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Strapless (1989)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.
Style:
psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, contemplative
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, self discovery, life is a bitch, midlife crisis, terminal illness, unfulfillment, doctor, exploitation, wooing, family relations, family life, love and romance, immigrants, elderly lovers, siblings relations, mysterious character, destructive relationship, horse, gambling, pregnancy, party, cancer, hospital, childbirth, american ...
Time:
80s
Place:
portugal, england, europe, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about couples, unfulfillment, love and romance, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems and society mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Strapless: Tears in the Rain (1988), The Song of Lunch (2010), One Week (2000), In the White City (1983), Love Me No More (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Casey Cantrell's mother died, her last wish was that her daughter would give a letter to Lord Richard Bredon, living in the UK. When Casey arrives in London, Lord Bredon denies ever having known her mother. Casey meets Lord Bredon's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
brother sister incest, forbidden love, destiny, incest, last wish, parents and children, jazz, unfulfilled love, fall in love, tragic love, family relations, couples ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson star in The Song Of Lunch, a powerful and visually arresting film, made by BBC Drama Production for BBC Two, to mark National Poetry Day on 7 October. The film, a dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, serious, talky ...
Plot:
love and romance, couples, road not taken, unfulfillment, human nature, food, restaurant, society, unfulfilled love, regret, midlife crisis, resentment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A soon-to-be groom learns that he may have contracted HIV. Waiting a full seven days for the test results turns out to be the most hectic week of his life.
Style:
touching, serious, psychological, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, couples, society, hopes, buddies, life is a bitch, terminal illness, destiny, friendship, coming out, haunted by the past, rich and poor ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Portugal, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room, the ship "a floating factory of crazy people." He rents a room and does little. He writes letters to his lover, describing the whiteness of the city, the solitude and the ...
Style:
road movie, surreal, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, female nudity, alienation, existentialism, waitress, boarding house, ship, infidelity, on the road, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
lisbon portugal, france, portugal, europe, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin everything in one weekend.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
disorder, midlife crisis, leaving home, introspection, crumbling marriage, family problems, estrangement, family relations, family life, change of heart, career change, birthday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, ireland, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, self discovery, love, couples, fall in love, friendship, family relations, supportive spouse, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
disability, physical disability, paraplegic, wedding, life is a bitch, hopes, human nature, unfulfillment, misfit, love and romance, athlete's life, destiny ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A portrait of a 58-year-old man battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, self discovery, couples, love and romance, unfulfillment, coming out, lgbt, estrangement, life is a bitch, aging, transsexual, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Adriana De Mauro loves Cesar Braggi, but Cesar, honoring his father's dying wish, allows his brother, Antonio, to marry Adriana. As fate wills, Antonio dies in an automobile accident. Adriana's mourning for Antonio ends when Cesar steps in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, tragic love, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance, unfulfillment, couple relations, terminal illness, siblings relations, unfulfilled love, aristocrat ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century
Place:
sicily, venice, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, sexual, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
fall in love, doctor, secret, couples, writer's life, betrayal, state affairs, womanizer, life is a bitch, politics, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Place:
prague, europe, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Films like The Hours
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, captivating, feminist film ...
Plot:
family problems, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, infidelity, small town, unfulfillment, human nature, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, cancer, illness, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be ...
Style:
realistic, serious, romantic, sincere
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, family problems, couples, family in crisis, parents and children, dysfunctional family, crumbling marriage, love and romance, writer's life, female nudity, death in the family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor falls in love with her doctor. A reworking of the 1939 Bette Davis film "Dark Victory", director Daniel Petrie's 1963 film stars Susan Hayward.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, neurotic
Plot:
terminal illness, adoption, brain tumor, family relations, couples, family problems, introspection, starting over, hopes, self discovery, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, europe, london, italy, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
Plot:
family life, self discovery, midlife crisis, introspection, writer's life, family relations, couple relations, couples, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, playwright, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, psychological, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, family problems, unfulfilled love, couple relations, couples, human nature, society, hopes, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Molly, the 21 year-old sister of Maarten, departs the family home, she leaves her older brother with empty nest syndrome. But it also opens up new opportunities for him, such as the possibility to explore his love for Arthur, a closet gay. ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
gay, lgbt, leaving home, couple relations, love triangle, family relations, couples, siblings relations, fall in love, gender, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
688
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, thought provoking, gloomy ...
Plot:
diner, self discovery, life is a bitch, love and romance, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, society, unfulfillment, couple relations, estrangement, couples, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
unlikely couple, impossible love, fall in love, hopes, life is a bitch, love and romance, couples, friendship, unfulfilled love, wartime life, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Anna and Mara return from a holiday abroad, and realize that Anis, a young Moroccan immigrant, managed to hide in their car in order to cross the border to Italy. At first unsure of what to do, they then decide to take him with them.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, sentimental, sexy ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, lgbt, love and romance, society, immigrants, family relations, couples, eccentric family, social differences, family life, factory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young novelist tries to write about love, but realizes he will first need some real-life experience before taking on the subject.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
asthma, fall in love, self discovery, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, couples, novelist, society, womanizer, sexual content, singleness ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy Porter (Branagh), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Thompson), and her aristocratic best friend Helena Charles (Redmond). Cliff (Horan), an ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
social misfits, working class, betrayal, couple relations, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, society, unsupportive spouse, dull life, couples, family problems ...
Time:
50s, 80s
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, surprise ending
Plot:
biker, african american, love, motorcycle racing, black romance, motor sport, family relations, power relations, couples, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Romantic drama set in rural Ireland of the 1930s. The story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth has a brief fling with an actor and falls pregnant. Community pressure forces her to marry a dull middle-aged man, but maybe there is hope on the horizon.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, countryside, pregnancy, couples, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, love and romance, society, haunted by the past, love affair, tragic love, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot:
addiction, going straight, friendship, self discovery, obsession, alcohol abuse, dysfunctional family, love affair, downfall, hopes, rehabilitation, writer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
crumbling marriage, self discovery, family problems, couple relations, couples, elderly, aging, midlife crisis, unfulfillment
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Where is the thin line that separates friendship from desire? After more than 50 years without seeing each other, two 70 years old women dare crossing the line
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
elderly lovers, elderly, gays and lesbians, gender, lesbian, friendship, hospital, lgbt, introspection, best friends, unfulfillment, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, spain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
widow, hospital, small town, bittersweet, family problems, couples, social relations, family relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, youth, society ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 90s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Standard romantic melodrama from novelist Danielle Steele finds a couple embroiled in marital conflict with a nasty child-custody battle at its center.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
love, youth, wedding, family in crisis, death in the family, missing person, parents and children, couple relations, custody, pregnancy, terminal illness, kidnapping ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, starting over, love triangle, breakup, working class, dysfunctional family, love affair, human nature, hopes, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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