Movies like Closing the Ring
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Closing the Ring (2007)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, realistic, period piece, romantic drama, romantic, independent film, feel good
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, optimism, death in the family, couple relations, battles, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, family problems, wartime life, sex, world war two, male female relationship, military, love, wartime, long distance relationship, minefield, world war, soldier, bomber, tank, female nudity, sex scene, bare breasts ...
Time:
90s, 50s, 1940s
Place:
ireland, europe, london, belfast
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Most similar movies to Closing the Ring
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about love and romance, couples, love, family relations, female nudity, couple relations and love affair mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Closing the Ring: The War Bride (2001), This Is My Father (1998), A Secret Affair (1999), Sons & Lovers (2003), Alexander the Last (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Anna Friel stars in classy wartime drama The War Bride. She plays Lily, an orphan who suddenly finds herself married, with child and living with hostile in-laws in the wilds of Canada.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, culture clash, love and romance, wartime life, against the odds, family relations, family problems, couples, fall in love, society, homecoming, parents and children ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
canada, london
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya Farrelly) for answers. When she refuses to provide any, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
love, coming of age, small town, bittersweet, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, young love, older man younger woman romance, male female relationship, father, misfit ...
Time:
year 1998, 1930s
Place:
ireland, illinois, chicago, usa, europe ...
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Vanessa Stewart is a beautiful American woman engaged to be married. Vanessa is an artist and is also a buyer for her father's company. She goes to Venice on a business trip and meets television reporter Bill Fitzgerald from Ireland. They fall ...
Style:
romantic, serious, realistic, emotional, feel good
Plot:
love, fall in love, couples, battles, love and romance, journalism, couple relations, unfulfilled love, parents and children, love affair, tragic love, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, venice, italy, europe, balkan ...
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72%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be ...
Style:
serious, realistic, romantic, sincere, period drama
Plot:
female nudity, skinny dipping, family relations, self discovery, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, writer's life, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Style:
mumblecore, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love and romance, human nature, family problems, love triangle, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, actor's life, lifestyle, couple relations, couples, family relations, love affair ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, fall in love, true love, rich woman poor man, youth, forbidden love, power of love, love of one's life, young lovers, love triangle ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, post world war two, year 1941, 50s ...
Place:
north carolina, charleston south carolina, southern usa, iran, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that ...
Style:
sincere, touching, erotic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, wartime life, world war two, older woman teenage boy sex, age difference, teenage boy, escape, refugee, age-gap relationship, older woman younger man sex, capture, outdoor sex ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003
Place:
paris france, france, europe, nice france, riviera
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach an isolated farmhouse and encounter a beautiful French girl named Belle (Marianne Basler). Love ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, emotional
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, impossible love, soldier, love affair, war, love and romance, couples, unfulfilled love, wartime life, woman in danger, love, love triangle ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, europe, normandy
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, vineyard, happy ending, love and romance, interracial romance, pretend relationship, rich woman poor man, wine, love story, parents and children, estate, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, post world war two, 90s
Place:
san francisco, california, sacramento california, usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Irish lad (Matt Keeslar) who fled from his oppressive, widowed father (Albert Finney) falls for a girl (Victoria Smurfit) from an affluent family.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, male nudity, death, teenager, skinny dipping, strained relationship, police officer, father son relationship, family relations, ira, politics, rural area ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
ireland, europe, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, bombing, war, survival, military, moral dilemma, love affair, wartime life, behind enemy lines, fall in love, danger, military life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional
Plot:
coming of age, love, deaf, starting over, boarding school, dealing with death, youth, single parent, hopes, love and romance, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, emotional, erotic ...
Plot:
bosnian war, prisoner, forbidden love, rape, soldier, food, sex, muslim, love affair, war, couples, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An emotionally troubled teenager gets into a passionate relationship with the older French woman working in his father's house.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
female nudity, coming of age, love, older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, family relations, unlikely couple, love and romance, fall in love, parent child relationship, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Style:
erotic, sex comedy, bleak, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
black man white woman sex, world war two, making love, black man white woman relationship, interracial love relationship, interracial romance, wartime, black, sex scene, racism, interracial relations, society ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Formerly known as "Two Women" or "Freezing Rain". A man who wants all love, a wife who approaches her husband's other woman, and a woman who wants to keep her love. A classy melodrama of these three people and their risky ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
sex, love triangle, adulterous husband, bisexual girl, sex scene, friendship, infidelity, love affair, sexual relations, lesbian love, friends, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
At the age of 20, Martin leaves his home town and comes to Paris, where he fortunately becomes a model by chance. He meets Alice, his brother's friend, and falls in love with her. They start a passionate relationship, although Martin remains ...
Style:
enigmatic, melancholic, emotional, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, betrayal, runaway, love and romance, haunted by the past, male model, sex scene, making love, brother brother relationship, older woman younger man relationship, lgbt, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, spain
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
open relationship, love triangle, suburbs, polygamy, farm, friendship, widow, narration, friends, couples, small town life, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Through an English friend he meets a quiet Jewish girl whose close-knit family originally came from Spain. The two are attracted to ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, romantic ...
Plot:
world war two, interfaith relationship, friends, forbidden love, friendship, fall in love, father daughter relationship, couples, couple relations, opposites attract, love affair, social differences ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Joey and Sissel are two misfits spending most of their time together talking or having sex. Gradually and slowly their relationships are becoming boring for them.
Style:
erotic, sexy, independent film, realistic, serious
Plot:
sex, porn, misfit, family relations, estrangement, family problems, couples, youth, love and romance, suburbs, siblings relations, parents and children ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
louisiana, vietnam, canada, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, period piece, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, war, secret mission, aviation, secret agent, couples, fall in love, love triangle, infidelity, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 1940s
Place:
london, europe, france, england
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of two couples - each with their own struggles to survive as a couple and as individuals. After living in London for a few years, Rahul and Nandita have recently moved back to Kolkata and become friends with Amit and Preeti. It is the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, love and romance, friendship, friends, crumbling marriage, family relations, infidelity, best friend, dishonesty, family problems, couples, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, england, kolkata, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mike is romantic and persistent, a social worker at a psychiatric clinic who falls for a new intern. Gabriela is passionate; she's also engaged; although her love for her fiance Patrick seems more fraternal than erotic, she has an overwhelming ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, sentimental, erotic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, engagement, fall in love, opposites attract, family relations, power relations, couples, couple relations, looking for love, fiance fiancee relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, social worker ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, talky, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
couples, lovers reunited, love affair, looking for love, family problems, couple relations, opposites attract, family relations, love and romance, introspection, follow your dream, starting over ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, love and romance, couples, family problems, youth, society, religions or cults, marital discord, gays and lesbians, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, talky, sentimental ...
Plot:
one night stand, couples, lifestyle, love affair, female nudity, commitment, bare breasts, love, nudity, couple relations, love and romance, singleness ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
57%
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:
56%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, this adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel, The Night Watch, follows four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love affair, couples, love and romance, life is a bitch, sexual relations, wartime life, haunted by the past, war, love, unwanted pregnancy, gay, lesbian couple ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, melancholic, light, intense ...
Plot:
one night stand, male female relationship, female orgasm, love triangle, infidelity, friendship, interracial romance, couples, adultery, justice, adaptation, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, new york, california, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Mitch must confront the haunting memories of his mother's tragic death and overcome his alcohol abuse, or lose all that is most precious to him.
Style:
romantic, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
second chance, alcohol abuse, love, family drama, relationships, alcoholic, struggling artist, family problems, male female relationship, first love, troubled past, parent child relationship ...
Similarity:
56%
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