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Hedda (2025)
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
Style:
art house, detective, period drama, f word
Plot:
husband wife relationship, tragedy, female protagonist, repression, manipulation, adaptation, character study, literary, passion, betrayal, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, love triangle, jealousy, symbolism, doomed romance, slow burn, lesbian, party, bisexual woman, suicide, coercion, newlywed, sex, dancing ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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Most similar movies to Hedda
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, serious and sexy films with plots about love, husband wife relationship, obsession, love triangle, betrayal, jealousy and tragedy mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Hedda: Wuthering Heights (2026), Othello (1981), Plagio (1969), Impossibly Yours (2006), Othello (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
Style:
gothic, tragic ending, family saga, psychological thriller, period drama
Plot:
tragedy, obsessive love, literary, passion, forbidden romance, haunting, class conflict, jealousy, star crossed lovers, toxic relationship, revenge, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Hedda Gabler has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the ...
Style:
tragic ending, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, jealousy, manipulation, gender roles, betrayal, love triangle, literary, power struggle, obsession, social satire, moral ambiguity, small town ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
bleak, dark, independent film, period drama
Plot:
tragedy, jealousy, shakespeare's othello, betrayal, racism, shakespeare, tragic hero, manipulation, palace intrigue, envy, crimes of passion, suspicion ...
Place:
venice
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During the student movement in Bologna, Italy. 1968. Angela and Massimo are friends, lovers and college students. They get to know Guido, the heir of a wealthy family who has never known love pure. Impressed by the feeling that binds the two lovers, ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, art house, period drama
Plot:
threesome, love triangle, jealousy, betrayal, tragedy, friendship, obsession, moral ambiguity, passion, intimacy, college student, class differences ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Mit seiner pedantischen und verklemmten Art trieb Leonhard (Tobias Moretti) einst seine Gattin Marlene (Barbara Auer) geradewegs in die Arme seines besten Freundes Jan (Ulrich Thomsen). Nur mit Mühe gelang es dem Trio danach, die gemeinsame ...
Style:
tragic ending, romantic drama, bleak, realistic
Plot:
suicide, alcoholism, family drama, domestic drama, self destructing, family conflict, affair, marriage, infidelity, female protagonist, tragedy, character study ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
Style:
costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, tense, cynical ...
Plot:
black man white woman relationship, interracial relations, shakespeare, jealousy, vengeance, tragedy, racism, murder, interracial marriage, tudors, tragic love, renaissance ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, middle ages, 18th century, 1930s
Place:
venice, italy, europe, mediterranean sea, england
Similarity:
60%
112K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering ...
Style:
ironic, psychological, enigmatic, tense, cerebral ...
Plot:
manipulation, jealousy, infidelity, couple relations, existentialism, surveillance, adaptation, storytelling, love and romance, artists and showbiz, showbiz, lesbian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Miss Julie has power over Jean because she's an aristocrat but he has power over her because he's a man. On Midsummer Eve this power battle turns to love which is consummated. But as each one battles for power, Jean convinces Miss Julie ...
Style:
tense, tragic ending, art house, period drama
Plot:
class conflict, sexual tension, forbidden romance, gender roles, tragedy, manipulation, character study, suicide, claustrophobia, literary, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, erotic, independent film
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian friend, lesbian erotica, infidelity, illness, lgbtq ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic friend turns her world upside down.
Style:
period piece, atmospheric, art house, wistful
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, family drama, summer romance, love triangle, melancholy, seduction, jealousy, sexual awakening, betrayal, literary, old friend ...
Place:
french riviera, south of france, france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Haunted by a tragic past, a stunning music student flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.
Style:
touching, captivating, romantic, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
passion, forbidden love, love triangle, star crossed lovers, marital problem, unrequited love, husband wife relationship, friendship, cross cultural relations, haunted by the past, obsession, women's rights ...
Place:
kurdistan, los angeles, malibu california, barcelona, paris france ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
love, nobility, love triangle, literary, death, greed, betrayal, relationships, nudity, forbidden love, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, venice, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is ...
Style:
atmospheric, period piece, costume drama, romantic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
unfulfilled love, forbidden love, marriage, poetry, unfulfillment, love and romance, obsession, unrequited love, inheritance, fall in love, victorian england, poet ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, year 1999, 1800s ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia, london, tokyo
Similarity:
48%
146K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a ...
