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Malena (2000)
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Malena (2000)
Original name: Malèna
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious, touching, atmospheric, realistic, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hot and sexy, world war two, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, older woman younger man, wartime, longing, unrequited love, women, sexuality, life is a bitch, fascism, small town, prostitution, jealousy, young heroes, prostitute, dream girl, society, nude fight, adultery, first love, voyeurism, age difference, female nudity ...
Time: 1940s, year 2000, ancient times, 20th century, year 1940, 40s
Place: italy, sicily, europe, southern italy, mediterranean sea, canada
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The Reader (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
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All Things Fair (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 130 min.
Story: This film is set in 1943 when the whole of Europe was embroiled in WWII. It deals with attraction of a 15 year old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The whole movie revolves around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola and how he eventually ...
Style: erotic, sexual, touching, sexy, emotional ...
Audience: teens, adult
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Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
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Summer of '42 (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Audience: teens, teen drama
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Time: 1940s, year 1971, 20th century, year 1942
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Duration: 109 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 115 min.
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
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Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: road trip, sex, sexuality, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, on the road, coming of age, gay, sexual exploration, nudity, older woman younger man sex ...
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Duration: 124 min.
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Place: australia, sydney australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
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Style: sad, uplifting, inspirational, touching, emotional ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
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Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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100%
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50%
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100%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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50%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: sexual, melancholic, atmospheric, crying, erotic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 110 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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