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Cole (2009)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town youth finds fulfillment and romance in a big city's creative writing course, but feels obliged to sacrifice them when his sister's home life deteriorates in his absence.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, multicultural, realistic, gloomy, independent film
Plot:
interracial romance, white male black female relationship, fall in love, hopes, small town, interracial relations, follow your dream, self discovery, social differences, youth, love and romance, couples, dysfunctional family, family problems, human nature, small town life, coming of age, bittersweet, dull life, interracial couple, love, interracial love, interracial love relationship, writer's life, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, british columbia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sentimental films with plots about love and romance, couples, family relations, fall in love, bittersweet, society and unfulfillment mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Cole: Lost in Time (2003), The Playboys (1992), This Is My Father (1998), Olga's Chignon (2002), Cafe Setareh (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone call. Dai Fai. a mini-bus driver who witnessed Ah Man's ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
fall in love, coping, hopes, starting over, love affair, workplace, couples, love and romance, bittersweet, workplace romance, strong female presence, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
love, sin, circus, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time:
50s, year 1992
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, fall in love, starting over, love and romance, hopes, teenage life, couples, human nature, family problems, gays and lesbians, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Charlie returns to his old town where he meets his ex-girlfriend again and tries to get her back.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, working class, waitress, old love, rock, love triangle, friendship, fall in love, couple relations, introspection, love and romance, starting over ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, realistic, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, young lovers, unlikely couple, love affair, interracial relations, life is a bitch, social differences, society, terminal illness, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, europe, asia, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
widow, unfaithfulness, small town, hospital, bittersweet, couples, social relations, family problems, family relations, love and romance, youth, society ...
Time:
80s, year 1997, 90s, 70s, 60s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.
Style:
captivating, sentimental, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
gossip, divorce, fish out of water, small town, homecoming, couples, fall in love, family relations, lawyer, theft, middle east conflict, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What happens when a 30-something woman allows life's "what ifs" to overwhelm her appreciation for what life actually is. Disregarding her current obligations, she digs into her romantic past in hopes of invigorating her present.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
self discovery, couples, small town, unfulfillment, ex lover, love and romance, family relations, graduation, coming of age, thirtysomething life, dull life, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young girl named Ann moves with her mother to her mother's hometown after her parents go through a divorce. There, Ann meets her first love Daigo Kitamura. Daigo helps her get used to life in the country. Ann even gets through her ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, death in the family, small town, youth, couples, family relations, classmate, friendship, school, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
En 1975, unos meses antes del comienzo de la dictadura militar argentina, Alicia y Marcelo se conocen en un concierto de Sui Géneris. El amor surge inmediatamente entre ellos, pero el retorno del novio de Alicia provoca la separación. En 1982, en ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
love affair, lovers reunited, social differences, couples, unfulfilled love, destiny, political unrest, state affairs, love and romance, politics, bittersweet, concert ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
family problems, family life, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, small town, infidelity, human nature, unfulfillment, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, romantic, independent film
Plot:
vietnam war, political unrest, rebelliousness, interracial relations, love affair, hopes, society, self discovery, military, love and romance, human spirit, racism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A quirky coming of age story about an 11-year-old boy named Redwood who dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Master's of golf he'll reunite his parents.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
youth, golf, hopes, coming of age, teenage life, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, daydreamer, misfit, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops ...
Style:
serious, psychological, sexual, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
teacher, family relations, love triangle, love affair, fall in love, obsession, infidelity, unfulfillment, family problems, social differences, small town, student ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, islamic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, culture clash, interracial romance, love affair, social differences, couples, family problems, fall in love, society, muslim, male female relationship, family relations ...
Place:
middle east, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but feel unfulfilled by a life of pouring coffee and grilling hamburgers. Mary Ann's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
small town, unwanted pregnancy, waitress, food, alien contact, family relations, getting home, siblings relations, small town life, parents and children, love and romance, hopes ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Years have passed since Sophie (Wendy Crewson) left the ranch her family calls home to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. The death of her father means that Sophie, now 30, must return to the home she left behind so long ago. Once there, ...
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cattle ranch, rodeo, nudity, small town, couples, farm, family relations, fish out of water, parents and children, infidelity, small town life, fall in love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
interracial romance, friendship, nanny, self discovery, couples, daughter, interracial relations, single father, starting over, housekeeper, interracial love, hopes ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, sentimental, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay teenager, gay, male rape, self discovery, fall in love, friendship, innocence lost, lgbt, lifestyle, teenage life, youth ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An awkward 13-year-old (Winona Ryder) leaves her cranky grandfather (Jason Robards) in rural Texas, to live with her mother (Jane Alexander) in Fort Worth.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coming of age, young lovers, 13 year old, self harm, women, young love, estranged family member, intellectual disability, disabled child, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a quiet corner of Seoul, Jung-won runs a small photo studio. A humble shack passed down from his widower father, the studio is a space where Jung-won goes about his daily routine of dealing with fussy customers, enlarging photos of class ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
fall in love, destiny, maid, friendship, tragic hero, single parent, love affair, teenage love, tragic love, family relations, youth, destructive relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to go out on a date with her school's Hispanic janitor.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
interracial relations, high school, couples, small town, social differences, looking for love, workplace romance, love affair, small town life, youth, self discovery, opposites attract ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and though initially reserved and taken aback by the culture of ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, islamic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, nightclub, cabaret, self discovery, starting over, love and romance, parents and children, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, introspection, family problems ...
Place:
middle east, tunisia
Similarity:
100%
538
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
fall in love, unlikely couple, hopes, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, wartime life, unfulfilled love, friendship, unfulfillment, dogma, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, paris france, europe, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
1K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young novelist tries to write about love, but realizes he will first need some real-life experience before taking on the subject.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
asthma, fall in love, self discovery, novelist, love affair, lifestyle, couples, unfulfillment, young lovers, society, in love, womanizer ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jade Li is a feisty, 20-something Chinese Canadian, trying to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parent's wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness. Naturally, something's got to give and when love ...
Style:
touching, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
white man asian woman relationship, interracial romance, culture clash, immigrant, gay, bittersweet, dating, women of color, father daughter relationship, woman, gay bar, aspiring actress ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
canada, vancouver, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Matt Dillion In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, teenage love, young lovers, teenager, young couple, coming of age, love, bittersweet, computers and web, infidelity, small town life, parents and children ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
texas, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
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