Movies like The Secret Life of Words
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The Secret Life of Words (2005)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Ireland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special ability to communicate with the men on board and especially with her patient as they share intimate moments together that will change their lives forever.
Style:
touching, sentimental, romantic, melancholic, compassionate, sincere, emotional, tricky, sad, dramatic ...
Plot:
blind character, love, disability, friendship, nurse patient relationship, depression, haunted by the past, loneliness, relationships, factory, love story, happy ending, nurse, character study, complex characters, accident, father son relationship, burn victim, deaf, understanding, human nature, couple relations, friends, love and romance, isolation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, ireland, balkan, eastern europe, croatia, denmark ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, touching, realistic and melancholic films with plots about loneliness, storytelling, culture clash, relationships, mentor, bittersweet and life philosophy mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Secret Life of Words: Dear Frankie (2004), My Life Without Me (2003), Children of a Lesser God (1986), Open Hearts (2002), This Is My Father (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, ...
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emotional, sweet, realistic, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
single parent, coming of age, disability, deaf, friendship, father son relationship, life & death, stranger, abusive husband, boy, letter, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
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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:
21st century
Place:
canada
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her ...
Style:
touching, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
deaf, sign language, disability, teacher, love, deafness, couple relations, communication problem, couples, opposites attract, love and romance, mute or deaf ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new england, maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the ...
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atmospheric, realistic, touching, sexy, romantic ...
Plot:
love, infidelity, love story, love triangle, hospital, relationships, adultery, extramarital affair, destructive relationship, car accident, crumbling marriage, life philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya Farrelly) for answers. When she refuses to provide any, ...
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Plot:
love, coming of age, small town, bittersweet, older man younger woman relationship, irish, life, childhood, catholicism, catastrophe, runaway, relationships ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
ireland, illinois, california, chicago illinois, usa ...
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22%
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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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22%
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.
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emotional, sentimental, realistic, clever, bad ending ...
Plot:
murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, haunted by the past, fall in love, death in the family, family problems, dysfunctional family, grief, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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 ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style:
sexy, emotional, sad, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disability, french, love, illegal fistfight, redemption, ex boxer, killer whale, complex characters, relationships, tragic event, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, french riviera, riviera, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Ireland, Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, tourist, love, marriage, character study, dishonesty, fall in love, couples, love and romance, wedding, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1920s, 21st century
Place:
egypt, middle east, africa, cairo egypt, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
23K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style:
sexy, sincere, erotic, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, teacher student sex, couples, obsession, teachers and students, sexuality, infidelity, love and romance, hedonism, teacher, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
working class, opposites attract, women, love story, education, unemployment, love and romance, couple relations, teachers and students, couples, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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:
disability, friendship, paraplegic, rehabilitation, life philosophy, love and romance, human spirit, human nature, society, hopes, physical disability, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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, sad, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, cancer, life & death, doctors, leukemia, love, beautiful scenery, parents and children, social differences, human nature, unfulfillment, death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, touching, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, loneliness, depression, women, sadness, dating, character study, interracial relations, single parent, illness, lgbt, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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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20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
Style:
touching, intellectual, emotional, melancholic, sweet ...
Plot:
couples, politics, character study, power of love, against the rules, state affairs, social differences, society, hypocrisy, fighting the system, shyness, justice ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, africa, united kingdom, reykjavik iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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 ...
Style:
touching, psychological, road movie, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
waitress, road trip, self discovery, love, loneliness, love and romance, couple relations, love story, hopes, travel, melancholy, food ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. ...
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food, love, housewife, life, unlikely relationship, cooking, relationships, happy ending, depression, unlikely friendships, honest, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
india, mumbai india, asia
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20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Style:
erotic, psychological, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, age difference, love affair, mother daughter relationship, older woman younger man sex, stepmother stepson relationship, relationships, secrets, infidelity, women, loneliness, dysfunctional family ...
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london, england, europe
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19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when ...
Style:
touching, sexual, enigmatic, melancholic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
voyeurism, love, unfulfilled love, milf, loneliness, stalking, destructive relationship, passionate interest, relationships, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, voyeur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, poland, warsaw poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
Style:
talky, realistic, sexy, art house, visually appealing ...
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, boredom, solitude, female nudity, summer, self discovery, friendship, summer vacation, children, depression, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo, ireland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. ...
Style:
emotional, stylized, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, extramarital affair, marriage, friendship, adultery, love affair, cheating wife, betrayal, lust, cheating, forbidden love, character study ...
Place:
england, europe, oregon, portland oregon
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19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
Style:
touching, psychological, melancholic, sincere, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Style:
sexy, emotional, romantic, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, seattle, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
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19%
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 ⇓
19%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous ...
Style:
touching, sweet, reflective, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
depression, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love, artist, salesman, love story, love, honest, couples, lifestyle, unfulfillment, twentysomething life ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york, seattle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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