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Samsara (2001)
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Original name: འཁོར་བ།
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: India, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.
Style:
philosophical, sexy, captivating, atmospheric, sensual, serious, sexual, erotic, romantic drama, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
buddhism, monk, zen, self discovery, buddha, human nature, hopes, buddhist, buddhist monk, temptation, culture clash, social differences, lifestyle, rich and poor, humanity, skinny dipping, nude bathing, love, passionate sex, regret, religions or cults, lust, religion, monastery, spirituality ...
Time:
year 2001, contemporary
Place:
asia, tibet, himalaya, india
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Most similar movies to Samsara
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, erotic and sexy films with plots about nude, nudity, love and romance, sex, love, female nudity and sex scene mostly in Drama, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like Samsara: Seven Years in Tibet (1997), 3-Iron (2004), Little Buddha (1993), Travellers and Magicians (2003), Zen (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, spiritual ...
Plot:
buddhism, life & death, coming of age, isolation, meditation, buddhist monk, monk, guilt, existentialism, buddhist, nature, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, tibet, korea, east asia, asia ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a ...
Style:
breathtaking, philosophical, epic, spiritual, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
buddhism, beautiful scenery, mountain, expedition, traveler, biopic, world war two, life philosophy, spirituality, wanderlust, travel, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place:
tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs out for a while, fixing himself something to eat, washing laundry or making small repairs in return. ...
Style:
philosophical, lyrical, contemplative, surreal, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
golf, motorcycle, relationships, melancholy, drifter, mission, abusive husband, love triangle, jealousy, existentialism, love story, love ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia, seoul ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Liechtenstein, UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Little Buddha is a movie about the life of Siddhartha starring Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Style:
unusual plot structure, retro, spiritual, fairy tale, philosophical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
buddha, buddhist, enlightenment, reincarnation, buddhism, self discovery, religion, teachers and students, parents and children, monk, boy, religions or cults ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1993
Place:
tibet, nepal, himalaya, washington state, india ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Bhutan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the ...
Style:
road movie, serious, captivating, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
buddhism, road trip, magic, storytelling, monk, on the road, buddhist, illusion, self discovery, clergy, introspection, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen sect of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and ...
Style:
spiritual, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
buddhism, zen, enlightenment, buddhist monk, meditation, religion, spirit, asian history, buddhist, abstinence, poverty, teaching ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
japan, tibet, china
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, UK, Nepal
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
As the denizens of a Tibetan village prepare for their arduous annual trek to exchange salt for grain, the community's allegiances are split between aging chieftain Tinle (Thilen Lhondup) and rebellious young Karma (Gurgon Kyap). Tinle tries to ...
Style:
independent film, road movie, atmospheric, dramatic, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
buddhism, nature, mountain, coming of age, survival, mountaineer, mountaineering, buddhist, travel, climbing, camel, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
himalaya, tibet, nepal, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment - Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok ...
Style:
slow cinema, spiritual, psychedelic, aesthetic, thinking ...
Plot:
buddhism, zen, buddhist monk, mountain, buddhist, monk, spirituality, meditation, religion, boy, minimal dialogue, little boy ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
tibet, korea, asia
Similarity:
26%
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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, erotic, sensual, sexual, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man, relationships, forbidden love, erotica, steamy romance, sex, sex scene, obsession, age difference, love, sexual relations ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 70s
Place:
missouri, new jersey, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which always a woman as the crux of the story, invites to an inner travel, as Antonioni says "towards ...
Style:
erotic, emotional, colorful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, love, adultery, love triangle, love story, lovers reunited, coitus, passionate kiss, female pubic hair, tragedy, nude girl, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe, france, paris france, new york ...
Similarity:
22%
737
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In a monastery set on the top of sandstone pillars young monk Theodoros and nun Urania find themselves physically drawn to one and other after devoting their lives to the strict rituals and practises of the monasteries. Below them the eternal cycle ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, monastery, religions or cults, temptation, nun, sex scene, love affair, society, religion, love, very little dialogue, sin ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
greece, balkan, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, sexy, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, lovers, love affair, marriage, unrequited love, newspaper, true love, love story, relationships ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
hong kong, japan, china, east asia, shanghai ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters in northern India, to make a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. She wants to reconnect with her roots but ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, enigmatic, spiritual ...
