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Fine Things (1990)
470
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, pregnancy, kidnapping, missing person, rescue, orphan, family relations, parents and children, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, family problems, custody, single parent, terminal illness, family in crisis, death in the family, unfulfillment, dealing with death, couple relations, businessman, death ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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Most similar movies to Fine Things
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about family relations, couples, love and romance, parents and children, family problems, single parent and unfulfillment mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Fine Things: Daddy (1991), Once in a Lifetime (1994), Bridge to Silence (1989), Stella (1990), The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
725
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Oliver Watson has never been luckier: he is a successful advertising executive, shares a marriage of eighteen years with Sarah and has three loving kids: 17-year-old Ben, 15-year-old Melissa, and 9-year-old Sam. His perfect life suddenly falls apart ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious
Plot:
single parent, surrogate mother, marital problem, single father, love, family problems, family relations, couples, custody, parents and children, fall in love, family life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional
Plot:
coming of age, love, deaf, starting over, boarding school, dealing with death, youth, single parent, hopes, love and romance, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
deaf, sexual abuse, sign language, family relations, mute or deaf, society, hopes, misfit, opposites attract, single parent, love and romance, introspection ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, sexual, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, single parent, working class, society, breakup, love and romance, youth, moral dilemma, starting over, parents and children, family life, family problems ...
Time:
80s, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
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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, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory, twins, patient, terminal illness, hospital, couples, family problems, family relations, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, doctors and patients ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
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:
serious, realistic, romantic, sincere, period drama
Plot:
female nudity, skinny dipping, family relations, self discovery, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, writer's life, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
edwardian era
Similarity:
24%
420
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.
Style:
touching, serious, psychological, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, friendship, parents and children, solace, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, family life, family problems, estrangement, impossible love, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad ...
Style:
sincere, uplifting, sentimental, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
pregnancy, love and romance, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, single parent, parents and children, family life, couples, family problems, unfulfilled love, family in crisis, disability ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
22%
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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:
realistic, serious, sentimental, gloomy, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
tragic love, love story, last wish, life is a bitch, couple relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, family relations, couples, siblings relations, unfulfilled love, terminal illness ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
sicily, italy, venice, europe
Similarity:
21%
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:
sentimental, touching, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
working class, love story, opposites attract, food, happy ending, education, unemployment, love and romance, couple relations, teachers and students, family problems, couples ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At a crossroads in his life, Doc Jennings goes home to celebrate his mother's birthday and uncovers dramatic family secrets. Lies, affairs and afflictions bubble to the surface of his seemingly perfect family. Can they come back together or is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating
Plot:
family relations, family problems, couples, family in crisis, parents and children, wedding anniversary, life turned upside down, love, father son relationship, hospital, society, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
20%
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:
independent film, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
black romance, biker, black, african american, motorcycle racing, love, motor sport, bittersweet, power relations, family relations, couples, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
20%
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, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love, daughter, cancer, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, parents and children, terminal illness, dating, cooking, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A young woman mulls how to terminate her unwanted pregnancy and whether to leave her boyfriend.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, experimental, humorous ...
Plot:
pregnancy, starting over, family problems, couples, breakup, youth, adoption, love and romance, hopes, babies and infants, teenage love, teenage pregnancy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, estrangement, single parent, custody, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, hopes, pregnancy, love, child hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, england, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
family life, family problems, parents and children, single parent, family gatherings, society, hopes, small town, death in the family, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
19%
175
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:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
cancer, unfulfillment, hopes, introspection, self discovery, terminal illness, twists and turns, dealing with death, life is a bitch, strong female presence, female protagonist, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, humorous
Plot:
cancer, family life, terminal illness, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, survival, rebelliousness, dysfunctional family, couple relations, single parent, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, homecoming, dysfunctional family, tragic love, best friend, couples, single parent, orphan, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Adolphe 'Dolfo' Rashevski travels to Israel with grandson Ric, but his brother, orthodox rabbi Samuel 'Shmouel, refuses to come attend their fellow Auschwitz survivor sister Rosa's funeral. Back in their home, the whole ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
family problems, couples, society, introspection, youth, family life, adoption, boarding school, aging, dealing with death, nanny, hopes ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
19%
442
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:
forbidden love, love triangle, pregnancy, passion, family relations, relationship vs career, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, producer, love, dilemma, parents ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Goa based Joseph Braganza and his wife Flavy, devout Catholics, are both deaf and mute. He makes a living selling soap bars door to door. Flavy gets pregnant and gives birth to a daughter who they name Annie, who can speak and hear much to their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
young lovers, father daughter relationship, female empowerment, deaf, pregnancy, deaf mute, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, wooing, death in the family, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the Navajo community. But ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, sexual
Plot:
self discovery, adoption, starting over, couple relations, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, twins, society, family life, orphan, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, family life, unfulfilled love, looking for love, best friend, family problems, couples, human nature, unlikely couple, single parent, parents and children, dream come true ...
Place:
usa, pittsburgh
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jeff and Heather Baker were life long sweethearts and happily married... for a time. But at her greatest moment of weakness, Heather abandons Jeff, forcing Jeff to raise their young son alone. Ten years later, through a God ordained encounter, Jeff ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
christian, faith, church, couples, estrangement, missing person, family relations, pregnancy, babies and infants, single parent, society, forgiveness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, estrangement, terminal illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
Plot:
parents and children, teenage life, love and romance, family life, dysfunctional family, friendship, single parent, youth, family problems, disgraced, teachers and students, isolation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
maine, new england
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
love, abused child, kidnapping, family relations, uncover truth, life is a bitch, coming of age, love and romance, young heroes, youth, siblings relations, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The complex relationship between a wealthy French woman and her best friend a, gay black American, is thrown into turmoil when her estranged daughter comes to visit them with her new husband for the weekend in upstate New York. Through a series of ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, sentimental, sexy ...
Plot:
wedding, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, family gatherings, family relations, unfulfillment, family life, couples, estrangement, gay african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
DeeDee returns to her hometown with her 11 year old son, Trooper, 13 years after she ran off with her boyfriend. Her childhood best friend, Sam, is now married and he and his wife, Lydia, are the town's veterinarians. Lydia is a little wary ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
veterinarian, single parent, life is a bitch, couple relations, terminal illness, parents and children, homecoming, couples, social relations, small town, unfulfillment, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
18%
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