Movies like The Red Violin
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The Red Violin (1998)
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Original name: Le violon rouge
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, Italy, USA, UK, Austria
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Spans 300 years in the life of one famed musical instrument that winds up in present-day Montreal on the auction block. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into the finish. With this legacy, the violin travels to Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake.
Style:
enigmatic, epic, thought provoking, dramatic, sexy, twist ending, surprise ending, erotic, sentimental, philosophical ...
Plot:
classical music, music, musician, suspense, art, drug addiction, multiple storylines, magic realism, violin, sex, gypsy, justice, violinist, catastrophe, dancing, twists and turns, artist, mysticism, loneliness, supernatural, betrayal, beautiful scenery, technology, romantic relationship, fantasy world ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
canada, oxford university, vienna, shanghai, prussia, beijing china, montreal ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, visually appealing and melancholic films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, catastrophe, mentor, obsession, runaway and love mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like The Red Violin: The Legend of 1900 (1998), Carmen (1984), The Best Offer (2013), Original Sin (2001), The Affair of the Necklace (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of ...
Style:
touching, breathtaking, sincere, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot:
music, genius, jazz, ship, prodigy, musician, loneliness, pianist, child prodigy, orphan, friendship, musician's life ...
Time:
victorian era, 1920s, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, new orleans, new york
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.
Style:
sexy, affectionate, visually appealing, allegory, talky ...
Plot:
opera, dancing, classical music, music, transformation, women, brutality, adaptation, catastrophe, culture clash, mentor, art ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
spain, paris france, europe
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, psychological, enigmatic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twists and turns, loneliness, art collector, art, art theft, deception, collector, solitude, obsession, adult virgin, mysterious character, age difference ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, prague, europe, italy
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, France, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp
Style:
sexy, romantic, erotic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
obsession, femme fatale, sex, dangerous attraction, passion, erotica, couple relations, passionate sex, bdsm, chase, suspense, desire ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century
Place:
argentina, new orleans, cuba, morocco, havana cuba ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Style:
factual, realistic, atmospheric, serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
politics, intrigue, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, countess, couples, state affairs, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1780s, 1770s
Place:
france, paris france, england, versailles, europe
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, touching, sexy, epic ...
Plot:
music, musician, classical music, art, artist, pianist, composer, life, classical composer, deaf, rape, letter ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s
Place:
europe, austria, hungary
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42%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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atmospheric, sexy, twist ending, erotic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
musician, love, plot twist, transformation, firefly, death, nude, relationships, love story, loneliness, life & death, paranoia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin
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41%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
reflective, atmospheric, emotional, art house, sexy ...
Plot:
loss of child, loneliness, depression, isolation, stripper, solitude, existentialism, love, grief, art, philosophy, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, poignant ...
Plot:
music, musician, obsession, classical music, radio, artist, culture clash, redemption, creativity, crime gone awry, corruption, dark humor ...
Place:
canada
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40%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Veronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Veronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with ...
Style:
emotional, sexy, surreal, erotic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
doppelganger, music, music teacher, self discovery, puppeteer, female protagonist, opera singer, heart disease, existentialism, love story, women, lookalikes ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, france, paris france, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place (Círculo polar) where the day never ends in the ...
Style:
cerebral, melancholic, art house, philosophical, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick
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brother sister incest, destiny, coming of age, incest, love story, love, forbidden love, melancholy, magic realism, relationships, youth, coincidence ...
Time:
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Place:
finland, spain, antarctica, australia, antarctic ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to ...
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Time:
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37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
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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:
reflective, atmospheric, art house, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
france, poland, paris france, tokyo, english channel ...
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36%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A little girl, Mui, went to a house as a new servant. The mother still mourns the death of her daughter, who would have been Mui's age. In her mind she treated Mui as her daughter. 10 years later Mui (now a young woman) was sent to another ...
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60s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia, saigon
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35%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens
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mississippi, usa, new york, california
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35%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 171 min.
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan, USA
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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love, music, obsession, violin, love story, love triangle, classical music, adultery, violinist, art, friendship, mentor ...
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france, paris france, europe, hungary, geneva switzerland ...
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Duration: 105 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, ...
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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