Plot:
adventurer, missing person, injustice, escapades, life is a bitch, fall in love, fighting the system, hopes, society, self discovery, culture clash, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet, india, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he ...
Style:
spiritual, philosophical, road movie, surreal, dramatic ...
Plot:
buddhism, zen, buddhist, religion, saint, antiquity, buddha, coming of age, conspiracy, spirituality, self awareness, blaster ...
Time:
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Place:
tibet, india, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jan Dara grows up in a house lacking in love but abundant in lust. He quickly picks up the sinful way of life of the man who married his mother after she became pregnant from being raped. His 'father's' mistress welcomes the young boy ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
incest, half brother half sister relationship, father daughter incest, father daughter sex, extramarital affair, sex scene, forbidden sex, child born of rape, erotica, forbidden love, sexual relations, young lovers ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, erotic drama ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
dangerous attraction, erotica, sex, sexual obsession, young lovers, sexual relations, love, love story, unfaithful wife, nudity, couples, voyeur ...
Time:
80s
Place:
southern usa, alabama
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Imagine a world of pleasure, where passion is the ultimate obsession. When Michael and Lisa travel to India to restore an erotic sculpture, they are immediately acquainted with the Kama Sutra and introduced to the skills of seduction. But when ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, captivating, sexual, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kama sutra, erotica, lesbian, love, love triangle, lesbian sex, reincarnation, adult filmmaking, lust, sexuality, artist, sleaze ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
20%
8K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, anthology, sexual, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, sexuality, love affair, erotic scene, social differences, society, lovers reunited, psychiatrist, erotica, lifestyle, obsession, infidelity ...
Time:
1950s, year 2004, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, italy
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Tamar, an attractive single mother, lives alone in a small village with her two daughters. Unsatisfied, she attempts to fill her many voids through meaningless sexual rendezvous.
Style:
sexy, sincere, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, manga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, saint tropez, riviera, provence ...
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, erotic, slow cinema, serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, passionate kiss, making love, fall in love, farmer, redemption, moral dilemma, religion, couples, regret, sin, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Born to a family of established court painters, a woman is forced to carry on her family name and take over her brother's life after he commits suicide.
Style:
erotic, realistic, sexy, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
couples, family relations, hidden identity, passionate sex, swinger, injustice, prodigy, gender, unfulfillment, society, fall in love, painter ...
Time:
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Place:
korea, south korea
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19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, sexual, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sleepwalking, sexual pleasure, couples, sex, love and romance, male pubic hair, fondling, coitus, strong sexual content, male nudity, love letter, training ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
passionate sex, true love, ex boyfriend, sex, friendship, love and romance, best friend, love triangle, wedding, lifestyle, rivalry, wench ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
Style:
sexy, contemplative, erotic drama, sensual, touching ...
Plot:
sensuality, forbidden love, picnic, real sex, countryside, on the road, immigrant, infidelity, illegal immigrant, mature woman, summer, nudity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
asia, thailand, burma
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
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19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that her predecessor has just died, but also that the skipper is none other than ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, erotic, emotional ...
Plot:
ship, sex scene, female pubic hair, beach, journey, sea, photograph, bare breasts, dead body, reading someone else's diary, selfie, love ...
Time:
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Place:
marseille, romania
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, touching, sexual, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, cheating on husband, sex scene, forbidden love, couples, love affair, extramarital affair, adultery, horny wife, sexually dissatisfied wife, husband wife relationship, sexual intercourse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Formerly known as "Two Women" or "Freezing Rain". A man who wants all love, a wife who approaches her husband's other woman, and a woman who wants to keep her love. A classy melodrama of these three people and their risky ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
sex, love triangle, adulterous husband, bisexual girl, sex scene, friendship, infidelity, love affair, sexual relations, lesbian love, friends, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
19%
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