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Serena (2014)
 5.4
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Serena (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.
Style: depressing, emotional, suspense, melancholic, intense, captivating, realistic, tense, serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick
Plot: jealousy, twists and turns, obsession, loneliness, writers, tragedy, marriage, brutality, greed, family business, illegitimate son, love affair, family problems, family in crisis, couple relations, crumbling marriage, anguish, empire, death, betrayal, hospital, suicide, chase, small town, life philosophy ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, year 2014, 20th century, future, year 1929, 20s
Place: north carolina, usa, new jersey
Keyword: doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, crying and emotional films with plots about love and romance, couples, couple relations, marriage, love, husband wife relationship and infidelity mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Serena: Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), The Painted Veil (2006), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Five Times Two (2004), Legends of the Fall (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, Colombia
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a ...
Style: psychological, sexy, romantic, costume drama, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: impossible love, new love, love, letter, magic realism, unlikely friendships, betrayal, multiple storylines, justice, visceral, epidemic, diary ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, 1900s, 20th century, 1890s ...
Place: colombia, latin america, paris france, caribbean
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The Painted Veil (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
Style: touching, emotional, scenic, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: infidelity, loveless marriage, love and romance, couple relations, cheating wife, love story, couples, marriage, extramarital affair, cholera, adultery, unfaithful wife ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 2006, 19th century, 50s
Place: china, shanghai, africa, london, asia
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Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching ...
Style: romantic, period piece, emotional, costume drama, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: couples, couple relations, looking for love, love story, victorian england, english countryside, love and romance, relationships, love affair, dishonesty, countryside, unrequited love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
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Five Times Two (2004)
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, enigmatic, psychological, sensual, stylized ...
Plot: divorce, sex, infidelity, rape, adultery, wedding, wedding night, unfaithful wife, relationships, husband wife relationship, up and down relationship, family life ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, sardinia, europe, senegal, sicily ...
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Legends of the Fall (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
Style: emotional, sincere, serious, scenic, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
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Time: 19th century, 1910s, 1920s, 1900s, year 1995 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style: bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, crying, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: adultery, marriage, abortion, mental illness, infidelity, dysfunctional family, depression, death of wife, under the surface, family problems, cheating wife, midlife crisis ...
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Place: usa, new york, paris france, connecticut
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25%
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style: romantic, touching, offbeat, depressing, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: mental illness, bipolar disorder, love, family drama, depression, life philosophy, adaptation, supportive parent, male female friendship, father son relationship, happy ending, social misfits ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, peru, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Great Expectations (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the ...
Style: romantic, heartbreaking, emotional, sexy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt to advance her social status.
Style: period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, psychological ...
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche ...
Style: stylized, sentimental, bad ending, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: obsession, high society, social differences, love triangle, loneliness, love story, millionaire, unfulfilled love, love and romance, love, destructive relationship, infidelity ...
Time: 1920s, year 2013, 90s, 1900s, 2010s ...
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Beloved Sisters (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.
Style: romantic, realistic, emotional, serious, touching ...
Plot: love triangle, writers, sisters, family relations, fall in love, family life, love affair, novelist, love and romance, sister sister relationship, suffering, loneliness ...
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28%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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Duration: 144 min.
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Genre: Drama, Family, History, Romance
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Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, stylized, serious ...
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The Great Gatsby (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ...
Style: factual, costume drama, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience: adult
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 137 min.
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Style: stylized, period piece, sensual, costume drama, sexy ...
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Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
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Wuthering Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Place: britain, england, europe
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25%
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Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style: sexy, atmospheric, period piece, serious, costume drama ...
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Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 122 min.
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Style: romantic, emotional, sexy, touching, stylized ...
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Time: year 2011, 2010s, 50s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
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Style: visually stunning, depressing, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot: intrigue, polygamy, feminism, jealousy, wealth, insanity, teenage girl, women, mistress, massage, feminist, tragic event ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1991
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.0
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One Day (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: sentimental, romantic, sad, emotional, touching ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Hours (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: depressing, psychological, intellectual, touching, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
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Time: year 2002, 1940s, 90s, 1920s, 20th century ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Late August, Early September (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 112 min.
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Style: talky, emotional, melancholic, ironic, meditative ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, midlife crisis, unlikely friendships, complex characters, writers, couple relations, love and romance, human nature, couples, depression, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.6
 63K
Like Crazy (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
Style: sincere, romantic, heartbreaking, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: long distance relationship, fall in love, love story, forceful separation, relationships, couples, bittersweet, immigration, love, parents, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: united kingdom, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Style: serious, tense, emotional, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, painter, artist, art, couples, rise to the top, destructive relationship, artists and showbiz, obsession, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929, year 1932 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Onegin (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is ...
Style: atmospheric, period piece, romantic, costume drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: unfulfilled love, forbidden love, tragic love, marriage, unrequited love, book, obsession, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations, poetry, inheritance ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1800s, year 1999, victorian era
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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