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A Kind of Loving (1962)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
Style:
social, experimental, black and white, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, vintage
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, working class, male female relationship, class differences, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, premarital sex, unwed pregnancy, unhappy marriage, post war, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, angry, pregnancy, factory, youth, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, couples, society, workplace romance, family problems, sexual content, looking for love ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
england, manchester, northern england, europe, manchester england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about couples, love and romance, family relations, society, couple relations, love and male female relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Kind of Loving: Circle of Friends (1995), The Go-Between (1971), Billy Liar (1963), The Leather Boys (1964), Girl with Green Eyes (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, sentimental, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, pregnancy, college, class differences, college life, student, catholic, voice over narration, sexual awakening, heartbreak ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957, year 1949
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Tale of torrid and forbidden love between Christie and Bates in the English countryside.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, coming of age, class differences, summer, love, literary, countryside, first love, curse, magician, country estate, man boy relationship ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, 20th century, 1950s, year 1900 ...
Place:
england, america, europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic ...
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, coming of age, train, working class, storytelling, imagination, hospital, friendship, drinking, fantasy world, liar, compulsive liar ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, london ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Leather Boys is a 1964 British drama film about the rocker subculture in London featuring a gay motorcyclist. This film is notable as an early example of a film that violated the Hollywood production code, yet was still shown in the United ...
Style:
grindhouse, road movie, controversial, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, gay, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men, kitchen sink realism, lgbt, gay interest, newlywed, male friendship, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
london, europe, england, edinburgh scotland
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76%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to pursue a more exciting life.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, kitchen sink realism, older man younger woman romance, coming of age, male female relationship, bookstore, sexual initiation, family disapproval, shyness, roommate, first love ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, britain, europe, london ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Georgy has resigned herself to being one of life's accidents. She disapproves somewhat of her father's butlering James Leamington. She's tall, plump, sloppy and wistfully envious of what she conceives to be the life led by her ...
Style:
retro, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, pregnancy, swing, bittersweet, virginity, kitchen sink realism, forbidden love, ugly duckling, unwanted pregnancy, marriage proposal, butler, piano ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s
Place:
london, europe, england, tokyo
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Close friends Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich begin romances with siblings Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen. After the couples wed, they take a joint honeymoon to Switzerland, where things begin happily -- but they become increasingly complicated as the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, visual, scenic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male nudity, bisexual man, male pubic hair, erotica, sex, skinny dipping, homoerotic fight, love, female nudity, marriage, friendship, literary ...
Time:
1920s, year 1969, 70s
Place:
england, alps, europe, swiss alps, paris france
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style:
emotional, depressing, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, unwanted pregnancy, loneliness, depression, poverty, injustice, family problems, parents and children, couples, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, florida, algeria ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Following the wedding of young Jenny Piper and Arthur Fitton (Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett), a rowdy reception is held at a local pub where the newlyweds are subjected to much well-meaning but vulgar ribaldry. The couple returns to the Fitton home ...
Style:
romantic comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
loss of virginity, honeymoon, wedding night, marriage, bowling, family relations, kitchen sink realism, virginity, sex, marital problem, travel agent, privacy ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Style:
independent film, cynical, biting, witty, clever ...
Plot:
social climber, infidelity, fashion, model, unrequited love, swing, homosexuality, satire, hedonism, kitchen sink realism, fashion model, greed ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 70s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, london, italy, paris france, europe
Similarity:
54%
437
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passionate but turbulent affair with an emotionally troubled girl results in pregnancy, a struggling writer and his tight-knit family are forced to decide how the story will end.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, family problems, parents and children, danger, love and romance, father son relationship, premarital sex, woman on top, sex scene, unwed pregnancy, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Focuses on a working class girl who is struggling to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor.
Style:
independent film, sexual, black and white, depressing, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, kitchen sink realism, social realism, interracial relations, friendship, pregnant teenager, single mother, dysfunctional family, single parent, family relations, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
50%
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:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
couples, forbidden love, infidelity, betrayal, unfaithful husband, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Style:
scenic, romantic, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
literary, unrequited love, dalmatian, victorian england, farm, beach, love, tragic romance, canceled wedding, male nudity, lost love, sergeant ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1967, 1870s, 1860s
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
46%
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, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
love, nobility, love triangle, literary, death, greed, betrayal, relationships, nudity, forbidden love, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, venice, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
45%
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:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a ...
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
multiple sclerosis, football, disability, working class, love, aids, storytelling, friendship, soccer, infidelity, male pubic hair, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
england, europe, paris france, new orleans, ireland
Similarity:
43%
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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:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Actor Gerard Depardieu co-directed this drama about a married woman who falls in love with another man. Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy, semi autobiographical
Plot:
forbidden love, fall in love, infidelity, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, opposites attract, couples, dull life, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
year 1999, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, normandy
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, starting over, love triangle, infidelity, extramarital affair, dysfunctional family, working class, breakup, love affair, human nature, couple relations, hopes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
washington state, seattle
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. Fabrizio Naccarelli seems to always know where the mother and daughter will sightsee next. Signor Naccarelli ...
Style:
retro, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, mental retardation, summer, disability, parent child relationship, bittersweet, family relations, couples, family problems, youth, couple relations, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, florence, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, emotional, period piece, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
estate, inheritance, sister sister relationship, wealthy family, country house, aristocrat, rich snob, family drama, passion, sword, arrest, terminal illness ...
Time:
1910s, turn of the century, edwardian era, year 1992, 19th century ...
Place:
england, oxford university, britain, london
Similarity:
39%
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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:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
passionate kiss, racism, gambling, marriage, love, jealousy, small town, interracial relations, family problems, injustice, black, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style:
touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, family relations, best friend, terminal illness, pregnancy, tragic hero, couples, family problems, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marco leads a double life. As Marco, he is a construction worker but rich ladies craving sexual excitation know him as Patrick. As Marco he is married to Fanny, an ambitious young woman who has opened her own hairdressing salon in partnership with ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
beauty salon, sex scene, older woman younger man relationship, male escort, male prostitute, couple relations, dishonesty, hidden identity, unlikely couple, love and romance, working class, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, arizona
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Style:
cult classic, clever, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
writers, advertising, book, poverty, marketing, satire, bookstore, drinking, working class, literature, money, poetry ...
Time:
1930s, year 1997, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 357 min.
Story:
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, love and romance, age difference, age-gap relationship, family relations, couples, master and servant, couple relations, society, fall in love, rise to the top ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, europe, italy, london ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, teenage pregnancy, bowling, young couple, summer, bullying, teenager, child protagonist, star crossed lovers, grief, girl, teen angst ...
Time:
year 1961, year 1992, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
34%
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