Movies like Bonjour Tristesse
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Bonjour Tristesse (2024)
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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:
atmospheric, period piece, art house, wistful, nostalgic
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, family drama, summer romance, love triangle, seduction, jealousy, melancholy, betrayal, sexual awakening, literary, female friendship, summer vacation, manipulation, mediterranean, alienation, affair, spoiled girl, old friend, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, reunited friends, obsession, slow burn, love ...
Place:
french riviera, south of france, france, southern france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic drama, period piece, melancholic and atmospheric films with plots about obsession, jealousy, coming of age, love triangle, betrayal, bittersweet and love mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Bonjour Tristesse: Vice and Virtue (1975), A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971), My Dream Boat (1967), Stepmom (2016), In The French Style (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rosa, a shy and romantic girl of sixteen, spends the summer holiday in a lavish mansion with her widowed mother. Along the way they are accompanied by two young bachelor men as fate takes its course on the naive young girl.
Style:
sensual, melancholic, period piece, erotic drama, moody
Plot:
mother child relationship, innocence, naivete, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, temptation, sexual awakening, summer romance, mansion, loss of innocence, summer vacation ...
Time:
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
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Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfriend Eloïse can help him, he decides to stay with his sister Odile, who lives near Limoges. At a ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, existential, atmospheric, period piece
Plot:
love triangle, affair, unfulfilled love, introspection, loneliness, infidelity, nervous breakdown, frustration, intimate, depression, marriage crisis, bittersweet ...
Time:
70s
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
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The film tells a complicated love story. Carmen with Ke, Xiang Yi and Jiyuan. They start as a friend, but somehow a love triangle occur, and the outcome is very tragic.
Style:
romantic drama, poignant, emotional, tragic ending, period piece ...
Plot:
love triangle, jealousy, tragic romance, bittersweet, unrequited love, betrayal, character study, moral ambiguity, urban, coming of age, passion, classmate ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Joon-ha had the best night of his life with an older woman he met while drinking. He starts looking for her as he can't forget the feeling and finally they meet. However, she's going to become his new stepmom. She's his father's ...
Style:
romantic drama, suspense, erotic
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, stepmother, family conflict, love triangle, one night stand, sexual tension, seduction, jealousy, infidelity, danger, betrayal ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece, independent film
Plot:
coming of age, art student, young lovers, american abroad, european, urban, love triangle, class differences, bittersweet, identity crisis, travel, painting ...
Time:
60s, year 1963
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
unrequited love, obsession, bittersweet, forbidden love, love, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, farm, male female relationship, post war, love triangle, love affair ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, europe, italy
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Arguing with his parents, Petre, a teenager, moves at his bigger brother, Andrei, a successful actor.
Style:
tragic ending, atmospheric, period piece
Plot:
envy, jealousy, sibling rivalry, teenage angst, family conflict, family drama, coming of age, accident, loss, rebellion, alienation, tragedy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man just released from the army is making great dreams for his life. Finally he gets a job in a butcher's shop and gains the confidence of the owner. After the butcher's death he falls in love with his daughter but also has an ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sensual, art house
Audience:
adult
Plot:
desire, love triangle, sexual tension, unrequited love, passion, domestic drama, coming of age, loss, working class, forbidden romance, aspiration, jealousy ...
Place:
athens greece
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55%
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221
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana is a young woman about to enter adulthood. She lives with her father, Gabriel, a game machine dealer, and Magdalene, the stepmother, alongside those working in a hair salon in a shopping center. One day, Diana discovers that Magdalene not only ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
family relations, family drama, female protagonist, coming of age, infidelity, love triangle, betrayal, jealousy, romantic obsession, personal growth, manipulation, neighborhood ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A captivating story of Babika, a woman who experienced in life with full of passion, cruelty of fate and unbridled love. Set in a secluded apricot orchard in southern Slovakia, the film draws you into a whirlwind passion of three men- two are ...
Style:
romantic drama, tragic ending, sensual, art house, period piece
Plot:
love triangle, female protagonist, strong female lead, passion, jealousy, longing, family conflict, tragedy, fate, obsession, loss, isolation ...
