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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
258K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, Australia, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Style:
romantic, sexy, stylized, emotional, period piece, visually stunning, visual, sweet, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
love story, forbidden love, tragic love, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, suicide, shakespeare, true love, family feud, teen romance, young lovers, star crossed lovers, sex scene, young love, power of love, secret marriage, tragic romance, gangster, destiny, amor, first love, female nudity, pistol duel, obsession, runaway, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 1900s, y2k, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
california, usa, north america, paris france
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Most similar movies to Romeo + Juliet
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, romantic drama, touching and realistic films with plots about love and romance, love, love story, fall in love, mentor, catastrophe and dialogue mostly in Romance, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Romeo + Juliet: Titanic (1997), Sweet November (2001), Endless Love (2014), Tristan & Isolde (2006), The Great Gatsby (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
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chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place:
atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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85%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love, love story, terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, life, tragic love, cancer, opposites attract, leukemia, love and romance, destiny ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
Style:
romantic, unusual plot structure, teen, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
love story, love, forbidden love, teenage love, teen romance, love affair, teenager, love and romance, couple relations, father daughter relationship, couples, teenage life ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are ...
Style:
romantic, dramatic, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, star crossed lovers, young lovers, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, shakespeare, family feud, love and romance, family relations, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century
Place:
italy, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA, Switzerland, Ireland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
Style:
touching, romantic, exciting, period piece, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, medieval, love affair, knight, forbidden love, true love, sword and shield, love and romance, star crossed lovers, swords and armor, legends and myths, infidelity ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 6th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, cornwall, england, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, costume drama, sweet, colorful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, unfulfillment, parents and children, true love, love, medieval ...
Time:
1900s, year 1968, medieval times, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, new york, england
Similarity:
71%
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:
romantic, sentimental, bad ending, stylized, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
1920s, year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
usa, new york, los angeles, long island, midwest
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Autumn in New York follows the sexual exploits of Will Keane - New York restaurateur, infamous verging-on-50 playboy, master of the no-commitment seduction - until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, true love, terminal illness, older man younger woman relationship, love, age difference, couple relations, older man young girl relationship, autumn, couples, opposites attract, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
high society, lovers, infidelity, forbidden love, destiny, countess, marriage, aristocracy, love, couple relations, love triangle, lawyer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place:
new york, america, philadelphia, usa, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
romantic, touching, inspirational, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, teenage love, love, first love, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, southern usa, virginia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, romantic drama, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, true love, countryside, young lovers, literary, woman in labor, outdoor sex, orphan, obsession, siblings relations, rich and poor, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, georgian era
Place:
england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire ...
Similarity:
100%
679K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
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:
1940s, year 2004, post world war two, year 1941, 50s ...
Place:
north carolina, charleston south carolina, southern usa, iran, usa ...
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71%
38K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, psychological, romantic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
313K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sexy, visually stunning, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cabaret, love story, tragic love, jealousy, nightclub, sexual attraction, showbiz, music, performer's life, bohemian life, passion, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2001, ancient times, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, europe, detroit, france, montmartre paris ...
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78%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are ...
Style:
romantic, stylized, tear jerker, neo noir, aesthetic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, rivalry, tragic love, dance, street gang, gang, broadway, interracial relations, shakespeare, racism, dancing, love story ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1961, 50s, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young Englishman is dispatched to Sarawak to become part of the British colonial government. He encounters some unorthodox local traditions, and finds himself faced with tough decisions of the heart involving the beautiful Selima, the unwitting ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, erotic, scenic, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, forbidden love, culture clash, interracial romance, jungle, stereotypes, husband wife relationship, opposites attract, love and romance, impossible love, sex scene, love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
borneo, malaysia, england, ireland, paris france
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75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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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:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, alaska
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
Style:
romantic, sincere, sad, teen, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teen romance, terminal illness, teenage love, true love, illness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, first love, best friend, star crossed lovers, life & death, teenage girl, follow your dream ...
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
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97K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close ...
Style:
romantic, touching, gothic, atmospheric, visually appealing ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, inspirational, sad, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
oakland california
Similarity:
100%
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, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, psychological, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
infidelity, forbidden love, betrayal, tragic love, love triangle, family relations, tragic hero, tragedy, unsupportive spouse, destructive relationship, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
179K
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, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, love story, male female friendship, couples, friends in love, friendship, relationships, life philosophy, opposites attract, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iran, scotland, london, paris france, england
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
106K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot:
first love, fall in love, childhood, childhood sweetheart, teenage love, love and romance, adolescence, teen romance, young love, love story, teenage life, love ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1957, 2010s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure ...
Style:
surreal, romantic, stylized, touching, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
fantasy world, forbidden love, true love, gravity, parallel world, alternate reality, imagination, love story, parallel universe, amnesia, beautiful scenery, technology ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Feng Piaopiao seems ladylike enough to the rest of the world – artistic, well-read, musically-inclined, and always carrying a book with her. But between the tomes are hidden manhua, and all her paintings and calligraphy are actually by her ...
Style:
atmospheric, sweet, romantic, light, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, sentimental, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, disability, fighting illness, illness, star crossed lovers, death, true love, forbidden love, fall in love, couple relations, danger ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Luxembourg, Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, visually stunning, talky ...
Plot:
shakespeare, renaissance, love and romance, religious intolerance, tudors, women, gay subtext, friends, judaism, culture clash, trial, prejudice ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2004, medieval times ...
Place:
venice, italy, israel, middle east, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
Similarity:
80%
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