Movies like Time 2006
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Time (2006)
13K
Original name: 시간
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To save her relationship, a woman puts herself through extensive plastic surgery.
Style:
clever, sexy, emotional, philosophical, realistic, romantic, surreal, disturbing, mind twisting, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, love affair, existentialism, paranoia, time loop, women, memory, character study, surgery, unfulfillment, psychology, relationships, plastic surgery, friendship, self discovery, prejudice, face, identity, time travel, suicide, moving, enlightenment, mission, asian, plastic surgeon ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
asia, korea, india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and psychological films with plots about love and romance, couples, love, love story, obsession, relationships and sex mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Time: Lover's Concerto (2002), 3-Iron (2004), Talk to Her (2002), Bad Guy (2001), Dream (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Lee Ji-hwan receives photographs in the mail that reminds him of how he met two girls, Shim Su-in and Kim Gyeong-heui, one summer five years ago. He shares his memories with his friend Cheol-hyeon. He recalls initially being in love with Su-in, but ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
love story, couples, love triangle, friendship, friends, love and romance, couple relations, romantic relationship, relationships, love affair, terminal illness, entertainment ...
Time:
year 1996, 21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
100%
61K
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:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
Similarity:
50%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shark and when she can't pay, she is forced into working in the brothel. But when she gets the ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, psychological, erotic, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, prostitution, eroticism, obsessive love, pimp, deaf, red light district, sex worker, domination, forced prostitution, fetish, revenge ...
Place:
south korea, seoul, tokyo
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking.
Style:
serious, stylized, mind twisting, surreal, touching ...
Plot:
fall in love, paranormal activity, dream come true, nightmare, supernatural, one more chance, love and romance, disorder, mind control, gory, hit and run, stranger ...
Place:
south korea, asia, korea, india
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for him and he becomes a stranger to Simone, to whom he cannot return.
Style:
surreal, psychological, mind bending, non-linear, romantic ...
Plot:
love affair, love story, couples, losing-it hero, unfaithful wife, adultery, imagination, existentialism, loneliness, depression, art, life turned upside down ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, tokyo
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Yeo-jin and Jae-yeong are two teenage girls who are trying to earn money for a trip to Europe. To reach this end, Jae-yeong is prostituting herself while Yeo-jin acts as her pimp, setting her up with the clients and staying on guard for the police. ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, coming of age, murder, couples, vengeance, parents and children, female friendship, revenge, illegal prostitution, family relations, redemption, love and romance ...
Place:
east asia, germany, europe, south korea, korea ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, sexy, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, surrealism, memory, obsession, uncertainty, stream of consciousness, alternate reality, amnesia, haunted by the past, dishonesty, hopes, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
46%
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18K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif -- specifically, the kind practiced in Bunraku doll theater performances -- opening each section of his film with a story provided by the puppets and their masters, which relates thematically to the ...
Style:
emotional, surreal, lyrical, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
love, obsession, renewed love, regret, culture clash, philosophy, suicide attempt, disfigurement, love and romance, mental illness, blind character, melancholy ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, india, tokyo
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, romantic, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
love affair, memory loss, couple relations, love story, alzheimer's disease, love, love and romance, asian, passionate love, passion, class differences, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his ...
Style:
romantic, erotic, sexy, period piece, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, obsession, private detective, infidelity, jealousy, passion, obsessive love, love affair, love story, sex scene, writers, extramarital affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 1930s, 20th century, year 1940 ...
Place:
london, brighton, england, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In Paris, Dominique, a middle-aged fashion professional, solicits the services of the handsome Quentin , a bisexual bartender and prostitute who is 15 years her junior. After they first sleep together, their business transaction becomes transformed ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, sex, violence, making love, infidelity, relationships, forbidden sex, fashion, fall in love, adultery, betrayal, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
france, morocco, paris france, tokyo
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.
Style:
sexy, romantic, clever, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, love story, fall in love, unrequited love, relationships, love at first sight, love triangle, happy ending, flashback, dream girl, dating, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Part-time model Valentine meets a retired judge who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog. At first the judge gifts Valentine with the dog, but her possessive boyfriend won't allow her to keep it. When she returns with the dog ...
Style:
cerebral, colorful, philosophical, enigmatic, art house ...
Plot:
redemption, coincidence, judge, friendship, dog, love affair, loneliness, fashion model, model, lovers, photograph, billboard ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
geneva switzerland, english channel, france, poland, eastern europe ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man and a woman meet in the hospital after their respective partners are involved in a car accident and learn that they've been having an affair.
Style:
sexy, touching, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
infidelity, coma, love affair, unlikely couple, solace, couples, human nature, dishonesty, incest, illicit affair, adultery, car accident ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
east asia, korea
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Spain, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A stylish suspense thriller that confounds the audience while presenting them with an extraordinary and elusive mystery. Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, during a business trip, ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, tense, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
obsession, cafe, infidelity, mistaken identity, manipulation, crazy love, relationships, twists and turns, lost love, love triangle, flirting, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, montmartre paris, paris france, tokyo, new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
Style:
touching, sincere, psychological, realistic, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, death of husband, art class, fall in love, couples, physical appearance, friendship, delusion, secret, broken heart, painting ...
Time:
year 1994, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Julien lives alone with his cat. He dreams of Marie, and a few minutes later, he sees her on the street and makes a date. He asks her to move in with him, and she does. Her boyfriend is dead, the rest of her past a mystery. Although they quickly ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
sex scene, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, love triangle, fall in love, couple relations, lovers reunited, couples, dishonesty, dull life, secret, making love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, philosophical, surreal ...
Plot:
disfigurement, dream, surrealism, love triangle, paranoia, nightmare, love, car accident, psychiatrist, erotic scene, memory loss, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, south america, iberian peninsula, europe, madrid
Similarity:
44%
140K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab ...
Style:
thought provoking, mind bending, spiritual, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Plot:
reincarnation, eye, metaphysics, genetics, buddhism, religion, atheism, death, spirituality, love story, sex scene, elevator ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 90s, year 1998, year 2005 ...
Place:
india, usa, new york, asia, delhi ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, sexual relations, looking for love, love affair, lovers reunited, couple relations, youth, fall in love, teenage love, lifestyle, eroticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the ...
Style:
psychological, sentimental, emotional, touching, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
longing, love triangle, friendship, fall in love, obsession, buddies, lifestyle, mental disorder, mature, college, male female relationship, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The story begins with Makoto Segawa, a freshman at Meikei University. On the day of his university entrance ceremony, Makoto meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru. Makoto has a complex which causes him to shy away from contact with other ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, young lovers, photograph, student life, photography, love triangle, youth, couple relations, love and romance, university, couples, dating ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
43%
21K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, disappearance, therapist, nylons, unfaithfulness, therapy, passion, telephone call, sexuality, photograph, divorce, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
43%
65K
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
Similarity:
43%
257K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Style:
surreal, melancholic, atmospheric, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
afterlife, surrealism, metaphysics, buddhism, cancer, spirituality, immortality, multiple storylines, death, love, alternate reality, obsession ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2006, 16th century, 21st century
Place:
spain, tibet, latin america, europe, guatemala ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Wanee an animator and Junah a scriptwriter are lovers living together when one day an old friend of Wanee's drops in and brings to fore, all supressed memories of Wanee's love for her step brother.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, art house, romantic ...
Plot:
love triangle, friend, memory, romantic triangle, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, couple relations, love story, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love interest, love and romance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Style:
melancholic, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
disappearance, love, obsession, relationships, coping, couple relations, female masturbation, delusion, tourist, missing person, love and romance, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
43%
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