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The Substitute Wife (1994)
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The Substitute Wife (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm.
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot: bigamy, prostitute, love triangle, family relations, self discovery, open relationship, polygamy, american history, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, aging, terminal illness, tragic hero, unfulfillment, couple relations, misogyny, remarry, prostitution, pioneer, polyamory, frontier, romance
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: nebraska

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about couples, love and romance, family relations, unfulfillment, couple relations, life is a bitch and terminal illness mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Substitute Wife: Intruder (1993), Bridge to Silence (1989), Bedrooms (2010), The Voyage (1974), Time to Spare (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Intruder (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In childhood and youth, the three were "the inseparables." Luisa married Ángel, then two years later, she left him to marry Ramiro. After ten years, Ángel reappears, back from South America, broke and ill. Luisa is overcome with ...
Style: captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: love triangle, terminal illness, life is a bitch, tragic hero, unfulfillment, love and romance, friends, couples, unfulfilled love, friendship, best friend, female nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: spain
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Bridge to Silence (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A woman with a hearing problem tries to get het life back together after a car accident that killed her husband.
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot: deaf, sexual abuse, sign language, family relations, life is a bitch, society, mute or deaf, opposites attract, single parent, misfit, introspection, hopes ...
Time: 80s
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100%
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Bedrooms (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Bedrooms tells a story about the walls that separate people, the heartbreak and infidelity that's often the result and the redemption that comes from tearing those walls down. The film is told in 4 stories by 3 filmmakers. Three of the stories ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: love and romance, breakup, introspection, couple relations, family problems, family relations, twins, unfulfillment, infidelity, sexuality, multiple storylines, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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53%
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The Voyage (1974)
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: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, tragic love, last wish, love story, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations, couples, family relations, unfulfilled love, terminal illness ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1900s
Place: sicily, italy, venice, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Time to Spare (2011)
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, touching, emotional ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, couple relations, leaving home, gay relationship, love triangle, family relations, couples, gender, fall in love, life is a bitch, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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52%
Meet My Valentine (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Tom learns that he has terminal brain cancer, he decides to find a replacement husband for his wife and a father to his daughter, before it is too late. Unbeknownst to his wife Valentine, Tom sets up an on-line dating profile for her, and ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love, wife, cancer, daughter, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, parents and children, terminal illness, cooking, dating ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Alexander the Last (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Style: mumblecore, serious, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love and romance, human nature, family problems, love triangle, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, couple relations, actor's life, family relations, couples, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
No Looking Back (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Charlie returns to his old town where he meets his ex-girlfriend again and tries to get her back.
Style: emotional, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: small town, working class, rock, old love, waitress, love triangle, friendship, bittersweet, family relations, couples, friends, social relations ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Cafe Setareh (2006)
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, psychological, sincere, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fall in love, human nature, unfulfilled love, couple relations, love and romance, hopes, family problems, society, couples, bittersweet, cafe, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: patient, twins, memory, terminal illness, hospital, bittersweet, friendship, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, love and romance, coming of age, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Event (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea district. Nick, a district attorney investigating the ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, couples, terminal illness, gays and lesbians, gender, human nature, life is a bitch, aids, euthanasia, hiv, couple relations ...
Time: year 2003
Place: new york, nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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See Girl Run (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What happens when a 30-something woman allows life's "what ifs" to overwhelm her appreciation for what life actually is. Disregarding her current obligations, she digs into her romantic past in hopes of invigorating her present.
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: self discovery, couples, small town, unfulfillment, ex lover, love and romance, family relations, coming of age, graduation, thirtysomething life, dull life, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, maine, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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1 Message (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Tells the story of Becca, a beautiful 28 year-old woman whose perfect life is brought to an abrupt halt after she accidentally discovers a lump in her breast.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot: introspection, hopes, unfulfillment, self discovery, terminal illness, twists and turns, life is a bitch, dealing with death, strong female presence, cancer, female protagonist, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Is There Life Out There? (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Lily Marshall (McEntire) has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "Is there life beyond her family and home?", Lily wonders. The hole in ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: couples, family relations, love and romance, hopes, youth, human nature, starting over, self discovery, terminal illness, family life, college, school ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Lover's Concerto (2002)
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: touching, sentimental, sincere, romantic, captivating ...
Plot: love story, love triangle, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, couple relations, love affair, terminal illness, lesbian ...
Time: year 1996, 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman discovers the truth about her former lover from the diary that his first wife wrote to their son, Nicholas.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, family outing
Plot: couples, family relations, tragic love, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, looking for love, baby born, diary, baby, holiday, letter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Three Sisters (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, rough, touching ...
Plot: family problems, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, infidelity, small town, human nature, unfulfillment, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time: 1900s
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Heartbeat (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The beautiful and talented Adrian is a writer for one of America's most popular TV soap operas. She is also pregnant, and when she refuses to abort her baby, Adrian's selfish husband deserts her. It falls to one of the soap opera's ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, pregnancy, family relations, relationship vs career, crumbling marriage, forbidden love, unfulfillment, producer, passion, love, dilemma, parents ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Lost in Time (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone call. Dai Fai. a mini-bus driver who witnessed Ah Man's ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: starting over, fall in love, love affair, love and romance, coping, couples, hopes, workplace, bittersweet, workplace romance, strong female presence, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
An Unremarkable Life (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The close bond between two elderly sisters is threatened when one of them begins to have romantic feelings for a local mechanic.
Style: independent film, uplifting, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, couples, starting over, aging, fall in love, elderly, love and romance, forbidden love, family life, siblings relations, sister sister relationship, old woman ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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
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46%
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God's Army (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, uplifting, psychological ...
Plot: missionary, couples, working class, terminal illness, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, disorder, culture clash, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Angel and the Badman (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A remake of the classic 1947 John Wayne western about an injured gunslinger who falls in with good company in the form of some Quakers.
Style: captivating, serious, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: on the run, redemption, rivalry, self discovery, love affair, lone wolves, fall in love, old west, couples, cowboy, gunfight, reputation ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Stanley & Iris (1990)
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, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: working class, opposites attract, love story, education, unemployment, love and romance, couple relations, teachers and students, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, school ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
45%
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As ...
Style: emotional, atmospheric, touching, captivating, serious ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: family relations, downfall, mischievous children, family life, couples, family problems, love and romance, human nature, society, social differences, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, edwardian era, 1890s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Last Supper (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mrs. Mashreghi, who is a prominent university professor, is divorced from her husband. She leads a happy life for a while until one her students who is almost the same age of her daughter falls in love with her; a love which is completely rejected ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, sexual
Plot: iranian, intolerance, love triangle, starting over, false accusation, teachers and students, couple relations, crumbling marriage, youth, love and romance, couples, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
Style: contemplative, sentimental, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, memory loss, teenage love, love triangle, self discovery, fall in love, social relations, youth, society, couples, amnesia, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Les corps impatients (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Paul and Charlotte are in love. Charlotte discovers she has a grave malady and Paul supports her. But Paul is also attracted to Ninon, another girl. Charlotte accepts Paul to have an affair with her, and the three start a difficult and ambiguous ...
Style: serious, psychological, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: betrayal, life is a bitch, tragic hero, infidelity, love triangle, love and romance, terminal illness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, unfulfillment, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, menage a trois ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Anonymous Venetian (1970)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Without mentioning the reason, Venetian musician Enrico invites his ex-wife Valeria to visit him, and her heart is broken again during their last days together.
Style: soap opera, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: musician, terminal illness, estrangement, tunnel, family relations, unfulfillment, tragic love, couples, midlife crisis, cloning, friends, love and romance ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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