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
Style:
art house, dread, black and white, period drama
Plot:
love triangle, betrayal, high society, romantic rivalry, jealousy, adultery, seduction, tragic romance, decadence, manipulation, literary, social satire ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
53%
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:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Adam is a dashing young priest who catches the eye of Eve. Adam is having trouble fighting his desires to be with his young pursuer, and before long, finds himself in a steamy affair with the woman. Homosexual dancer Jason can't hide his ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
sex with a priest, love triangle, priest, infidelity, sexual tension, forbidden romance, passion, jealousy, religious conflict, moral dilemma, sexual desire, temptation ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Based on Dodie Smith's 1948 novel with the same name.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, period piece, stylized, lyrical ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
castle, writers, coming of age, family drama, eccentricity, beautiful scenery, eccentric family, siblings relations, unrequited love, sisters, sister sister relationship, first love ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
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47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From an intoxicating fantasy to a dangerous affair, a wealthy married woman finds her life irreversibly shattered after picking up an unpublished novel.
Style:
erotic drama, suspenseful
Plot:
rough sex, infidelity, betrayal, forbidden love, affair, mysterious stranger, moral ambiguity, obsession, seduction, class conflict, toxic relationship, jealousy ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work, David burns down the house and is sent away. This ...
Style:
erotic, intense, sexual, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, forbidden love, young lovers, first love, mental institution, arson, obsession, sex scene, mental illness, love, love story, voyeur ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
chicago, new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In the Yucatan coast of the thirties , Elisha, a boy of 13, is initiated into the art of love by Felipa , his schoolteacher. After discovering the relationship, Felipa runs away from the village , leaving Elisha mired in nostalgia. Forced to marry ...
Style:
poignant, atmospheric, sensual, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
mother daughter relationship, holiday, summer romance, relationships, summer vacation, intimate, infatuation, mountain resort, bittersweet, affair, first love, separation ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Saša, a Belgrade University law student, tells her parents that she and her boyfriend Stefan are moving to Canada. That same night Saša and Stefan suffer a car accident. Saša wakes up in hospital and meets Stefan's charming and clever sister ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
lgbtq, lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, lesbian romance, family drama, car accident, female friendship, family secret, love triangle, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgrade, serbia, paris france, canada, belgrade serbia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship.
Style:
intense, sensual, period piece, noir
Plot:
jealousy, one night stand, sexual tension, passion, attraction, intimacy, heartbreak, affair, widow, character study, couples, seduction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, period piece, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
italy, mediterranean sea, greece
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Story:
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Style:
realistic, period piece
Plot:
teenager, female protagonist, coming of age, friendship, young woman, dream, family conflict, identity, rebellion, self discovery, aspiration, alienation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
slovenia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young woman Sam who has her eye on the mysterious Fender. When she sees him, she immediately knows that he could cause trouble, but he is too charming to let go. Sam feels his attraction, but also that something is not right about him.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as ...
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sexy, period piece, costume drama, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, virgin, couple relations, manipulation, seduction, hypocrisy, virginity, tragedy, manipulative woman, love triangle, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, year 1989, georgian era, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and lesbian lover--hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
Style:
psychological, intense, atmospheric, twisted, period drama
Plot:
lesbian, revenge, murder, jealousy, trauma, loss, tragedy, lgbt, betrayal, obsession, guilt, seduction ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alek (Gordan Kicic) is desperate because Teodora (Milica Mihajlovic) has left him after a three years being together. He is suffering, he is apathetic and is mentioning suicide constantly, he simply doesn't want to accept that the relationship ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, psychological, realistic, indie film ...
Plot:
longing, unrequited love, love triangle, heartbreak, bittersweet, character study, obsession, jealousy, self pity, romantic rivalry, young adult, slice of life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgrade, serbia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Guillaume is a suicidal Frenchman. Vedrana is a ballerina slowly dying in a loveless relationship. She is determined to make him love again, but Guillaume's former fiance shows up at his doorstep, pregnant with his child.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, contemplative, existential ...
Plot:
love triangle, loneliness, terminal illness, grief, bittersweet, tragic romance, unrequited love, intimate, infidelity, slow burn, midlife crisis, moral dilemma ...
Place:
south of france, french riviera, sarajevo, france, mediterranean sea ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break ...
Style:
sweet, erotic, sincere, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, dysfunctional marriage, love, teenage girl, sex scene, adultery, small town, working class, rich and poor, restaurant, library ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 60s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
31%
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