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Solomon & Gaenor (1999)
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Solomon & Gaenor (1999)
Original name: Solomon and Gaenor
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.
Style: sad, independent film, historical drama, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, period drama
Plot: forbidden love, anti semitism, couples, conquering, family relations, interfaith relationship, love and romance, life is a bitch, interracial relations, fall in love, tragic love, social differences, society, opposites attract, single parent, culture clash, against the odds, bittersweet, love, sex, thief, fight, children, police officer, teacher ...
Time: edwardian era, year 1999, 1910s, 20th century
Place: wales, england
Keyword: jewish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, love and romance, society, couples, fall in love, love and forbidden love mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Solomon & Gaenor: The Sleeping Dictionary (2003), Ae Fond Kiss... (2004), The Heart of Me (2002), Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999), The Governess (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
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: romantic, sexy, erotic, scenic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love story, forbidden love, interracial romance, jungle, love, stereotypes, culture clash, opposites attract, husband wife relationship, love and romance, mentor, impossible love ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: borneo, malaysia
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Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: racism, culture clash, forbidden love, immigrant, prejudice, marriage, immigration, family relations, love, society, tragic love, social commentary ...
Time: year 2004
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, britain, manchester, pakistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Heart of Me (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot: couples, love affair, infidelity, betrayal, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfaithful husband, forbidden love ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: unrequited love, obsession, bittersweet, love, post war, love triangle, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, farm, male female relationship, love affair, tragic love ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 50s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Governess (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Style: enigmatic, emotional, colorful, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot: fall in love, couples, society, love affair, loss of virginity, nanny, older man younger woman relationship, jewess, couple relations, master and servant, male nudity, love triangle ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 1998, 1800s
Place: scotland, england, london, britain, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Go-Between (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Tale of torrid and forbidden love between Christie and Bates in the English countryside.
Style: sexy, disturbing, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot: forbidden love, coming of age, class differences, summer, literary, love, first love, landscape, children, cricket, new love, trippy ...
Time: victorian era, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century, 19th century ...
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40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The parallel story of Anne and her grand-aunt Olivia in their experiences in India
Style: realistic, romantic drama, historical drama, costume drama, contemplative ...
Plot: love triangle, colonialism, jazz, indian woman, british empire, extramarital affair, self discovery, interracial relations, prince, flashback, orgasm, scandal ...
Time: 1920s, year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place: india, asia, kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Wuthering Heights (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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: realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, family relations, orphan, obsession, countryside, siblings relations, society, social differences, rich and poor, young lovers, literary ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Firelight (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Firelight is a period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson. It was Nicholson's first, and to date only, film as director.
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, feel good, sexy ...
Plot: fall in love, governess, love affair, couples, victorian england, estate, nanny, love and romance, parents and children, hopes, british, love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1840s, 1830s ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style: sexy, atmospheric, period piece, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: love, love triangle, relationships, nudity, death, betrayal, greed, fall in love, literary, power relations, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style: homoerotic, sexy, scenic, melancholic, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, homosexuality, homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, forbidden love, closeted homosexual, gay romance ...
Time: 1900s, pre world war one, 19th century, 1910s, edwardian era ...
Place: england, nebraska, britain, europe, buenos aires argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans ...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: love, forbidden love, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, favela, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Come See The Paradise is a deeply touching love story set against the backdrop of a dramatic and controversial period in American history, It follows the romance and eventual marriage of Jack McGurn (Dennis Quad), a hot blooded Irish American, and a ...
Style: emotional, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
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Go Now (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 123 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Serenades (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A girl is born to an Aboriginal mother and an Afgan father.
Style: serious, touching, captivating, sincere, tense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Woodlanders (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she can find a better husband than her childhood sweetheart, ...
Style: costume drama, realistic, serious, independent film, period piece ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, infidelity, love triangle, social differences, tragic love, looking for love, love affair, unfulfilled love, school, rich and poor, society, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: britain, england, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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David & Fatima (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: forbidden love, against the odds, unlikely couple, opposites attract, social differences, religions or cults, couples, society, fall in love, young lovers, love and romance, tragic love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Country: France, Belgium, Italy
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Style: political, realistic, emotional, anthology, philosophical ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Flirting (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The year is 1965 and Danny Embling, is an awkward, underdeveloped teen suffering from occasional bouts of stuttering, attends an all-male boarding school in New South Wales, Australia. it has been some time since Danny has had any romantic ...
Style: realistic, touching, romantic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
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Time: 60s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1965
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Priest (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style: touching, uplifting, emotional, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Wallis & Edward (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and ...
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic ...
Plot: love affair, british royal family, royal family, true love, royalty, relationship vs career, politics, follow your dream, moral dilemma, starting over, social differences, couples ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place: england, budapest, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Facing Windows (2003)
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, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, gay, self discovery, fall in love, love affair, compassion, lgbt, family problems, memory loss, haunted by the past, relationships, memory ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, Colombia
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a ...
Style: psychological, sexy, romantic, costume drama, emotional ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Circle of Friends (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve ...
Style: period piece, emotional, sentimental, realistic, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is ...
Style: historical romance, independent film, erotic, emotional, touching ...
Plot: gypsy, virgin, sensuality, family relations, looking for love, tragic love, small town, adolescence vs adulthood, village, unfulfilled love, social differences, village life ...
Time: 1920s
Place: england, europe, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Women in Love (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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: visual, sexy, erotic, sexual, scenic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: male nudity, bisexual man, male pubic hair, sex, erotica, love, lgbt, marriage, female nudity, friendship, literary, gay ...
Time: 1920s, year 1969
Place: england, alps, europe, swiss alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Morocco, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
Style: sentimental, emotional, serious, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: gay, world war two, couples, friendship, religion, catholic, nobility, oxford, love and romance, friends, siblings relations, society ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 50s, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place: england, oxford university, britain, venice, morocco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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