Movies like A Lifelong Love

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A Lifelong Love (2023)
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A Lifelong Love (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: While trying to reunite her grandfather with his lost love, Annika teams up with college sweetheart Ryan to create a book about the experience, documenting different love stories along the way.
Style: feel good, romantic drama, sentimental, emotional
Plot: relationships, second chance, lost love, heartwarming, memory, healing, companionship, nostalgia, family bonds, romantic reunion, aging, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, small town, dancing, high school sweetheart, photographer, poet, mechanic, museum, cafe, poetry, bookstore, jukebox ...
Time: 2020s, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, romantic drama, sentimental and melancholic films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, slice of life, second chance, relationships and memory mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Lifelong Love: But Always (2014), Snap (2015), Mix Tape (2025), Over the Rainbow (2002), Jaanu (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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But Always (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After relocating to New York, former lovers feel the pull of romance once again.
Style: emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: lovers reunited, lost love, true love, love and romance, unfulfilled love, love, nostalgia, second chance, high school sweetheart, first love, friends, intimate ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, beijing china, usa
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 7.8
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Snap (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Pueng, daughter of a military Colonel, has planned to spend her married life with Mann, a young Lieutenant with a promising future. On the day Martial Law was announced, she received a wedding invitation from a high school friend back in her ...
Style: romantic drama, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot: wedding, memory, nostalgia, second chance, love triangle, young love, bittersweet, coming of age, small town, friendship, flashback, regret ...
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Mix Tape (2025)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 57 min.
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Story: Daniel and Alison meet in 1989 Sheffield and fall in love as teenagers before life takes them in different directions. They reconnect years later through shared musical memories, wondering if they're meant to be together.
Style: romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience: adult
Plot: nostalgia, relationships, teenage love, romantic reunion, bittersweet, longing, youth, second chance, memory, flashback, lost love, coming of age ...
Time: 80s
Place: united kingdom
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86%
Over the Rainbow (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After a tragic road accident, broadcast journalist Jin-soo finds he's lost pockets of his memories, including that of a woman he once loved. Nagged by unrelenting feelings of loss, Jin sets out to find her. His quest lands him face to face with ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: amnesia, memory loss, love and romance, repressed memory, love interest, investigation, private investigation, love story, couples, amnesiac, love affair, memory lapse ...
Time: 2000s
Similarity:
84%
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Jaanu (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Decades post-high school, Ram and Jaanu meet at their school's reunion and explore their past thoughts consisting of affection, care, depth and grieve all over the period of one evening.
Style: emotional, romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: relationships, childhood love, nostalgia, male female relationship, problem, high school reunion, relationship problems, bittersweet, longing, lost love, memory, reflection ...
Place: india
Similarity:
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A Man Who Went to Mars (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Little Seung-jae stays up all night and writes letters to So-hee, pretending to be her father in Mars. Leaving Seung-jae's innocent heart behind, So-hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung-jae is a postman who writes ...
Style: emotional, melancholic, romantic drama, sentimental
Plot: unrequited love, longing, postman, memory, coming of age, heartbreak, lost love, bittersweet, nostalgia, innocence, regret, small town ...
Time: 2000s
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Eternal Moment (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eternal Moment (将爱) is a Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yibai and starring Xu Jinglei, Li Yapeng and Chapman To. The film is a sequel to the television drama, Cherish Our Love Forever (1998), which was also directed by Zhang.[1] ...
Style: romantic drama, emotional, romantic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: love story, couple relations, love affair, relationships, romantic reunion, romantic friendship, romancing partners, love and romance, romantic relationship, male female relationship, social issues, society ...
Place: china
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70%
Two Worlds, One Wish (2025)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Twenty-one years after a magical meeting at a children's hospital, Bilge and Can suddenly begin hearing each other's voices telepathically. What seems like a miracle soon reveals a hidden secret, as fate-reuniting them after decades-has ...
Style: romantic drama, emotional, sentimental, poignant, heartfelt ...
Plot: second chance, childhood friend, nostalgia, longing, fate, soul mate, memory, slow burn, destiny, serendipity, intimate, bittersweet ...
Time: 90s
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68%
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Gurthunda Seethakalam (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Dev, a software employee traveling to Mangalore, meets a talkative girl named Divya en route, and both strike a chord. Dev offers a ride to the coastal town and shares his life story during the journey, filled with three love stories. .
Style: romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot: true love, heartbreak, male female relationship, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, love story, looking for love, couples, relationship problems, love interest, broken heart ...
Place: india
Similarity:
67%
Lead with Your Heart (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ben and Maura have been married for years, and they are in a rut…so much of a rut that they are contemplating if it would be better to live separate lives. That’s when their two teenage children step in and scheme to try to get them back ...
Style: romantic drama, romantic, captivating, heartfelt, sentimental ...
Plot: marriage, family drama, family bonds, marital problem, relationship problems, family relations, love and romance, husband wife relationship, love affair, small town life, problem solving, couple relations ...
