Movies like Moonlight Mile
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Moonlight Mile (2002)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, realistic, clever, psychological, romantic, thought provoking, touching, feel good, depressing ...
Plot:
murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, fall in love, haunted by the past, family problems, death in the family, dysfunctional family, grief, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, bittersweet, husband wife relationship, writers, death, tragedy, small town, courtroom, love, catastrophe, gay, twists and turns, strong female lead, psychology ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, melancholic and touching films with plots about relationships, mentor, bittersweet, dialogue, storytelling, catastrophe and loneliness mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Moonlight Mile: P.S. I Love You (2007), Remember Me (2010), Starting Out in the Evening (2007), Last Chance Harvey (2008), The Good Girl (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, grief, starting over, couples, loss of spouse, life philosophy, loss of husband, family relations, lost love ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, europe, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, love, suicide, death in the family, 9/11, love story, teenager, young love, love and romance, twists and turns, dealing with death, parenthood ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 1991, year 2001, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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61%
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:
realistic, touching, intellectual, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, writers, aging, writer's life, friendship, starting over, character study, love and romance, couples, graduation, masseuse, human nature ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, sincere, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love story, couples, marriage, relationships, loneliness, love and romance, happy ending, down on your luck, love, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, new jersey, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
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dark, realistic, sincere, melancholic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
small town, older woman younger man relationship, dull life, mental illness, dysfunctional marriage, suicide, workplace, infidelity, adultery, depression, dark humor, lie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, california, austin texas, usa
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60%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, romantic, sentimental ...
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girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, love, forbidden love, relationships, age difference, erotica, obsession, infidelity, bittersweet, incest, sex scene, friendship ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, romantic, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
beautiful scenery, wedding, mother daughter relationship, women, secrets, mother, haunted by the past, power of love, writers, death, dying, summer ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
travel, dog, depression, dysfunctional marriage, loss of son, dysfunctional family, loneliness, eccentricity, writers, death of son, grief, opposites attract ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, paris france, maryland, california, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Style:
touching, melancholic, emotional, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, tragedy, relationships, women, life, parenthood, honest, parents and children, unfulfillment, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, art, photographer, secrets, love and romance, social differences, society, parents and children, women, dysfunctional family, age difference, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, ireland, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, teenager, terminal illness, fall in love, first love, youth, teenage life, dealing with death, friendship, coping, coming of age, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, amsterdam, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
157K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, friendship, male female friendship, couples, love story, ambition, opposites attract, introspection, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, paris france
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54%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, feel good, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
small town, food, loneliness, restaurant, workplace, self discovery, bittersweet, hospital, nude, waitress, seduction, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
romantic, affectionate, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
long distance relationship, love, love story, forceful separation, relationships, fall in love, bittersweet, parents, couples, love and romance, immigration, lovers apart ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, england, london, usa ...
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53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
Style:
emotional, psychological, enigmatic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, redemption, gay, self discovery, fall in love, love affair, compassion, lgbt, family problems, memory loss, haunted by the past, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when her adult daughter moves out of the family home. Though Mildred thinks she's found her purpose when her neighbor, overworked single mother ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, sexy, visually appealing ...
Plot:
friendship, dysfunctional family, little boy, mother, divorce, bittersweet, moving, tragedy, fantasy world, sexualized violence, adaptation, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, california, ireland, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, touching, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, psychiatrist, psychology, love, rape, sexual abuse, women, love story, psychiatry, suicide attempt, transformation, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, south carolina, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, light, romantic, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
small town, starting over, family relations, infidelity, love story, happy ending, love, betrayal, married woman, family problems, couples, divorce ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, california, austin texas, new jersey, usa ...
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53%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, tragedy, death, college, fall in love, love story, tragic love, ice hockey, graduation, young love, class differences, destiny ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, paris france, massachusetts, boston, harvard university
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52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, romantic, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
alcohol abuse, alcoholic, family values, rehabilitation, family in crisis, addiction, love story, tragedy, single father, love, life is a bitch, weakness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, denver colorado, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
Style:
sentimental, sad, touching, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, death, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, infidelity, hospital, love story, relationships, life & death ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, talky, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts, maine
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52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
emotional, touching, romantic, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, dysfunctional family, depression, couple relations, lust, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, love story, marital problem, relationships, strong sexual content, melancholy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city
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52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, France, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of ...
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Plot:
waitress, road trip, self discovery, love, loneliness, love and romance, couple relations, love story, hopes, travel, melancholy, food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, new york, memphis, las vegas ...
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51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An oft overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as ...
Style:
realistic, touching, thought provoking, emotional, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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51%
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307K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, depressing, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, true love, life changing experience, hopes, sacrifice, existentialism, fall in love, suicide, life & death ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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51%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, canada, usa, hawaii, california
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50%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, melancholic, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
abortion, pregnancy, life philosophy, destiny, parenthood, stereotypes, honest, existentialism, love affair, self discovery, lifestyle, family relations ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, divorce, marriage, custody battle, single father, father son relationship, court, family relations, abandonment, legal, justice ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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