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Time of Desires (1984)
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Original name: Время желаний
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A woman focused on career and achievement alienates her husband.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ambition, marriage of convenience, female protagonist, social climbing, frustration, materialism, character study, tragedy, manipulation, regret, cautionary tale, ethical dilemma, domestic drama, urban, bureaucracy, independent woman, social status, wedding, fishing, envy, country house, woman, husband, soviet, psychological drama ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, period piece, romantic drama and realistic films with plots about character study, female protagonist, urban, intimate, psychological drama, bittersweet and regret mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Time of Desires: Journey to Another Town (1980), Without Witness (1983), Aurora Borealis (2001), The Envy of Gods (2000), Five Evenings (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
By chance, two middle-aged people met - the telephone operator of the hotel Lina and the chief engineer of the construction department Kirillov, who had arrived on official business from Leningrad in one of the provincial cities of the country. ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
loneliness, unfulfilled love, chance meeting, middle aged, isolation, bittersweet, everyday life, troubled marriage, slice of life, introspection, small town, intimate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In visiting his ex-wife’s apartment a man learns that she plans to remarry a scientist named Valentin Shlyakhov. In his past, the man wrote a scathing letter about Shlyakhov which greatly impacted his career. Fearing that this information will ...
Style:
surprise ending, minimal cast, period drama
Plot:
intimate, character study, jealousy, manipulation, moral ambiguity, resentment, regret, power struggle, claustrophobia, secrets, family relations, confession ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An incomplete family. A house without a man. A daughter without a father. Twenty years of waiting, full of childlike pure love for a man she never saw. The desire to understand the reason for father's indifference to her becomes obtrusive. So ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
sex with daughter, mother daughter relationship, family drama, female protagonist, search for father, absent parent, abandonment, character study, train travel, coming of age, young woman, longing ...
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Sonia is a television editor, she is married to successful Soviet writer Sergey and they have a son in a high school. Their life was almost perfect... until the moment they meet Bernard from France and his translator André.
Style:
captivating, touching, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
sex, passion, forbidden love, false identity, husband wife relationship, danger, deportation, journalist, father son relationship, country house, love interest, male female relationship ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tamara and Sasha were separated during the war. Now (1957) Sasha is visiting Moscow for five days and by chance recognizes the house where Tamara used to live. She is still living there with her nephew Slava.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
european, house, old love, train station, male female relationship, middle aged, aunt, memory, restaurant, lie, vacation, neighbor ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s, 50s
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
While waiting for her first child, young teacher Masha Pavlova suddenly decides that her husband does not understand her, and therefore does not respect her interests. Having ceased to understand each other, the couple divorced. Nikolai, who once ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, loneliness, divorce, marriage, domestic drama, intimate, slice of life, regret, family drama, unrequited love, gender roles, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a sudden breakup, a woman uncovers her ex's unsent letters, revealing his true feelings and a secret. Betrayed, she plans revenge by exposing his hidden thoughts to his troubled son.
Style:
melancholic, tense, suspenseful, minimal cast
Plot:
betrayal, female protagonist, character study, secret revealed, revenge, deception, infidelity, privacy invasion, manipulation, father son conflict, obsession, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kraskov and Vera have long loved each other. They are unable to part, however, and connect their destinies can not and have already accepted the circumstances of life: he has a family, three children. A chance meeting in Moscow with a young couple, ...
Style:
period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
longing, black ops, unfulfilled love, marriage, infidelity, intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, regret, pretense, affection, family life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, black sea, ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mikhail Ulyanov is the Bergmanesque protagonist of the Russian Private Life. A government-appointed factory executive, Ulyanov is reduced to quivering confusion when he is dismissed. Recovering from this blow, he decides to review and realign his ...
Style:
poignant, melancholic, reflective, psychological, existential ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, loneliness, bureaucracy, humanist, middle aged, thoughtful, male protagonist, intimate, identity, bittersweet, aging, resilience ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ewa is a reporter. Using her feminine charms and other means she is trying to become a journalist on a Warsaw weekly popular magazine. She hopes to become political interviewer of personalities and state leaders. On her way up the ladder she trips ...
Style:
period piece
Plot:
reporter, ambition, ethical dilemma, female protagonist, journalism, character study, ambitious woman, obsession, social climbing, manipulation, moral ambiguity, downfall ...
Time:
80s
Place:
warsaw poland, eastern europe, poland, rome italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An ambitious news reporter refuses to let anything come between her and her dream of being an anchorwoman until a former lover she thought was out of her life returns.
Style:
romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
ambition, journalism, female protagonist, determination, character study, love triangle, self discovery, second chance, office romance, independent woman, regret, office politics ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
250
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In their youth they loved each other, but then parted. Ilya got married, Alexandra married, but the family life did not work out for both of them. Having met again, they understand that they still love each other, and spend seven happy days together ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
character study, bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, regret, realism, longing, midlife crisis, isolation, minimalism, couples, infidelity ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. ...
Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, period piece, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hypnosis, winter, blindness, small town, jealousy, moral ambiguity, healer, ethical dilemma, forbidden romance, love triangle, seduction, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1810s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Julie Wagner has everything today's young woman thinks she wants: a successful husband who adores her, a baby on the way, a close circle of family and friends, and a career as a photographer that is about to take off. So why is she alone in ...
Style:
contemplative, sensitive, melancholic, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, character study, creative process, identity, personal growth, longing, intimate, domestic drama, photographer, isolation, regret ...
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Menon runs into his former wife Grace, who is married to a bedridden Mathew and loves him immensely. The movie revolves around their crossing and emotes the meaning of love and its various forms.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, romantic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
american football, love triangle, domestic drama, bittersweet, longing, marriage, compassion, sacrifice, second chance, lost love, forgiveness, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
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173
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in the Soviet Union the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.
Style:
aesthetic, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artist, character study, biopic, family drama, social realism, creative process, success, slice of life, reputation, marriage, friendship, guilt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A love story between a simple guy and a music star fails, but suddenly he notices somebody else...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heartbreak, love triangle, bittersweet, unrequited love, second chance, personal growth, intimate, coming of age, urban, class differences, songwriter, slow burn ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
middle aged man, midlife crisis, character study, loneliness, regret, alienation, existential crisis, family drama, intimate, infidelity, urban, slice of life ...
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and ...
Style:
period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
embezzlement, character study, housewife, midlife crisis, female protagonist, ethical dilemma, secret life, adultery, bank clerk, moral ambiguity, loneliness, identity crisis ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dex is known around his office as one of the most successful players in the dating game. He gets a run for his money from the latest office recruit, Jerry Williams. After a wild ride of manipulation and crafty games, Jerry turns the tables. Dex ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, romantic comedy, light hearted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
manipulation, manipulative woman, relationship vs career, manager, couple relations, fall in love, relationships, manipulative behavior, love affair, love story, in love, athlete and trainer ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After her divorce Mina is in need to financial and emotional supporting. She meets a guy and thinks that this is the man of her dreams. But things are not just as their first seem to be.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, atmospheric, ambiguous ending
Plot:
divorced woman, restaurant, character study, female protagonist, minimalism, independent woman, intimate, loneliness, urban, social realism, slow burn, isolation ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An emotionally fragile older woman (Merle Oberon) embarks on an ill-fated love affair with a handsome young artist (Robert Wolders) while traveling through Mexico's Yucatan peninsula...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, atmospheric, independent film, soap opera
Plot:
female protagonist, age difference, loneliness, introspection, self discovery, isolation, regret, bittersweet, intimate, midlife crisis, tragic romance, sexual tension ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
To avoid facing her heavy past, a young woman with a borderline personality tries to seduce her strange neighbor. A singular love story between these two lonely and wounded souls is born, but will it be enough to save them from themselves?
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
seduction, relationships, male female relationship, troubled past, neighbor, attempted seduction, neighbor neighbor relationship, couple relations, love affair, tragic past, female protagonist, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Story:
The film, in Malayalam and made by the Indian film maker K P Kumaran, AkashaGopuram is set among the Indian immigrant community in London and tells the story of Albert Samson (Mohanlal), a middle-aged architect who has clawed his way to prominence.
Style:
realistic, dramatic, melancholic
Plot:
ambition, architect, architecture, character study, family drama, loneliness, midlife crisis, introspection, egoism, city life, social status, love triangle ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
679
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An industrialist's (Curt Jurgens) wife (Patricia Neal) tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind.
Style:
emotional, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
blindness, infidelity, horse, female protagonist, memory loss, psychological trauma, mental illness, domestic drama, family secret, guilt, obsession, jealousy ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, independent film, art house
Plot:
woman, female protagonist, marriage, abandonment, character study, loss, loneliness, metaphor, domestic drama, symbolism, modern life, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself on screen and is surprised to find suppressed sensations ...
Style:
art house, tense, psychological thriller, dark, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, obsession, female protagonist, alienation, manipulation, experimental narrative, identity crisis, self discovery, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, performance art, urban ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Mit seiner pedantischen und verklemmten Art trieb Leonhard (Tobias Moretti) einst seine Gattin Marlene (Barbara Auer) geradewegs in die Arme seines besten Freundes Jan (Ulrich Thomsen). Nur mit Mühe gelang es dem Trio danach, die gemeinsame ...
Style:
tragic ending, romantic drama, bleak, realistic
Plot:
suicide, alcoholism, family drama, domestic drama, self destructing, family conflict, affair, marriage, infidelity, female protagonist, tragedy, character study ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sara has come to terms with her position as a detached observer of other people's lives. She is fascinated when she meets the gallant, graceful, and soft-faced Martin. Gradually, their connection grows, but when Sara wants to take their ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, lgbt cinema
Plot:
desire for fame, family conflict, character study, secret revealed, identity crisis, alienation, ethical dilemma, forbidden love, hermaphrodite, outcast, bare chested male, social outcast ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, central europe, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
With just 10 days until her wedding, Amanda's world is turned upside down when her ex suddenly reappears, forcing her to question everything she thought she wanted.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
love triangle, indecision, regret, second chance, sexual identity, female protagonist, slow burn, intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
19%
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