Style:
depressing, intellectual, psychological, touching, poignant ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
suicide, depression, mental illness, aids, writers, lesbian, bipolar disorder, lgbtq, writer's life, lgbt, lesbian love, introspection ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 2001, 90s, 1920s ...
Place:
new york, england, california, london, los angeles ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, erotic, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lgbtq, gender, sapphic, divorce, self discovery, desert, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, passionate kiss ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, year 1985, 60s, 1950s
Place:
nevada, indiana, usa, san francisco, reno nevada
Similarity:
43%
3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When two college students, Sam and Thea, meet Coles at a party, their mutual attraction is immediate, leading to a passionate and awkward night together, and the onset of an intensely charged bond. As they continue to push the sexual boundaries of ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, intense, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sex, infidelity, threesome, friendship, love triangle, college, passion, betrayal, loneliness, complex characters, haunted by the past, buddies ...
Time:
year 1993, 2000s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
new york, london, england, europe, usa
Similarity:
43%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style:
sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, obsession, teacher student sex, male teacher female student affair, couples, infidelity, love and romance, male female relationship, hospital, love story, hedonism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In director Vicente Aranda's adaptation of the classic opera, a French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Gypsy Carmen, who turns her charms on a young soldier, awakening his passions but ultimately leading to tragedy. Jose ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
tragic love, femme fatale, obsession, betrayal, passion, soldier, love triangle, couples, love affair, lifestyle, sex, jealousy ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
40%
280K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, inspirational, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, kids, date night, teens ...
Plot:
love, sisters, coming of age, writers, female protagonist, generosity, friendship, sister sister relationship, publisher, women's rights, sister, aspiring writer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 2010s, year 2019
Place:
new york, france, paris france, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love affair, adultery, infidelity, passion, housewife, child abuse, small town, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, perversion, temptation, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
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: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As society hostess Clarissa Dalloway prepares for another of her legendary parties, she finds herself haunted by figures and scenes from her passionate adolescence.
Style:
talky, historical drama, touching, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, mental illness, gender, world war one, friendship, british, lesbian subtext, jazz, mental health, past, victorian england, lesbian love ...
Time:
victorian era, 20th century, 1890s, 19th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, india ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt to advance her social status.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
bored housewife, couples, adultery, infidelity, love affair, tragic hero, society, crumbling marriage, dull life, social relations, dishonesty, village life ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1850s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
blackmail, widow, marriage proposal, refugee, vacation, fall in love, destructive relationship, couples, false accusation, dishonesty, seduction, loveless marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1938, pre world war two, 19th century
Place:
italy, florence, europe, rome italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Acclaimed actress Val Binnes decides to play a bold and uninhibited role in a controversial new movie for her ambitious, but neglectful and self-absorbed director husband Peter. Val finds herself becoming too caught up in the risqué part, throws ...
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, independent film, sexploitation film, hot
Plot:
erotica, sex party, female pubic hair, orgy, sex scene, nude model, nudity, sexually dissatisfied wife, infidelity, bondage, lesbianism, coitus ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, bleak, dark, intense ...
Plot:
literary, adaptation, spanish history, character study, fatalism, tragedy, palace intrigue, seduction, betrayal, slow burn, revenge, sword fight ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape ...
Style:
touching, sad, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
gender, loneliness, cross dressing, lesbian, lgbtq, master and servant, woman dressed as man, relationships, society, death, maid, gender disguise ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1800s, victorian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
ireland, england, britain, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ivan Bibic returns to his Pittsburgh PA suburb after surviving a Japanse POW camp, causing regular nightmares. All the time he remained faithfully devoted to his childhood love, fellow ethnic Yugoslavian virgin Maria Bosic. She dates him again, thus ...
Style:
erotic, emotional, sincere, sexual, sentimental ...
Plot:
marital problem, world war two, couples, soldier, fall in love, human nature, homecoming, love affair, small town, passion, husband and wife, wedding ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on the 1891 play "Spring Awakening," this filmed stage drama examines the tensions and confusion of young people as their growing sexual awareness conflicts with the repressive social environment around them.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, intense, dark, period drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, grownups, gay, sexual awakening, youth, friendship, sexuality, sexual repression, loss of innocence, morality, character study, taboo ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
germany
Similarity:
34%
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