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If Only (2004)
35K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, sincere, rom com, surprise ending, erotic, eros, cute ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, true love, love, relationships, power of love, changing the past or future, loss of loved one, tragic love, time travel, love and romance, hopes, love story, death of girlfriend, destiny, time warp, accident, male female relationship, loss of girlfriend, love affair, couple relations, musician, time, businessman, passion, passionate love ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, romantic, sentimental and feel good films with plots about love and romance, destiny, dialogue, fall in love, catastrophe, love and mentor mostly in Romance, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like If Only: The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), The Vow (2012), Kate & Leopold (2001), The Family Man (2000), 50 First Dates (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
92%
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Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
time travel, love story, fall in love, love and romance, fish out of water, love, manners, dating, destiny, supernatural romance, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, road not taken, midlife crisis, alternate reality, lost love, life changing experience, lifestyle change, fish out of water, parallel universe, destiny, time travel, family man ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, family friendly
Plot:
memory loss, love, fall in love, love story, amnesia, love and romance, memory, wooing, relationships, dating, life philosophy, true love ...
Time:
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Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, alaska
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2008, year 1994, year 1992, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new york state, wisconsin, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, captivating, fairy tale, stylized, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
year 2014, 19th century, year 1916
Place:
grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
679K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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428K
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Story:
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chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, sentimental, sweet, sincere, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time, love and romance, fall in love, impossible love, supernatural, love, architect, love story, couples, autumn, pen pal ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
angel, afterlife, life & death, love, love and romance, love story, fall in love, heaven and hell, supernatural romance, death, medical, destiny ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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romantic, touching, feel good, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: France, Spain, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
sweet, sentimental, light, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Canada
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Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, dramatic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, immortality, love story, immortal, loneliness, supernatural, life & death, love and romance, destiny, impossible love, beautiful scenery, supernatural romance ...
Time:
future, edwardian era, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
san francisco, peru, california, oregon, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
love, afterlife, dealing with death, love and romance, life & death, love at first sight, lifestyle change, impossible love, life philosophy, supernatural, supernatural romance, mysterious character ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, rhode island, usa, manhattan new york city
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50%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, philosophical, sentimental, dramatic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
destiny, true love, life philosophy, life & death, aging, existentialism, love and romance, life changing, melancholy, magic realism, love, life lesson ...
Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, teen, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
80%
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
divorce, womanizer, infidelity, marriage, love and romance, happy ending, love story, dating, relationships, flirting, mentor, family drama ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
100%
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