, self discovery, identity crisis, alienation, character study, escapism, bittersweet, moral ambiguity, getting home, women, reconciliation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, france, vietnam, morocco
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, period piece, sensual, period drama
Plot:
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france
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58%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Eva has just turned 50. She’s been married for over 20 years and has two, teenage children. So far, nothing remarkable. But on a business trip to Rome something happens that turns her life upside down. She meets Alex, a scriptwriter who’s ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological
Plot:
female protagonist, attraction, second chance, midlife crisis, self discovery, identity crisis, longing, family conflict, abandonment, temptation, introspection, motherhood ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A struggling musician enters into a chance affair with a married woman. The illicit encounters and resulting bond affect both in lasting and significant ways.
Style:
affectionate, thought provoking, atmospheric, sentimental, sexy
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, cuckolded husband, infidelity, chance meeting, lovers, unfaithful wife, love and romance, adultery, coincidence, encounter, relationships ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Letting Life In" explores a single year of life between two people. Michael, a reclusive novelist, lives in a small town in upstate New York. He knows nothing of living life beyond the suffocating walls he has built for himself. Sarah, a ...
Style:
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Plot:
self discovery, love story, relationships, assistant, personal growth, bittersweet, loss, cancer, healing, writer's life, introspection, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until the day when Sophie tells her partner she has organised a surprise trip to Bulgaria. Daneel refuses to go, but Sophie insists and soon discovers just why ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense, tension ...
Plot:
couples, self discovery, couple relations, dishonesty, manipulation, relationships, secrets, passion, seaside, confrontation, intimate, introspection ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, bulgaria
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Leela, an aspiring heroine, is forced to tie the knot with Arivu, 35-year-old Malaysian return simpleton hailing from the same village. After knowing that Leela did not sign up for him or the wedding, Arivu decides to win his wife’s heart,and also ...
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
marriage, arranged marriage, forced marriage, unrequited love, personal growth, domestic drama, village life, redemption, self discovery, healing, empathy, longing ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man, relationships, forbidden love, erotica, steamy romance, sex, sex scene, obsession, age difference, love, sexual relations ...
Time:
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Place:
missouri, new jersey, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, contemplative, romantic drama ...
Plot:
african american, self discovery, male female relationship, urban, relationships, changing lives, love interest, couple relations, stormy night, seduction, love affair, introspection ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fresh off a heartbreak, enigmatic starving artist Hunter and alluring, confident Ruby have a whirlwind romance in Venice Beach, but can it survive the harsh realities of her glitzy NYC art world?
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
identity crisis, heartbreak, character study, couple relations, changing lives, male female relationship, relationships, lifestyle change, dual identity, relationship problems, painter, moral dilemma ...
Place:
los angeles, new york
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Country: Italy, South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, chance meeting, bittersweet, second chance, unfulfilled love, relationship problems, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love affair, couples, love and romance, love story, ex couple relations ...
Place:
tuscany, italy, milan italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As men and women around the age of 30 struggle to reach their dreams, they also go through trial and error in love. This work, which depicts the encounter and parting of such a man and woman.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
seaside, love, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love interest, midlife crisis, middle aged woman, love affair, middle aged man, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Julie Wagner has everything today's young woman thinks she wants: a successful husband who adores her, a baby on the way, a close circle of family and friends, and a career as a photographer that is about to take off. So why is she alone in ...
Style:
contemplative, sensitive, melancholic, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, character study, creative process, identity, personal growth, longing, intimate, domestic drama, photographer, isolation, regret ...
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Shinichi debuted as a novelist at a young age, but his career has been stagnant for many years. He also has broken up with his girlfriend. His day have now become gloomy. At this time, Yuko and her son moves into Shinichi's home. Yuko is the ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, atmospheric
Plot:
novelist, loneliness, melancholy, character study, couple relations, life is a bitch, relationships, love story, loner, family problems, lonely, couples ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A love story set in Scotland and London that follows a romance between Kira and Ian, two 30-somethings who meet while on the run from themselves.
Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
love, male female relationship, love affair, husband wife relationship, couples, love story, love interest, relationships, relationship problems, love and romance, couple relations, problem ...
Place:
london, scotland
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara (Miho Nakayama) lives in Paris, France. Sen Yagami (Osamu Mukai) is a photographer who came to Paris, France due to his younger sister Suzume's (Mirei Kiritani) insistance. Over the next 3 days, Aoi Teshigahara ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, contemplative, atmospheric, intercultural ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fall in love, relationships, love story, long distance relationship, photographer, meet cute, urban, young adult, slice of life, intimate, serendipity, introspection ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
August 2020. The lives of three young professionals intersect in the post-pandemic lock-down Ibiza where they will try to overcome their personal tragedies, rediscover themselves and move on.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, beach, relationships, grief, male female relationship, relationship problems, love affair, destiny, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, recovery ...
Place:
ibiza
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It follows Kendra who finds herself in a failing marriage and must deal with her life decisions. When Ben comes back into her life, she is backed into a crisis point and must dig deep to find the strength to take control of her life.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, heartfelt ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, independence, empowerment, strength, resilience, marriage crisis, personal growth, life is a bitch, marital problem, dysfunctional marriage, family problems ...
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39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Gael travels to the Island of Roatan to finish his last novel and finds love at first sight. Sofia and her father missed their cruise and are forced to stay in the wonderful island. Three love stories around this magical place.
Style:
tropical, captivating, romantic, sincere, romantic drama ...
Plot:
beach, love and romance, troubled past, love interest, couple relations, relationships, secret past, confronting the past, love affair, romantic relationship, love story, love at first sight ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Composer Steven Lauddem is creatively blocked and unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. At the behest of his wife Patricia, formerly his therapist, he sets out in search of inspiration. What he discovers is much more than he ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, indie film ...
Plot:
one night stand, writer's block, composer, passion, secret relationship, male female relationship, opera, inspiration, creative block, satire, husband wife relationship, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Aniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, black and white, art house, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loneliness, bittersweet, relationships, character study, introspection, tragic love, small town life, intimate, unrequited love, working class, moral ambiguity, fatalism ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Murat and Duygu are deeply in love and when they graduate from College Murat takes the leap and asks Duygu for her hand in marriage but he doesn't get the answer he was looking for. They both agree that if they're both single in five years ...
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, captivating, entertaining, emotional ...
Plot:
unrequited love, love story, love and romance, relationships, romantic relationship, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, change of luck, destiny, friends, love affair, in love ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
biracial, older woman younger man relationship, in love, lifestyle, fall in love, relationships, love story, society, relationship problems, social relations, love, love affair ...
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
36%
568
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A famous writer begins suffering from a crippling case of writer's block. His agent sends him a strange, belligerent woman to be his new assistant, hoping the change will inspire him.
Style:
psychological, suspense, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
writers, friend, creative block, creative process, writer's block, social problems, relationships, writer's life, crisis, male female relationship, couple relations, identity crisis ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
36%
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