Movies like Breath 2007

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Breath (2007)
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Breath (2007)
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A love story involving a convicted prisoner who "slowly falls for a woman who decorates his prison cell".
Style: contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating, art house, mesmerizing, serious, stylized
Plot: confined, love affair, estrangement, unfulfillment, prison, suicide attempt, passion, moving, mission, surveillance camera, prison guard, love and romance, prison life, infidelity, sexual content, dishonesty, romancing a criminal, love, female nudity, murder, adultery, taxi, photograph, snowman, car accident ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: south korea, asia, korea, seoul
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and captivating films with plots about love and romance, unfulfillment, couples, love affair, dishonesty, female nudity and infidelity mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Breath: Betrayal (2012), Samaritan Girl (2004), Dream (2008), Amnesty (2011), 1001 Grams (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Betrayal (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, sexy, detective ...
Plot: infidelity, adultery, husband wife relationship, confession, love affair, dishonesty, love and romance, affair, sex scene, lust, grief, funeral ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
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100%
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Samaritan Girl (2004)
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: captivating, touching, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: prostitute, coming of age, murder, couples, vengeance, parents and children, revenge, female friendship, illegal prostitution, family relations, love and romance, redemption ...
Place: korea, east asia, europe, germany, south korea
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45%
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Dream (2008)
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, art house ...
Plot: dream come true, supernatural, fall in love, one more chance, mind control, love and romance, paranormal activity, disorder, hit and run, gory, dream, nightmare ...
Place: south korea, asia, korea
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41%
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Amnesty (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Albania, Greece, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Amnesty is a 2011 Albanian movie directed by Buyar Alimani. It’s a story about two people who meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but relationship has ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching, erotic ...
Plot: prison, forbidden love, infidelity, love affair, couples, love and romance, couple relations, life is a bitch, fall in love, dishonesty, pardon, legislation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: albania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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1001 Grams (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: self discovery, unfulfillment, dull life, frustration, scientist, estrangement, love, women, father daughter relationship, love and romance, love affair, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, scandinavia, europe, france
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38%
The Absent Season (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When love has to compete with artistic inspiration and memories from a sheltering past come to take the artist to imaginary worlds that exist deep in his mind. This is the story of young Adrian, pianist and composer, in love with his sister and ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, atmospheric, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: forbidden love, love affair, musician's life, lifestyle, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, family relations, cause and meaning, loneliness, sexual content, love and romance, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
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35%
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Heaven's Heart (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Style: contemplative, psychological, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, love affair, estrangement, best friend, anniversary, family problems, introspection, society, couple relations, unfulfillment, marriage, dinner ...
Place: denmark, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Bow (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange ...
Style: serious, realistic, contemplative, captivating, spiritual ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, isolation, love affair, confined, age difference, love triangle, couple relations, fall in love, couples, sailing, boat, sea ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Coast Guard (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An overzealous soldier mentally deteriorates after killing an innocent man he thought was a spy.
Style: psychological, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: soldier, mistaken identity, insanity, murder, military life, obsession, disorder, social relations, military, brother sister relationship, korean war, brother brother relationship ...
Place: asia, north korea, korea, south korea, seoul
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33%
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Hours of Light (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: September 1987. In a shootout with police, Juan Jose Garfia makes a triple murder. Sentenced to more than one hundred years, is a rebel prisoner, clever and elusive that it has nothing to lose and nobody to worry about. In 1991, manages to escape ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, captivating
Plot: prison, rehabilitation, redemption, unlikely couple, prison life, hopes, murder, love affair, impossible love, nudity, health, male pubic hair ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Searching for the Elephant (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A freelance photographer Hyun-woo seems to live an enviable life with a successful career. But his inside is torn apart from the sorrow of being deserted by his ex-girlfriend Mari. He even gets unclear about what’s really happening in reality and ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, touching, erotic ...
Plot: obsessive compulsive disorder, friendship, sex addict, lifestyle, love and romance, life is a bitch, dishonesty, split personality, couples, dull life, addiction, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Knifer (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Greece
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After his father death, Nikos moves from Ptolemaida to Athens. His uncle offers him food and shelter while he starts taking care of his dogs. Alone in an isolated suburb, he's wearing down into his misery routine, till the moment his ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: starting over, love triangle, family problems, couples, dull life, unfulfillment, infidelity, murder, sex scene, uncle nephew relationship, aunt, hot and sexy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, athens greece
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30%
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Isabella (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On the eve of the transfer of power over Macao to the People’s Republic of China, a police officer finds himself in the throes of a dreadful crisis – both in his career and in his private life. Already thrown off course for having been suspended ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: adulthood, hidden identity, moral dilemma, introspection, dishonesty, police investigation, love and romance, love affair, terminal illness, unfulfillment, pregnancy, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, china, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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You (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Michèle shares her life with Paul, her husband and work colleague. She has a lover, Thomas, a musician with whom she has been having a passionate affair for some time. Attracted by Thomass non-conformity and lust for life, Michèle abandons her ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, gloomy
Plot: love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, family relations, couples, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Adrift (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Adrift begins with the wedding of Duyen and Hai. Duyen is a beautiful tourist guide and translator who marries Hai, a taxi driver who is two years her junior. Duyen thinks the marriage will make her happy but it turns out more difficult, especially ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: couples, couple relations, sexual relations, infidelity, forbidden love, self discovery, family problems, estrangement, unfulfillment, tour guide, lgbt, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Five Senses of Eros (2009)
Genre: Drama
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: touching, serious, stylized, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: looking for love, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, teenage love, lovers reunited, lifestyle, youth, young lovers, forbidden love, eroticism, wooing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Crocodile (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Crocodile is a 1996 South Korean film. It was the directorial debut of Ki-duk Kim and stars Cho Jae-hyun as "Crocodile".The film tells the story of a man living at the edge of the Han River in Seoul, who saves a woman trying to commit ...
