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Heights (2005)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana learns that her husband has a new lover and begins to re-think her life choices and her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec, a young actor, and with Peter, a journalist. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. Isabel, Jonathan, Diana, Alec, and Peter must choose what kind of lives they will lead before the sun comes up on the next day.
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, clever, witty, talky, emotional, non-linear, controversial, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, adultery, infidelity, existentialism, forbidden love, secret relationship, character study, introspection, lifestyle, city life, love and romance, actor's life, artists and showbiz, lgbt, gay man straight woman relationship, life, young lovers, artist, loneliness, friendship, betrayal, culture clash, drinking, closeted homosexual, passion ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, london, israel, poland, manhattan new york city, eastern europe ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, crying, serious and talky films with plots about couples, love and romance, sex, kiss, drinking, drinking alcohol and friendship mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Heights: Far from Heaven (2002), Personal Velocity (2002), His Secret Life (2001), Charlotte Sometimes (2002), Brokeback Mountain (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Style:
sincere, emotional, visually stunning, stylized, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, homosexuality, infidelity, gay husband, racism, lgbtq, crumbling marriage, housewife, closeted homosexual, forbidden love, gay, divorce ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2000s, year 1958, year 2002 ...
Place:
new england, connecticut, usa, miami, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style:
talky, intense, stylized, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
starting over, abusive husband, hand job, adolescence, couples, family relations, hitchhiker, human nature, couple relations, love affair, parents and children, destructive relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, india, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, aids, transsexual, male homosexuality, gay relationship, adultery, marriage, relationships, love affair, glbt, gays and lesbians ...
Place:
rome italy, amsterdam, london, milan italy, istanbul turkey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young roommate.
Style:
sexy, sincere, captivating, light, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love triangle, nightclub, friendship, love and romance, unfulfilled love, lifestyle, youth, infidelity, young lovers, forbidden love, tenant, aunt nephew relationship ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.
Style:
philosophical, emotional, sentimental, romantic, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, couples, dialogue, love story, lovers reunited, love and romance, true love, chance meeting, one day, lovers, passion, destiny ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york, warsaw poland ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, disappearance, therapist, nylons, unfaithfulness, therapy, passion, telephone call, sexuality, photograph, divorce, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renee leads a fulfilling life as a professor of theater, mother of two girls, and wife to a kind and successful husband. Her life of contentment is changed forever when she discovers an undeniable attraction between herself and a female graduate ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sincere, independent film
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, sexual content, campus, lesbian bar, family relations, infidelity, college, love and romance, forbidden love, teachers and students, life turned upside down, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
Style:
sexual, talky, semi serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
lgbtq, gay husband, closeted homosexual, gay, gay lead character, extramarital affair, gay bar, gay interest, sexual attraction, exploring sexuality, repressed homosexual, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. ...
Style:
emotional, erotic, stylized, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
marriage, unfaithful wife, infidelity, extramarital affair, lust, friendship, love quadrangle, love affair, adultery, betrayal, cheating, cheating on husband ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
oregon, england, europe, portland oregon
Similarity:
23%
27K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, homoerotic, scenic, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, forbidden love, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, ancient times, edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
england, britain, nebraska, europe, france ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates ...
Style:
sad, independent film, lgbt cinema, eros, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, hiv, politics, glbt, friendship, loss of lover, courage ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1983, year 1985 ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
22%
250K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, cynical, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, adultery, love affair, lovers, passion, marriage, sex, stripper, couples, photographer, desire ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Style:
sexy, emotional, romantic, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, love story, loneliness, multiple storylines, character study, complex characters, couple relations, lifestyle, looking for love, dishonesty, singleness, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, seattle, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A New Jersey housewife is dissatisfied with her everyday life because she is smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Julie discovers her abilities and finds the courage to make dramatic life changes. This is a story of ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, clever, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, forbidden love, lesbian romance, lesbian friend, self discovery, friendship, lifestyle, follow your dream, lgbt, human nature, feminism, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, serious, powerful, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, police officer, gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, love, gay affair, relationships, lost love, secret relationship, male male relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1957, 50s, year 1958, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
venice, brighton, italy
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, sensual, non-linear, psychological ...
Plot:
divorce, infidelity, sex, rape, adultery, wedding, husband wife relationship, wedding night, sex scene, relationships, orgy, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
france, sardinia, sicily, europe, senegal ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
sincere, independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, obsession, suicide attempt, philosophy, family relations, love affair, life turned upside down, marriage, crumbling marriage, couple relations, hopes, breakup ...
Time:
year 1951, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new haven connecticut ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
Style:
sexy, talky, humorous, captivating, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, sexual relations, oral sex, looking for love, infidelity, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, curses spells and rituals, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Japan). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a ...
Style:
independent film, art house, talky, clever, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
homosexual, lgbt, loneliness, flirting, desire, in love, infidelity, dark humor, ultimatum, couples, love triangle, gender ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, europe, germany, asia, japan ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in Tel Aviv, focuses on an interconnected group of friends and their various relationships. At the center is the adorably bookish Omer, about to turn 30, who still hasn't found himself, and his free-spirited best friend Miki, who both end ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, dancer, lgbt, gender, gay sex, male objectification, male pubic hair, family relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
941
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, couples, unfulfillment, introspection, human nature, youth ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's Literary lions, but illness and ten years of writers block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for ...
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, writers, aging, writer's life, friendship, male female relationship, masseuse, starting over, character study, love and romance, couples, graduation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the ...
Style:
sexual, touching, sincere, erotic, homoerotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, aids, making love, glbt, loneliness, self discovery, male male relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.
Style:
depressing, psychological, emotional, romantic, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
melancholy, couples, suicide attempt, young lovers, fall in love, lust, desire, character study, neighbor, love triangle, passion, life turned upside down ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident
Style:
sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay sex, closeted homosexual, gay asian, homosexuality, gay husband, male pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
beijing china, china, asia, hong kong, america ...
Similarity:
20%
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