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota
Similarity:
66%
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A journey begins to trace the memory of a first love, transcending the time and borders between Japan and Taiwan over a period of 18 years.
Style: romantic drama, emotional, road movie, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: first love, lost love, male female relationship, problem, love story, relationships, ex boyfriend, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, ex couple relations, couple relations, ex girlfriend, love interest ...
Place: japan, taiwan
Similarity:
64%
Love Mocktail 2 (2024)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A sequel to Love Mocktail. Revolves around Aadi after the demise of his wife Nidhi. How does he move on from such a loss?
Style: romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: grief, loss of spouse, healing, mourning, bereavement, bittersweet, personal growth, loneliness, memory, second chance, slice of life, domestic drama ...
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 5.2
 118
Twenty Again (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A female eye doctor and a male film director run into each other on the airplane to Milan. The two were lovers in the past, and are now in their middle ages. After their chance encounter in Torino, they travel around Tuscany together, appreciating ...
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:
63%
 4.6
 49
Love/Loss (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have their separate experiences shaped their lives over this long period apart, and is there still time for ...
Style: romantic drama, romantic, captivating, light, emotional ...
Plot: lost love, lovers apart, love and romance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, chance meeting, lovers reunited, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time: 1940s
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I Am Here (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Everyday, Nelia waits outside a store in Timog hoping for Delfin--a man that she lost 40 years ago--to comeback. Unwilling to forget the romance that she spent with him, she recalls their tale set amid the timeless beauty of Quezon City in 1970s. ...
Style: emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, heartfelt ...
Plot: memory, lost love, longing, waiting, unrequited love, female protagonist, reminiscence, bittersweet, character study, intimate, slice of life, small town ...
Time: 70s
Similarity:
62%
Follow Me to Daisy Hills (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
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Style: psychological, romantic, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama ...
Audience: family outing
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: "Love is sweet when it's new, it's sweeter when it's true".The movie mainly focuses on Sabu and Kevin, the two bystanders in the hospital. Sabu waits for his wife"s recovery, and Kevin, for his mother's surgery. ...
Style: romantic drama, emotional, touching, feel good, independent film
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
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Style: romantic, romantic drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
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Time: 2000s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
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Style: romantic drama, emotional, realistic, melancholic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
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Style: entertaining, feel good, captivating, emotional, sentimental ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Style: romantic drama, emotional, feel good, uplifting
Audience: adult
Plot: second chance, healing, painting, meet cute, creative block, female empowerment, self discovery, slice of life, urban, intimate, friendship, workplace romance
Place: washington d.c.
Similarity:
52%
A Fabled Holiday (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Talia and her childhood best friend Anderson unexpectedly reunite in a curiously familiar looking town full of Christmas spirit that restores its visitors when they need it most.
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, holiday, lovers reunited, christmas season, satire, couple relations, reunited friends, old friends reunited, relationships, male female relationship, friendship ...
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The Dunce (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to express their mutual affection. Despite the women of his life ...
Style: emotional, sensitive, poignant, reflective, melancholic
Plot: father son relationship, character study, intimate, family drama, bittersweet, relationships, introspection, coming of age, regret, male protagonist, nostalgia, slice of life ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
Place: france
Similarity:
48%
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Letters From the Heart (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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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:
46%
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I Love You (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young woman who has lost her first love begins a relationship with his best friend, and the two of them attempt to create a baggage-free future.
Style: light, romantic, captivating, emotional, realistic
Plot: love and romance, romantic relationship, friends, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, couple relations, fall in love, love story, friends in love, best friends in love, in love ...
Time: 2000s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
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Style: emotional, sentimental, romantic drama, sincere, touching ...
Plot: love story, relationships, fate, destiny, star crossed lovers, male female relationship, love, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couples, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2019
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Love Mocktail (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Love Mocktail is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Krishna in his director debut and jointly produced by Krishna, Milana Nagaraj. The film stars Krishna, Milana Nagaraj in the lead roles. The film was released on 31 ...
Style: romantic, feel good, romantic drama, light, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: love story, couples, love, first love, romantic relationship, love and romance, in love, looking for love, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, fall in love ...
Place: kannada
Similarity:
44%
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Not the End (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Javier comes from the future to recover the lost love of María. Together they relive the magic of the first day they met and repeat the trip that took them from a sunrise in Madrid to a sunset on the Andalusian coast. Everything, to get Maria to ...
Style: romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, second chance, travel, love, memory, regret, nostalgia, relationships, reconciliation, loss, female protagonist ...
Place: madrid, andalusia
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Lingoccha (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A man who moved to Dubai, visits his old barber in India after many years and wants to know about the famous love story which he missed. So the barber narrates Shiva and Noorjahan`s story.
Style: romantic drama, emotional, sentimental, intercultural
Plot: love story, longing, separation, nostalgia, lost love, bittersweet, memory, long distance relationship, regret, slice of life, diaspora, barbershop ...
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