Style: depressing, realistic, serious, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: monster, suicide, performer's life, life is a bitch, misfit, betrayal, mute or deaf, friends, friendship, male nudity, street kid, woman ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: korea, seoul, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Other Woman (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jill Plumley left her brilliant job as journalist when she married Derek, am important layer with a brilliant career. Now Jill is university teacher. But everything changes when she receive a message from her husbands' secretary and she start ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: love triangle, couples, murder, love affair, unfulfillment, rivalry, investigation, dishonesty, infidelity, love, unfaithfulness, adultery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Face Reader (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Nae-kyung, the most skillful face reader in Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a Korean geisha. Nae-kyung accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, tense ...
Plot: political intrigue, royal court, joseon dynasty, head of state, betrayal, coup, society, asian history, lifestyle, coup d'etat, political unrest, dishonesty ...
Time: 15th century
Place: korea, asia, east asia
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28%
Address Unknown (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war ...
Style: psychological, sincere, rough, serious, controversial ...
Plot: wartime life, life is a bitch, teenage life, haunted by the past, family relations, couple relations, youth, social misfits, society, rebellion, love and romance, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia, south korea
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27%
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7 Years (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A devoted young woman becomes ensnared in a web of sexuality and betrayal in Jean-Pascal Hattu’s consistently unpredictable and finely wrought character study. A vividly realistic psychosexual drama, the film’s sharp emotional honesty heralds a ...
Style: sincere, tense, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: sex scene, moral dilemma, confined, cheating wife, prison life, love triangle, couples, sexual content, love and romance, crumbling marriage, infidelity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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27%
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Beastie Boys (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two friends are involved in the male escort business. One starts an honest relationship with one of his clients. The other cheats on his girlfriend and has his many scams catch up to him.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, touching, sexual ...
Plot: nightlife, lifestyle, love and romance, gigolo, wooing, unfulfilled love, buddies, destructive relationship, cons and scams, prostitute, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, korea
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27%
Anton Chekhov's The Duel (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on n'er do well, Laevsky (Andrew Scott) and his illicit relationship with his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott). Laevsky has convinced Nadya to leave her husband for him, but now wants to ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, captivating, psychological, period piece ...
Plot: duel, betrayal, love triangle, couples, couple relations, uninhibited rivalry, human nature, tragic hero, rivalry, dishonesty, unfulfillment, downfall ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia, caucasus, black sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Spectator (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Valeria is a passive onlooker to her own life in Turin, and she grows so obsessed with the activities of her neighbor Massimo that when he moves to Rome she decides to follow him. There she meets and unexpectedly befriends Massimo's companion ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot: voyeurism, obsession, fall in love, destructive relationship, love triangle, redemption, dishonesty, stalking, forbidden love, estrangement, couples, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, europe, italy, turin italy
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26%
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Pickpocket (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn't invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a hooker he is forced to think about his future. Can he ...
Style: contemplative, neo noir, independent film, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: pickpocket, coming of age, alienation, estrangement, criminal heroes, unfulfillment, introspection, fall in love, love and romance, low lives, town, friend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Tale of Cinema (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot: fall in love, unfulfillment, couple relations, human nature, university, love and romance, couples, private vs public, unsuccessful, down on your luck, party, snow ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, seoul, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Palermo Shooting (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman calm him down?
Style: atmospheric, psychological, captivating, suspense, mesmerizing ...
Plot: photograph, on the run, photography, rivalry, human nature, mysterious character, love affair, lifestyle, on the road, life turned upside down, revenge, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, italy, europe, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
My Friend & His Wife (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two young men, Ye-joon and Jae-moon, have been close friends since doing military service together. Ye-joon has lately worked his way up to becoming a successful financier, while the unambitious Jae-moon has opted for a much less conspicuous route. ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: family in crisis, family relations, unfulfillment, family problems, parents and children, couples, crumbling marriage, best friend, love triangle, tragedy, betrayal, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Exhibition (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
Style: psychological, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: couples, exhibitionism, female masturbation, introspection, unfulfillment, estrangement, ambulance, sex scene, under the surface, woman, art, architecture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Time (2006)
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: psychological, emotional, clever, realistic, philosophical ...
Plot: love affair, existentialism, obsession, paranoia, memory, women, character study, unfulfillment, surgery, relationships, psychology, plastic surgery ...
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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